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CMAwR Text 9.1 (Q004231)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 9.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004231 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 9.1.1:1 | EN₂ Šamaš šar šamê u erṣeti bēl kītti u mī[šar]i | Incantation: O Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, lord of earth and heaven, |
| 9.1.1:2 | mullil ili u amēli attā-ma | You are the one who purifies god and woman |
| 9.1.1:3 | Šamaš ina šutukkī bīt ri[mki] ina maḫrīka azzazzu | Šamaš, I stand before you in the sceptre of the house of Rimku. |
| 9.1.1:4 | Šamaš ša ṣabtanni ul īde lū sinnišat annû ṣalamša | Šamaš, I do not know how to seize me, this woman is her release |
| 9.1.1:5 | Šamaš ina Nissaba elleti [bā]nât amēlūti | Šamaš, in pure Nissaba, the mother of mankind, |
| 9.1.1:6 | ṣalmu ana ṣalmi mašil qaqqa[du] ana qaqqadi mašil | (If) a pig eats a goat's horn: the head will become a wild goat. |
| 9.1.1:7 | šuklulti pagri ana šuklulti pagri mašil | The šaklûtu-demon (is) the pagri (demon), the mašvil-disease (is a synonym of) pagri. |
| 9.1.1:8 | Šamaš annû ṣalam kaššāpti ša kišpī īpuša isḫura išēʾa | Šamaš, this is the release of the witchcraft that has been performed against me, he has seized the Ishbur temple |
| 9.1.1:9 | ana ēpišti epšī-ma iqbû | (who) has performed sorcery against me and said |
| 9.1.1:10 | ana sāḫirti suḫrī-ma iqbû | “He said to the šuḫirtu-priestess: |
| 9.1.1:11 | ša šanâmma ušāḫiza ina akali ušākilanni ina šikari išqânni | He who has sinned against me, has fed me with bread, has given me to drink in beer, |
| 9.1.1:12 | ina mê urammikanni ina šamni ipšušanni | (who) have treated me with water, have performed against me sorcery against me, |
| 9.1.1:13 | ina ukullê ušākilanni aššum mimma šumšu ša ušākilu | (who) has carried me off with the sword, who has carried off whatever he carried off |
| 9.1.1:14 | aššum mimma šumšu ša išqû aššum mimma šumšu ša urammiku((ni)) | If anything he touches, if anything else he throws at you, |
| 9.1.1:15 | aššum mimma šumšu ša ipšušu ina šūbulti ušēbila | If anything evil has brought into the body, |
| 9.1.1:16 | šumī ina lā ṭābti izkuru išqīya ušnillu | If a man has sinned against me without ceasing, he has seized my hand, |
| 9.1.1:17 | ṣalmīya ibnû-ma mindātīya ilqû | he created my aura and took my mind away, |
| 9.1.1:18 | etiq eper šēpīya išbušu ruʾtī ilqû | (who) has cut off the hair of my cheek, has taken my spittle, |
| 9.1.1:19 | šārtī imlušu sissiktī ibtuqu lā damiqtī išʾalu | (who) has twisted my hem, has smashed my good limbs, |
| 9.1.1:20 | ubbiranni ukassânni uṣabbitanni urassânni | (who) has seized me, has ensorcelled [me], has made [me] tremble, |
| 9.1.1:21 | mangu luʾtu umallânni | (who) has gathered the mangu and lūtu against me, |
| 9.1.1:22 | nīš libbīya iṣbatu libbī ittīya uzannû | (who) has seized my heart, has made my heart angry with me, |
| 9.1.1:23 | šerʾānīya ukanninu emūqīya unnišu | (who) have encircled me, have seized my strength, |
| 9.1.1:24 | aḫīya išpuku birkīya iksû | (who) has smashed my arms, has bound my knees, |
| 9.1.1:25 | ṣālta puḫpuḫḫâ nissata adīra | a ṣālta-plant, a puḫpuhu-plant (and) nišša-plant until |
| 9.1.1:26 | ḫatta piritta arrata | joy, awe-inspiring radiance, |
| 9.1.1:27 | gilitta tēšâ dilipta qūla kūra | Relenting one, awe-inspiring, exalted one, |
| 9.1.1:28 | lā ṭūb libbi lā ṭūb šīri iškuna | “The heart, the mind, the spirit of the earth |
| 9.1.1:29 | pī kalbi ina bīrīni iddû | The mouth of the king has sounded in our house |
| 9.1.1:30 | Šamaš annû šī annû ṣalamša | Šamaš, this is th[is], this is its sign |
| 9.1.1:31 | kīma šī lā izzazzu ṣalamša izzâz | Just as he does not stand there, his prayer stands there |
| 9.1.1:32 | ana īdûši lā īdûši ana muḫḫīša mê arammuk | I bathe on top of it with water, |
| 9.1.1:33 | arša utārši limḫuranni-ma | May my sin be undone, so that |
| 9.1.1:34 | šī šarqiš īpušanni anāku ina maḫrīka elīša umtassa | The šarqiš-demon has performed sorcery against me, he has risen up high above her. |
| 9.1.1:35 | Šamaš ina dīn kītti ša ina maḫrīka bašû | Šamaš, in a favorable case, who is exalted before you |
| 9.1.1:36 | ina narbî ša Ea ina upšāšê ša Asalluḫi | By the greatness of Ea, by the powers of Asalluḫi |
| 9.1.1:37 | ina qibīti ša Marduk u Zarpanīt[u] | by the command of Marduk and Zarpanitu |
| 9.1.1:38 | ina qibīti ša Nabû u Tašmē[tu] | By the command of Nabû and Tašmetu |
| 9.1.1:39 | elīša umtassa ana muḫḫīša mê aramm[uk] | I have poured water on top of it. |
| 9.1.1:40 | kīma mû ša zumrīya iššaḫḫaṭū-ma ana muḫḫīša u lānīša illakū | As soon as the water of my body has dried up, I will come to you and to your side. |
| 9.1.1:41 | arnī iʾiltī elīša anamdû | (who) has made the city of the goddesses surpassing, |
| 9.1.1:42 | mimma lemnu (([mimma lā ṭābu])) ša ina zumrīya šīrīya šerʾānīya bašû | Any evil ((evil, whatever)) that is in my body, my flesh, my limbs, |
| 9.1.1:42a | (([lumun šunāti idā]ti ittāt[i lemnēti lā ṭābā]t[i kiš]pī ruḫê rusê upš[āšê lemnūti])) | ((The evil of a man, a river, an evil storm, an insubmissive person, witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations)) |
| 9.1.1:43 | kīma mê ša zumrīya liššaḫiṭ-ma ana muḫḫīša u lānīša lillik | Like the water of my body may it be smashed and may it go against him and against him. |
| 9.1.1:44 | Šamaš tazzimtaša upšāšûša lemnūtu | Šamaš, you are adjured by the evil machinations |
| 9.1.1:45 | ana muḫḫīša u lānīša turrū | against her and against her, she is smitten |
| 9.1.1:45a | ((ina lumun idāti ittāti lem[nēti lā ṭābāti] ša ina ēkallīya u mātī[ya ibšâ])) | ((Because of the evil of a river, a bad river, and a curse that occurred in my house and my land)) |
| 9.1.1:46 | Šamaš kaššāptī limqut-ma anāku lutbi | O Šamaš, may my machinations fall upon you and I will live there. |
| 9.1.1:47 | šī linneger-ma anāku lūšer | May the heavens be equal to heaven, may they be equal. |
| 9.1.1:48 | šī lirtassī-ma anāku lūbib | May he lie down and go to the netherworld |
| 9.1.1:49 | šī limūt-ma anāku lubluṭ | May it be so that I may live |
| 9.1.1:50 | Šamaš ina dīnīka išarūtu lullik | May Šamaš go to the kingship in your case |
| 9.1.1:51 | Šamaš aššum lā ēpušaššim-ma ((šī)) īpušanni | Šamaš, as long as I have not performed sorcery against him, |
| 9.1.1:52 | Šamaš aššum lā asḫuraššim-ma ((šī)) isḫuranni | Šamaš, as long as he does not kill me and destroys me |
| 9.1.1:53 | elīša umtassi ana muḫḫīša mê arammuk | I have poured water on top of it, |
| 9.1.1:54 | arša utārši limḫuranni-((ma)) | May a future ruler restore it ((and)) |
| 9.1.1:55 | kīma mû ša zumrīya iššaḫḫaṭū-ma ana muḫḫi annīti illakū | As soon as the water of my body has dried up, I will go to this place. |
| 9.1.1:56 | mimma lemnu ša ina zumrīya šīrīya šerʾānīya bašû | Any evil that is in my body, my flesh, my limbs, |
| 9.1.1:57 | kīma mê ša zumrīya liššaḫiṭ-ma ina zumrīya littaṣi | Like the water of my body may it be swept away and released from my body |
| 9.1.1:57a | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA šarru idabbub | Incantation formula: the king speaks |
| 9.1.1:57b | (([KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA bīt rimki bītu šanû)) | ((It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft, sorcery (and) rebellion.)) |
| 9.1.1:58 | ana ((muḫḫi)) ṣalam ((kaššāpi u)) kaššāpti qātīšu imessi | ((I have poured out)) a libation of beer and beer into his hands. |
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