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CMAwR Text 9.3 (Q004233)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 9.3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004233 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| 9.3:1′ | liš ri ... | May it be well with you! |
| 9.3:2′ | ana maḫar riksi ša [Šamaš ... | Before the bond of Šamaš |
| 9.3:3′ | erbet ṣalmī lipî erbet ṣal[mī ... erbet ṣalmī ...] | Seven ṣalmu-bowls, seven s[̣alammu]-vessels , seven [songs ...] |
| 9.3:4′ | erbet ṣalmī kupsi [erbet ṣalmī ... erbet ṣalmī ṭīd kibir] | four strings of kupsu-flour four strings ... four strings |
| 9.3:5′ | nāri kilallē [erbet ṣalmī ... erbet ṣalmī līš] | The nāri of the kilallu-priestess, the four ṣalmu-drums, |
| 9.3:6′ | labti erbet ṣalmī līš š[egušši erbet ṣalmī ...] | The four quarters of the world, the five quarters (of the world) |
| 9.3:7′ | isaddir u ṣalmī mala itti š[ipāti annâti] | he has become frightened and shivering, as many as with these hands |
| 9.3:8′ | bašû ittīšu ina muḫḫi ḫ[uluppaqqi tašakkan] | You place a bašû-vessel with him on top of a ḫuluppaqqu-bowl. |
| 9.3:9′ | tarmuš ina pîšu imḫur-ešrā ina š[umēlīšu miḫḫa] | The tarmuš-plant grows in his mouth, it is swollen in his body |
| 9.3:10′ | ina qāt imittīšu inaššī-ma ina muḫḫi a[tbāri izzâz EN₂ bēl bēlī] | On his right hand he stands on top of the mountain. Incantation: O lord of the land |
| 9.3:11′ | šar šarrī Šamaš šalāšīšu tamannu kīma t[amtanû tarmuš ša ina pîšu] | king of the world, Šamaš, you recite (this) over his well-being. Just as you have smeared (them), the tavern that is in his mouth |
| 9.3:12′ | imḫur-ešrā ša ina šumēlīšu atbāra ša ina muḫḫi izzazzu [ana muḫḫi ... | “Imḫur-ešrā-plant, which is in the spring, which stands on top of (it) , |
| 9.3:13′ | ša ḫuluppaqqi inaddi qāssu ana ḫulu[ppaqqi itarraṣ] | He who touches a ḫuluppû-vessel has turned his hand into a hoe. |
| 9.3:14′ | EN₂ Šamaš annûtu tamannu gizillâ ina išāt kibr[īti taqâd-ma] | Incantation: “Šamaš, these you recite. You strew a torch in the middle of the earth, |
| 9.3:15′ | ana qāt marṣi tašakkan-ma EN₂ Nuska šurbû i[litti Ani tamannu] | You place (it) in the middle of the marsh, and then you recite the incantation "Nuska, descendant of Anu." |
| 9.3:16′ | EN₂ anašši dipāra tamannu arki annî EN₂ [anašši dipāra] | Incantation: “Ask me, I will speak to you! You recite this incantation over and over. |
| 9.3:17′ | šalāšīšu tušamnaš arka EN₂ ša Šamaš mannu abūšu tamannū-[ma] | You recite the incantation of Šamaš, who is his father? |
| 9.3:18′ | šipāti peṣêti ša šalāšat kiṣr(ū) kīma ingippi ingippi kaṣrū ana qātī[šu] tabattaq-ma | The open intestines, which are the well-being of the netherworld, like a lion, like an eagle, you pour beer into his hand, and |
| 9.3:19′ | ana ((libbi)) ḫuluppaqqi tanaddi EN₂ šaruḫ lānī u EN₂ isâ [i]sâ tamannu | You add ḫuluppaqqu-soapwort to (the mixture). You recite the incantation “The šaruḥb-demon is a lānu-disease and the enchantment 'Isâ-iddina'. |
| 9.3:20′ | maṣḫata išarrap EN₂ šerʾānī tukaṣṣirā ina ḫuṣāb ēri | (Then) he smites the maṣḫata-plant, Incantation: “Šeralani, tukašbiru-plant in a hole in the steppe, |
| 9.3:21′ | libbi ḫuluppaqqi <tubaḫḫaš> ... qātā ina qutri izakkû tu[...] | The heart of a ḫuluppaqqu-vessel (and) a tubāḫḥašu-plant ... hand in a bowl of izkkû-aromatic. |
| 9.3:22′ | EN₂ ēpišūʾa ēpišētūʾa EN₂ attunu mû [tamannu ina mê] | Incantation: “The incantation, the incantation, you are the water, you recite (them) in water |
| 9.3:23′ | tunāḫ EN₂ šadû liktumkunūši u atbāra ... ... | Incantation: “May the heavens protect you, and the earth [ ... ]! |
| 9.3:24′ | tašakkan-ma 1.TA.AM₃ ana ḫuluppaqqi tanaddi EN₂ i[sâ isâ] | You place (them) in a bowl and you add (it) to a ḫuluppaqqu-vessel. Incantation: “Išû-disease, išāf?-illness. |
| 9.3:25′ | tamannū-ma maṣḫatu qamû ḫuluppaqqa ... ... | You recite and the maṣḫatu-plant, the qamû-plant (and) the buluppaqqa-plant |
| 9.3:26′ | tessip-ma ana bābi tušeṣṣē-ma EN₂ udug ḫul ⸢edin⸣-[na-zu-še₃ tamannū-ma ... | You recite the incantation “The udug-vessel of your E-e-na-zû-plant,' and . |
| 9.3:27′ | arkīšu adi bābi tamannū-ma tatâr-ma kīma ina bīti [tēterbu ašar maqlâ] | After that, you recite (the incantation) “until the beginning of the day, and then you repeat (it) and then when you enter the house, I am the lord of the quay. |
| 9.3:28′ | taqallû EN₂ anamdi šipta adi EN₂ t[ummu bītu] | You are adjured, Incantation: “I am anamdi, šiptu-disease, up to the incantation, tummu-bītu |
| 9.3:29′ | tamannū-ma tuškên-ma riksa tapaṭṭar-ma enūma n[ēpeša annâ] | You recite (the incantation) “You sit down, and you tie the knot. Now, this ritual |
| 9.3:30′ | teppušu amēla lā ella sinništa lā elleta ana amāri lā ezzib E₂ ... ... | You perform sorcery against a woman who is pure, who is not pure to a mother. The house ... |
| 9.3:31′ | ...-ma EN₂ uttakkir lumnī tušeppessu ina {⸢iti⸣}[... ...] | ... and you recite the incantation: “You have made evil pass by, in the month of Eṭetu, ... |
| 9.3:32′ | u Ṭebēti U₄ 7.KAM U₄ 14.KAM U₄ 21.⸢KAM⸣ [U₄ 28.KAM teppuš-ma išallim] | and Ṭebetu, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28, you perform (the ritual) and it will go well. |
| 9.3:33′ | EN₂ bēl bēlī šar šarrī Šamaš [Šamaš dayyān šamê] u erṣeti | Incantation: “Lord of the lands, king of kings, Šamaš, [Šar]as, judge of heaven and earth, |
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