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CMAwR Text 10.1 (Q004234)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 10.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004234 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | šumma amēlu šerʾān imitti u šumēli uštabbalū dāma ina pîšu ... [...] | If a man has been seized by a ghost, a male and a female slave, and in his mouth ... |
| 2 | miḫḫa šalāšat ūmī illakū ana amēli šuāti ana maḫar Ereqq[i ipšū epšūšu] | (who) has brought about the well-being of the land, who has turned my hand into a scepter before the god Ereqqi, Who has performed sorcery against me |
| 3 | ana ešeret ūmī īrik-ma imât qāt zikurudê [imât] | He went down to the horizon and saw the hand of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 4 | ana qāt zikurudê eṭērīšu ina mūši ina kamāš šēpi šutukka ina ūri ana maḫar E[reqqi tanaddi] | To the hand of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, at sunrise, at sunset, with your hand, in the morning, you add Ereqi to the top of the heap. |
| 5 | ina libbi šutukki urigalla ana šārī erbetti tuzaqqap agu[bbâ tukān] | From within the hand of Urigala you pour a libation bowl into the womb of Erbettu. You bind the agubba-drum. |
| 6 | zisurrâ itâtīšu teṣṣer libbi šutukki tabarr[a uqnâti] | Išurrâ-plant, its leaves, teeming (with) the heart of your hand, smothering (them), |
| 7 | qaran [u]rigalli tullaḫ amēlu ṣubāta zakâ [i]l[tabbaš] | I have set up a censer of urigallu-stone, I have made a tullaḫ-vessel with šuba-stone. |
| 8 | imittašu āšipu iṣabbat-ma ana libbi šutukki ušerrebš[u ...] | (who) has been seized by a ghost, has seized a corpse, and has entered your body |
| 9 | napṭara tasaḫḫap-ma suluppī sasqâ ta[sarraq ...] | You sweep the napṭara-vessel, and you scatter a šuluppu-bowl (and) sasqâ-flour |
| 10 | 1 qa karāni 1 qa mê tukān ana maḫar E[reqqi ...] | 1 qa of karānu-flour, 1 [qa] of water that you have, before Ereqi ... |
| 11 | umma šū-ma dayyānāti dīnī dīnī pur[ussâya pursī ē tamḫurī] | Thus says the judge: judge my case, render my verdict, render the verdict in the house of the sea |
| 12 | upīšē lemnūt[i i]na qibītīki ... ... | evil machinations at your command |
| 13 | iqabbī-ma maqqītu ... ... | He speaks, and the sacrifice ... . |
| 14 | ana amēli ul iṭeḫḫûšu ... | (Sum) He did not go to the city, he did not approach the city (Akk) It did not reach the city |
| 15 | šumma amēlu binâtūšu itt[anašpakā ... | If a man's saliva keeps pouring out |
| 16 | libbašu iʾtanâš ī[tanarru ... | (who) constantly seeks out his heart, continually seeks , |
| 17 | asīd imittīšu u[zaqqassu ana amēli šuāti ipšū epšūšu (iballuṭ)] | (who) has slain his wife, who has turned her into a woman, has performed sorcery against her (and) has let her die |
| 18 | ana ipšī lemnūti ana amēli [(šuāti) lā ṭeḫê mê kalla tumallā-ma] | For evil sorcery against my (own) mother, you gather all the water and |
| 19 | ana ṣillīšu ša libbi kalli [kīam iqabbī-ma (umma šū-ma) attā ṣillī] | He says to his messenger: “You are the messenger of the heart of the kallû-demon! |
| 20 | attā bāštī attī la[massī ... | You are the birth mother, you are the daughter-in-law |
| 21 | attā ṣillī rabû attā š[ēdī ē tamḫur kišpī ē tamḫur upīšī] | You are the great shield, you are the shield of the sea, witchcraft, the sea of the heavens |
| 22 | ē tamḫur šaggaštu ē tamḫur n[akās napišti ... | House of Tamḫur, the šaggaštu-priestess, House (of) Tamh[bbur], the sanctuary of life |
| 23 | ē tamḫur upīšī u riksī lemnūt[i attā yāʾu anāku kû mamman ay ilmadka] | You are the tamḫur of the upīšu-demon and the riksi of the evil. I am pure, no one can compare with you! |
| 24 | [u mi]mma lemnu ay iṭḫiakka ina qib[īt Ea Šamaš Marduk u rubāti Bēlet-ilī] | And may any evil not approach you! By the command of Ea, Šamaš, Marduk, and the princess Bēlet-ilī |
| 25 | [kīma a]nniam taqtabû ... ... | Like this you have spoken ... ... |
| 26 | [...] gaṣṣa ana marāqīšu ... ... | ... gas to his body ... |
| 27 | [...] tab-⸢bi⸣ ... | ... the tabēbi ... |
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