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CMAwR Text 11.1 (Q004239)

Incantation-Ritual

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DesignationCMAwR Text 11.1
IDQ004239
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
GenreIncantation-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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
11.1.1:1šumma amēlu bābšu ḫubbub kišpī ana amēli <u> bītīšu lā ṭeḫêIf a man's body is shattered, witchcraft against the land will not approach his house
11.1.1:2kibrīta gaṣṣa šaršerra ((ištēniš)) tasâk ina billatiYou pound kibrītu-stone (and) gypsum from a king.
11.1.1:3taballal-ma EN₂ ezzēta šamrāta gapšāta lemnētaYou recite the incantation “Evil, furious, evil,
11.1.1:4[ša lā] Ea manna māḫirka AsalluḫiWhosoever without Ea, who crosses your boat, Asalluḫi
11.1.1:5lissuḫ k[išpī] tê EN₂May the kišpu-soapwort release, incantation
11.1.1:6šiptu annītu šalāšīšu ana libbi tamannū-ma sippī bāb bīt amēli ((šuāti))You recite this incantation, “May it be well with you’, and the šuppu-drum of the house of Amecli ((my)) hand.
11.1.1:7qadūta tašaḫḫat arkīšu billat ((ša)) tablulu-((ma))Together you have slain his father, the billat-demon ((who)) has been carried off,
11.1.1:8ina sūni tašaḫḫat-ma šalim ((pašir))You soak (them) in ghee, and then he will recover.
11.1.1:9ana kišpī ana amēli u bītīšu lā ṭeḫêFor witchcraft not to approach a man and his house
11.1.1:10maštakal šakirû billatu ((damiqtu))maštakal-soapwort, šakirû-plant, billatu-plant
11.1.1:11kibrīt šamnu ḫalṣu ((ina itqi talammi)) ina bābi kamî u ṣerri dalti((You stand at the threshing floor)), at the gate of the kamî-house and the ṣerri-house, the gate
11.1.1:12tetemmer-ma kišpī iḫalliqūYou examine and the witchcraft has been undone
11.1.1:13ana amēli u bītīšu lā iṭeḫḫûTo the city and its people it does not rise
11.1.1:14[šumma amēlu bā]bšu ḫubbub DU₃.⸢DU₃⸣.[BI bīt]a ša ṭīdiIf a man's body is swollen: its ritual: that house will be plundered
11.1.1:15[ina] ... dalāti tetemmerYou recite in ... a lament.
11.1.1:16[...] dalāti ina pān askupp[i]... I have strewn ... in front of you
11.1.1:17[...]-ma kišpī pašr[ū]... so that witchcraft is undone
11.1.2:1′⸢sik₂⸣(a kind of container)
11.1.2:2′u₂ x... plant
11.1.2:3′⸢NIG₂⸣.NA x-xēnû-plant
11.1.2:4′ana IGI {d}⸢UTU⸣ [kīam taqabbi KI-timIn front of Šamaš you speak as follows:
11.1.2:5′DI.KU₅ AN ⸢u⸣ [KI AN].⸢TA⸣ u KI.TAJudge of heaven and earth, earth and underworld.
11.1.2:6′DI.KU₅ KUR.⸢KUR⸣ ⸢at⸣-ta-maJudge of the lands.
11.1.2:7′ša ⸢NENNI A NENNI⸣ [ša ilšu annanna {d]}15-šu NENNI-tum(Property) of E-NENNI, son of So-and-so (and) of the gods of Annanna and Ištar, so-and]so
11.1.2:8′ZI.KU₅.RU.⸢DA⸣ [...] LU₂ IGI-ka(If) a man's eye
11.1.2:9′an-na-am ana IGI 20 3-šu₂⸣ [iqabbī-ma] BAL-tu₂ BAL-qi₂He speaks this in front of 20 three times and he speaks a balaŋ prayer.
11.1.2:10′E₂ {d}IMIN.BI [x-(x)] ⸢tum⸣ IL₂-ši-maThe temple of the Sebetti ... raised the E-tum-e-23 and
11.1.2:11′{d}UTU DI.KU₅ kiš-⸢ša₂-ti⸣ 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu-maŠamaš, judge of the world quarters the three,
11.1.2:12′iš-tu IGI {d}UTU i-ri-iq-qa₂from before Šamaš he shall be beaten
11.1.2:13′ana {d}e₂-a u {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi i-qer-ri-ibto Ea and Asalluḫi shall enter
11.1.2:14′{d}e₂-a LUGAL ba-nu-u₂ ṣal-mat qa₂-qa₂-diEa, the king who created the rebellious,
11.1.2:15′aš-⸢šum⸣ ZI.KU₅.⸢RU⸣.DA ša ⸢u₂⸣-piš ḪUL-timAšum-ēṭer ZI.KU₅.E.DA (means) of evil.
11.1.2:16′[ša] ⸢NAM⸣.LU₂.U₁₈.LU ša kaš-du-nin-niof the E-NAM-E-LU.U., who is a muginnu
11.1.2:17′[x-x]-x ma-ḫar-ka aš-ku-unI have established your supreme ...
11.1.2:18′[x-x-x] ⸢BUR₂⸣-ma da-li-li-ka lud-lul... I shall sing your praises.
11.1.2:19′[x-x-x]-x-ma E₂ {d}IMIN.BIand the temple of Sebetti
11.1.2:20′[x-x-x-x]-x {giš}IG.MEŠ BAD.MEŠdoors, walls
11.1.2:21′[x-x-x-x-x-x]-x ša₂ KA-šu₂ ta-paṭ-ṭar... you open his mouth
11.1.2:22′... x ta-paṭ-ṭaryou wipe clean.
11.1.2:23′... ⸢ta⸣-ra-ḫa-aṣēšta-eraḫ
11.1.2:24′... x bu un... ...
11.1.2:25′... ⸢SU₃⸣-maesû-plant
11.1.2:26′... x
11.1.3:1′... a] ⸢ku₃⸣-ga ; ... līlil... holy water ... may it flourish
11.1.3:2′... x e₂ a ku₃-ga; ... ... bīti līlil... house of pure water ... may my life be long
11.1.3:3′... zag-ŋar e₂ a ku₃-ga ; ... nā]ri aširti bīti līlil(Sum) ... of the temple, holy water ... (Akk) May my ..., the sanctuary, my house, be pure
11.1.3:4′[eme ḫul-ŋal₂ bar-še₃] ⸢ḫe₂-em⸣-ta-gubThe emaḫbal-plant stands outside in the e’em embankment
11.1.3:5′[KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁].⸢BUR₂⸣.RU.DA.KE₄Wording for undoing witchcraft.

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