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CMAwR Texts 7.6.1-5 (Q004450)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Texts 7.6.1-5 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004450 |
| Language | Sumerian; 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.6.1:1 | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.1:2 | nakra aqalli nakra adâki | Nakra, aqallu-stone, Nakra of Adâ, |
| 7.6.1:3 | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.1:4 | nakra ušamqat ana Girra apaqqid | I have strewn a stone, I have presented it to Girra, |
| 7.6.1:5 | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.1:6 | ūm zikurudêya ana zikurudêšu utār | My ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic has been turned into his (own) {geš}tu-magic |
| 7.6.1:7 | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.1:8 | ina amāt Ea u Marduk TU₆ EN₂ | In the mother’s house, Ea and Marduk. Incantation formula. |
| 7.6.1:9 | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.6.1:9C | KA.INIM.MA šummu amēlu eli bēl d[abābīšu ... | Wording (of an incantation) for the case that a man, over the lord of the Abzu |
| 7.6.1:9D | [KA.INIM.MA] zikurudâ ana ēpiši turri | [Wording (of an incantation)] to undo witchcraft: |
| 7.6.2:1′ | [x-x] x ... | |
| 7.6.2:2′ | [x] x ... | |
| 7.6.2:3′ | [KA].INIM.⸢MA⸣ ... | Incantation formula: |
| 7.6.2:4′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ an-⸢ni-tu₂⸣ x-[šu] ⸢ŠID⸣-[nu ... | Incantation: “Anitu-demon, his ... ešudu-disease |
| 7.6.2:5′ | [(x)] x ti-nu-⸢ra⸣ tara-kas₂ NIG₂.⸢NA {šim⸣}LI [GIN-an ... | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| 7.6.2:6′ | ⸢ZI₃⸣ GU₂.NIG₂.⸢ḪAR⸣.RA ... GU₂.[...] | ēšû-plant, kukuru-plant (a kind of juniper) |
| 7.6.2:7′ | [(x)] ⸢šap⸣-li ⸢ṣu⸣-ba-ti ... ... | šap-eli, bubāti, |
| 7.6.2:8′ | ⸢NU⸣ kaš-ša₂-pi ⸢u₃ NU kaš-šap-ti⸣ [...] x ... | The ešunû-house, the brewery, the brewer’s house, ... ... |
| 7.6.2:9′ | ⸢ta⸣-za-qap₂ ... kaš-šap-[ti ...] x a ... | eta-e-zaqap beer ... |
| 7.6.2:10′ | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.2:11′ | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.2:12′ | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.2:13′ | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.2:14′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.6.2:15′ | ⸢DU₃⸣.DU₃.BI šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri š[a] kaššāpi u kaššāpti teppuš | Its ritual: You perform ‘wine-of-the-mouth’ magic against a male and a female kid. |
| 7.6.2:16′ | [š]umšunu i[na nagl]ab šumēlīšunu tašaṭṭar [ana ma]ḫar Šamaš tadânšunūti | You are adjured by the god Šamaš in the assembly of the people. |
| 7.6.2:17′ | ... x [x] ... ... x ⸢nu⸣ tuš-ken | ... you sit down. |
| 7.6.2:20′ | ... ... ⸢nis⸣-ḫu maḫ-ru-u | great ēšû-plant |
| 7.6.2:21′ | ... x ... x | |
| 7.6.3:1′ | ... x ... | |
| 7.6.3:2′ | ... miris dišpi ḫi]mēti šikaru ... ... | miris, ḫimti, šikaru-plant |
| 7.6.3:3′ | ... ... ḫulālu ZA.[... ... | ... a reed bundle ... |
| 7.6.3:4′ | ... paṭīra ana maḫar Šamaš ... ... | (Sum) ... is swollen, in front of Šamaš ... (Akk) To the great ... |
| 7.6.3:5′ | ... ...]mī-ma sasqê ... ... | ... and the sasqû-disease |
| 7.6.3:6′ | ... ... tašakkan nignak burā[ši ... | you set up a censer of burāšu-juniper |
| 7.6.3:7′ | ... ina maḫar] Šamaš tušzāssu-ma ... ... | ... you sit before Šamaš and ... |
| 7.6.3:8′ | ... ta]rmuš ina pîšu imḫur-ešrā ina šumēlī[šu siris ina imnīšu (...)] | ... tarmuš-plant in his mouth, imḫur-ešra-plant on his head, iris on his foot |
| 7.6.3:9′ | [šina ṣalmī lī]ši lipî iškūri ... ... | Whose wrath, fear, anger, ... , |
| 7.6.3:10′ | ... ...]-ma ina imnīšu inaššīšu[nūti ... | ... ... and in the future, at any time |
| 7.6.3:11′ | [ta]-⸢ka⸣-as-su [...] ... [...] ⸢KEŠ₂⸣ | You bind him ... ... the knot |
| 7.6.3:12′ | ... ...]-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] ina KI-⸢šu₂⸣ | ... ... in his place |
| 7.6.3:13′ | ... ⸢NU⸣.MEŠ [šu₂-nu]-ti | those ešnutu-vessels |
| 7.6.3:14′ | ... x ⸢UR₅⸣.GIM DU₁₁.GA | he speaks ēšu-juniper |
| 7.6.3:15′ | [EN₂ ... dayyān ili u amēli attā-ma | Incantation: “You are the judge of the gods and goddesses, |
| 7.6.3:16′ | ... Girr]a liqmūšunūti kaššāptu | ... may Girra burn me with beer |
| 7.6.3:17′ | ... l]ibbalki[tū]-ma lissû AL.TIL | ... may they absolve, and may they be released. Completed. |
| 7.6.3:18′ | ... ana maḫar Šamaš tukān ši[ptu annīt]u ana libbi tanaddi | you are able to stand before Šamaš, you add this šiptu-disease into it |
| 7.6.3:19′ | ... ta]šarrap sebîšu u sebîšu mê tanaqqi | you strew , you pour water over his seven and seven ... |
| 7.6.3:20′ | ... t]ašarrap [k]īma mê ... | ... you scatter ..., water ... |
| 7.6.3:21′ | ... x ... | |
| 7.6.3:22′′ | [... k]aššāptu ša Kurnug[î ... | ... the kazaptu-song of the Nugig ... |
| 7.6.3:23′′ | KA.⸢INIM⸣.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.[KAM] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.6.3:24′′ | [KID₃].KID₃.BI diqār paḫāri lā ṣarpa teleqqe | Its ritual: You take a diqāru-vessel (and) a ṣarpu-bead without bread. |
| 7.6.3:25′′ | ittâ ... ina libbi tanaddi ina maḫar Šamaš tukān nignak burāši tašakkan | You put ... in it. You stand before Šamaš, you set up a censer of burāši-juniper. |
| 7.6.3:26′′ | šikara tanaqqi šina ṣalmī erēni šina ṣalmī bīni | You libate šikara-flour, a reed bundle of cedar, an ēnu bundle of cypress, |
| 7.6.3:27′′ | [šina ṣalmī l]īši šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri šina ṣalmī itt[ê] | “May my (own) šalmu-disease not come near me, may my('s) transgressions not come close to me—may my transgressors not approach me! May my transgression go against me! |
| 7.6.3:28′′ | [šina ṣalmī k]upsi EN₂ lemnat kaššāptu tamannu | You recite the incantation, “Evil witch, witchcraft, |
| 7.6.3:29′′ | [kīma t]amtanû ṣalmī šunūti ana libbi diqāri tanaddi | You pour a libation bowl into it like a bath. |
| 7.6.3:30′′ | [ina ḫuṣāb] ēri tadakkīšunūti ēma tamtanû | In the ḫušbû-vessel of the house you have smashed them, when you have set them up, |
| 7.6.3:31′′ | [kiš]āda taḫappi mašakša tašarraṭ | You take away the taḫappu-plant, you scatter the mašvakku-plant |
| 7.6.3:32′′ | [...]ša [t]amallaḫ ēpištī muštēpištī libbakunu ina mê unāḫ | ... your ..., the one who provides for the deeds (and) the incantation(s) of your heart with water from the well |
| 7.6.3:33′′ | [taqabbi ina nā]ri tanaddi EN₂ šadû litēʾkunūši tamannu | You say (this) in the morning. You recite the incantation “May the heavens be at your disposal!' |
| 7.6.3:34′′ | [...] šummu ina burê šummu ina bīt m[u]sâti teqebber | ... If in a well, if in an open country, you recite |
| 7.6.3:35′′ | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.3:36′′ | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.3:37′′ | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.3:38′′ | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.4:1 | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.4:2 | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.4:3 | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.4:4 | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.4:5 | KA.INIM.MA šummu amēlu eli bēl d[abābīšu ... | Wording (of an incantation) for the case that a man, over the lord of the Abzu |
| 7.6.4:6 | KID₃.KID₃.BI šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri ša kaššāpi u kašš[āpti teppuš] | Its ritual: You perform šunû-disease, lipitu-death (and) ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic against me. |
| 7.6.4:7 | ṣilli gišimmari ana muḫḫīšunu tur[a]tta idīšunu ana a[rk]īšunu [takassi] | You pour a libation bowl of juniper on top of it, you recite the incantation three times over it. |
| 7.6.4:8 | šumšunu ina naglab šumēlīšunu tašaṭṭar ana maḫar Š[ama]š [tadânšunūti] | You are adjured by the gods in the assembly of the people, you give them over to the great gods. |
| 7.6.4:9 | šiptu annītu sebîšu ana muḫḫīšunu tam[an]nu libittu ... ... | This šiptu-demon, its third one, on top of them, you are adjured ... ... |
| 7.6.4:10 | ina ... šunu tasaḫḫapšunūti ina ṭīd pê bābšu[nu tepeḫḫi] | You wash your hands with ... oil, you sweep their mouth with the water of the well |
| 7.6.4:11 | i[na] kunukki bābšunu takannak šēra muṣlāla u šimē[tān ... | In the kunukku-vessel of the well, you set up a šūra-bowl, a lamentation singer, and a dream . |
| 7.6.4:12 | ina m[u]ḫḫīšunu tašarrap ... ... | You crush in ghee |
| 7.6.4:13 | [šumm]u U₄ 3.KAM šummu ... ... | If on the 3rd day if ... |
| 7.6.4:14 | [...] ... ... | |
| 7.6.4:15 | [...] šuātu tepettē-ma šummu ina burê [šummu ina bīt musâti] | ... you perform that ..., and if in a well, if at a house of snakes |
| 7.6.4:16 | [tet]emmer-ma ... ... | You recite and ... ... |
| 7.6.4:17 | [šumma amēlu ki]špī maʾdū[ti epšūšum-ma ... | If witchcraft has been performed against me, if |
| 7.6.4:18 | [x x] x ... | |
| 7.6.4:19′ | [...] ⸢uš ri⸣ ... ... | ... weeping ... |
| 7.6.4:20′ | [...] e-ta-ba i-ba-a-bi Šamaš šipṭīka tuštešš[er] | (Sum) ..., what is it that is missing? (Akk) What is missing, Šamaš, you have left the šiptu prayer |
| 7.6.4:21′ | [...] ... lemna ša tezerru ay (a)mūt mūtu lemnu ša lā šīmtīy[a] | ... ... evil ... may I not die of an evil night that is not my life! |
| 7.6.4:22′ | Šamaš ētebib azzaku maḫarka | Šamaš, I have risen up for you, I am standing before you, |
| 7.6.4:23′ | maḫar Šamaš sebîšu tušadbabšu-ma sebîšu itti ṣalam zikari sebîšu itti ṣalam sinništi | The exalted one, Šamaš, you speak to him seven times and seven times with the balam of the šangû-priestess, seven times [with] the intercession of the woman. |
| 7.6.4:24′ | sissiktašu tabattaq egubbâ tukān ana libbi egubbê šuāt[u] | You remove his hem (and) you place it inside that scepter. |
| 7.6.4:25′ | bīnu maštakal qan-šalāli imḫur-līm imḫur-ešrā | maštakal-soapwort, qanšalāli-plant, burlu-plant |
| 7.6.4:26′ | šakirû atāʾišu imbuʾ tâmti ana libbi tanaddī-ma ina kakkabī tušbāt | The šakirû-plant, atā’išu-plant (and) ‘heals-a-thousand'-plant you add into it, and then you sit in the kakkabi-vessel. |
| 7.6.4:27′ | turammakšu atbāru kibrītu ruʾtītu | I have slain him, I have cut off my limbs, my neck, my legs |
| 7.6.4:28′ | ana pēnti ašāgi tanaddī-ma išêr-ma irammuk-ma iballu[ṭ] | You add to the opening of the reed-bed, and then he will get up and recover. |
| 7.6.4:29′ | en₂ e₂-nu-ru abzu ḫa-lam-ma al-e₃ | Incantation: “Enuru of the Abzu is coming forth in joy! |
| 7.6.4:30′ | nisḫu sebû gabari lēʾi | nishbu-bread made with sebû-flour, roasted meat |
| 7.6.4:31′ | kīma labirīšu šaṭir bar[i] | Like a labiru-demon, a šaṭir-disease has seized my body |
| 7.6.4:32′ | tuppi Abu-erība mašmaš Aššur | Tablet of Abu-eriba, exorcist of Assyria |
| 7.6.4:33′ | mār Bābu-šumu-ibni zabardabbê Ešarr[a] | Bābu-šumu-ibni, the zabardabbû-priest of the king |
| 7.6.5:1 | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.5:2 | nakra aqalli nakra adâki | Nakra, aqallu-stone, Nakra of Adâ, |
| 7.6.5:3 | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.5:4 | nakra ušamqat ana Girra apaqqid | I have strewn a stone, I have presented it to Girra, |
| 7.6.5:5 | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.5:6 | ūm zikurudêya ana zikurudêšu utār | My ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic has been turned into his (own) {geš}tu-magic |
| 7.6.5:7 | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.5:8 | [KA.INIM.MA] zikurudâ ana ēpiši turri | [Wording (of an incantation)] to undo witchcraft: |
| 7.6.5:9 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ina maḫar Šamaš nign]ak burāši tašakkan šikara tanaqqi šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri | Its ritual: In the presence of Šamaš, you set up a censer of burāši-juniper. You pour out a libation bowl. |
| 7.6.5:10 | [šina ṣalmī kupsi šina ṣalmī ittê tepp]uš šumšunu ina naglab šumēlīšunu tašaṭṭar | You perform šalmu-plant (and) kupsu-aromatic (as a ritual assemblage) against a man. You bind that man with a thornbush of their flesh. |
| 7.6.5:11 | [ṣilli gišimmari ana muḫḫīšunu tere]tti qātīšunu u šēpīšunu ana arkīšunu takassi | You set up a basket of date palms on top of them, a terēttu-bowl over them, and a bowl over them. |
| 7.6.5:12 | ... ...-ma EN₂ Šamaš annûtu ṣalmū ēpišīya tamannū-ma | ... and you recite this incantation, “Šamaš, these are the signs of my work,’ |
| 7.6.5:13 | ... ⸢SIG₄⸣ tasarraq ṣalmī šunūti | you scatter ēšû-tree (and) sulphur, |
| 7.6.5:14 | ... tasaḫḫapš]unūti ina ṭīd pê bābšunu tepeḫḫi | you scatter (them) on a reed mat, you sweep the ground, |
| 7.6.5:15 | [ina kunuk ... bābšun]u tabarram šēra muṣlāla u šimētān | With the seal of , you set up a censer of juniper, muslalû-plant, and šimēta-plant. |
| 7.6.5:16 | ... ... ... marṣa mīs pî teppuš | ... ... you perform (the ritual) with water of the mouth |
| 7.6.5:17 | ... ...]-⸢ak⸣-x-šu-⸢ma LU₂⸣ BI ⸢tuš⸣-ba-aʾ-šu | (If) ... ... and that man sits down |
| 7.6.5:18 | ... ⸢LU₂ BI⸣ [x]-tik GIM ŠID-[u] | that man ... like a snake |
| 7.6.5:19 | ... x ⸢du⸣ E₂ [x-(x)] | ... edu-house |
| 7.6.5:20 | ... ... [x-x] | |
| 7.6.5:20′ | [ēkal Aššur-bāni-apli šar kiššati šar Māt-Aššur] | I am Assurbanipal, king of the world, lord of the land |
| 7.6.5:21′ | [ša ana Aššu]r u Mulliltu taklu | who is tied to Ashur and Mullil |
| 7.6.5:22′ | [ša Nabû u Tašmētu rēma i]ršû-ma tupšarrūtu nisiqšun | Of Nabû and Tašmētu, merciful one, who loves scribal art, perfect one |
| 7.6.5:23′ | [ana širikti i]šrukūš ana tāmarti šitassîšu | I turn to you, O lord, in order to see his face |
| 7.6.5:24′ | [qereb] ēkallīšu ukīn mannu ša itabbalu u šumšu kīma šumīya | In the middle of his cella, who is it that you are? And his name is as my name |
| 7.6.5:25′ | [išaṭṭaru Aššur u Mu]lliltu aggiš ezziš liskipūšu-ma šumšu zēršu ina māti | May Ašaṭtbaru, Assur, and Mulliltu, the aggišu-priestess, and the angry man in the land |
| 7.6.5:26′ | [liḫalliqū tākilka] ul ibâš šar ilī Aššur | May it be dispersed, but there is no king of the gods, the Assyrian |
| 7.6.6:1 | šumma amēlu bēl lemuttīšu ana l[ā ṭeḫ]êšu | If a man, his evil lord, is seated on top of him |
| 7.6.6:2 | u šū elīšu šuzuzzi ili šarri kabti rubê | And he who surpasses you, may god, king, powerful, prince |
| 7.6.6:3 | amāt iqabbû ana šemê eli muʾirri | (who) says “I want to go up to the heavens, |
| 7.6.6:4 | u nanzāzi u bāb ēkalli [ana] ṭubbi | and nanza-offerings and offerings for the ēkallu-festival |
| 7.6.6:5 | atmûšu u šū kīma abi āl[idīšu u umm]i ālittīšu | His word and his hand are like that of a father, his counsellor, and my mother, his helper |
| 7.6.6:6 | ina maḫar ili šarri kabti u rubê ((tīri u na[nzā]zi)) rēma šuršê | In the presence of the gods, kings, nobles, and princes ((life and prosperity)), merciful one, |
| 7.6.6:7 | āmiršu ana amārīšu ḫadê [ina] ēkallīšu šalmiš | (who) has turned his attention to his mother, has sinned against him in his temple |
| 7.6.6:8 | ana atalluki ṣummir[āt libbīš]u ana ṣebê | To you, my heart, to the heavens |
| 7.6.6:9 | ernettašu ana kašād(i) nindabêšu ana râmi | His ernašu-plant for beer, his nindabê-bread for wine |
| 7.6.6:10 | ((u)) bēl amātīšu ana zīr[i an]a šakānim-ma | ((and)) the lord of his mother's womb to heaven, to earth |
| 7.6.6:11 | liqbī-ma likšud ēm[a iqa]bbû lū [mag]ir | May he say to me, and may he prosper. Whatever he says, may it be favourable. |
| 7.6.6:12 | ellūssu [l]ū ubbib[at] ḫiṭâtūšu ana kuppuri | may his purification be a robbery, his sin be turned into a crime! |
| 7.6.6:13 | šunātīšu an[a] dummuqi | His offspring for good fortune |
| 7.6.6:14 | DU₃.DU₃.BI ((ina)) maḫar Šamaš ḫulpaq[qa] tukān | Its ritual: You bind a ḫulpaqqu-vessel ((in)) the great shrine of Šamaš |
| 7.6.6:15 | qanê qalpūti ina muḫḫi taparrik šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī | You set up a qanû-bowl on top of it. Release my guilt, release my guilt! |
| 7.6.6:16 | iškūri šina ṣalmī kupsi šina ṣalmī ittê | “It has been poured, my hands have been bound, my feet have been tied, |
| 7.6.6:17 | ina muḫḫi ḫulpaqqa takassi paṭīra tarakkas | On top of a ḫulpaqqu-vessel you set up a censer. |
| 7.6.6:18 | suluppī sasqê tasarraq miris | You strew a sasqû-vessel, you scatter mirsu-plant, |
| 7.6.6:19 | šamni dišpi ḫimēti tašakkan niqâ | You set up a libation vessel for the demon Pi. |
| 7.6.6:20 | ella tanaqqi imitta ḫimṣa u šumê | You libate pure water, the middle of the river and the river |
| 7.6.6:21 | tuṭaḫḫa šizba šikara karāna tanaqqi | You libate fig-beer, tamarisk (and) šangû-flour. |
| 7.6.6:22 | arkīšu gizillâ ina išāt kibrīti taqâd-ma | After that, you strew a reed-bed in the kibrītu-vessel |
| 7.6.6:23 | ina ḫulpaqqi tanaddi napṭa tasallaḫšunūti | You sprinkle a naptu-vessel with ḫulpaqqu-soapwort, you anoint him repeatedly (with the mixture). |
| 7.6.6:24 | amēlu šū ireqqam-ma kīam taqabbi | I, that man, turn around and you speak as follows: |
| 7.6.6:25 | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.6:26 | nakra aqalli nakra adâki | Nakra, aqallu-stone, Nakra of Adâ, |
| 7.6.6:27 | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.6:28 | nakra ušamqat ana Girra apaqqid | I have strewn a stone, I have presented it to Girra, |
| 7.6.6:29 | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.6:30 | ūm zikurudêya ana zikurudêšu utār | My ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic has been turned into his (own) {geš}tu-magic |
| 7.6.6:31 | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.6:32 | ina amāt Ea u Marduk TU₆ EN₂ | In the mother’s house, Ea and Marduk. Incantation formula. |
| 7.6.6:33 | [šipta] tamannū-ma kibrīta ana libbi ḫulpaqqa | You recite the incantation, and a kibrītu-prayer into the ḫulpaqqa-vessel |
| 7.6.6:34 | [tatta]naddi kīma išāt qanê ittū<ḫu> ina mê nāri | You are adjured like a wild cow with water of the river. |
| 7.6.6:35 | tu[n]āḫšunūti arkīšu ṣalam bēl amātīšu | You are adjured, O lord of the netherworld, |
| 7.6.6:36 | ša ṭīd kullati teppuš idīšu ana arkīš[u] tutā[r] | Whom you have performed against the cult daises, whose strength has been turned back to its place |
| 7.6.6:37 | ina kunuk šubî u šadânu pâ[šu ta]k[annak] | You seal his mouth with a seal of šubû-stone and alabaster. |
| 7.6.6:38 | ana maḫar Šamaš tadânšu qātīšu ana muḫḫi [imessi] | Before Šamaš you have given him, his hand against it |
| 7.6.6:39 | šiptu annītu šalāšīšu ana muḫḫi [imannu] | This sorcery, his well-being, he recites over it |
| 7.6.6:40 | EN₂ ṣalam bēl amātīya attā-ma id[īka aksi] | Incantation: You are the lord of my mother-in-law, the one who gave birth to me. |
| 7.6.6:41 | [i]na rēš libbīka (ḫ)umāmātu uša[škin] | At the beginning of your heart a famine has occurred |
| 7.6.6:42 | [a]ṣbat pâka ana lā qabê lemuttīya ina kunuk | I have seized your face, in order not to speak evil against me, with a seal |
| 7.6.6:43 | šubî u šadâni aktanak šaptīka | The šubû-demon and his (own) nemesis I have performed against you, |
| 7.6.6:44 | [ana l]ā šūlê ša šumīya Asalluḫi mašmaš ilī | Asalluḫi, exorcist of the gods, |
| 7.6.6:45 | [kaš]ād bēl amātīya kullimanni dalīlīka ludlul | Beer of the lord of my mother, purify me, I will sing your praises! |
| 7.6.6:46 | ⸢ka⸣ {d}en-ki silim-ma-a ipšu ša pī Ea lišlim TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | May your temple, O Enki, be well! May the sorcery of the mouth of Ea go well!” Incantation formula. |
| 7.6.6:47 | annâ taqabbī-ma ṣalma šuātu tanaššī-ma ana ḫulp[aqqi] | You say this, and then you take it away, then you pour it into a jug |
| 7.6.6:48 | [ta]naddi arkīšu karpat billati lā ṣar[ipta] | You smear it on his head, you scatter the billatu-disease (and) the ṣariptu-illness |
| 7.6.6:49 | [te]ḫeppī-ma ⸢EN₂⸣ al[īta ḫabt]at [ana muḫḫ]i | You recite the incantation “I have been seized, I have been carried off to the top of the top |
| 7.6.6:50 | [šalāšī]šu taqabbī-ma e[l]i bēl amātī[šu ...] | You speak of his well-being, and above his mother the lord of his family |
| 7.6.6:51 | EN₂ alīta ḫabtat alīt[a ḫabtat] | Incantation: “Alas, fright, alas! |
| 7.6.6:52 | alīta kīma munnabti ul t[a ...] | From the city, like a woman, you do not ... |
| 7.6.6:53 | alteqēši-ma attadinši ana šar il[ī] | I have taken it and given it to the king of the gods |
| 7.6.6:54 | attā-ma šar ilī tinūru | You are the king of the gods of Tinu |
| 7.6.6:55 | alīta ša apqi[dakk]a | I have entrusted you to the foreign land |
| 7.6.6:56 | lū lillu rēṣī[š]u | may it be a lillu-demon, its head |
| 7.6.6:57 | lū suḫḫā ubānātūšu | |
| 7.6.6:58 | nišḫu liṣbassi-ma ḫiṭâ[t libb]īya | May my heart be pacified to prayer, |
| 7.6.6:59 | ina nišḫi ... [...] EN₂ | In the morning ... ... incantation. |
| 7.6.6:60 | kīma annâ tētepšu | Like this you perform (the ritual) |
| 7.6.6:61 | bēl amātīka arḫiš ikaššad | lord of your mother-in-law, merciful one, who binds |
| 7.6.6:62 | kī pī [lē]ʾi Akkade | according to the wording of a sealed document of Akkad |
| 7.6.6:63 | gabari Ninua šaṭir bari | Copy of Ninua, šaṭir bari |
| 7.6.6:64 | ana ṣabāt epēši Kiṣir-Nabû | To make Kiṣir-Nabû's work |
| 7.6.6:65 | ša ana [N]abû u Tašmētu [t]aklu | who is devoted to Nabû and Tašmetu |
| 7.6.6:66 | mār Šamaš-ibni ma[šmaš] Ešarra | Šamaš-ibni, Esarhaddon |
| 7.6.6:67 | mār Nabû-bēssunu m[ašmaš Eš]arra | Nabû-bēssunu, exorcist of Esharra |
| 7.6.6:1* | šina ṣalmī lipî | sulphur, lipānu-stone |
| 7.6.6:2* | šina ṣalmī iškūri | The ‘hand-of-the-goddess’ of Iškūri |
| 7.6.6:3* | šina ṣalmī kupsi | a reed bundle of kupsu-flour |
| 7.6.6:4* | šina ṣalmī ittê | the ‘eyes of the storm’ |
| 7.6.6:5* | ḫulpaqqu qanê qalpū[ti] | ḫulpāqu-plant, qanê-plant |
| 7.6.6:6* | napṭa tasallaḫšunūte | a meal of fig-beer |
| 7.6.6:7* | kibrī[tu ana] libbi ḫulpaqqi tanaddi | You pour kibrītu-sulphur inside a ḫulpaqqu-vessel |
| 7.6.6:8* | ina mê nāri tunāḫšunūte | with water of the spring |
| 7.6.6:9* | arkīšu ṣalam bēl dabābi | After that, may the lord of the sceptre |
| 7.6.6:10* | ša ṭīd kullati teppuš idīšu ana arkīš[u tutār] | Whom you have performed against the cult daises, whose strength has been turned back to its place |
| 7.6.6:11* | ina kunuk šubî šadânu pâšu tabarram | With the seal of Šubû, you open his mouth to speak, |
| 7.6.6:12* | qātīšu ana mu[ḫḫ]i imessi | his hand against it he smashed |
| 7.6.6:13* | ṣalam bēl amātīya attā šalāšīšu tamannu | You are adjured by the lord of my mother-in-law, you recite (this). |
| 7.6.6:14* | ṣalma šuāti ina ḫulpaqqi tanaddi | You scatter my hand on a reed mat |
| 7.6.6:15* | arkīšu karpata lā ṣaripta | (a kind of reed) that is not tanned |
| 7.6.6:16* | teḫeppī-ma alīta ḫabtat | you take away, and the city is ruined |
| 7.6.6:17* | šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškū[ri] | a šūbalmu-plant, ṭibi-plant (and) a lipû-plant |
| 7.6.6:18* | šina ṣalmī ittê šina ṣalmī kupsi | “My hands are bound, my feet are tied, |
| 7.6.6:19* | ina appi gizillî tašakkan | You place (it) before the torch. |
| 7.6.6:20* | ina libbi burzigalli inašši | From the burzigallu-vessel he will recover. |
| 7.6.6:21* | Girra bēlu gitmālu im[an]nu | Girra, the perfect one, lies down |
| 7.6.6:22* | [x] x-x ... x ... | |
| 7.6.6:23* | ina x [x] x ... x | in ... ... |
| 7.6.6:24* | x-x-x-x ... | |
| 7.6.6:25* | al-si-... ... | I ... |
| 7.6.6:26* | šina ṣalmī ... ... ... | The šamaš priestess |
| 7.6.6:27* | ana maḫar ... ... | To the supreme ... |
| 7.6.6:28* | mê ellūti ... ... | pure water [ ... ] |
| 7.6.6:29* | imessi ... ... | (Sum) ... (Akk) Issi ... |
| 7.6.6:30* | attimannu [kaššā]ptu | Whoever you are, bewitched |
| 7.6.6:31* | ina maḫar ... ... | In the supreme ... |
| 7.6.6:32* | zis[u]rrâ tal[am]mīšunū[ti] ... ... | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, slander, ... |
| 7.6.6:33* | ṣalam kaššāpi ... ... | Turn back the money ... |
| 7.6.6:34* | x-x-x-x [x-x] x-šu₂ x-x-⸢na⸣-a | ... his ... |
| 7.6.6:35* | x [x-x] x-šu₂ TAG-ma ina IGI-šu₂ | ... touches and in front of him |
| 7.6.6:36* | 1 x-x SAG.DU ina SAG.⸢KI⸣-ša₂ | [If ...] the head in its lower part |
| 7.6.6:37* | lib₃-bi x-x-x ad ina ⸢ID₂⸣ ŠUB | Its inside ... in the river ... |
| 7.6.6:38* | x-x-x SAG.DU-šu₂ ina ⸢KI⸣ MIN-ma | his head in the temple ditto, and |
| 7.6.6:39* | iqebber | he smote |
| 7.6.7:1 | šumma amēlu bēl lemutti ir(aš)ši libbašu šuʾdur ... ... | If a man has been seized by an evil lord, his heart is troubled ... . |
| 7.6.7:2 | amâtīšu imtanašši šanîš ṭēmšu ušta[nna ... | (who) has given birth to his children, who has sinned against him, |
| 7.6.7:3 | libbašu šapilšu ramānšu šupluḫšu nullâti libbaš[u ītammu ... | May his heart, his mind, his body, his spirit (and) all of his heart be appeased |
| 7.6.7:4 | ina mayyālīšu igdanallut šanîš iptanarrud ... ... | (who) constantly trembles in his body, continually screams ... , |
| 7.6.7:5 | tību ittenebbīšu ina šunātīšu mītūti ītanammar ... | (If) a river rises, in its depths a flood will be seen |
| 7.6.7:6 | ina maḫar ili šarri kabti rubê ginâ šuškun-ma ... ... ina pī] | In the presence of the gods, kings, nobles, princes, governors, and ... in the mouth |
| 7.6.7:7 | ṣalmāt qaqqadi zīru šakinšu karṣīšu ikkalū-m[a ... | (who) eats the head of a lion, his flesh and his intestines , |
| 7.6.7:8 | ṣītu sadra[ss]u išdiḫšu paris miqit ūri ina bītīšu ... | (Sum) The šadrassu-demon has seized him (Akk) The lamentation priest has sinned against him (var.) the affliction of the wind in his house |
| 7.6.7:9 | mārū mārātu ittanabšûšu ṣubbutū šaḫluqtu šattī[šam ... | (who) has seized the land, who has slain the people, |
| 7.6.7:10 | ina ēkalli ittanallak ul imaḫḫarūšu iqabbī-ma ul išem[mûšu] | He keeps going around in the emckallu-vessel, he does not fear him, speaks, and does not hear him |
| 7.6.7:11 | ubān lemutti arkīšu tarṣat amēlu šū qāt amēlūti e[līšu ibašši] | The evil ubni-demon of the past is overtaken by the hand of the old woman. |
| 7.6.7:12 | ina liqtīšu ṣalmūšu ina ḫurri igār iltāni peḫ[û] | By his command, his radiance, by the roaring storm, the storm swept over me, |
| 7.6.7:13 | ina akalī šūkul-ma [in]a šikari u karānī šaqi i[na šamni pašiš] | You are smitten by the food offerings, you are covered with a cloth in the street and at the quay, it is released from the earth |
| 7.6.7:14 | ēma illaku <ana> magāri eli ili šarri kabti u rubê [ana šuṭubbi] | When I go up to the heavens above god, king, magnate and nobleman, |
| 7.6.7:15 | nīš qātīšu ilšu ana maḫāri nindabêšu ana râmi | His hand, his god, before the great gods, his food before the goddesses |
| 7.6.7:16 | ernettašu ana kašādi ina ēkallīšu šalmiš ana atalluki [(...)] | (Sum) The ernašu-demon, in order to defeat you, in the Ekallu-temple, (Akk) May the ernettu-disease be released for you, for you |
| 7.6.7:17 | išdiḫšu ana šullumi eli bēl amātīšu <ana> uzuzzi(šu) ... [...] | (Sum) The one who smite(?) a šullum-demon (Akk) To the one who scatters a sinew above his mother, to his body |
| 7.6.7:18 | ilšu kīma abi ālidīšu kīma ummi ālittīšu [rēma rašê] | May his god be as pure as a father, may his goddess be as sweet as the mother of his goddess. |
| 7.6.7:19 | mārī u mārāti rabûti [...] | The land and the great land |
| 7.6.7:20 | DU₃.DU₃.BI ina [mū]ši egubbâ tukān i[n]a libbi egubb[ê bīna] | Its ritual: At the time of the gubbû-demon you have a censer, in the middle of that censum |
| 7.6.7:21 | suḫušša qan-šalāli kaspa ḫurāṣa [p]ar[zilla] sāmta uqnâ [muššara] | Suḫušu, qanšalāli, kaspa-disease, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, parzilla-plant, sâmta-plant (and) uqnaf-plant |
| 7.6.7:22 | ašgigâ šupuḫra ana libbi tana[dd]i ina kakkabi tušbāt kasâ bappira sā[mta (...)] | You pour ašgigû-plant (and) supuḫra-plant into it, you sit in the kakkabi-vessel, you libate beer, beer beer, sammta-beer |
| 7.6.7:23 | ina paršīgi tarakkas ina rēšīš[u tašakkan] šaman ḫašūri dām ṣumlalî t[unattak] | You place (them) in the reed-bed, at the head of the bed, you set up a šamānu-vessel of ḫašû-plant (and) sulphur. |
| 7.6.7:24 | lām nam[āri] tetebbē-ma ašar [šēpu parsat] | You are adjured by a fate, and I am the lord of the harvest. |
| 7.6.7:25 | paṭīra ina maḫar Šamaš [tar]akkas 12 akalī kunāši ina muḫḫi pa[ṭīri tašakkan] | You set up a censer in front of Šamaš. You place 12 akalu-vessels on top of the censure. |
| 7.6.7:26 | nignak burāši tašakkan [...] ... immera tanaqqi šizba šikara karāna tan[aqqi merdīta] | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You libate ... in a vessel. You make a strewn-offering in the quay. |
| 7.6.7:27 | tereddi zidubd[ubbâ tattan]addi šiddu kīma ša bārî tašaddad amēlu š[ū ...] | You add ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic to the šiddu-bowl, like that of a lion, you make it rise. That of ... |
| 7.6.7:28 | idīšu ana arkīš[u utār] paršīga qaqqassu tarakkas ēma [... kīam] t[aqabbi] | (who) has turned his mind back to the past (and) has recited the paršīgu-prayer to his head, when ... you say: |
| 7.6.7:29 | en₂ e₂-nu-ru an-ŋi₆ a-na ⸢an⸣-gi-še bi-da-dim₂-mi-a | Incantation: “The Enuru of heaven has been fashioned into Eanna-egiše. |
| 7.6.7:30 | diŋir-re-e-ne šu-x ⸢ba⸣-an-⸢ḫul₂⸣-ḫul₂ ka-ne₂-eš-a | The intertwined chambers ... |
| 7.6.7:31 | ba-an-ti-la-gim e-⸢bi⸣ x-x-(x) a ti-ti | (Sum) The one who lives, the temple ... (Akk) Its temple .... |
| 7.6.7:32 | iš-ti-im šeš-ti-im ti-il-la-bi za-la-⸢aḫ-ḫi⸣-[...] | (Sum) It is the year (of) the king, my lord. (Akk) The year (in which) I live, I am the one who makes (my) majesty shine |
| 7.6.7:33 | enūma nēpeša annâ teppušu libtakkī-ma id[īšu ipaṭṭar] | Now, may this ritual be performed against you, so that his blood will be released. |
| 7.6.7:34 | tereqqam-ma šina ṣalmī kaššāpi u kaššāpti ša ṭīdi teppuš | You are torn out, and you perform a ritual against me to undo witchcraft and sorcery |
| 7.6.7:35 | nignak burāši ina maḫar ilī mušīti tasarraq šikara karāna tanaqqi ... [...] | You place a censer of burāšu-juniper in the presence of the gods of the night, you pour a libation bowl of wine ... |
| 7.6.7:36 | ittâ emma ana muḫḫīšunu tanaddi ina ḫaṭṭi ēri [tamaḫḫassunūti] | “If he falls on top of it, in the middle of the night, I will be stricken with famine. |
| 7.6.7:37 | šipta šalāšīšu ana muḫḫīšunu tamannu EN₂ kur₂-kur₂ bil-la kur₂-kur₂ ⸢in⸣-[na-ka (tamannu)] | You recite the incantation “It is foreign, it is hostile, it has come out of the E'ina’. |
| 7.6.7:38 | ṣubāssu išaḫḫaṭ-ma mê ina muḫḫi irammuk [...] | Its horns are swollen, and water drips from it |
| 7.6.7:39 | ṣubāta ebba iltabbaš nignakka gizillâ tušbāʾšu-ma ana bītī[šu iššir] | You sit on a pure šuba stone, you set up a torch, and then he enters his house. |
| 7.6.7:40 | ittīšu kīnāti ītammû Nisannu Ayyāru {iti}[...] | With him, the earth shakes, Nisannu, Ayyacru |
| 7.6.7:41 | kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | he made hostile, hostile, |
| 7.6.7:42 | kur₂-kur₂ šub-ba {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | The foreign lands of the earth, Gibil in the earth |
| 7.6.7:43 | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da zi-ku₅-ru-da-a-ni gur-ra | The storm that is to be cut off, his storm return. |
| 7.6.7:44 | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-me-en | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫ |
| 7.6.7:45 | tuppi Bēl-ašarēd šamallî ṣeḫri ša tup[pa itabbalu] | Tablet of Bel-ašarēd, scribe, keeper of the tablet. |
| 7.6.7:46 | ina qātī Nabû ḫanṭiš [...] | In the hand of Nabû, the lion |
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