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CMAwR Text 3.6 (Q005041)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 3.6 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005041 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 3.6.1:1 | šumma amēlu ginâ šūdur urra u mūša inazziq ṣītu saderšu | If a man's chest is full of blood, his day and night have become cloudy, |
| 3.6.1:2 | išdiḫšu paris karṣīšu ikkalū dābib ittīšu kītte | He has seized him, he has slain him (and) smashed him with a stick, |
| 3.6.1:3 | lā idabbub ubān lemutti arkīšu tariṣ ina ēkallīšu izzazzu | He did not speak the evil udug-demon of heaven, he stood in his cella |
| 3.6.1:4 | lā maḫrāšu šunātūšu pardā ina šuttīšu mītūti ītanammar | (who) has no superior strength, has a fearsomeness in his body, he sees death |
| 3.6.1:5 | ḫīpi libbi šakinšu šibsāt ili u ištari elīšu bašâ ilu u ištaru | The joy of the heart, the happiness of god and goddess, the exalted one of gods and goddesses, |
| 3.6.1:6 | ittīšu zenû kišpī epšūšu itti ili u ištari šuzzur | With him, the zenû-demon, the witchcraft that has been performed against him, with god and goddess, be exorcised! |
| 3.6.1:7 | [tê]rētūšu dalḫā ilu šarru kabtu rubû šuzzuqūšu | his extispicies are exalted, god, king, powerful, prince, his strength |
| 3.6.1:8 | [it]ti bārî u šāʾili dīnšu adi sebîšu lā iššer | From birth and birth, judgements until the sixth day have not been rendered |
| 3.6.1:9 | [q]abû lā šemû šaknūšu | utterance without rival, exalted |
| 3.6.1:10 | ana purussêšu parāsim-ma d[ī]nšu ana šutēšuri | For the purification of the incantation, for the renewal of the gods for the land of Akkad |
| 3.6.1:11 | šunātīšu ana dummuqi alaktašu ana lamādi | (who) has turned his attention to good deeds (and) has sinned against me |
| 3.6.1:12 | ubān damiqti arkīšu ana tarāṣi | The good scepter of heaven has been set up for you |
| 3.6.1:13 | DU₃.DU₃.BI tarmuš imḫur-līm imḫur-ešrā | Its ritual: tarmuš-plant, burlīm-plant (and) ešra-plant |
| 3.6.1:14 | erkulla elikulla amēlānu | The Erkulla, the Elikulla, are there for you |
| 3.6.1:15 | imbuʾ tâmti bīnu iṣ pišri ina maški tašappi | You smear ‘water’ from a man's body with maški-oil. |
| 3.6.1:16 | EN₂ a-la-aḫ sa <šu>-la-[aḫ] ba-ši-in-[ti] ⸢TU₆⸣ EN₂ | Incantation: “The alaḫ priestess, the šu<sa>-priestess is the one who engendered me—Incantation formula. |
| 3.6.1:17 | EN₂ a-ra-zu šu te-ma-ab sebîšu ana muḫḫi tamannu ina kišādīšu tašakkan | Incantation: “It is an arazu prayer. You recite the incantation seven times over it. You place (it) around his neck. |
| 3.6.1:18 | amēlu šū ilšu u ištaršu ittīšu salmū egerrûšu iššer | May the hand of god and goddess be reconciled with him, may the evil of his enemies be dispelled |
| 3.6.1:19 | šunātūšu damqā qabû u šemû iššakkanšu | Good health, speech and omens are set upon him |
| 3.6.1:20 | ilu šarru kabtu u rubû ittīšu izzazzū | god, king, noble, and prince stand with him |
| 3.6.1:21 | ēm ana dīni illaku dīnšu iššer | When I go to a lawsuit, the case is decided. |
Sources & licences
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