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CMAwR Text 3.7 (Q005042)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 3.7 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005042 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 3.7.1:1 | šumma amēlu ginâ šūdur urra u mūša inazziq ṣītu sadrassu | If a man is seized by the hand of a ghost in the morning and in the evening: his guilt will be released. |
| 3.7.1:2 | išdiḫšu paris karṣīšu ikkalū dābib ittīšu kīttu lā idabbub | He smote him, he washed his hands, shaved his head, did not speak truth with him, |
| 3.7.1:3 | ubān lemutti arkīšu tarṣat ina ēkallīšu lā maḫrāšu | The evil udug-demon of the past has been dissolved in the Ekallu-temple, |
| 3.7.1:4 | šunātūšu pardā ina šuttīšu mītūti ītanammar ḫīpi libbi šakinšu | His offspring, the šunātu-disease, is seen in all of his flesh: joy of the heart of his body |
| 3.7.1:5 | šibsāt ili u ištari elīšu bašâ ilšu u ištaršu ittīšu zenû | The offspring of god and goddess, above (and) below, the foundations of (the god) and goddess are firm with him. |
| 3.7.1:6 | itti bārî u dāgili dīnšu lā iššer qabû lā šemû iššakkanšu | With death and rebellion, no verdict is given, no supplication is given to you |
| 3.7.1:7 | ana purussêšu parāsim-ma dīnšu šutēšuri | For the understanding of his case, interpreter of the case, Ur |
| 3.7.1:8 | [KID₃].⸢KID₃⸣.BI tarmuš imḫur-līm imḫur-ešrā elikulla amēlānu imbuʾ tâmti | Its ritual: The tarmuš-plant is swollen, the elikulla-plant (plant) is abundant, the watercourse is full of water. |
| 3.7.1:9 | bīnu iṣ pišri erkulla tišīt šammī annûte itqa talammi ina maški ina šamni ina šikari | (who) has slit a hole in a man's body, has seized this man, has been seized by a demon, by means of a ritual assemblage, |
| 3.7.1:10 | egerrûšu iššer šunātūšu damqā qabû u š[em]û iššakkanšu ilu u ištaru ittīšu salmū | His word is a flood, his radiance is good, his speech and the wind is an earthquake, god and goddess are reconciled with him |
| 3.7.1:11 | EN₂ a-la-aḫ sa šu-la-aḫ ba-ši-in-ti | Incantation: “The alaḫ priestess, the šulah-priestess has been taken away. |
| 3.7.1:12 | EN₂ a-ra-zu šu te-ma-ab tamannu | Incantation: “Open your hand to the arazu-demon, you recite (the incantation) |
| 3.7.1:13 | šumma amēlu baliṭ-ma alaktašu marṣat ((u)) izzirti pī nišī ((maʾdāti)) iššakinšu | If a man is seized and seized by a marṣat-demon ((and)) izzirtu-disease, the mouth of a ghost ((lit. ‘hand-of-a-god’)): |
| 3.7.1:14 | ana lā ṭeḫê upšāšê bēl amātīšu lā sanāqīšu | To the one who does not fear the machinations of the lord of battle, to the one whose strength cannot be rivalled |
| 3.7.1:15 | ubān damiqti arkīšu tarāṣi | You set up a good stele upon it |
| 3.7.1:16 | libbi ili zenî ((ana)) sullumi kiṣir libbi ilīšu [an]a paṭāri | The heart of the pure gods ((for)) the well-being of the netherworld, the heart of his gods for the release |
| 3.7.1:17 | tarmuš erkulla azal[lû] ... | Tarmuš, Erkulla, Azallû-plant |
| 3.7.1:18 | ḫaṣabti sūq-erbetti ḫaṣabti pel lurmi [...] | (Sum) The ḫašbatu-demon, the ša qērtu-disease, (Akk) The suqerbitu-demon, (the s)cvašaru-denunciation, the purification rites, |
| 3.7.1:18a | (([ina maški tašappi ina kiš]ādīšu tašakkan-ma paṭi[r])) | ((You rub (them) with maški-soapwort, you put it around his neck, and then he will recover)) |
| 3.7.1:19 | šumma amēlu qabû u enû iššakkanšu ubān lemu[tti arkīšu tarṣat] | If a man speaks, and the enû-demon surrounds him, the evil ubni-disease follows after him |
| 3.7.1:20 | ilu u ištaru šuzzuqūšu ila u ištara itti amēli [sullumi] | May god and goddess be reconciled with me, |
| 3.7.1:21 | ēdu ḫuṣāb ḫûrati atāʾišu ṭābat emesalli apruša ina maški | “It is a storm, it is an atāʾišu-storm, you are the one who controls the emesallu-demons, your apsû with a net. |
| 3.7.1:22 | qāt Nabû-šumu-iškun mašmašši | Hand of Nabû-shumu-iškun, exorcist |
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