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CMAwR Text 7.11 (Q005044)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005044 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.11.1:0 | [...] ⸢UGU⸣ šam[mī ... | ... on top of the mountain |
| 7.11.1:1 | [en₂] ⸢munus-uš₁₁⸣-zu an-ta la₂-še₃ alan bi₂-in-dim₂ ; [ka]ššāptu ana tappê ubburi ṣalam ibni | Incantation: “A woman, when you rise from the sky he made a statue of herself. He fashioned a kašptu-bowl for a companion, he created a crossroads. |
| 7.11.1:2 | [eme]-⸢ni⸣ hamanzerₓ(|SIK₂.SAG.ŠAB|) in-ŋar-ra a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-bi in-keš₂-keš₂-re ; [l]išānšu mušāṭu ukarrik mešrêtūšu uktessi | (Sum) She cast her tongue into a hammer (Akk) Its tongue has been bound to the hammers (var.) It has been tied to a rope(?), its limbs have been bound |
| 7.11.1:3 | [ka]-bi ba-an-dab ka-bi nu-bad-da ; [p]īšu iṣbat-ma pīšu ul ipetti | Its mouth was seized, its mouth was not loosened |
| 7.11.1:4 | [eme]-⸢bi⸣ ba-an-keš₂ du₁₁-du₁₁ nu-mu-un-da-gi₄-gi₄ ; [li]šānšu ikṣur-ma atmâ ul utarra | Its tongue was bound, it could not be answered. Its heart trembled, and it did not return. |
| 7.11.1:5 | [lu₂]-u₁₈-lu-bi u₈-a u₃-a a-nir-ra ab-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ; amēlu šū ina ūʾa u ayya tānēḫu ištanakkan | Its people, ewes, oaths, and slander have been imposed upon me. |
| 7.11.1:6 | {[d]}⸢asal⸣-lu₂-ḫi igi im-ma-an-si₃ Marduk ippalissu-ma | Marduk looked at him and |
| 7.11.1:7 | tu₆ ku₃-ga-a-ni u₃-me-ni-šum₂ šipassu elletu iddī-ma | His pure incantation, the pure scepter, he gave to him |
| 7.11.1:8 | a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-bi ba-an-du₈ ba-ni-ib₂-du-du ; mešrêtīšu ipṭur-ma ittanallak | Its ašu-bīti was smashed, it was torn out. Its mešêtu-demon opened and went away. |
| 7.11.1:9 | ⸢ka⸣-bi ba-an-bad du₁₁-du₁₁ ba-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ [p]īšu iptē-ma atmâ utarra | He opened his mouth to speak, he opened his eyes to see |
| 7.11.1:10 | eme-ni ba-an-du₈ inim mu-un-na-ni-ib₂-du₁₁-ga lišānšu ipṭur-ma amātu iqabbi | He opened his tongue and spoke a word to him: |
| 7.11.1:11 | niŋ₂-ak-a su-a-ni ŋal₂-la su-ni-ta ba-an-zi upšāšê ((ša)) ina zumrīšu bašû ina zumrīšu issuḫ | (who) has carried off the ‘suānu-disease’ from his body, who has seized the sorcery ((that)) has been carried off in his body |
| 7.11.1:12 | inim {d}en-ki-ke₄ he₂-em-ma-an-bur₂-re ina amāt Ea lippašir | May the word of Enki be released in the mother's house. |
| 7.11.1:13 | {d}asar-alim-nun-na dumu-saŋ abzu-ke₄ sa₆-ga zil₂-zil₂-bi za-a-kam ; Marduk māru rēštû ša apsî bunnû dummuqu kûm-ma TU₆ EN₂ | Asar-alimnuna, the daughter of the Abzu, whose radiance is pleasing, is yours. Marduk, the mighty one of the Apsu, the exalted one, the pure, Incantation-formula |
| 7.11.1:14 | šiptu annītu ana muḫḫi šammī ušburrudê šalāšīšu tamannū-ma išallim | You recite this incantation over a man's body, then he will recover. |
| 7.11.1:15 | EN₂ anāku nubattu aḫāt Marduk | Incantation: “At night, before Marduk, |
| 7.11.1:16 | Zappu ērânni Bālu ulidanni | Zappu has seized me, Bālu has carried me off, |
| 7.11.1:17 | Luḫušû ana liqûtīšu ilqânni | Luḫušû-plant has taken me for its purification. |
| 7.11.1:18 | anašši ubānātīya ina birīt Zappi u Bāli ašakkan | I lay my foundations between Zappu and Bācli, |
| 7.11.1:19 | ultēšib ina pānīya Ištar bēltu ((rabītu)) āpilat kūmūʾa | Ištar, lady ((great)), daughter of Kummu |
| 7.11.1:20 | aḫī Marduk ummī šapattu abūʾa araḫ | Aḫi Marduk, the mother, the šapattu-priestess, the cowherd |
| 7.11.1:21 | ittīya-((ma)) lipšurā kala tâmāti | with me, all the seas |
| 7.11.1:22 | māmīt atmû lā tuqarraba rēmēnû Marduk ((TU₆ EN₂)) | You are adjured by Marduk. ((Incantation formula).) |
| A_rev_12 | [šipāti ann]âti ina muḫḫi šammī ušburrudê šalāšīšu tamannu | You recite these incantations over a man's body. |
| A_rev_13 | [lū ina mê l]ū ina karāni lū ina šikari lū ina šizbi tašaqqi ina akalī tušakkal ina ša[mni tapaššaš]-ma | You libate either in water, or in a libation vessel, or on a boat, you eat (it) in bread, you bathe (it), you wash it with water, and then |
| A_u_e_1 | [kišpū p]ašrū diʾu u diliptu ina zumur amēli ippaše[r] | witchcraft, magic, sorcery, and rebellion against the body of a man he performs |
| h_rev_2 | KA.INIM.MA NAM.ERIM₂.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | Wording of a spell for undoing curse. |
| h_rev_3 | KID₃.KID₃.BI lū ana muḫḫi mê lū ana muḫḫi šikari | Its ritual: either over water or over a šikari-vessel |
| h_rev_4 | šipta šalāšīšu tamannū-ma tašaqqīšu | You recite the incantation, “He is well, you raise him up.’ |
| h_rev_5 | gabari labirim Naʾid-Marduk | Copy of an old tablet of Nalid-Marduk. |
| h_rev_6 | mār GA.ḪUL₂-{d}tu-tu āšipu išṭur | I am a lion, a turtle, an ašipu-plant |
| J_rev_8 | KA.INIM.MA kalīt šumēli | Wording (of an incantation) for the whole body |
| L_rev_IV?_10 | [šipta annīta ana] muḫḫi kalīt šumēli ta[mannu] | You recite this incantation over the whole land |
| n_obv_15 | DU₃.DU₃.BI ina nubatti šipta annīti ana muḫḫi šammī ušburrudê | Its ritual: At dawn, this šiptu-plant on top of a dead person |
| n_obv_16 | u namerimburrudê tamannū-ma U₄ 3.KAM U₄ 7.KAM U₄ 16.KAM išattī-ma | You recite the and namerimburrudû-plant, and then on the 3rd, 7th, (and) 16th day he will get well. |
| n_obv_17 | ki[špū] u māmītu pašrū | witchcraft and magic are undone |
| 7.11.2:1 | EN₂ īpuša kaššāptu kišpīša lemnūti | Incantation: Witchcraft, evil sorcery |
| 7.11.2:2 | ušākilanni ruḫêša lā ṭābūti | I have imposed upon me a curse that is not mine |
| 7.11.2:3 | išqânni mašqûti ša leqê napišti | Who has seized me, who has taken my life, |
| 7.11.2:4 | urammikanni rimka luʾʾâ ša mītūtīya | I have smeared you, let me see your face, that of my life, |
| 7.11.2:5 | ipšušanni šamanša lemnu ša ḫabālīya | My sorcerous devices, the evil machinations of my enemies, |
| 7.11.2:6 | ušaṣbitanni murṣu lemnu ša ṣibit māmīti | he has seized me, the evil illness of the land, |
| 7.11.2:7 | ipqidanni-((ma)) ana eṭemmi aḫî murtappidi ša lā īšû nisūtu | ((who)) has entrusted me to a ghost, a stranger who is not mine, |
| 7.11.2:8 | īmurši-ma Asalluḫi ((apkal ilī mār Ea Marduk)) ana Ea abīšu amāta izakkar | Asalluḫi, ((the sage of the gods, the one of Ea and Marduk)), approached Ea, his father, from afar |
| 7.11.2:9 | abī amēlūtu ša ibnâ qātāni | The father who created me is my hand |
| 7.11.2:10 | kaššāptu ana nakās napištīšu isḫuršu | The kašptu-demon for the nakasu-disease of his life |
| 7.11.2:11 | īpušaššum-ma kišpīša lemnūti | He who performs evil witchcraft |
| 7.11.2:12 | ušākilšu-ma ruḫêša ((u rusêša)) lā ṭābūti | ((and)) he made its ruḫû-demon (and) its sorcery ((against me)) disappear. |
| 7.11.2:13 | išqīšu-ma mašqûti ša leqê napišti | He has seized me, who takes my life, |
| 7.11.2:14 | urammikšu-ma rimka luʾʾâ ša mītūtīšu | I have seized him, so that I may see your face, that of his life |
| 7.11.2:15 | ipšussu-ma šamanšu lemnu ana ḫabālīšu | He has performed sorcery against him and the evil šamnu-demon against him |
| 7.11.2:16 | ušaṣbissu-ma [m]urṣu lemnu ṣibit māmīti | he seized him, and the evil machinations that have seized the land |
| 7.11.2:17 | ipqissu-ma ana eṭemmi aḫî murtappidi ša lā īšû nisūtu | he has entrusted to him, and in the future, may a future ruler who does not have a wife |
| 7.11.2:18 | Ea mārāšu Marduk ippal [al]ik ((mārī)) Marduk | Ea, son of Marduk, watch over the land. ((The land)) of Marduk |
| 7.11.2:19 | idinšu((m-ma)) mašqûtka elletu ša [balā]ṭ[i] | Give him your pure mašqûtu-soapwort that restores life! |
| 7.11.2:20 | šammī līkul lišti lippašiš u lirmuk | May my illness be eradicated, may my ill health be restored and may it be undone! |
| 7.11.2:21 | [id]īšum-m[a šip]atka ša [b]alāṭ[i] | If your hands are full of blood |
| 7.11.2:22 | tûka ellu elīšunu ... [...] | Your pure incantation over them ... |
| 7.11.2:23 | kušud kaššāpta ina im<ti> pîka ((likšussi imti ša p[îka])) | May your beer be poured out in the mouth of your mouth ((may it cover your mouth with the blood of the mouth)) |
| 7.11.2:24 | kišpū ruḫû rusû lissû elīšu ina šiptīka elleti ša balāṭi | May witchcraft, magic, sorcery, (and) evi[l] machinations be extinguished by your pure incantation of life! |
| 7.11.2:25 | līṣī-((ma)) māmītu ana ṣēri liḫliq | May everything fall into disrepair |
| 7.11.2:26 | eṭemmu aḫû līmur-ma lištappidū namê | May a distant ghost look at me and speak my name |
| 7.11.2:27 | amēlu libluṭ amēlu līšer amēlu lišlim-ma maḫarka ana dāriš | May he live, may he be healthy, may the lord prosper, may your greatness be known |
| 7.11.2:28 | ša īpušu kaššāptu ana dâkīšu lipšur Marduk ana bulluṭ nišīšu tê EN₂ | Who has performed sorcery against me, may Marduk release his sin, Incantation: |
| 7.11.2:28a | [šiptu ul yut]tun šipat Ea | My sorcery is not mine, it is the incantation of Ea |
| 7.11.2:28b | [šipat Ninurta] u Gula | descendant of Ninurta and Gula |
| 7.11.2:28c | [šipat Kaḫegal šipat Ig]iḫegal šipat Ningirima | The descendant of Kaḫengal, the descendant [of Igiḥeng]al, (the descendant) of Ningirima |
| 7.11.2:28d | [šunu iqbû-ma anā]ku addi tê EN₂ | “He said to me, and I have recited the incantation. |
| 7.11.2:29 | tuppi Anum-ušallam šamallû ṣeḫru | Tablet of Anum-ušallam, the šamallû-priest of Šabār. |
| 7.11.2:30 | māri ša Anum-rabi Dērû | The land of Anumrabi (and) Dērūf |
| 7.11.2:31 | ana ṭubbīšu surriš išṭur | To smite him, he has smeared the earth |
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