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CMAwR Text 7.12 (Q005045)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.12 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005045 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.12:1 | en₂ uš₁₁-zu uš₁₁-ri-a niŋ₂-ak-a niŋ₂-⸢ḫul⸣-[a] ; kišpū ruḫû upšāšû lemn[ū]ti | Incantation: “Ušuzu, weeping, trembling, raging witchcraft, evil machinations |
| 7.12:2 | niŋ₂-ak-a niŋ₂-ḫul dim₂-ma lu₂-niŋ₂-keš₂ ⸢nam⸣-[lu₂]-u₁₉-lu-ke₄ ; upēš lemutti [m]ukassû amēlūti | The one who makes evil plans, the one who destroys humanity |
| 7.12:3 | [saŋ]-niŋin ṣīdānu mur[īb mim]ma šumšu niŋ₂-nam tuk₄-tuk₄ | (Sum) The šudnu priestess, the one who carries everything (Akk) The herdsman, the nursemaid, whatever he carries |
| 7.12:4 | [x-x] x-x-x [x-x-(x)]-⸢ma⸣ amēlu ul inaṭṭal lu₂ igi nu-mu-un-la₂-e | ... did not look at me. |
| 7.12:5 | ⸢gu₂⸣-bi (<GAM.GAM>) uktin-bi gul-gul ; p[āni uṣṣanaddū ṭēma ušann]û kišāda uqaddadū bunnānê ubbatū | Its throne-dais is a <garment of abundance>. Its vines are destroyed, its phlegm is spread out, it is surrounded by a net, it has become loose, its branches are twisted, its sprouts are sprouting, |
| 7.12:6 | ša₃ zu₂ keš₂ lu₂ ⸢nu⸣-[zi]-zi šu la₂-e ŋiri₃ la₂-e ; libba ikaṣṣarū a[mēla lā uš]atbû qāta uṣṣalū šēpa ukassû | Whose hands are bound, whosoever is bound, whose heart is enraged, who does not fear, who holds back the hand, who lifts the hands, |
| 7.12:7 | muš₂-me kur₂-kur₂ zīmi unakkarū bunnānê ubbatū uktin-bi gul-gul | (Sum) The snakes are hostile to me, they are destroying my life. (Akk) The serpents, the hostile ones, are destroyers of life. |
| 7.12:8 | lu₂ saḫar-ta šub-ba amēla ina epe[r]i inaddû buppānīšu isaḫḫapū igi ugu-bi ba-šu₂-šu₂ | (Sum) The saḫbar-demon is a pig in the steppe (Akk) The buppānû (demon) is an eagle in front of it |
| 7.12:9 | lu₂ tu-ra ki gig-ga amēla umarraṣū-ma ašar marušti [u]šn[ālū] na₂-am₃ | To the one who turns into a sick person, the mother is a slanderer, the lord is an oath. |
| 7.12:10 | uš₁₁-zu uš₁₁-ri-a kišpū ruḫû ištu apsî ittaṣūn[i] ⸢abzu-ta e₃⸣-[a-(me-eš)] | The witchcraft, sorcery (and) spittle have come forth from the Apsu, they are going out from the Eabzu |
| 7.12:11 | šul sa₁₃-ga eṭla damqa ardata damiqta ki-sikil sa₁₃-ga | (Sum) Beautiful head(?) (Akk) Beautiful chin(?) of the young woman |
| 7.12:12 | lu₂-bi ba-an-dab-be₂-eš uktin-bi gul-gul ; amēla šuātu iṣbatū-ma bunnānêšu ubbitū | They seized that man, they destroyed his grapes, they seized the cattlepen, they took away his sheepfold |
| 7.12:13 | lu₂-bi am ug₅-ga-gin₇ saḫar-ta ba-an-ḫe-ḫe ; amēlu šū kīma rīmi mīti ina eperi bullul | This man, like a dead wild bull, was swept away by the dust. |
| 7.12:14 | gud gaz-za-gin₇ in-ŋar-ra(gin₇) ba-da-na₂ ; kīma alpi mīti ina paršīšu nīl | Like an ox, like a scorpion, he lies down with him. |
| 7.12:15 | lu₂-u₁₉-lu-bi u₃-tu-ud-da-a-ni-ta muš₂-me-bi ba-an-da-kur₂ ; amēlu šū ša ana ilittīšu zīmūšu ittek[rū] | That man, after he had given birth to him, his face was changed. |
| 7.12:16 | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi igi niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e ŋen-na ⸢dumu⸣-[ŋu₁₀] | Its Asalluḫ priestess, the one who sees himself, the en-priestess |
| 7.12:17 | im abzu-ta ṭīda ina apsî liqē-ma šu u₃-me-[ti] | Take the clay from the Abzu, take it from the Apsu, and hand it over to me! |
| 7.12:18 | alan lu₂-uš₁₁-zu uš₁₁-ri-a nita munus-bi ⸢u₃⸣-[me-dim₂] ; ṣalam kaššāpi u rāḫīti ša zikari u [sinništi epuš] | a statue of a man who has sinned the man, this woman is an e’eme-dim (figurine) of the balam-priest of beer and wine made of zikaru and sinništu |
| 7.12:19 | a nam-šub {d}en-ki-ke₄ ina mê šipat [Ea ullilšu na u₃-me-ni-de₅] | The water of the fate of Enki was poured into the waters of the source of Ea. |
| 7.12:20 | ⸢lu₂⸣-u₁₉-lu dumu diŋir-ra-na ugu alan-⸢bi⸣ [a u₃-me-ni-tu₅] ; amēla mār ilīšu muḫḫi ṣalam šunūti mê [rummikšu] | The elû-ulu-priest, the son of the intertwined family, upon the statue of the ešbi-priestess I prayed to him: “Alas, the word of his god, on top of the water of the mountains |
| 7.12:21 | a-tu₅-a lu₂-bi šu-⸢luḫ⸣ [x-x-x-(x)] ; mê rimki ša amēli šuātu ... [...] | Atu’a, that man, the šuʾuḫ-e3-plant water of the river, the hand of ... |
| 7.12:22 | a-bi ugu niŋ₂-ḫul dim₂-ma ⸢DI⸣ [...] ; mû šunūti muḫḫi ēpiš le[mutti ...] | (Sum) My father, who created the scepter of heaven and earth (Akk) Its father, the creator of the creation of the earth, who made the evil deed manifest |
| 7.12:23 | niŋ₂-keš₂ lu₂-bi keš₂-keš₂ KA [...] ... ; kasīti amēla ukassû [...]... | (Sum) The niŋkeš priestess, this man, ... the kasītu-priestess (Akk) I am the one who binds the nešakku-priestesses of the people |
| 7.12:24 | lu₂ keš₂-bi ḫe₂-du₈ lu₂ ⸢tu⸣-[ra ḫe₂]-⸢zi⸣ ; kasûssu lippaṭir-ma ina ma[rušti lit]bi | May the one who binds it be released, may the one of the eštû-priestess be released. May he be released from prison. |
| 7.12:25 | inim {d}en-ki-ke₄ uš₁₁-zu uš₁₁-ri-a niŋ₂-⸢ak⸣-[a niŋ₂-ḫul]-a ḫe₂-kur₂-<<ra-ke₄>> ; amāt Ea kišpū ruḫû epīš[ū lemnūt]i lišni | The word of Enki, your utterance is terrifying, terrifying, may an evil wind be set upon me |
| 7.12:26 | {d}⸢nammu⸣ nin a-gub₂-ba ⸢dadag-ga⸣-ke₄ | Enammu-e, the lady of the agub offering, the Edadag temple |
| 7.12:27 | lu₂-u₁₉-lu-bi ku₃-sig₁₇-ga-gin₇ ⸢ḫe₂⸣-dadag ; amēlu šū kīma ḫurāṣi l[ībi]b | This man, like a gold e’edadag plant, the wild bull, may he stand in the place of the ḫuraš plant |
| 7.12:28 | {dug}bur šaŋan-gin₇ | a bowl like a seah |
| 7.12:29 | {dug}bur i₃-nun-[gin₇] | like a bowl of butter oil |
| 7.12:30 | {d}utu [saŋ]-⸢kal⸣ | Šamaš, the sa’ekal priest |
| 7.12:31 | {d}⸢utu saŋ⸣-kal | E’utu, the saekal priest |
| 7.12:32 | ⸢ka-inim⸣-ma uš₁₁-bur₂-ru-da-kam | It is an incantation to undo witchcraft |
| 7.12:33 | [en₂] udug-gin₇ dim₂-ma ki-in-gub-ba gub-ba | Incantation: Like a udug creature, standing at its station |
| 7.12:34 | kīma labirīšu šaṭir-ma saniq bari qāt Šemaʾya | Like a labiru-demon, šaṭir-ma saniq bari, hand of Šemālya |
| 7.12:35 | māršu ša Zababa-pirʾa-uṣur mār Ēṭiru | Hand of Zababa-pir’ala-uṣur, son of Eṭiru |
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