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CMAwR Text 7.14 (Q005047)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.14 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005047 |
| Language | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.14:1 | [...] ... [ki]špī ruḫê rusê upšāšê lemnūti lā ṭābūti | ... witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations, |
| 7.14:2 | [alsīk]a bēlī Šamaš | lord of the city, Šamaš |
| 7.14:3 | [...] bīnu x-x sar gišimmaru | ... sar cypress |
| 7.14:4 | [...] mê nāri ālikūti | ... water of the riverbank |
| 7.14:5 | [...] ... [(...)] u āliki tašakkan | ... ... and your city you place |
| 7.14:6 | [...] x GAR x tašakkan | ... you set up. |
| 7.14:7 | [...] ... šammi Lamašti šammī | ... ... of Lamaštu, of |
| 7.14:8 | [Šam]aš ina ūmi annî ina maḫar ilūtīka rab[īt]i | May Šamaš, on this day, before your great divinity |
| 7.14:9 | kaššāpu u kaššāptu | beer and beer |
| 7.14:10 | ša attā tīdûšunūti anāku [l]ā īdûšunūti | Whom you know, may they know! |
| 7.14:11 | ṣalmīšunu abnī-ma | I recite the incantation three times |
| 7.14:12 | [k]anni aknunš[unū]ti | I have sealed it with my seal |
| 7.14:13 | [ina] ḫuḫāra asḫup[šunū]ti | in the midst of the fires |
| 7.14:14 | [z]isurrâ almīšu[nū]ti | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 7.14:15 | Šamaš ina ūmi annî | Šamaš, on this day |
| 7.14:16 | kušud kaššāpa u kaššāpta ina kakkīka | You are the one who carries beer and beer on your body, |
| 7.14:17 | [mi]mma ēpušūni lūbil šā[ru] | Whatever sorcery I have performed, may it be carried off. |
| 7.14:18 | [ki]šp[īš]unu meḫû liḫalli[q] | May witchcraft, magic, and sorcery be dispelled |
| 7.14:19 | [epš]ētūšunu Girra liqm[u] | May your deeds, O Girra, pass by |
| 7.14:20 | [liqlūšunū]ti-ma Girra ezz[u] | May they be pure, and may Girra, the exalted one, |
| 7.14:21 | [kāšid ay]yābi muḫalliq ragg[i] | “Open my mouth to the evildoer, |
| 7.14:22 | [tapp]û ilūtīka rabīti lūrī-[ma] | Who appointees the great gods, |
| 7.14:23 | [kaššāpu u] kaššāptu ana Kurnugî lūbil<šu>n[ūti-ma] | Let me bring beer and beer to the land of Nippur, and |
| 7.14:24 | [šumka lultamm]ara ana maḫar nišī [rapšāti] | If I keep silent, I will stand before the wide people |
| 7.14:25 | [...] ... [...] ... [...] | |
| 7.14:26 | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.14:27 | [DU₃.DU₃].⸢BI⸣ šina ṣalmī ṭīdi [šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri] | Its ritual: A šunû-demon, a ṭīdu-disease (and) a diadem, an ālu-dead man, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant |
| 7.14:28 | šina ṣalmī kupsi [šina ṣalmī ittê šina ṣalmī l]īš[i] | “My hands are sulphur, my feet are kupsu-disease, my fingers are knotted, my hands are knotting, |
| 7.14:29 | šina ṣalmī bīni šina [ṣalmī erēni tepp]uš | You perform the balaŋ composition šunu birānu ērennu |
| 7.14:30 | kīma kanni taka[nnanšun]ūti | like a potter's knife you have smashed them |
| 7.14:31 | kīma ḫuḫāri tasaḫ[ḫap]šunūti | like a lion you scatter |
| 7.14:32 | zisurrâ talammīšunūt[i] | I have surrounded them with cypress, |
| 7.14:33 | šipta annīti šalāšīšu tamannū-ma ((ṣalmīšunu)) | You recite this incantation over his well-being and |
| 7.14:34 | ina Girra taqallūšunūt[i] | In Girra, you extinguish my enemies |
| 7.14:35 | [qi]lûssunu ana nāri tanaddi | You add their qilûs to the river. |
| 7.14:36 | [kī pî lē]ʾi rabî ša ušburru[dê] | according to the wording of a great writing board that is to be smashed |
| 7.14:37 | [...] ... [...] | |
| 7.14:1′ | i[na] Ṭebēti U₄ 24.KAM | On the 24th day of the month Tebetu |
| 7.14:2′ | [a]na Šamaš-šumu-ukīn | To Šamaš-umūkun |
| 7.14:3′ | [š]ar Bābili ēpuš | Hand of Bili, perform |
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