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CMAwR Text 7.22 (Q005055)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.22 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005055 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.22.1:1 | EN₂ attimannu kaššāptu ša tubtaʾʾênni | Incantation: “Whoever you are, O witch, who keeps me alive, |
| 7.22.1:2 | taṣbatī ḫarrān tallikī arkīya | You have seized my throne, my yoke, |
| 7.22.1:3 | tubtanaʾʾênni ana ḫabālīya | You keep on seeking me out for my pleasure, |
| 7.22.1:4 | taddanabbubī amātu maruštu | taddanabbû-plant, a sick mother |
| 7.22.1:5 | tasḫurīnni tašeʾʾênni | You have smeared me, you have soothed me, |
| 7.22.1:6 | tattalkī-ma tasḫurī kibsīya | You speak, and you sweep my feet, |
| 7.22.1:7 | tadgulīnni-ma [...] | You have surrounded me, and |
| 7.22.1:8 | anāku ina qibīt telīti Ištar | I, by the command of the telû-priesthood of Ištar |
| 7.22.1:9 | uzzu labšāku-ma aktaldakki ... | (Sum) I am the one who is enraged, I am frightened (Akk) The one who has been terrified, [I am] afflicted |
| 7.22.1:10 | ana ubburīki ana ṣabātīki | To your city, to your city quarter |
| 7.22.1:11 | [an]a lā šūlî ša šumīya | To the one who is not mine |
| 7.22.1:12 | [allabiš] ḫašuttu aḫḫalip ḫašuttu | Allabiš, the slain one, Aḫḫali, the dead one |
| 7.22.1:13 | [a]ppašiš ḫašuttu aṣṣabat ḫašuttu ina pîya | I have poured out a libation bowl, a bowl of libations in my mouth |
| 7.22.1:14 | [ina qibī]t Nanaya Kanisurra | By the command of Nanaya, Kanisurra |
| 7.22.1:15 | [bēlet kaššāpā]ti telīti Ištar TU₆ EN₂ | “The bēlet of the witches, the telītu-priestess, Ištar’s, Incantation-formula. |
| 7.22.1:16 | [KA.INIM].⸢MA⸣ UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.⸢DA⸣.[KAM] | Incantation formula: to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.22.1:17 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI imḫur-l]īm imḫur-ešrā tarmuš | Its ritual: ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, ēšur-plant |
| 7.22.1:18 | [ḫašuttu i]na šikari tarabbak ina kakkabi tušbāt | You set up a ḫašûtu-vessel on the road, you sit on the throne |
| 7.22.1:19 | [... i]šattī-ma pašir | ... he sinned and died |
| 7.22.1:20 | [x-x-x-x-x] ⸢en⸣ ra [...] | ... the en priestess |
| 7.22.1:21 | [x-x-x-x-x-x] x-x [...] | |
| 7.22.2:1′ | [x-(x)] ⸢ka⸣ x [...] | ... of the temple |
| 7.22.2:2′ | [x]-x irteneddûnu x [...] | |
| 7.22.2:3′ | [lū] alû lemnu lū ilu l[emnu lū ... lemnu] | or an evil alû-demon, or a god, a witch, or an ev[il ...] |
| 7.22.2:4′ | [lū] ipšī kišpī ruḫû r[usû (...)] | or witchcraft, magic, sorcery, |
| 7.22.2:5′ | [il]ūtka rabīti [īde anāku lā īde] | May your great divinity know it, may she not know it! |
| 7.22.2:6′ | [annanna] mār annanna aradka libluṭ lišl[im-ma] | N.N., m. N.[N.], your servant, may it live (and) prosper! |
| 7.22.2:7′ | [na]rbîka lišāpi adi ūm [balṭu] | May your supplication be heard as long as I live! |
| 7.22.2:8′ | u anāku āšipi aradka dal[īlīka ludlul] | And to you, my servant, may I sing your praises. |
| 7.22.2:9′ | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ [...-KAM] | Incantation formula: hand-lifting prayer |
| 7.22.2:10′ | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI ina bīti parsi qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê [ellūti tasallaḫ ...] | Its ritual: You sprinkle pure water in the middle of a grave. |
| 7.22.2:11′ | [ina] muḫḫi iṣṣī ḫupê riqqī [teṣên (...)] | On top of it, ḫupê-plant, riqqi-plant |
| 7.22.2:12′ | [gi]zillê qanê ṭābi ina išāt k[ibrīti taqâd-ma] | You strew a reed bundle of qanû-wood in the kibrītu-vessel, and |
| 7.22.2:13′ | [maṣ]ḫata tasarraq ana [maḫar ...] | You scatter maštakal-soapwort (and) you pour it into a large bowl |
| 7.22.2:14′ | [... m]iris [dišpi ḫimēti tašakkan] | ... of the city of Ištar you set up a festival. |
| 7.22.2:15′ | [x-x-x (x)] ⸢li⸣ [...] | ... elī ... |
| 7.22.2:16′ | [x-x-x (x-x)] x [...] |
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