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CMAwR Text 7.24 (Q005057)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.24 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005057 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.24:1 | EN₂ ina muḫḫi šadî izzazzu Šamaš | Incantation: On top of the mountain Šamaš stands. |
| 7.24:2 | idaggal ṣīt šammū kalāmu ina naššu dīši | Idaggal, the ‘hand-of-the-god’ of the whole world, by means of the protection of the life |
| 7.24:3 | rapādu izakkaru ana telīt Ištar annû [šū] | He is wide, he is the one who provides for the divinity of Ištar. |
| 7.24:4 | šammu ša ina ṣēri šurruḫu aṣûšu pānūšu kīma u[qnê] | If a man is stricken by a storm, his speech is like that of a lion |
| 7.24:5 | šuttuḫū papallūšu liqîšu-ma ikis ... | May the šuttuḫbu-demon take him away, and the wrath of . |
| 7.24:6 | ana sabbāsâtu amīltu liltī-ma šammu | May a sabbāsûtu-disease come near me, and my illness |
| 7.24:7 | limruqū pānūšu sāḫirt[u] | May his face be resplendent |
| 7.24:8 | ša kīma tabarra limruqū šapt[āšu] | May his heart be as pure as a tabarra drum |
| 7.24:9 | šiqîšu-ma šammu annâ ṭēnšu l[imqut] | “It is his, and if this is his fate, may he fall. |
| 7.24:10 | mannu išqīka rapādu parḫū šurruḫi<š> ḫuṣāb(ū)-[šu] | Who is it that will give you a wide understanding of the scribal art and how to make it flourish? |
| 7.24:11 | ša ina ṣītīšu iṭ(ṭ)ibbu būli ṣēru il[lip(u)] | who in his life has sinned, who has carried off cattle and sheep |
| 7.24:12 | iṣrup ṣēra kīma qunāt[ā] | Išbrup, the mountain like a quay |
| 7.24:13 | qerbētu iškun pānī takilt[i] | He set up the midst of the earth before my enemies |
| 7.24:14 | abāka tazēru ummaka takkelmēš[i] | You have smeared the sea, you have covered your body |
| 7.24:15 | aḫḫīka u aḫātīka kīma gallê tadaggal | You make my brother and my sister like a gallû-demon. |
| 7.24:16 | ina qibīt Ea u Asalluḫi | by the command of Ea and Asalluḫi |
| 7.24:17 | dibbī dubbīm-ma lā takallī-[m]a | the words of a slanderer you do not repeat, and |
| 7.24:18 | šumma qāt ili ila lušāpâ | If the hand of a god, may my god be appeased |
| 7.24:19 | šumma qāt ištari ištara lusḫ[u]r | If the hand of a goddess is full of radiance |
| 7.24:20 | šumma šammānū lemutti ša amēlūtu ... lemnu | If there is an ev[il] disease of the flesh of an evil eagle |
| 7.24:21 | mūdû lušteʾʾī-ma ilu u ištaru | May I see the god and goddess, |
| 7.24:22 | zenûtu lusallim ittīya tê EN₂ | You are adjured, you are reconciled with me!” Incantation formula. |
| 7.24:23 | KA.INIM.MA kaššāpta ana šuddî ... | [Wording (of an incantation)] to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.24:24 | šipta annīta šalāšīšu ina muḫḫi rapaddu tamannu tašaqqīšu | You recite this incantation over rapaddu-plant, you libate it. |
| 7.24:25 | DU₃.DU₃.BI rapaddu tasâk lū ina DIDA SIG₅ tašaqqīšu | Its ritual: You pound rapaddu-plant, you make him drink it with good beer. |
| 7.24:26 | lū ina šikar uṭṭati tašaqqīšu u mimma mala tašallūšu idabbub-ma | or you have seized him in the river, and he speaks anything that you have conquered, and |
| 7.24:27 | ana kuṣṣî rēssu saḫlê talappat-ma išar ēl-ma | He washes his head with a cloth and rises up. |
| 7.24:28 | EN₂ Ninlil šarrat āšibat bīt šāri | Incantation: O Ninlil, queen who dwells in the heart |
| 7.24:29 | kīma labirīšu šaṭir-ma uppuš u bari | Like a labirû-demon, šaṭirma-disease, sorcery and rebellion |
| 7.24:30 | tuppi Iqīšâ bukur Ištar-šumu-ēreš liblibbi ša Ekur-zakir mašmaššu qāt | Tablet of Iqīšâ, son of Ishtar-svumu-ēres(?), in the heart of Ekur-zakir, the exorcist, in the hand |
| 7.24:31 | Ištar-šumu-ēreš mārīšu pāliḫ Anu Ellil Ea Sîn Šamaš Marduk | Ishtar-šumū-ecresh, whose name is reverent to Anu, Ellil, Ea, Sîn, Šamaše, Marduk |
| 7.24:32 | lā itabbalšu ina mēreštīšu lā ušamkiššu ina kakkabīšu ana bīt bēlīšu litēršu | (who) has not sinned against him in battle, has not killed him in war, may he not approach the house of his city |
| 7.24:33 | ša itabbalūšu Adad u Šāla litbalšu | May Adad and Šamaš carry off what he has stolen. |
| 7.24:34 | {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 13.KAM MU 4.KAM Antagunnu rab-uqu | Month Šabaṭu, 13th day, 4th year of Antigonus, the great king. |
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