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CMAwR Text 8.21 (Q005066)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.21 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005066 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.21:1′ | [...] ... | |
| 8.21:2′ | [...] ... tanaššī-ma | ... ... you examine and |
| 8.21:3′ | [... t]aḫappi | ... tamarisk |
| 8.21:4′ | [... taš]akkan | ... you set up. |
| 8.21:5′ | [EN₂ ... ēpištī] u multēpištī | Incantation: “... of the enterprise and the plundering |
| 8.21:6′ | [ša ... īpušā] epšētēya | who performed my deeds |
| 8.21:7′ | [bunnānêya] umaššilū | I have been entrusted to you |
| 8.21:8′ | [ṣalmīya ib]nâ minâtēya <ubbirā> | My limbs were created, my legs were split, |
| 8.21:9′ | [ipšī tēpušā lū ša] attūkina | The sorcery that you have performed against me |
| 8.21:10′ | [ṣalmū tabnâ lū š]a ramānīkina | a sulphur vessel, a man's hand of ramanikkina |
| 8.21:11′ | [šipatkina ayya iqri]ba <amâtūkina> ayya ikšudāni | May your spirit not approach me, may your radiance not reach me! |
| 8.21:12′ | [ina qibīt Marduk b]ēl balāṭi | By the command of Marduk, may life |
| 8.21:13′ | [EN₂ x-x-x-x-x] x uš-na-x ka-a-ša | Incantation: “... ... you |
| 8.21:14′ | [...] ⸢li nap ši⸣ [x] x-x mi ⸢PAP⸣ | ... a šūlu-plant |
| 8.21:15′ | [...] mi | ... ... |
| 8.21:16′ | [...] mi | ... ... |
| 8.21:17′ | [...] ⸢TU₆ EN₂⸣ | ... “Incantation-formula. |
| 8.21:18′′ | [... Ea Šamaš u Marduk] | ... Ea, Šamaš and Marduk |
| 8.21:19′′ | [ana yâš]i rūṣ[ānim-ma lippašrū kišpū] | May witchcraft not approach me, |
| 8.21:20′′ | ruḫû rusû upšāš[û lemnūti ša amēlūti] | evil magic, sorcery, evil machinations of mankind |
| 8.21:21′′ | u māmītu ša zumrīya [littaṣi] | and the fate of my body may it be released |
| 8.21:22′′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ [kibr]ītu kibrītu kibrī[tu mārat Id] | Incantation: “Kibrutu, kibritu, the land of the River, |
| 8.21:23′′ | ... kibrītu kallāt I[d ...] | ..., the all-powerful kibrītu of the river |
| 8.21:24′′ | š[a s]ebe kaššāpātūša u seb[e ayyābātūša] | The hand of your warlock and witch against me |
| 8.21:25′′ | īp[uš]āšim-ma ul inneppuš u[kaššipūši-ma] | He has performed sorcery against me, but he has not been able to perform sorceries against me and |
| 8.21:26′′ | ul i[kkašš]ip anāku kīma Id ina šadî[ya ellēku] | He does not smite me, like River in my pure land |
| 8.21:27′′ | Id āk[ul] alti allabiš āt[apir] | River, I drown the dead, I burn the dead |
| 8.21:28′′ | Id akalī mêya ṣubā[ṭīya] | River, my food, my water, my šuba stones |
| 8.21:29′′ | u paršiggīya dalātīya ... [...] | and my supplications, my praises |
| 8.21:30′′ | dalat bābīya kamêy[a ...] | The one who seized me, my companion, ... |
| 8.21:31′′ | Id qūl-m[a (...)] Id ... [...] | River ... river ... |
| 8.21:32′′ | lām kišpī-[...] u ruḫê-[...] | Without witchcraft and spittle |
| 8.21:33′′ | šiptu ul ya[ttun šipa]t āši[p ilī Marduk] | My hand is not mine, my hand is the hand of the god Marduk |
| 8.21:34′′ | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 8.21:35′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.21:36′′′ | [šunā]ti idā[ti ittāti lemnēti lā ṭābāti] | The harvest, the river, the evil (and) the insubmissive |
| 8.21:37′′′ | [šīr]ī ḫaṭû[ti pardūti (lemnūti lā ṭābūti) ša lipit qāti] | May the evildoer, the ev[il] (and) the unfavorable one, who cuts off my hand |
| 8.21:38′′′ | [ḫin]iq imm[eri naqê niqî] | ḫiniq-plant, immû-plant (and) naqītu-plant |
| 8.21:39′′′ | u nēpešt[i] b[ārûti] | and the ritual procedures of the sanctuaries |
| 8.21:40′′′ | [ša ina] sūqi āt[ammar]u ina [aḫ]ât[i ukabbisu] | who I have seen in the street, who have seized me by the side, |
| 8.21:41′′′ | qūl[u kūr]u nissat[u lā ṭū]b libb[īya] | The sick, the sick, (and) the sick are not in my heart. |
| 8.21:42′′′ | u [l]ā ṭūb [šī]rīy[a ...] ... [...] | And may the word of my life ... ... |
| 8.21:43′′′ | [k]i[špū] <ruḫû> rušû upšāšû [le]mnūti š[a amēlūti] | witchcraft, magic, evil sorcery against me |
| 8.21:44′′′ | [ša ina] zumrīya šīrīya š[erʾān]īya b[ašû] | Who is in my body, my flesh, my limbs, my body |
| 8.21:45′′′ | [itti] mê ša zumrīya u [m]usât[i ša qātīya] | With the water of my body and the blood of my hands |
| 8.21:46′′′ | [liššaḫi]ṭ-ma ana muḫḫi ... [...] ... [...] | May it be shattered and on top |
| 8.21:47′′′ | [(...) kaššāp]ī u kaššāptī [...] | ... beer and beer ... |
| 8.21:48′′′ | [KA.INIM].⸢MA⸣ ana qātī mes[ê] | Wording (of an incantation) for a hand of water |
| 8.21:49′′′ | [EN₂ ...] ... [(...)] ṣillīya [...] | Incantation: “... ... my shield ... |
| 8.21:50′′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.21:51′′′ | [...] ⸢GIG⸣ ... [...] | ... a tomb ... |
| 8.21:52′′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.21:53′′′′ | [...] ... | |
| 8.21:54′′′′ | [...] ... | |
| 8.21:55′′′′ | [...] ... | |
| 8.21:56′′′′ | [...] ... |
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