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CMAwR Text 8.23 (Q005068)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.23 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005068 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.23.1:1′ | [...] ... | |
| 8.23.1:2′ | [... a]ddi qâ a[na pîka ...] | ... I have poured out, the hand into your mouth ... |
| 8.23.1:3′ | [...] ... aṣbat ... [...] | ... ... ašbat |
| 8.23.1:4′ | [anāku utē]r idīka ana arkīka ana lā dabā[bi ša dibbīya ...] | I turn to you, turn to your side, turn towards your back, turn away from my words |
| 8.23.1:5′ | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ṣa]lam bēl dabābīka ša ṭīdi teppuš šumšu ina nagla[b šumēlīšu tašaṭṭar ...] | Its ritual: You perform a balaŋ composition of the lord of libation, you perform it, (then) that man will be revived in the sanctuaries of his land. |
| 8.23.1:6′ | [šipta ann]īta šalāšīšu tamannu ina asīd šēp šumēlīka tasê[ršu ...] | You recite this incantation for his well-being. In the morning you listen to the voice of your lord. ... |
| 8.23.1:7′ | [EN₂ E]a šar apsî tuklat Eridu bānû nēmeqi mušīm šīmā[ti] | Incantation: O Ea, king of the subterranean ocean, protector of Eridu, creator of wisdom, maker of the universe |
| 8.23.1:8′ | [muṣṣir] uṣurāti muddiš Anunnaki rāʾim kibrāt[u] | The serpent, the hero of the Anunnaki, the beloved of the kibrītu, |
| 8.23.1:9′ | [yâši ar]du pāliḫka raddāʾinni lišānātu ilu šarru kabtu u rubû zenû ittīya | May the gods, kings, nobles, and princes be reconciled with me, |
| 8.23.1:10′ | [lišānātu raddā]ʾinni ḫāʾiru u ardatu šumruqū pānīya | May the anger of my enemy, the rage of my enemies, and the awe-inspiring radiance of my face |
| 8.23.1:11′ | [bulliṭa]n[n]i-ma bēl nēmeqi dalīlīka ludlul usuḫ mimma lemnu ša zumrīya | Release me, lord of wisdom, I will praise your glory, release any evil from my body! |
| 8.23.1:12′ | [puṭur ḫiṭ]âtīya Ea šar apsî mimma lemni ma[la i]kpudū upussu attā | Release my sins, Ea, king of the subterranean ocean, you are the one who has performed any evil against me. |
| 8.23.1:13′ | [kipdī ša i]kpudū tēri ana muḫḫīšun[u lemnūt]īya šūbir nāra | The witchcraft that he performed, the battle against the evildoers of me, the šubir-demon |
| 8.23.1:14′ | [...] ... ūbil kâši lemnū[ti ...] ... ay iqrubanni ay ikšudanni | ... ... carried off the evil spell ... May ... not approach me, may it not reach me! |
| 8.23.1:15′ | [...] ... lemnūti | ... evil ... |
| 8.23.1:16′ | [... ḫ]aṭûtu lā ṭābūtu ša ina zumrīya muḫranni-ma | ... the evil and unfavourable things that are in my body against me |
| 8.23.1:17′ | [...] ... ilu šarru kabtu u rubû lišāqir pānīya | ... may god, king, noble, and prince look after my face |
| 8.23.1:18′ | [... ara]dka naplisanni-ma bēl nēme[q]i dalīlīka ludlul | ... I have sought you out, so that I may sing your praises, O lord of wisdom. |
| 8.23.1:19′ | [...] ... puḫri puḫḫurū malû ḫubūru | ... ... puhbri puhburu-plant, malû-plant |
| 8.23.1:20′ | [...] ... [...] ... lemnūti ša raddūʾinni | ... ... the evil that is inflicted upon me |
| 8.23.1:21′ | [...] ... īnī-ma iraddadanni | ... he smote me, |
| 8.23.1:22′ | [kimissunūt]i-ma ana makurri ṣal[ilt]u ša [ṭīdi] | I have gathered them and brought them to the boat of the rebellion that you have waged. |
| 8.23.1:23′ | i[na] kunuk [šu]bî u šadânu bābšunu kunuk-((ma)) | With the sealing of that sealed document and the sealed document, it is sealed. |
| 8.23.1:24′ | ... [... a]tmâ ana mārat Ea bēl nagbi | ... ... I have come to the land of Ea, the lord of the water. |
| 8.23.1:25′ | umma māra[t E]a b[ēl nagbi bēl lemuttīy]a lū bēl lemuttīki | Thus (says) the land of Ea: “Because of my evil, O lord of evil, |
| 8.23.1:26′ | bēl dabābī[ya] lū bēl da[bābīki bēl ikk]īya lū bēl ikkīki | The lord of battle, may it be you, my adversary! May it be your enemy! |
| 8.23.1:27′ | [bēl ṣerrīya lū bēl ṣe]rrīki bēl [rī]dīya lū bēl rīdīki | May the lord of the netherworld, may the l[ord of my nether world], may the lo[rd of your nether]world |
| 8.23.1:28′ | [... e]pšātaki lilteʾʾû tebâki litbû ašābki lūšibū | ... may your deeds be extinguished, may your foundation be firm, may I be victorious over you |
| 8.23.1:29′ | [ultu šapl]âti ana elâti lā illâ | From the upper world to the lower world no flood |
| 8.23.1:30′ | [ultu qidd]ati ana maḫirti lā illakū | After the qiddatu-festival, I did not go up to the upper part. |
| 8.23.1:31′ | [šillatu m]iqit pîšunu ultu libbīšunu u ḫašêšunu | (who) has taken the oath of his mouth from within and outside |
| 8.23.1:32′ | [ana šaptīš]unu ay īlâ TU₆ EN₂ | May it not fall upon them!” Incantation formula. |
| 8.23.1:33′ | [KA.INIM.MA] ana lišānāt raddā[di] | Wording (of an incantation) to pacify the heart |
| 8.23.1:34′ | [šiptu annītu sebîš]u ana muḫḫīšunu tamannu ana makur ṭīdi takammi[s] | You recite this incantation seven times over them, you set it up in front of the altar. |
| 8.23.1:35′ | [ina k]unuk šubî u šadânu bābšunu takannak ana nāri tanaddi | With the seal of the šubû-demon and the sealed document of the creation you seal (them) up, you add (it) to the river. |
| 8.23.1:36′ | [DU₃.DU₃].⸢BI⸣ sebe lišānāti ša ṭīdi teppuš ana makurri ša ṭīdi lišānāti takammis ṭīda makurra tarrim | Its ritual: You perform the seven lišvānu-diseases, you perform (them) to a boat, you smash the boat, |
| 8.23.1:37′ | [in]a kunuk šubî u šadânu sebe lišānāti tubarram bāb makurri kī lišānātim-ma | With the seal of the šubû-priestess and the sealing of the seven lišātu-vessels you bind the gate of the boat like a līḫnu-votary |
| 8.23.1:38′ | [t]ubarram šiptu annītu sebîšu tamannū-ma ana nāri tanaddi lū ana būri ša īnāšu ša ereb šamši | You recite this incantation seven times and you add it to the nārītu-vessel, or to that plant of the earth of the heavens |
| 8.23.1:39′ | [ta]naddī-ma ana arkīka lā tappallas | You scatter (them) and you do not look behind you. |
| 8.23.1:40′ | šanîš ša pī tuppi šanê DU₃.DU₃.BI ṭī[d ki]brī nāri kilallē teleqqe makurra | Written according to the wording of a valid tablet. Its ritual: You take the kibrī-stone, the nāri-stone (and) the kilalû-stone; you take the boat. |
| 8.23.1:41′ | teppuš sebe u sebe lišānāti ša ṭīdi teppuš ṣalam ka[š]šāpi u kaššāpti ša ṭīdi teppuš lišānāti | You perform (the ritual) seven times and seven times. You perform the ṣalam-ritual against the warlock and witch, you perform it against my warlock |
| 8.23.1:42′ | u ṣalmī ana makurri tašakkan sebet u sebet akalī ṭīdi makurra turram ina kunuk | You set up a šalmu-vessel for the boat. You set out seven and seven vessels. The boat will return to its place. |
| 8.23.1:43′ | šubî u šadânu bāb makurri takannak ubānšu ana muḫḫi itarraṣ-ma | The šubû-demon and the nadītu (demons) of the boatman, the takannak-disease (and) the ubnu-demon are set upon it. |
| 8.23.1:44′ | šipta sebîšu u sebîšu ana muḫḫi imannu teleqqē-ma tasa[ḫḫa]p arkīšu | He recites the incantation seven times and seven times over it. You take it and rub it. |
| 8.23.1:45′ | EN₂ udug ḫul edin-na-zu-še₃ adi bābi kamî tamannū-ma [zisu]rrâ bāba teṣṣer | Incantation: You recite the incantation udug ḫul of your steppe as far as the source of the kamî-vessel, and then the ziggurat is released. |
| 8.23.1:46′ | nēpeša annâ ina ūmi 28.KAM ša Abi innepp[uš-ma] išallim | This ritual on the 28th day of the month Abī will be performed and confirmed. |
| 8.23.1:47′ | šumma amēlu ēkallašu īta<nam>dar ana dabābi libbašu lā inaššīšu amēlu šū kašip | If a man, like the one of Ekallašu, constantly seeks out the shrines, his heart does not rejoice, that man is bewitched |
| 8.23.1:48′ | šaman latāki pašiš ina mūši ṭīda ina nāri takarriṣ ina pān eršīšu makurra š[a ṭī]di šuātu teppuš | You are adjured by the gods, you are praised by the night, at dawn you are exalted, at the entrance of the heavens your boat is praised, you perform this. |
| 8.23.1:49′ | nignak burāši tašakkan miḫḫa tanaqqi amēla tušakmas-ma kâm taqabbi | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You libate miḫu-beer. You sit down, and you speak thus: |
| 8.23.1:50′ | EN₂ ša īpušanni uštēpišanni ina mīl nāri īpušan[ni] | Incantation: “Who has performed sorcery against me, who has perforated me with anything terrifying, |
| 8.23.1:51′ | ina mīṭi nāri īpušanni ana ēpišti epš[īš]u | By the life of the night he has performed sorcery against me, |
| 8.23.1:52′ | ana sāḫirti suḫrīšum-mi iqbû | He said to the šuḫbrītu-festival: |
| 8.23.1:53′ | annītu makurraša kīma annītu ibbalakkitu | This is your boat, just as this is your vessel, |
| 8.23.1:54′ | kišpūšunu libbalkitūšunūti-ma ana [mu]ḫḫīšunu u lānīšunu lillikū tê EN₂ | May witchcraft turn against them, so that they may come to an end and to a dead one. Incantation formula. |
| 8.23.1:55′ | šipta annīta šalāšīšu tamannū-ma makurra tasaḫḫap ṣubātu ina z[umrī]šu išaḫḫaṭ[am]-ma | You recite this incantation over his well-being, and then you sweep the boat. The ṣubātu-plant grows in his womb and |
| 8.23.1:56′ | ana nāri inaddi zikurudû ana amēli u bītī[šu] ul iṭeḫḫe | Zikurudû-magic will not approach a man and his house |
| 8.23.1:57′ | [šumma (amēlu) k]ala zumrīšu ikkalšu-ma saliʾ u qater rēš libbīšu iḫammassu | If a man’s body is full of blood and he is ill: his heart will be frightened. |
| 8.23.1:58′ | [... z]ērī ša maškani kasû i[na] mê šikari u šamni tušabšal taraḫḫas[s]u išik[t]i | ... the ritual assemblage of masukkannu-plant, kasû-plant with water from the šikari-vessel and from the river, you make him drink (it). |
| 8.23.1:59′ | [... urn]û atāʾišu ḫašû ina šika[ri iš]atti arti libāri | ..., the urnû-demon, the atāʾišu-disease, and the ḫašāku-illness, in the sceptre of your heart’s desire |
| 8.23.1:60′ | [... ištē]niš taḫaššal ina mê kasî talâš tatâr-ma tu[bb]al taḫaššal tanap[pi] ina lipî taballa[l ta]ṣammid | ... together you boil down a taḫaššal-vessel in beer water, you boil it down and you scatter it. You anoint (it), you mix it in ghee (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 8.23.1:61′ | [...] ... {u₂}... aban gabê saḫlê | ... , ..., sulphur, gypsum |
| 8.23.1:62′ | [...] ... kadabbedû ša pî ... | ... the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic of the mouth |
| 8.23.1:63′ | [...] ... pâšu takappar | ... you open his mouth |
| 8.23.1:64′ | [... imḫur]-līm imḫur-ešrā {u₂}[... nuḫ]urtu | “... swollen, swelling, ... nuḫurtu plant |
| 8.23.1:65′ | [...] nīnû [... ḫīp]i eššu | ... weeping ... awe-inspiring radiance |
| 8.23.1:66′ | [...] ... ana dīni alākim-ma dīnīšu parāsi u šūšuri | ... I go to the court and render a verdict for him, parasu and Akkad |
| 8.23.1:67′ | [(...)] ... šaṭir-[m]a bari | ... a circle and a cross |
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