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CMAwR Text 8.25 (Q005070)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.25 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005070 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
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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) |
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| 8.25:1 | [šumma amēlu ...] iṣbassu | If amēclu ... iṣassu |
| 8.25:2 | [... iṣbassu ŠU.DINGIR.RA iṣbassu ŠU.{d}INNIN].NA iṣbassu | ..., he is hand of a god. ... (is) hand of Ištar. |
| 8.25:3 | [...] iṣbassu | ... išbassu-plant |
| 8.25:4 | [... kalām]a šupšuḫi | ..., all of it, is shattered |
| 8.25:5 | [ina Abi enū]m[a Anu]nnaki innešširū | In the Apsu, now the Anunnaki are in peace |
| 8.25:6 | [ṣalam Gilgām]eš teppuš ḫup[â] saḫḫara | balam Gilgamesh, you perform (the rituals) ḫupâ-plant (and) sahhbara-plant |
| 8.25:7 | [mammi ḫurāṣ]i [ṣubā]ta ruššâ nēbeḫa qīšta tanaddinšu | a woman, a šuba stone, rusû-stone, nēbeḫa-stone (and) ‘hand-of-a-goat’ you give to her. |
| 8.25:8 | [mammi ḫurāṣi] ša qaqqadīšu tašaddad ina qaqqadīšu tarakkassu | You have caused a famine of the head, you have caused him to become ill with the head. |
| 8.25:9 | [patar k]aspi ina qablīšu tarakkassu | You tie a knot of sulphur around his neck. |
| 8.25:10 | [ṭurri ḫu]rāṣi [t]a[ṭam]mī-ma ina kišādīšu tašakkanšu | You have strewn a šurru-vessel, you have put it around his neck, |
| 8.25:11 | [šemer ḫurā]ṣi ša ištēn šiqil ina qātīšu u šēpīšu tašakkanšu | The ḫburāšu-plant that is planted in the midst of his hand and his body you put on his head |
| 8.25:12 | [ma]kur e[rēni] gišal šurmēni taqâssu | You have him strewn upon the land of the cedar, the forest of the mountains. |
| 8.25:13 | [ina š]ēri ana ku[llati sebe] uṭṭat kaspa sebe uṭṭat ḫurāṣa tanaddī-ma | In the morning you pour a libation bowl of šūmu-beer, a cup of beer, one cup of wine, and |
| 8.25:14 | [kull]atu b[ān]ât ili u amēli tamannu | You recite all the incantations of god and goddess. |
| 8.25:15 | [kull]atu bānât ili u amēli attī-ma | You are all the creators of god and woman |
| 8.25:16 | [kasp]ukki ann[ût]u [ša]knū addin ûrtu | These are your weapons, I have set up a stela. |
| 8.25:17 | [n]adnūki kullatu kasapki maḫrāti | Your offering of all the great kasapku offerings |
| 8.25:18 | [kasa]pki leqâti ṣubātki tariṣ | Your beer is taken, your wine is poured out |
| 8.25:19 | kīma mêki māḫiru lā īšû libbaki rapšu itti mêki urîšu | Like your water, there is none, my heart is wide with your water. |
| 8.25:20 | itti mêki liqîšu itti mêki liṭṭarid ana maḫrīki suḫḫirīšu | May he take it with your water, may he stretch out his loins before you, |
| 8.25:21 | ana maḫrīki terrīšu liqîšu-ma linnasiḫ liṭṭarid | May he accept his supplication before you, and may he be pacified. |
| 8.25:22 | ana arkīšu ay itūra ay isniqa ay iṭḫâ ay iqriba | May it not come near me, may it not pass by, not reach me, not approach me! |
| 8.25:23 | annâ šalāšīšu tamannū-ma ṭīd kullati takarriṣ ṣalam Namtar teppuš | You recite this (incantation) over his well-being and then you perform (it) over the kullati-plant, the takarriš-plant (and) the ṣalam-plant of Namtar. |
| 8.25:24 | ištēn ammatu lānšu qaqqassu ša nēši qātīšu šēpīšu ša amēlūti tašakkan | (As for) the one who removes my inscribed name, his head is that of the night, his hands are that of a ghost, you place (it). |
| 8.25:25 | pānīšu šaršerra tapaššaš ina īn imittīšu kalâ ina šumēlīšu | His face is a king, his companions in the morning, his whole body in the evening |
| 8.25:26 | kamma teqqi zumuršu šaršerra tapaššaš | You are adjured, O king, your servant. |
| 8.25:27 | ṣalam mimma lemni teppuš ṣubāt ūmakkal naḫlapti ūmakkal tulabbassu | You perform (the ritual) against any evil. He binds the ṣubātu-plant (and) the naḫlaptu(-plant) (with it), you tie him to his neck. |
| 8.25:28 | simmānâ tuṣaddāšu | |
| 8.25:29 | kasap ipṭirīšu kaspa ḫurāṣa erâ annaka abāra lulâ | The silver has opened his mouth, the tin has been poured out, the water has been carried away, the earth has been covered with dust, |
| 8.25:30 | sāmta uqnâ ḫulāla muššara šārat enzi šipāti | (who) has laid waste, has piled up abundance, the lord of the heavens, the netherworld |
| 8.25:31 | šipāti peṣêti šipāti sāmāti uqnâti ina gišrinni tašaqqal-ma tanaddinšu | You bury the dead, the dead (and) the dead in a censer, and you make him drink (it). |
| 8.25:32 | misarra šēnī narūqa nāda tanaddinšu | Išarra, light of the night, you add to it |
| 8.25:33 | [ṣalam] kaššāpi ((u)) kaššāpti ša ṭīd kullati teppuš | You recite the incantation “Kullatu-disease, witchcraft, and sorcery. |
| 8.25:34 | šumšunu ina naglab šumēlīšunu tašaṭṭar [...] | Whoever in the future, at any time, violates (this agreement), |
| 8.25:35 | naḫlapti amēlūti an[a ...] | the evil of the upper world to ... |
| 8.25:36 | [...] ... ina ūri ... [...] | ... at night ... |
| 8.25:37 | [ūra tašabb]iṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ maḫar Šamaš riksa [tarakkas ...] | You have smeared the earth with pure water, you have carried away the great storm, Šamaš, tie up a bond, |
| 8.25:38 | [nignak] burāši tašakkan šikar labti [tanaqqi niqâ ella tanaqqi] | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You libate a libation bowl of beer. You make a pure offering. |
| 8.25:39 | [imit]ta ḫimṣa [šumê tuṭaḫḫā-ma] | from the boundary of a mountain, if it is dark and |
| 8.25:40 | [ana maḫar] Šamaš ana [...] | before Šamaš to |
| 8.25:41–46 | [... A]nunn[aki ... ana Gil]gāmeš umma taqabbi [(...)] tuškên [...] ana Anunnaki [... ana maḫar eṭe]m kimtīya tašakkan | ... the Anunnaki ... you say to Gilgamesh, saying: “You sit ... ... to the Anunitu ... in front of the ghost of my family you place. |
| 8.25:47 | [... šikar] labti tanaqqi | ... you pour a libation bowl. |
| 8.25:48 | [... ana] Anunnaki ta[na]qq[i] | ... you speak to the Anunnaki. |
| 8.25:49 | [... ṣalam kaššāpi u kašš]āpti tanaššī-ma | ... you turn back the warlock and the witch and |
| 8.25:50 | [ana maḫar Šamaš šalāšīšu k]īam taqabbi | You utter a kīmcam prayer to the exalted Šamaš, the god of abundance. |
| 8.25:51 | [((EN₂)) Šamaš ... e]lâti u šaplâti | Incantation: “Šamaš, ... of the upper and lower world, |
| 8.25:52 | [... a]ttā-ma tadân | ... I have said and you have given |
| 8.25:53 | [... ittīya lir]raksū litūrūni | ... may they be bound with me, may they attain me! |
| 8.25:54 | [... nišūtīy]a u salātīya | ... of my life and of my offspring |
| 8.25:55 | [...] ... dīna purussâ lirši | ... ... may the verdict (and) the verdict come to an end |
| 8.25:56 | [...] ... murabbīšu | ... his murabbu-demon |
| 8.25:57 | [... ēpištī] u muštēpištī | ... of the work and of the incantation |
| 8.25:58 | [... m]imma lemnu | ... any evil |
| 8.25:59 | [... ...-i]nni | ... ... me |
| 8.25:60 | [... ...-inn]i | ... ... me |
| 8.25:61 | [... ni]š[ū]tīya | ... of my life |
| 8.25:62 | [... sal]ā[tī]ya | ... of my distress |
| 8.25:63 | [... ēpištī u m]uštēpištī | ... work and extispicy |
| 8.25:64 | [... eṭ]em ummīya | ... the ghost of my mother |
| 8.25:65 | [... ...]...-šunūti | ... their ... |
| 8.25:66 | [... ...-šunū]ti | ... of their ... |
| 8.25:67 | [... ...]-ninni | ... ... me |
| 8.25:68 | [...] ... | |
| 8.25:69 | mê nāri [...] | water of the river |
| 8.25:70 | lu ⸢ki⸣ [...] | “May it be E-e-e, |
| 8.25:71 | x ḫa [...] | ... joy |
| 8.25:72 | [x] x [...] | |
| 8.25:73 | x [...] | |
| 8.25:74 | x-x [...] | |
| 8.25:75 | x-x [...] | |
| 8.25:76 | kaššāpu u kaššāp[tu ...] | The warlock and the witch |
| 8.25:77 | lissû ina zumrīya [kišpūšunu] | May witchcraft be removed from my body |
| 8.25:78 | ana Kurnugî šukun pānīšu[nu ...] | To the Land of No Return their faces |
| 8.25:79 | tummâta lā taturra tummâta Gil[gāmeš] | You are adjured, you are not redeemed, you (are) Gilgamesh |
| 8.25:80 | u Šamaš dayyāni šūpî ruššî [(...)] | And Šamaš, our judge, the scepter of truth |
| 8.25:81 | annâ ana maḫar Šamaš [tamannu] | You recite this in front of Šamaš |
| 8.25:82 | ((EN₂)) Gilgāmeš šarru gitmālu dayyān Anunn[aki] | Incantation: Gilgamesh, perfect king of the Anunnaki |
| 8.25:83 | rubû muštālu rappu ša niš[ī] | The prince, the one who constantly seeks out the riches of the people |
| 8.25:84 | ḫāʾiṭ kibrāti šatam erṣeti bēl šaplâ[ti] | lord of the four world quarters |
| 8.25:85 | dayyānāta-ma kīma ili tabar[ri] | Judge me like a god, judge |
| 8.25:86 | tazzâz ina erṣeti tagammar dī[na] | You stand in the netherworld, judge a case |
| 8.25:87 | dīnka ul innenni ul immêš amā[tka] | Your case will not go well, it will not approach your mother |
| 8.25:88 | tašâl taḫâṭi tadâni tabarri u tuštešše[r] | You are adjured, you give me a firm positive answer, and you make me happy. |
| 8.25:89 | Šamaš šipṭa u purussâ qātukka ipqid | Šamaš has entrusted to you the scepter and the verdict. |
| 8.25:90 | šarrī šakkanakkī u rubê maḫarka kamsū | The king of Šakkan and the supreme prince are at your disposal. |
| 8.25:91 | tabarri têrētišunu purussêšunu taparras | You are adjured, you have heard their utterances, |
| 8.25:92 | anāku annanna mār annanna ša ilšu annanna ištaršu annannītu | Anu, son of N.N., whose god (is) N.[N.], whose goddess is N.’N. |
| 8.25:93 | ša murṣu imḫuranni-ma dīna ana dân(i) | Whose illness has afflicted me and whosoever to judge |
| 8.25:94 | purussâ ana parāsi maḫarka akmis | I have strewn a verdict for your supreme hearing, |
| 8.25:95 | dīnī dīn purussâya purus | Judge my case, render a verdict for me! |
| 8.25:96 | usuḫ murṣa ša zumrīya | Remove the illness of my body |
| 8.25:97 | kuššid mimma lemnu ša ana nakās napištīya izzazzu | Who has gathered all the evil that stands for the prolongation of my life, |
| 8.25:98 | mimma lemnu ša ina zumrīya šīrīya u [še]rʾānīya bašû | Any evil that is present in my body, my body and my limbs, |
| 8.25:99 | ina ūme annê aqrīka ukannīka | At the time of this, I am raising you up, I have gathered you, |
| 8.25:100 | ušarriḫka ukabbitka | I have seized you, I have bound you |
| 8.25:101 | upunta ellet[a asruqka ...] ṭāba | I have strewn pure offerings for you, |
| 8.25:102 | aqqīka niq[â ella ...] ... | I present to you a pure offering ... |
| 8.25:103 | uqarribka ṣubāta r[uššâ nēbeḫa qīšta addinka] | I have entrusted to you the šuba stones, the rû-stone, and the nēbeḫa-stone of the hand. |
| 8.25:104 | makur erēni [gišal šurmēni aqīška] | I have strewn a censer (and) a mountain tree for you |
| 8.25:105 | mammi ḫurāṣi š[emer ḫurāṣi ...] | a wild bull, a young bull |
| 8.25:106 | mimma lemnu ša ina zumrīya [šīrīya šerʾānīya bašû] | Any evil that is present in my body, my flesh, my limbs |
| 8.25:107 | ŠU.DINGIR.RA ŠU.{d}INNIN.⸢NA⸣ [ŠU.GIDIM.MA ŠU.NAM.ERIM₂] | Hand of a god Hand of Ištar Hand of ghost |
| 8.25:108 | ŠU.NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU lilû lilītu [ardat-lilî] | Hand of a Man: Lilû, Lilītu, Ardat-lili |
| 8.25:109 | Lamaštu labāṣu [aḫḫāzu] | Lamaštu, the lamassu-priest, your servant |
| 8.25:110 | AN.TA.ŠUB.BA benna Šulak Lugalurra | The upper part is Benna, Šulak, Lugalurra. |
| 8.25:111 | diʾa dilipta asakka murṣ[a ...] | Diʾala, Dilipta, Asakka, illness, ... |
| 8.25:112 | kišpū ruḫû rusû upšāšû lemnū[tu] | witchcraft, magic, evil machinations |
| 8.25:113 | ša ṣabtūninni-ma uḫattû š[īrīya] | Who has seized me and seized my hand |
| 8.25:114 | iṣbatūni egītī ḫiṭītī ša ilīya u [ištarīya] | who has seized my princess, the evil one of my god and my goddess, |
| 8.25:115 | i[ṣbatāni e]šâti ša eṭem ki[mtīya] | who dwells in the shrines of the gods of my land, |
| 8.25:116 | [nisūtīya] u salā[tīya] | my limbs and my body |
| 8.25:117 | [...] ... umell[ûni] | ... ... they have purified me, |
| 8.25:118 | [...] kullumūn[inni] | ... they have gathered me |
| 8.25:119 | [Gilgāme]š bēlī ina q[ibītīka] | The cultic rites of the city by your command |
| 8.25:120 | [eṭem kimtīy]a ša isbusū litūr[ūni] | May the ghosts of my family, who have risen up against me |
| 8.25:121 | [eṭem kimtīya n]isūtīya u sa[lātīya] | the one who violates my family, my kin, and my offspring |
| 8.25:122 | [...] lislimū it[tīya] | May ... be reconciled with me |
| 8.25:123 | [...] ina purussê l[i-...] | May ... in a verdict ... |
| 8.25:124 | [... ...-šu]nu uʾa kīma imbari liml[û] | ... their ..., may they grow tall like a marsh |
| 8.25:125 | ay i[zī]qa kiṣir libbīšunu li[ppaṭir] | May the knot not come loose, may your heart be pacified |
| 8.25:126 | li[ss]û kišpū ina zu[mrīya] | May witchcraft be removed from my body |
| 8.25:127 | ana Namtar sukkal erṣeti piqissunū[ti] | For Namtar, the vizier of the netherworld, take hold of them |
| 8.25:128 | itti Anunnaki abul ((erṣeti)) līrubū-ma ay [issaḫrū] | With the Anunnaki, may the city gate ((of the four quarters)) be opened, so that they may not be smashed |
| 8.25:129 | Ḫubur lībir[ū-ma] a[y i]ssaḫr[ū] | May Ḫubur break off and not rise up. |
| 8.25:130 | bābī kamûti līrubū-[ma ana] elâti ay i[ssaḫrū] | May my limbs be swollen, so that they may not be thrown down to the ground |
| 8.25:131 | itti mītūti limmanû itti balṭūti ay ittamn[û] | May it be reconciled with my death, may it not be confused with my life! |
| 8.25:132 | lissû lirēqū ina zu[mrīya] | may it be dissolved from my body, |
| 8.25:133 | šūtu iltānu šadû amurru lizīqūn[i] | May the hand of iltanu-demon, sulphur, amurru-plant, liqūqu-plant |
| 8.25:134 | šāršunu ay izīqa ša ... [...] ... [...] | May your heart not be angry, ... ... |
| 8.25:135 | kaššāpu u kaššāptu ša [a]ttā tīdû-ma [anā]k[u lā īdû] | The beer and the beer that I know, but I do not know. |
| 8.25:136 | ša kišpī ruḫê rusê [up]šāšê le[mnūti] | of witchcraft, magic, evil machinations |
| 8.25:137 | ēpuša ušēpiša isḫura u[šasḫira] | I have performed witchcraft against you, I have had performed extispicy against you |
| 8.25:138 | inanna ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti ēp[uš] | Inanna, turn back the warlock and the witch! |
| 8.25:139 | kurummassunu addinšunūti | I have gathered the kurummassunu-plants |
| 8.25:140 | mimma lemnu ša [ṭīd kullat]i ēpuš-ma | I have performed (against me) any evil that pertains to all mankind |
| 8.25:141 | kispa a[ksipš]u mê aqqīšu | witchcraft, sorcery, water that I have poured out against him |
| 8.25:142 | [ṣubā]t ūmakkal [ulab]bis<su> qīšta addinšu | He is adorned with a ṣablû-stone, he is covered in a cloth, his hands are bound. |
| 8.25:143 | ipṭir[īšu kaspa ḫur]āṣa erâ annaka [abāra lulâ] | He opened his mouth to speak: “The kaspa-demon, the ḫburaš-disease, the annaka-demon (and) the lulâ-demonic |
| 8.25:144 | sāmta uqnâ ḫulāla [muššara] | sa, uqnâ-plant, ḫulāla-plant (and) mušara-plant |
| 8.25:145 | [šārat enzi šipāti šipā]ti peṣêti šipāti sāmāti ((u)) uq[nâti] | The ‘heart’ of the enzi-demon, the šipātu-disease (and) the phlegm of the pessimists, the purification rites ((and)) the ritual assemblages |
| 8.25:146 | [ina gišrinni ašqul-ma] kaspa u[šamḫiršu ...] | I have plundered (them) with tamarisk, I have smashed the potash ... |
| 8.25:147 | ina qibītīka ina zumrīya ḫalq[ū-ma] | At your command, in my body, you have seized, and |
| 8.25:148 | [ka]ššāpu kaššāptu ša ana lemutti irteneddûninni | The witch, the witch, who constantly seeks evil against me |
| 8.25:149 | ṣabassunūti-ma lā tumaššaršu[nūti] | You are smitten, but you are not able to release them |
| 8.25:150 | ana qāt Namtar sukkal erṣeti piqissu[nūti] | Release them from the hand of Namtar, the vizier of the four quarters. |
| 8.25:151 | Ningišzida guzalê erṣeti rapašti maṣṣartašunu l[idannin] | May Ningišzida, the scepter of the wide netherworld, strengthen your shield |
| 8.25:152 | Bidu idugal erṣeti pānīšunu lī[dil] | May Bidu, the gatekeeper of the netherworld, make your face bright |
| 8.25:153 | itti balṭūti linnasḫū itti mītūti limm[anû] | May they be released from my body, may they be free from my illness!” |
| 8.25:154 | ḫarrān illakū ay i[tūrūni] | May the flood come, may it not come near me |
| 8.25:155 | tummīšunūti-ma ay issaḫrūni | May you be favourable to me, so that they may not approach me! |
| 8.25:156 | napištī maḫarka [līrik] | May your supreme life be long |
| 8.25:157 | bulliṭanni-ma dalīlīka lud[lul] | Bullit me and I will sing your praises. |
| 8.25:158 | kīma annâ ana maḫar Gilgāmeš tamtanû | As soon as you have entered the presence of Gilgamesh, |
| 8.25:159 | maqqītu tanaqqī-ma uškên | You make a libation, and then bind (it). |
| 8.25:160 | ana maḫar Anunnaki tuqarrabšu-ma i[qabbi] | You present yourself before the Anunnaki, and he speaks: |
| 8.25:161 | ((EN₂)) attunu Anunnaki ilū rabû[tu] | You, the Anunnaki, the great gods, |
| 8.25:162 | pārisū purussê ana nišī šaplâ[ti] | Who renders verdicts for the people of the underworld |
| 8.25:163 | dāʾinū dīni ša kala tenēšēte | judge of all the people |
| 8.25:164 | anāku annanna mār annanna aradkunu ša mimma lemnu ḫīranni-ma | I, N.N., your servant, who destroys anything evil, |
| 8.25:165 | ḫummânni ((dummânni)) u šuʾduranni | “Ḫummânni, ((my)) womb, and my hand, |
| 8.25:166 | ilū rabûtu ((attunu)) izizzānim-ma dīnī dīnā purussâya [pursā] | May the great gods ((you)) stand before me and hear my case, listen to my prayer! |
| 8.25:167 | [mimma lemn]u ša ṣabtanni-((ma)) ukkišā ina zumrī[ya] | Any evil that is written upon me and has bound me in my body |
| 8.25:168 | [eṭem ki]mtīya liṣbatūšunūti-((ma)) ay umašširūšu[nūti] | May the creatures of my earth seize me, so that they may not be separated from me! |
| 8.25:169 | [ḫ]u[ṣṣ]a ḫīpi libbi ay iškunū[ni] | May a happy heart not be set upon me |
| 8.25:170 | [mu]ruṣ zumrī[y]a kaššāpu ((u)) kaššāptu limḫurū-ma | May my body drink beer ((and)) beer, and |
| 8.25:171 | [mimma] lemnu ša yâši iššakna kaššāpa kaššāpta ana Kurnugî urâšunūt[i] | If an evil omen afflicts me, I will give you the warlock and the witch to the Land of No Return! |
| 8.25:172 | [ana q]āt Namtar sukkal erṣeti piqdāšun[ūti] | in the hand of Namtar, the vizier of the four world quarters |
| 8.25:173 | [Ni]ngišzida guzalê erṣeti ((rapašti)) maṣṣartašunu l[idannin] | May Ningišzida, the scepter of the netherworld, ((the vast)) (and) the maṣṣartu-priestess be strong! |
| 8.25:174 | [B]idu idugal erṣeti ((rapašti)) bābšunu lī[dil] | Bidu, gatekeeper of the four quarters (of the world), who makes the people rejoice |
| 8.25:175 | [ay iṭḫû]ni ay isniqūni ay iqrubūni ay ikšudūʾinni yâ[ši] | May they not come near me, not reach me, may they not approach me, they shall not bind me, |
| 8.25:176 | [ina q]ibītīkunu ṣīrti ša lā uttakkaru | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.25:177 | u annīku[nu] kīni ša lā innennû | And yo[u] are indeed like me, who cannot be changed. |
| 8.25:178 | anāk[u ar]adkunu lubluṭ lušlim-ma | Let me live, so that I may be healthy |
| 8.25:179 | narbîkunu lušāpi dalīlīkunu lud[lul] | Let me proclaim your greatness, let me sing your praises! |
| 8.25:180 | kīma annâ ana maḫar Anunnaki imtanû ana maḫar eṭe[m kimti] kâm iqabbi | When you speak to the supreme one, the Anunnaki, he is exalted, the elder of the family speaks to you. |
| 8.25:181 | ((EN₂)) attunu eṭem kimtīya bānû šumīy[a] | ((Incantation:)) “You are the ghost of my family, the one who created my name |
| 8.25:182 | abīya ab abīya ummīya ummi ummīya aḫīya aḫātīya | My father, my grandfather, my mother, my grandmother, my brothers, my sisters, |
| 8.25:183 | kimtīya nišūtīya u salātīya | my family, my offspring and my descendants, |
| 8.25:184 | mala ina erṣeti ṣallū kispa aksipkunūši | “Whoever you are in the netherworld, I have smashed the witchcraft against you, |
| 8.25:185 | mê aqqīkunūši ukannīkunūši | I have poured water on them, I have made them drink water |
| 8.25:186 | ušarriḫkunūši ukabbitkunūši | |
| 8.25:187 | ina ūmi annî maḫar Šamaš Gilgāmeš izizzānim-ma | At that time, exalted, Šamaš, Gilgamesh, stand by me and |
| 8.25:188 | dīnī dīnā purussâya pursā | Judge my case, render my verdict, |
| 8.25:189 | mimma lemnu ša ina zumrīya šīrīya šerʾānīya bašû | Any evil that is in my body, my flesh, my limbs, |
| 8.25:190 | ana qāt Namtar sukkal erṣeti piqdāni | Release me from the hand of Namtar, the vizier of the netherworld. |
| 8.25:191 | Ningišzida guzalê erṣeti ((rapašti)) maṣṣartašunu lidannin | May Ningišzida, the scepter of the ((wide)) netherworld, (and) your sons come to me. |
| 8.25:192 | Bidu idugal erṣeti bābšu[nu līdil] | May Bidu, the gatekeeper of the netherworld, be single |
| 8.25:193 | ṣabtāšu-ma šūridāšu ana Kurnugî | It is his speech, his utterance to the land of Nippur |
| 8.25:194 | anāku aradkunu lubluṭ lušlim-ma | To you, your servant, may I live (and) become healthy. |
| 8.25:195 | aššu upšāšê šumkunu luzkur | May the ašû-demon (and) the sorcery against you be released, |
| 8.25:196 | ana arūtīkunu mê kaṣûti luqqi | Let me pour water of the kašû-bowl into your lap. |
| 8.25:197 | bulliṭanni-ma dalīlīka ludlul | Bullit me and I will praise your glory! |
| 8.25:198 | kīma annâ ana maḫar eṭem kimti imtanû ana maḫar gulgulli kâm iqabbi | When you speak to the supreme (temple), the one who gives birth to a family, the great(est) one, the gulgullu-priest, |
| 8.25:199 | EN₂ attā eṭemmu lā mammāna-ma | Incantation: You are the ghost of no one |
| 8.25:200 | ša qēbira u sāqira lā tēšû | Who has no fear of rejoicing and wailing |
| 8.25:201 | šumka mamma lā īdû Šamaš murteddû šumka īdû | If no one knows, Šamaš, Urteddû will know of your case. |
| 8.25:202 | lū zikaru attā ša kīma zikari lū sinništu attī ša kīma sinni[šti] | You are a man, you are like a woman. You are the man, like the woman. |
| 8.25:203 | ina maḫar Šamaš Gilgāmeš Anunnaki eṭem kim[tīya] | In the presence of Šamaš, Gilgamesh, the Anunnaki, the one who loves my family |
| 8.25:204 | qīšta maḫrāta kunnâta nadunnû | From the supreme hand, from the pure hand, |
| 8.25:205 | mimma ša aqabbû šimân[ni] | Whatever I say, hear me! |
| 8.25:206 | lū utukku lemnu lū alû lemnu lū eṭemmu lemnu | ev[il] utukku-demon, evi[l] alû [demon], e[vil] ghost, |
| 8.25:207 | lū Lamaštu lū labāṣu lū aḫ[ḫāzu] | either Lamaštu, Labaṣu, Ahuzu |
| 8.25:208 | lū lilû lū lilītu lū ardat-lil[î] | either a lilû-demon, or an ilītu-disease (or) an ardat-lili'cf (demon) |
| 8.25:209 | lū mimma lemnu ša šuma lā nabû ša iṣbatūni-ma irte[neddûni] | “Whoever the evil, whether known or unknown, seizes me and keeps chasing me, |
| 8.25:210 | ina zumrīya šīrīya šerʾānīya raksū-ma lā paṭrūn[i] | In my body, my flesh, my limbs are bound and not loosened |
| 8.25:211 | ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti ša ana yâši ina maḫar Šamaš īp[ušū] | Release the warlock and witch who are against me in the presence of Šamaš |
| 8.25:212 | ṣalam mimma lemni ša ṣabtanni ēpuš | Release whatever evil that has been imposed upon me, perform (it)! |
| 8.25:213 | ina maḫar Šamaš Gilgāmeš Anunnaki apqiss[unūti] | In the presence of Šamaš, Gilgamesh, and the Anunnaki, I have entrusted them. |
| 8.25:214 | ṣabassunūti-ma lā [t]umaššaršunū[ti] | You are smitten, but you are not able to release me |
| 8.25:215 | liqēšunūti-ma ay issaḫr[ūni] | May they take me, so that they may not be rejected. |
| 8.25:216 | nīš Šamaš murteddîka tummâ[ta] | You are adjured by the god Šamaš, your shepherd. |
| 8.25:217 | nīš ilī rabûti ša šamê u erṣeti tummât[a] | You are adjured by the great gods of heaven and earth |
| 8.25:218 | nīš Igigi ilī elûti tumm[âta] | You are adjured by the Igigi, the pure gods |
| 8.25:219 | nīš Anunnaki ilī šaplûti tummâta | You are adjured by the Anunnaki, the upper gods, |
| 8.25:220 | nīš Lugalirra Ninazu Ningišzida tummâta | You are adjured by Lugalirra, Ninazu, Ningišzida |
| 8.25:221 | nīš Ereškigal šarrat erṣeti tummâta | You are adjured by Ereškigal, king of the four world quarters |
| 8.25:222 | šumma tumaššarūšunūti-ma | If you are a king |
| 8.25:223 | [EN₂ Ḫumuṭ-tabal bēl n]ēberi mušēbiru nišī rapšāti | Incantation: O Ḫumut-tabal, lord of the netherworld, who traverses the wide earth |
| 8.25:224 | [... ana] Kurnugî erṣet lā târi | ... to the Land of No Return |
| 8.25:225 | [urūšu]nūti | of the city Nunuti |
| 8.25:226 | [ana qāt Namtar sukkal erṣeti piq]issunūti | in the hand of Namtar, the vizier of the four world quarters, their command |
| 8.25:227 | [eṭem kimti nišūti salāt]i lušēridūšunūti | (who) has sworn by the life of my family, the well-being of my offspring |
| 8.25:228 | [... ilū rabûtu š]a šamê u erṣeti KIMIN | ... the great gods of heaven and earth ditto |
| 8.25:229 | [...] KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 8.25:230 | [...] KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 8.25:231 | [...] x KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 8.25:232 | [...] KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 8.25:233 | [... ...]-ma | ... ... and |
| 8.25:234 | [...] ... | |
| 8.25:235 | [...] ... | |
| 8.25:236 | [...] ... | |
| 8.25:252 | [...] ... [... š]ār bērī isâ isâ | ... ... hand of a curse, curse |
| 8.25:253 | [rē]qā rēqā isiʾā isiʾā | a reed, a grass, weeds |
| 8.25:254 | [nīš i]lī rabûti tummâtunu | You are adjured by the great gods |
| 8.25:255 | šumma amēlu ṣalmūšu ana mīti paqdū arkīšu | If a man's limbs are twisted to another's body: this man |
| 8.25:256 | kīma [l]abirīšu šaṭir bari | Like a lion's horn, a barren mountain |
| 8.25:257 | [tu]ppi Kiṣir-Aššur šamallê mašmašši ṣeḫri ša Nabû tuklassu | You take away Kišbir-Assur, the sage, the exorcist, the herdsman of Nabû, |
| 8.25:258 | [mār] Nabû-bēssunu mašmaš bīt Aššur | Nabû-bēssunu, exorcist of Assyria |
| 8.25:259 | [mār Bābu-šu]mu-ibni zabardabbê Ešarra | Who Babušumu-ibni, the zabardabbû-priest of Esharra |
| 8.25:260 | [ana ṣabāt epēši ḫan]ṭiš nasḫa | into a šabātu-vessel, ḫanti-fish, nashba-fish |
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