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CMAwR Text 8.30 (Q005075)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.30 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005075 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30:1 | [EN₂ Šamaš š]ar šamê u erṣeti bēl kīt[ti u mīšari] | Incantation: O Šamaš, creator of heaven and earth, lord of earth and heaven |
| 8.30:2 | [dayyānu l]ā ṭāʾti muštēšeru [tenēšēti] | May the dayyānu-demon be my friend, the one who guides the people |
| 8.30:3 | [muštēš]er kiššat nišī an[a ...] | Who guides the whole world aright |
| 8.30:4 | [nan]nāru ša kala te[nēšēti] | the light of all the people |
| 8.30:5 | [mass]û gitmālu bukur [Sîn] | perfect son of Sîn, |
| 8.30:6 | [dayyānu ṣīr]u gāmir dīni ša qibīssu [lā uttakkaru] | The dayyānu-priestess, who renders a favorable verdict, whose command cannot be changed |
| 8.30:7 | [ina ilī] aḫḫēšu qibīssu ma[grat] | among the gods, his brother, his word is exalted |
| 8.30:8 | [šar] šamê ellūti bēl Ebabbara atmani ṣ[īri] | King of the pure heavens, lord of the Ebabbar, most exalted one |
| 8.30:9 | [A]ya bēltu rabītu bēlet ulṣi u rīšāti ša magrat q[ibīssa] | (As for) me, the great lady, the exalted one, the one with wisdom and awe, who loves her command |
| 8.30:10 | [bēlet E]babbara ṣābitat abbūti an[ši] | The Ebabbar temple, the seat of the apsûtu-priestess of heaven |
| 8.30:11 | [mu]ṭibbat libbi Šamaš qu[rādi] | Šamaš, warrior |
| 8.30:12 | [apl]u gašru šupû nūr [m]ā[tāti] | Powerful one, exalted one, light of the sea |
| 8.30:13 | [ša] bēlūt kiššat nišī qātuššu paqdu | Whoever breaks the contract shall be held in his hand. |
| 8.30:14 | [Šam]aš bēlu rabû anāku annanna mār annanna anḫu šūnuḫu aradka | May the great gods be at your disposal, O N.N., lord, N.[N.], exalted one, your servant. |
| 8.30:15 | [ša] ištu ūmī maʾdūti murṣa marṣāku-ma | who from afar has been afflicted by illness |
| 8.30:16 | [kiš]pū ruḫû rusû epšūni yâši | witchcraft, magic, sorcery against me |
| 8.30:17 | [aš]šu māmīti murṣu tānēḫu urra u mūša uḫattûni-ma | (As for) the one who has been seized by a plague, a stinging wind blows against me day and night |
| 8.30:18 | [ina pu]lḫi ītanaššuš libbī | When he has sinned against it, the heart |
| 8.30:19 | [ina a]dīri u niziqti takturu napištī | Through hardship and famine, you restore life |
| 8.30:20 | [ad]i mati bēlī ašaddad murṣa | as far as the land of Bel and Ašaddad, the sick |
| 8.30:21 | [adi m]ati Šamaš marušta endāku | As long as Šamaš is alive, he will die of hunger. |
| 8.30:22 | [ina ūmi a]nnî iziz-ma šime qabâya | At that time, stand by me and hear my prayer! |
| 8.30:23 | [naplis]anni-ma šime qabâya | Release me, so that my words may be heard |
| 8.30:24 | [...] ... šukna | ... hand |
| 8.30:25 | [...] ... | |
| 8.30:26′ | [...] ... |
Sources & licences
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