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CMAwR Text 8.32 (Q005077)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.32 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005077 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.32.1:1′ | ana bītīš[u ... | to his house |
| 8.32.1:2′ | ēpišīšu ṣabāt[u ... | The incantation of ṣabātu-disease |
| 8.32.1:3′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI ana maḫar Šamaš n[ignak] burāši t[ukā]n | Its ritual: Before Šamaš you tie knots of burāši-juniper |
| 8.32.1:4′ | šikara tanaqqi [li]bitta tatarraṣ-ma qanê kartūtu | You libate šikara-beer, you recite the incantation libibittu, and then the qanê-vessel of the quay |
| 8.32.1:5′ | ina muḫḫi teṣên šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri | On top of the teeming birds, the šunu-plant, the lipû-plant |
| 8.32.1:6′ | šina ṣalmī ṭīdi ina išāt kibr[ī]ti taqalla | You recite the incantation, “It is enough, it is enough!’, in the middle of the world, you sing. |
| 8.32.1:7′ | u kīam taqabbi | and you say: |
| 8.32.1:8′ | EN₂ Šamaš bēlu rabû mušt[ēš]er elâti u šaplât[i] | Incantation: O Šamaš, great lord, creator of the upper and lower world, |
| 8.32.1:9′ | Šamaš mīta bulluṭu kasâ [pa]ṭāri ša qātīka-[ma] | Šamaš, I have poured out a libation bowl of beer in your hand. |
| 8.32.1:10′ | muštēšer dīn nišī kal dadmē Šamaš att[ā-ma] | You are the one who makes decisions for the whole world, Šamaš |
| 8.32.1:11′ | Šamaš aktamis maḫarka šu[t]ēšira[nni] | Šamaš, I have prayed to you, your exalted one, for my life |
| 8.32.1:12′ | anāku annanna mār annanna ša ilšu annanna ištaršu anna[nnītu] | I, N.N., son of N.[N.], whose god is N. [N.] (and) whose goddess is NN |
| 8.32.1:13′ | Šamaš ša kišpī ruḫû rusû [upšāšû lemnūti] | Šamaš, who the evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations |
| 8.32.1:14′ | [lā ṭā]būti īpuša mê [zikurudêya iḫbû] | (who) has performed ‘distortion-of-justice’ against me, has poured out the water of my magic |
| 8.32.2:1 | [EN₂ Šamaš bēlu rabû muštēšer elâ]ti u šaplâti at[t]ā-[ma] | Incantation: O Šamaš, great lord, you are the one who guides the upper and the lower world aright |
| 8.32.2:2 | [Šamaš mīta bulluṭu kasâ] paṭāru ša qātīka-m[a] | O Šamaš, I have been seized by the blood of a bewitched man, who is in your hands |
| 8.32.2:3 | [muštēšer dīn nišī kal dadm]ē Šamaš attā-m[a] | You are the one who makes decisions for the whole world, Šamaš |
| 8.32.2:4 | [Šamaš aktamis maḫa]rk[a] šutēširanni | O Šamaš, I have sworn by the great command of your great divinity. |
| 8.32.2:5 | [anāku annanna mār annanna] ša ilšu annanna ištaršu annannītu | I, N.N., son of N.[N.], whose god is N. [N.] (and) whose goddess [is N.] |
| 8.32.2:6 | [Šamaš ša kišpī r]uḫû rusû upšāšû lemnūti lā ṭābūti īpu[ša] | Šamaš, who performs evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations against me |
| 8.32.2:7 | [mê zikur]udêya iḫbû | the water of my ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic has dissolved |
| 8.32.2:8 | [ŠU].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA ŠU.GIDIM.MA ŠU.NAM.ERIM₂ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA īpušu ušē[pišu] | Hand of a God, Hand of Ghost, Weapon of the Kidney Kid, who performs witchcraft |
| 8.32.2:9 | [ṣalm]ī īpušu-ma ina samīt dūri ipḫû ina bīʾi ša dūri ipḫ[û] | (who) has performed sorcery against me and has snatched (it) from a dead man's house, has seized that of the dead man |
| 8.32.2:10 | [ina] askuppati ittemir | he has seen with a torch |
| 8.32.2:11 | enen-ma Šamaš ina maḫrīka aqallūšunūti ina kibrīt elletu ašarrapšunūt[u] | Now, O Šamaš, I have gathered them before you in pure sceptre, |
| 8.32.2:12 | Šamaš ūmka ezzu likšussunūtu | O Šamaš, may your furious storm afflict them! |
| 8.32.2:13 | Girra qālû liqmēšunūtu | May Girra, the horned one, bind them, |
| 8.32.2:14 | Girra qālû napištašunu liqatti | May Girra, the horned one, make your life abundant, |
| 8.32.2:15 | anāku lubluṭ l[u]šlim-[ma] | May I live, may I be well |
| 8.32.2:16 | na[r]bîka lušāpi dalīl[īka lu]d[lul] | Let me proclaim your greatness, let me sing your praises! |
| 8.32.2:17 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI libitt]u tat[arraṣ ... | Its ritual: You recite the incantation '...'. |
| 8.32.2:18 | [šina ṣa]lmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri šina ṣalmī ṭī[di ...] | “Heroes of the mountain range, lions, wolves, ..., |
| 8.32.2:19 | [EN₂] šalāšīšu tamannū-ma ina išāt kibrīti [taqall]ūšunūt[u] | Incantation: “You recite the incantation of his well-being and you sprinkle them with kibrītu-juniper. |
| 8.32.2:20 | [...] ... ana muḫḫi tatabbak | ... you pour ... over it |
| 8.32.2:21 | [ṣalmī ina] samīt [dūr]i ina bīʾi ša [dūr]i tepeḫ[ḫi] | “I cast my arrow in the street, in the house of the one who is dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, |
| 8.32.2:22 | [ina askuppati tutam]mar | You see it on the surface. |
| 8.32.2:23 | ... [(...)] [...] ... | |
| 8.32.2:24 | ... ... [...] | |
| 8.32.2:25 | ...] ⸢IGI⸣-ka i-[...] | ... of your temple ... |
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