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CMAwR Text 8.36 (Q005081)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.36 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005081 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.36:1 | šumma amēlu murṣānī maruṣ-ma alaktašu lā parsat [...] | If a man's illness is severe and his prayer is not heard |
| 8.36:2 | enūma Sîn u Šamaš itti aḫ[āmiš innammarū-ma] | Now Sîn and Šamaš will be seen together with each other |
| 8.36:3 | purussê māti Anu u Ellil iparrasū ina ... [...] | Who renders verdicts for the land, Anu and Ellil, in ... |
| 8.36:4 | [qaqq]ara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ šina paṭīrī tukān šina {giš}[... tašakkan] | You sweep the ground, you sprinkle pure water, you bind my hands, you tie my hands to the wood |
| 8.36:5 | [akalu e]llu tarakkassunūti šikaru rēštû ellu tun[aqqa(šunūti)] | pure kalû-beer, takkassunu-vessel, pure scepter, |
| 8.36:6 | [tu]škên-ma kâm taqabbīšunūti ilūtkunu rabīte l[udlul] | You are adjured, and you speak thus: may I sing your great divinity. |
| 8.36:7 | ušû iṣ pišri šinni pīri taskarinnu mēsu musukkannu | “It is the wind, the opening of my mouth, the release of my wrath, the setting of his weapons, |
| 8.36:8 | [...] ... ešmarû kurkanû kikkirânu | ... , ešmarû-magic, kurkakkunu-aromatic, kikirānu-plant, |
| 8.36:9 | [anḫu]llû iṣṣī annûti ina kitê tarakkas ina lēt riksi tašakkan | Anḫullû-plant (and) these plants you set up in a ritual assemblage. You place (them) in the binding. |
| 8.36:10 | [...]... atāʾišu tarmuš imḫur-līm imḫur-ešrā | ... atā’išu-plant, tarmus, burli, bur-ešra |
| 8.36:11 | [...] ... elikulla ištēniš ina šikari tamaḫḫaṣ ina lēt riksi tašakkan | ... elikulla-plant together in a bowl, you put (it) around the neck of a knot |
| 8.36:12 | [šina ṣalmī kaššāpi kaš]šāpti ša ṭīdi teppuš šumšunu | Who has carried away the warlock and the witch, who has performed sorcery against me |
| 8.36:13 | [ina naglab šumēlīšunu] ta[šaṭṭa]r-ma ana maḫar Sîn u Šamaš tušzāssunūti | You are entrusted with the protection of the gods Sîn and Šamaš, |
| 8.36:14 | [ina muḫḫi ṣalmī šunūti izz]âz-ma kīam iqabbi | On top of the šunû-plant he stands and speaks as follows: |
| 8.36:15 | [Sî]n nūr šamê u erṣeti [m]unammir uklu | Sîn, light of heaven and earth, who illuminates the darkness, |
| 8.36:16 | [Šamaš ša]r šamê u erṣeti Ell[il i]lī mušīm šīmāti | Šamaš, creator of heaven and earth, Enlil, god of the lands, |
| 8.36:17 | [ilū g]ašrūtu ša ina qereb šamê ellūti izzīzū | O mighty god, who stands in the pure heavens |
| 8.36:18 | [ina] ašru šipṭi iparrasū [purussâ] | By means of a ritual assemblage, I have performed her extispicy |
| 8.36:19 | [ina ūmi] annî ana nīš qātīya izizzānim-[ma] | On this day, stand by my hand and |
| 8.36:20 | [šim]â teslītu kaššāpī u kaššāptī | By the life of the teslītu-demon, the warlock and the witch |
| 8.36:21 | [ša ki]špī ruḫê rusê upšāšê lemnūti ša amēlūti īpušūninni | Who has performed witchcraft, magic, evil machinations against me, |
| 8.36:22 | ṣalmīšunu ēpuš ina maḫrīkunu elīšunu azzīz | I have performed sorcery against them, before you I have risen high above them |
| 8.36:23 | dīnī dīnā purussâya purs[ā] | Judge my case, render my verdict! |
| 8.36:24 | ina qibītīkunu ṣīrtu ša lā uttakkaru | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.36:25 | u annīkunu kīni ša lā innennû | And t[his] is the same as (the previous one). |
| 8.36:26 | kišpīšunu ruḫêšunu rusû[šunu] | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8.36:27 | lā ṭābūti šunu ana muḫḫīšu[n]u litūrū-ma | May the one who has no fear come up against them |
| 8.36:28 | šunūti liṣ[bat]ūšunūti | May my hands be pacified to them |
| 8.36:29 | ilu šarru kabtu u rubû lisbusū [el]īšunu | May god, king, magnate and nobleman be exalted over them |
| 8.36:30 | [anā]ku aradkunu lubluṭ lušlim-ma dalī[līk]unu ludlul | I, your servant, may I live (and) become healthy, and may I sing your praises. |
| 8.36:31 | šalāšīšu imann[ū]-ma ṣalam kaššāpi kaššāpti ina šēpīšu i[sêr] | He recites the incantation “Honey, ḫašû-disease, witchcraft, and sorcery with his hands. |
| 8.36:32 | mê ina muḫḫīšunu irammuk qēm kasî isarraqšun[ūti] | (who) has poured water on top of them, has smeared them with a knot of beer |
| 8.36:33 | egubbâ nignakka gizillâ ūtalla[l] | The egubbâ-drum, the nignakku-drum (and) the gizmatu-drum are all together. |
| 8.36:34 | [ana r]iksi tuqarrabšu-ma kīa[m] tušadbabšu | You present him to a ritual arrangement, and then you make him speak as follows: |
| 8.36:35 | [il]ū rabûtu ilitti Ani ša napḫar šamê u erṣeti | the great gods, the goddesses of Anu, the one who oversees heaven and earth |
| 8.36:36 | attunu asḫurkunūši ešēʾkunūši | You are the ashburkunu-priestess, the ešemc-priest |
| 8.36:37 | [ša l]ā dumqa īpuša tīdâ <ša> kišpī ruḫê rusê upšāšê lemnūti īpuša | Who performs good deeds, who performs evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations |
| 8.36:38 | [am]āt lemutti isḫura išēʾa | The evil word of the šē’ala plant |
| 8.36:39 | [ila] u ištara uzannû ittīya | May god and goddess be reconciled with me |
| 8.36:40 | [maḫa]rkunu azzīz arkīkunu allak | I stand before you, I go behind you. |
| 8.36:41 | [...]kunu šaknū lumnīya lipsusū eklētīya linammirū | ... your ..., may my evil be dispelled, my evil disappear! |
| 8.36:42 | [ešât]īya lizakkū-ma dalīlīkunu ludlul | May my limbs be bound and I may sing your praises. |
| 8.36:43 | [iṣṣī rik]si ina kišādīšu tašakkan šammī ina šikari išattī-ma adi ūm balṭu | You place a knot in his neck, he drinks it in a bowl, and then he will live as long as he lives. |
| 8.36:44 | [kīma] Šamaš namir d[ābib] ittīšu kīttu idabbub | Like Šamaš, the shining one, the light of the heavens, he speaks truth with him. |
| 8.36:45 | [purussê]šu u dīnšu ... [... ilšu] ištaršu ittīšu isallimū | Who renders verdicts and decisions ... god, his goddess, with him, isallû-demon |
| 8.36:46 | ubā[n damiqti ar]kīšu [ittarraṣ] itti bārî u šā[ʾili dīnšu ušteššer] | The good udug priestess, his father, has gathered with the gods and the goddesses his verdict |
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