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CMAwR Text 8.38 (Q005083)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.38 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005083 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.38:1 | [EN₂ nadr]u gapšu sāk pān ki[ppu tarṣu] | Incantation: “The nadru-demon, the gap, the sāk-disease, the opening of the kippu-vessel |
| 8.38:2 | dā[n pān]a lā ādiru šarru qarrādu [...] | Who has no rival, mighty king |
| 8.38:3 | raš[bu dā]ʾiku ēpiš lumni dannu ūm l[ā maḫār] | powerful one, mighty one, the evildoer, strong one, exalted one |
| 8.38:4 | šarru ... [...] ... lā pādû lapit d[āmī] | king ... ... unrivaled, fearsome one, |
| 8.38:5 | šamr[u l]ā pādû Girra ezz[u] | mighty one, exalted one, Girra, supreme |
| 8.38:6 | [m]u[ta]b[b]il eṭli kāmû arda[ti] | I have risen up high, I have reached the mouth of the people, |
| 8.38:7 | ann[ann]a mār an[nanna ša l]ā ibaššû amāt lemuttīya ina libbīka | N.N., what is it that is evil against me in your heart? |
| 8.38:8 | kišpī r[u]ḫê rusê upšāšê lemnūti | witchcraft, magic, evil machinations |
| 8.38:9 | di[balâ k]adabbedâ zīra zikurudâ | dibalâ-magic, kadabbēdu-magical, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 8.38:10 | [...] ... ēpuša ušēpiša | ... I have performed ... against you, against me |
| 8.38:11 | [isḫur]a išēʾa | Išburaya |
| 8.38:12 | [...] ... milikka Lugalirr[a] | ... ... your strength is Lugalirra |
| 8.38:13 | [...] ...-ka apkal ilī Mardu[k] | ... your ..., sage of the gods, Marduk |
| 8.38:14 | [...] ...-ka qarrādu Ninšubu[r] | ... your ..., hero Ninšubur |
| 8.38:15 | [...] ...-ka Šaššam[u] | ... your ... is heaven |
| 8.38:16 | [...] Lugaledinn[a] | ... Lugaledinna |
| 8.38:17 | [...] ... Ereški[gal] | ... Ereškigal |
| 8.38:18 | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.38:19′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.38:20′ | [šūtu lizīqa]m-ma attunu [lā taziqqāni] | May your hand be pacified to me, and may you not be angry with me! |
| 8.38:21′ | [iltānu lizīqa]m-ma attunu l[ā taziqqāni] | May your iltanu-prayer be heard, and may you be praised! |
| 8.38:22′ | [šadû KIMIN] amurru [KIMIN] | Šadû-plant ditto, amurru-plant [ditto], |
| 8.38:23′ | [kīma qutr]i lītelli an[a šamê] | May my blood flow to the heavens like smoke! |
| 8.38:24′ | [kīma bīni na]sḫi ana ašrīšu ay i[tūr] | May it not turn back to its place like a mound. |
| 8.38:25′ | [KID₃.KID₃.BI gi]zillâ egubbâ tušbāʾšu-ma ana bītī[šu (iššer)] | Its ritual: You sit down in the reed-bed of the egubbâ-vessel and turn (it) into his house. |
| 8.38:26′ | [en₂ an] ⸢maḫ⸣ {d}en-lil₂ še-er-zi-da | Incantation: “Great An, Enlil of the Šerzida |
| 8.38:27′ | {[d}en-ki] {d}en-lil₂-ban₃-da-bi | Enki and Enlilbanda |
| 8.38:28′ | {[d}a-nun]-⸢na⸣-ke₄-e-ne urugal-e a ri-a | The Anuna gods of the Uruk bathed. |
| 8.38:29′ | ⸢tu₆ en₂⸣ e₂-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 8.38:30′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI šaman pūri ella teleqqe | Its ritual: You take pure water from a well. |
| 8.38:31′ | šipta šalāšīšu ana libbi tamannū-ma amēla šuāti tapaššaš-ma iballuṭ | You recite the incantation “Honey, my well-being, enter into it, and then he will recover. |
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