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CMAwR Text 8.40 (Q005085)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.40 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005085 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.40.1:1 | EN₂ Zuqaqīpu Išḫa[ra ...] | Incantation: “Zuqaqipu, Ishbara, ... |
| 8.40.1:2 | iltu rēmēnītu šar[ratu rabītu] | Merciful god, great king |
| 8.40.1:3 | šēmât ikribi lēqât [unnīni] | The šēmât ikribu-plant, the mighty one of our omens |
| 8.40.1:4 | qāʾišat napišti ... [...] | Hand of life ... ... |
| 8.40.1:5 | ina ūmi annî izizz[īm-ma šimî teslītī] | At that time, be present and hear my prayer |
| 8.40.1:6 | Išum Nergal [...] | Išum Nergal |
| 8.40.1:7 | mukillū atmêki mušak[nišū ...] | Who kills your enemies, who encircles . . [.] |
| 8.40.1:8 | izizzā-ma itt[īša ...] | stand with her ... |
| 8.40.1:9 | lizzizzūni il[ū mušīti napḫaršunu] | May the gods of the whole world listen to me, |
| 8.40.1:10 | ištarāt mušīti [kalīšina lizzizzāni] | May the goddess of all of my limbs stand before me |
| 8.40.1:11 | ina qibītīkunu [...] | By your command |
| 8.40.1:12 | lišmû ikribī [...] | May the gods hear my prayer |
| 8.40.1:13 | u attunu kīniš naplisāninnī-m[a] napiš[tī ...] | And you, together with me, make my life abundant |
| 8.40.1:14 | maʾdū arnūya [...] | ... my sins |
| 8.40.1:15 | maḫarkunu arnī lippaṭi[r ...] | May your greatness be released, |
| 8.40.1:16 | dīnī dīnā purussā[ya pursā] | Judge my case, render my verdict |
| 8.40.1:17 | ša ana yâši kišp[ī ruḫê rusê] | who against me witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8.40.1:18 | upšāšê lemutti ša amēlūti īpu[ša ušēpiša] | Evil machinations of mankind have been performed against me |
| 8.40.1:19 | u mimma šumšu ša ana mākālê amē[lūti ušākila] | And whatever else pertains to the king, my lord: |
| 8.40.1:20 | marušta lā ṭābta dibalâ kadabbed[â zīra] | “Fear not, treachery, dibalâ-magic, kadabbed’ magic, sulphur |
| 8.40.1:21 | zikurudâ īpuša isḫura i[šēʾa] | Zikurrudâ-magic has performed against me, he has smeared the earth |
| 8.40.1:22 | ša šanâmma ušē[piša] | That which has been done against me |
| 8.40.1:23 | ina qibītīkunu kītti ša l[ā uttakkaru] | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.40.1:24 | upšāšû[šunu a]y iṭḫûni ay iqrubūni a[y isniqūni] | May your sorcery not come near me, not approach me, never approach me! |
| 8.40.1:25 | ana muḫḫi ēpiši ēpišti li[tūru] | May my evil deed come to an end |
| 8.40.1:26 | Išḫara ummu rēmēnītu ša nišī [rapšāti] | Išḫara, the merciful mother of the extensive people |
| 8.40.1:26a | ((anāku annanna mār annanna ša ilš[u annanna ištaršu annannītu])) | ((Anu, son of N.N., who is the hand of the gods, Anu, his goddess, Ann.)) |
| 8.40.1:27 | ina lumun attalî Sîn ša ina araḫ annanna ūmi annanna [iššakna] | On account of the evil that I have seen, O Sîn, who was created in the midst of N.N., and N.[N.] |
| 8.40.1:28 | lumun idāti ittāti lemnēti lā ṭābāti ša ina ēkallīya u m[ātīya ibšâ] | The evil of the river, the evil of ev[il] famine, the insubmissive one who is in my house and in my land |
| 8.40.1:29 | ana šuāti asḫurki alsīki e[šteʾʾēki] | To the hand of Ashbur, your father, your mother, your servant |
| 8.40.1:30 | aššum gimil dumqi epēša [tīdê] | Because you know how to do good things, |
| 8.40.1:31 | asruqki siriq m[ūši ella] | I have strewn offerings for you, the offering of pure water |
| 8.40.1:32 | zakâ dašpa kuru[nna aqqīki] | I have poured out a libation bowl of juniper, |
| 8.40.1:33 | umaḫḫirki mu[ḫru ...] | In Umaḫbbira, the mound of |
| 8.40.1:34 | napištī ublakki [...] | My life, I have slain you ... |
| 8.40.1:35 | Išḫara ina ša[plīki akmis] | Išḫara, I cut off from your body |
| 8.40.1:36 | bēlet mātāti ina ša[plīki ...] | The lordship of the land in your presence |
| 8.40.1:37 | duppirī mimma l[ā ṭāba ša ina zumrīya] | “Anything that is in my body |
| 8.40.1:38 | mimma lemnu š[a ina šīrīya usḫī] | May any evil come forth from my body |
| 8.40.1:39 | šudin[girrakka ...] | Your scepter ... |
| 8.40.1:40 | ... [...] |
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