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CMAwR Text 8.42 (Q005087)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.42 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005087 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.42:1* | ... ... pāris purus[sê ...] | ... ... who renders verdicts ... |
| 8.42:2* | [dāʾi]n dēn māti [...] | judge of the land |
| 8.42:3* | [... š]ānina nakru šū igrânni-ma [...] | ... that enemy approached me and ... |
| 8.42:1′ | [šalam]tī iddī-ma eli pagrīya ṣilla u [ṣulūla ul iškun] | The valamtu priestess gave up and did not raise a hand or a foot against my body. |
| 8.42:2′ | [...] ... pagrīya u tabāk dāmīya ana suppîka ... [...] | ... ... my body and my flesh, to your feet ... |
| 8.42:3′ | [pagaršu]nu addī-ma ina eperi aktum ṣilla u ṣulūla ina muḫḫīšunu ašk[un] | I removed their limbs and in the midst of the battle I placed arrows and spears upon them. |
| 8.42:4′ | [ana lā] suppîka u lā sullîka aklāšunūt[i] | I bow down to your distress and your distress. |
| 8.42:5′ | [ša anāk]u dabābšunu <lā> īdû ilūtkunu rabītu īdû | “He who knows the command of An, knows the great divinity, |
| 8.42:6′ | [us]appûkunūši usallûkunūši ana šubbur kakkīy[a] | I make you bow down, I turn you back to the sting of my enemy. |
| 8.42:7′ | [ana tab]āk dāmīya supûšunu sulûšunu lā tamaḫḫar[ā] | To release my body, to release my limbs, not to tremble |
| 8.42:8′ | [ikri]bšunu lā taleqqâ dabāb ummān-maʾda | The ikribšunu-demon, the untieqqâ-disease, the daba prayer (and) the ummanma prayer |
| 8.42:9′ | [pirṣāt]e maʾati lā tešemmâ akalīšunu lā takkalā | The piršû-demons of the land, the teeming (people), the eating (of) their food, the not eating |
| 8.42:10′ | [mê]šunu lā tašattâ qutrēnīšunu lā tamaḫḫarā | Your waters are unrivaled, your quakes are unceasing |
| 8.42:11′ | [lū ina a]rrātēšunu lū ina kišpīšunu lū ina ruḫêšunu lū ina rusêšunu | either by means of extispicy, or by way of witchcraft, or via spittle, or through magic, |
| 8.42:12′ | [lū ina] tukulti ilūtīšunu kakkūya lā uštabbarū lā urtassû lā ikkammû | or by the support of their gods, may my weapons not be bound, not be loosened, not become loose, |
| 8.42:13′ | [... lā] itabbal[ū] ušarriḫkunūši | ... he did not abandon you, he made you tremble |
| 8.42:14′ | [ukabbitk]unūši sissiktakunu ṣabtāku | I have seized you, I have bound your hem, |
| 8.42:15′ | [... nīš r]amānīkunu zakrātunu | ... your fearsomeness, your exaltedness |
| 8.42:16′ | [... nī]š Ellil u Ninlil taʾâtunu | ... of the gods Ellil and Ninlil, you are adjured |
| 8.42:17′ | [... nīš ka]kkīšu taʾâtunu | ... his enemy, your battle |
| 8.42:18′ | [... l]ītu attūyā-ma lā ša nakirī | ... you are my lord, not of the marshes |
| 8.42:19′ | [...] ... ibarriqū ana lemnūti | ... ... the Ibarriqu river for evil |
| 8.42:20′ | [...] ša kīma nabli iqammûšunūti | ... who is like a herald, has seized them |
| 8.42:21′ | [...] ina tāḫāzi ana arkīšu lā itarru | ... in the steppe, he does not return to his place |
| 8.42:22′ | [... dāmīš]unu ana šatê pîšunu petû | ..., your word is open to the heavens, your mouth is open |
| 8.42:23′ | [... ...-š]unu kīma imbari ušazbil[ū] | ... their ... like the marshes carried away |
| 8.42:24′ | [... imḫu]r-ešrā tušaš[ša] | ... you have established for him |
| 8.42:25′ | [... līt]u attūyā-ma lā ša nak[irī] | ... you are my lord, not of the enemy |
| 8.42:26′ | [...] kakki nakirī[ya] | ... of my enemy’s land |
| 8.42:27′ | [... Ne]rgal u Ereški[gal] | ... Neriglu and Ereshkigal |
| 8.42:28′ | [... kakk]īšunu ta[...] | ... your weapons ... |
| 8.42:29′ | [...] ⸢nu uš⸣ [...] | ... descendant of |
| 8.42:30′′ | [... l]ū damiq-[ma] | May ... be good. |
| 8.42:31′′ | [narbîkunu lušāpi dalīlīkunu] ludlu[l] | Let me proclaim your greatness, let me glorify your glory! |
| 8.42:32′′ | ... tušaqb[a] | you will libate |
| 8.42:33′′ | [(EN₂) mušītu puluḫtu līlâti šalāš maṣṣ]arātu ša mūš[i] | Incantation: “O goddess, exalted one of the līlûtu-priestess, the well-being of the young woman of this year, |
| 8.42:34′′ | [ērātu naṣrātu] lā ṣālilātu | |
| 8.42:35′′ | [ana ēri ṣalli] purussâ tanaddinā | You give a verdict to the house of battle |
| 8.42:36′′ | [anāku annanna mār annanna ša ilšu annanna] ištaršu annannīt[u] | I, N.N., son of N.[N.], whose god is N. [N.] and whose goddess (is) N. |
| 8.42:37′′ | [mušītu kallātu] puṣṣunt[u] | (a kind of insect) that eats everything |
| 8.42:38′′ | [ina qibīt (...) Išt]ar šēp lemutti ana mātīya pursī | By the command of (...) Ištar, release the evil spell from my land! |
| 8.42:39′′ | [annītu] tušaqba | this you will strew |
| 8.42:40′′ | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ašar šēpu pars]at qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ ana maḫar Sîn paššūra tašakkan | Its ritual: You sweep the ground, you sprinkle pure water, you set up an incense burner before Sîn. |
| 8.42:41′′ | [nignak burāši taš]akkan suluppī sasqâ tasarraq | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You scatter a sasqû-bowl. |
| 8.42:42′′ | [... š]a qēmi ina muḫḫi paššūri teṣṣer | ... hand, on top of it a teeming snake |
| 8.42:43′′ | [ṣalam ... teppuš-m]a qulmâ ina qāt imittīšu tušamšāšu | You perform ṣalam-ritual against , and you make qulmâ-plant grow in the middle of his right hand. |
| 8.42:44′′ | [... š]a amēlūti šumšu ina naglab šumēlīšu tašaṭṭar | (Sum) ..., his word is a flood (Akk) The word of a wild bull is an earthquake, its word is an ecstatic |
| 8.42:45′′ | [... nakirī]ya šumšu tašaṭṭar | ... of my shrine, that is the tašaṭtu-demon |
| 8.42:46′′ | [šaḫâ peṣâ ina patri taṭabbaḫ-ma] dāmīšu ina kāsi tamaḫḫar | You sprinkle šaḫa-plant (and) peṣâ-plant in the patrimony, and then you sprinkle blood in the mouth. |
| 8.42:47′′ | [rubû dāmī šaḫî an]a šūti iltāni šadî amurri itabbak-ma | (who) has poured out the blood of a wild goat into my hand, has smashed my skull, and |
| 8.42:48′′ | [... maš]ak šaḫî peṣî ša ṭabḫu | ... mašukku-plant, šaḫî-plant (and) ēdu-plant |
| 8.42:49′′ | [...] ... [tal]appat patra u ṣalma ana libbi tašakkan | ... ... you sweep the ground and you place it inside. |
| 8.42:50′′ | [...] ... ina ṭīdi takannak | ... in the evening you will cover |
| 8.42:51′′ | [ina kunuk ... tab]arram rubû qāssu eli mašak šaḫî išakkan-ma | With the seal of ... you set up a royal offering. His hand is raised above the mašvakku-vessel and |
| 8.42:52′′ | [... suḫr]ā duppirā iqabb[i] | he says ... a šuḫa pira prayer |
| 8.42:53′′ | [... uḫū]li qarnānî gaṣṣi qātīšu ina m[ê] | ... a thornbush, a burning fire, his hand in water |
| 8.42:54′′ | [...] ...-ya ina muḫḫīka a[šḫuṭ] | ... my ... on top of it |
| 8.42:55′′ | [... ana miṣ]ir māt nakirī i[zzibšu] | ... he became angry at the utterance of the land |
| 8.42:56′′ | [... nakirū ana māt]i ul e[rrubū] | ... the nakiru priestess did not enter the land |
| 8.42:57′′ | [...] ... imbuʾ tâm[ti ...] | ... ... flood of the sea ... |
| 8.42:58′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.42:59′′ | [...] ... [...] |
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