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CMAwR Text 9.4 (Q005091)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 9.4 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005091 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 9.4:1 | [EN₂ Šamaš] dayyānu ṣīru ša šamê u [erṣeti] | Incantation: O Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth |
| 9.4:2 | [pāris p]urussê ṣīru ša il[ī] | “The mouth, the nose, the nostrils of the gods |
| 9.4:3 | [muštēš]er nišī ša kippat šamê [attā] | You are the one who guides the people aright, |
| 9.4:4 | [ina bal]ukka ana ārid [qabri] | Without you, to the quay wall |
| 9.4:5 | [lā] uktallam tak[līmu] | he who does not hold back my prayer |
| 9.4:6 | [š]āpû ana karašê tarû Ša[maš kûm-ma] | You are adjured by Šamaš in the quay. |
| 9.4:7 | [rag]gu amēlu ana Anunnaki paqād[u kûm-ma] | I am a rebel, I am appointed to the Anunnaki. |
| 9.4:8 | [anāk]u anḫu šūnuḫ[u aradka] | Anu, anḫu-disease, šūḫbu, your servant |
| 9.4:9 | [...] ... ina bīt rimkim-ma anamd[â-... (...)] | ... ... in the house of Rimkim, I am ... |
| 9.4:10 | [mur]uṣ lā edê mar[ṣāku] | (a kind of insect) that does not grow in the steppe |
| 9.4:11 | [ana maḫ]rīka az[zīz] | I stand before you |
| 9.4:12 | [ritt]u lemutti ša amēlūti ul[appitanni] | The evil hand of the humankind has afflicted me, |
| 9.4:13 | [u]l agrīšu-ma lemuttī [ikpud] | until his death he plotted evil |
| 9.4:14 | Šamaš annû nakru ša uk[aššipanni] | Šamaš, this is the enemy who has seized me |
| 9.4:15 | annû ṣalamšu annû [šū] | This is his balamšu-disease, this is his body |
| 9.4:16 | našâku ina maḫrīka ašassīka [Šamaš] | I am enraged before you, O Šamaš, |
| 9.4:17 | bēlī ašassīka šukna [...] | Bēlī-Ašska, your hand ... |
| 9.4:18 | Šamaš ašassīka šukna [...] | Šamaš, grant me a life of abundance |
| 9.4:19 | šumruṣāku-ma lemniš [epšēku] | Evildoer who performs sorcery against me |
| 9.4:20 | itti ēpiš lemutti yâši l[ā tamannu] | With the evil machinations of my body you recite. |
| 9.4:21 | aškun ina šaplīka ālu e[llu] | I have set at your disposal, as many as are pure |
| 9.4:22 | Šamaš ša kišpī [īpuša] | Šamaš, who performed witchcraft |
| 9.4:23 | isḫura [išēʾa] | a kind of tree |
| 9.4:24 | u yâši ir[teneddânni] | and has kept me awake, |
| 9.4:25 | ikappuda [lemuttī] | who destroys evil |
| 9.4:26 | anāku ul īdēš[u ...] | He does not know how to go to the netherworld |
| 9.4:27 | attā tīdē[šu ...] | You are his counsellor |
| 9.4:28 | limḫa[ṣ ...] | May it be favourable |
| 9.4:29 | gaz [...] | ... kill |
| 9.4:30 | di [...] | ... case |
| 9.4:31 | [Šamaš ...] | Šamaš |
| 9.4:32 | x [...] | |
| 9.4:33′ | ⸢ana⸣ x [...] | “Ana’e |
| 9.4:34′ | KI-⸢ia⸣ [...] | ... with me |
| 9.4:35′ | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA ...] | Incantation formula: |
| 9.4:36′ | DU₃.DU₃.⸢BI⸣ [...] | Its ritual: |
| 9.4:37′ | ana ... [...] | To ... |
| 9.4:38′ | šarru ina [...] | The king in |
| 9.4:39′ | imann[u ...] | he recites ... |
| 9.4:40′ | qātīšu ana m[uḫḫi ṣalam nakri imessi] | His hands were bound to the ground, the earth was covered with sulphur |
| 9.4:41′ | EN₂ en-e [an sikil-ta bara₂-si-ga-a ri-a] | Incantation: O lord, adorned with pure heavens, |
| 9.4:42′ | [kīma] labirī[šu šaṭir bari] | Like a labiru-demon, a šaṭir-disease will strike him. |
| 9.4:43′ | ēkal Ašš[ur-bāni-apli ...] | Enki of Assyria |
| 9.4:44′ | ša Na[bû ...] | of Nabû |
| 9.4:45′ | īḫuzu [...] | he smote |
| 9.4:46′ | ša ina šarrāni [...] | who in the netherworld |
| 9.4:47′ | nēmeq [Nabû ...] | The wisdom of Nabû |
| 9.4:48′ | ina [tupp]āni [...] | In our tablet . . |
| 9.4:49′ | ana tamrirt[īya ...] | For my protection ... |
| 9.4:50′ | [mann]u ša itabbalu u [...] | Whoever breaks the contract and ... |
| 9.4:51′ | [Aššur Mu]lliltu ezziš agg[iš ...] | As for Mulliltu, the exorcist, the aggiš priest |
| 9.4:52′ | [šumšu zēršu] ina māti liḫall[iqū ...] | May the angry man be dispersed in the land |
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