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CMAwR Text 10.7 (Q005097)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 10.7 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005097 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 10.7:1 | [šumma kišpū ruḫû r]usû upšāšû | If witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 10.7:2 | [lemnūtu upšāš]ê zikurudê ittanmarū | Evil machinations, sorcery, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 10.7:3 | [...] ... [...] qēm šegušši pillurtu teṣṣer | ... ... hand of the šegus-plant, the pillurtu-plant (and) the tešber-plant |
| 10.7:4 | [...] epru z[iku]rudâ u utukka lemna tamannu | You recite the incantation ..., ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, and the evil utukku-demon. |
| 10.7:5 | [ina š]anê ūmi ina e[gu]bbê tašaddad ūra tašabbiṭ tašallaḫ | On the day of the moon’s disappearance you have caused a flood to afflict the earth. You have caused the earth to tremble and you have made it rise. |
| 10.7:6 | mê ellūti tanaddi šutukka tukān | You add pure water, you hold your hand. |
| 10.7:7 | guḫšâ tasaḫḫap ina muḫḫīšu šeššet qa akala | You crush guḫšû-plant, you sprinkle it on top of it, you anoint it with a 'litre' of bread |
| 10.7:8 | [x q]a akala arka šina qa kukka mirsa suluppī | x qa of bread, arka-flour, šunû-confection, x [qa] of mirsu-beer, coriander |
| 10.7:9 | sasqâ dišpa ḫimēta šamna šaman-rūšti karāna ṣaḫta | sasqâ-plant, ḫimēnu-plant (and) šamanru’s-plant from the quay |
| 10.7:10 | tašakkan šina laḫannī tukān nignak burāši tarakkas | You place (them) in a bowl, you have strewn a censer with burāšu-juniper. |
| 10.7:11 | ištēn šiqil kasap ipṭiri qadu gišrinni šūmī pitilta suluppī | He has poured out silver, he has opened my mouth together with my grapes, the hand of the šuluppu-priest |
| 10.7:12 | ina ṭēḫ guḫšî tašakkan mê ellūti | You place pure water in a well-equipped vessel. |
| 10.7:13 | tanaqqi mê Šamši | You pour the water of the heavens. |
| 10.7:14 | Šamaš šar šamê [u] erṣeti att[ā] | Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, you |
| 10.7:15 | muštēšer gim[ir nišī mu]kīn napišti attā | You are the one who guides the whole world, who ensures the well-being of the people |
| 10.7:16 | mīta bull[uṭu kas]û puṭṭuru ittīka ibašši | Whoever carries (this tablet) off, will die of hunger with you. |
| 10.7:17 | ša upīšū u z[ikurud]û ussulūšu | Whose uprising and ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic keeps him alive |
| 10.7:18 | kišpū ukassû[šu bu]llussu ittīka ibašši | witchcraft has been performed against him, he has become ill with you |
| 10.7:19 | Šamaš ina mê na[qê] ina maḫrīka | Šamaš, with water, in your presence |
| 10.7:20 | kišpī ruḫê [rus]ê zikurudê | witchcraft, magic, sorcery, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 10.7:21 | ana annanna mār annanna ša ilšu annanna ištaršu annannītu | To N.N., the son of N.[N.], whose god is N. [N.] and whose goddess [is N.]N. |
| 10.7:22 | epšū bussurū dīnšu dâni | The sorcery, the enchainment, the incantation of justice |
| 10.7:23 | purussêšu [(...)] parā[s]i | who renders verdicts ..., |
| 10.7:24 | Ea bēlī rabû išpur[anni] | Ea, great lord, wrote to me |
| 10.7:25 | ša Ea uwaʾʾiranni [ina m]aḫrīk[a azzâz] | whom Ea has entrusted to me, I stand before you. |
| 10.7:26 | Šamaš annanna mār annanna ša kišpū ((u)) zikurudû epšūšu | Šamaš, N.N., son of N.[N.], who has performed witchcraft ((and)) ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 10.7:27 | ana balāṭ napištīšu upīšīšu puššuru | For the preservation of his life, for the clearing of his offspring |
| 10.7:28 | dīnīšu dâni purussêšu parāsi | Judge his case, render a verdict for him! |
| 10.7:29 | ina ikribi u teslīti izzâzku | They stand in prayer and supplication, |
| 10.7:30 | Šamaš ina qibītīka ilšu lizzīz-((ma)) teslīssu liqbīku | May Šamaš stand at your command, may his god stand and speak to you, |
| 10.7:31 | ištaršu lizzīz-ma aḫulabīšu liqbīku | May his goddess be present, and may she speak to you his praises |
| 10.7:32 | Šamaš puššuru upīšū u zikurudû ittīka ibašši | Šamaš, releaser of the incantation, and the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic are with you, |
| 10.7:33 | Šamaš bēlī bēlu rabû pāris dīni ili u amēli attā | Šamaš, you are the lord, the great one, the judge of the case of god and goddess. |
| 10.7:34 | kišpū ruḫû rusû lemnūti u zikurudû | witchcraft, magic, evil sorcery and ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 10.7:35 | ša annanna mār annanna epš[ū] ēpi[šu ((u)) ēp]ištu kaššāpu ((u)) kaššāptu | Who is it that N.N. has performed sorcery (and) sorceries against me, |
| 10.7:36 | sāḫiru [((u))] sāḫ[irtu Šama]š ša attā tīdûšunūti-ma | You are the sabiru-demon (and) the Šamaš-disease that you know, and |
| 10.7:37 | mamm[an ilu lā īdû i]sḫurū išteʾʾû | No god knows (it), he has sex with someone, |
| 10.7:38 | ina ak[ali] lū inib kirî ušākilūšu | (who) has made him lie down in a grave, (or) has caused him to fall into a pitfall, |
| 10.7:39 | ina šika[ri lū išqûšu] ina mê lū urammikūšu | May he have sex with him in the street, may he curse him with water, |
| 10.7:40 | ina šamni [lū ipšušūšu] ṣalmīšu lū ušnillū | May there be truth, may there be rejoicing |
| 10.7:41 | ziku[rudâ lū] īpušūšu | may zikurrudâ-magic be performed against him |
| 10.7:42 | mimma epiš lemutti [ša amēlūt]e lū īteppušūšu | May any evil sorceress of mine be performed against him |
| 10.7:42a | ((anāku lā īdû ... [...])) | ((He does not know ... ...)) |
| 10.7:43 | ina ūmi annî i[ziz-ma] eʾiltašu puṭur((šu-ma)) | At that time, he stood up and his alilta prayer was uttered |
| 10.7:44 | ilš[u ...] dalīlīka lidlul | May the gods ... praise your glory! |
| 10.7:45 | annanna mār ilīšu lišlim-ma ina maḫrīka na[mr]iš littallak | May N.N., the mighty one of the gods, be reconciled with me and may he live in your presence. |
| 10.7:46 | ((u)) anāku aradka dalī[lī]ka ludlul | (and) I, your servant, may I sing your praises. |
| 10.7:47 | kīma annâ šalāšīšu imtanû in[a gišrinni kas]ap ipṭirīšu inaššī-ma | As soon as he has restored his health, he drinks beer in a bowl, and then |
| 10.7:48 | ((ana šutukki illak-ma)) šūmī su[luppī pitilta] išaḫḫaṭ | ((Let him go to the yoke and)) The hand of the šuluppi-demon is swollen |
| 10.7:49 | [Šam]aš kīma annû [(...)] iššaḫḫaṭu | My heart, like this ... is swollen |
| 10.7:50 | ki[špū ...] ... lā ṭābtu zikurudû | witchcraft [... ...] ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic |
| 10.7:51 | ina ālīya āl šarri āl il u iš[tar šar]ri littakker | In my city, may the god and goddess of the king, my lord, be present |
| 10.7:52 | kasap ipṭirīya maḫrāta napištī qīšam | The silver that he opened for me has been greatly received, receive my life! |
| 10.7:53 | anniam iqabbī-ma Šamaš iššer | This is what Šamaš commands. |
| 10.7:54 | [k]īma mê Šamši ittanaqqû ištu ūri ina arādīšu | You know that the water of the heavens keeps pouring out from the earth from its source |
| 10.7:55 | upīšū ša ina bīt amēli innamrū u šūšurāt bīti | The upīšu-disease which occurred in the middle of the land, was released, and the hand of the house |
| 10.7:56 | [ina] tupšikki tašakkan ana muḫḫi mê gaṣṣi ṭābāta karāna ṣaḫta ulušinna tanaqqi | You place (it) on your tablet. On top of the water, the gas, the oil, the ṣaḫṭu-vessel, the liver you pour it. |
| 10.7:57 | [ina] namsê takattam ina šēpī kamāsi | You are bound by a rope, you are bound with a cord. |
| 10.7:58 | [ana] ereb šamši ana nāri innaddû amēlu šū ša inaššû | (who) has turned into a deserted land, who has become hostile to the land |
| 10.7:59 | [ina ištēn ūmi] ana bīti lā irrub ina šanê ūmi | In distant days, he did not enter into a house, in distant days |
| 10.7:60 | ina egubbê bīni maštakal qan-šalāli suḫuššu | In the reed-beds of the house, maštakal-soapwort (and) qanšalālu-juniper |
| 10.7:61 | kušgugalû nigkalagû gizillû ēru | gugalû-garment, nigkalagū’u-spurge, gizillu-stone, ēru-stone |
| 10.7:62 | libbi-gišimmari šebirbirredû bīta tullal sippī bīti kalāma | The libidgišmari-plant, the šebirbirredû-plant (and) the tullal-plant are all over the house. |
| 10.7:63 | ittâ gaṣṣa šaman erēni taltanappat | You have smeared with fire the embers of the cedar |
| 10.7:64 | ēma bābu kamû nignak burāši u erēni taštanakkan | When you enter, you set up a censer of burāšu-juniper and cedar. |
| 10.7:65 | amēla šuāti mê tasallaḫ-ma amēlu ša šaknūšum | “I have poured water into my hands, and I have filled my hands with water. |
| 10.7:66 | adi ūm balṭu mimma ana amēli ul iṭeḫḫe | as long as he lives he will not take anything away from the land. |
| 10.7:67 | EN₂ ša kaššāptīya ḫipi rikissa | Incantation: “The one who has smashed my beer, break my bond! |
| 10.7:68 | ša elēnītīya suppiḫi amâtīša | The one who removes my limbs, the one who dispels my foes, |
| 10.7:69 | terra kišpīša ana meḫê amâtīša ana šāri | Turn your witchcraft into a storm, turn your machinations into an earthquake! |
| 10.7:70 | mimma tēpuša tuštēpiša lūbil šāru | May I carry off whatever you have done (and) what you have not done, |
| 10.7:71 | ina kūru u nissati lūbil ūmša | May I carry the wind with arrow and arrow |
| 10.7:72 | ina ḫuṣṣi u ḫīpi libbi liqattâ šanātīša | May my days be filled with joy and joy! |
| 10.7:73 | šī limūt-ma anāku lubluṭ | May it be so that I may live |
| 10.7:74 | kišpūša ruḫûša rusûša lū pašrū | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 10.7:75 | ina qibīt Ea Šamaš Marduk | By the command of Ea, Šamaš, Marduk |
| 10.7:76 | u rubāti Bēlet-ilī TU₆ EN₂ | and the princess Bēlet-ilī. Incantation formula. |
| 10.7:77 | KA.INIM.MA šumma upšāšê ina bīt amēli ittananmarū | Wording (of an incantation) if evil keeps appearing in the house of a man. |
| 10.7:78 | ina mê imessi itti tuḫḫī tusammaḫ alpa ṣalma tušakkal | You soak (them) in water, you mix it with vinegar, you scatter the alpa-plant, and you eat (the mixture). |
| 10.7:79 | šiptu annītu sebîšu imannū-ma kišpū pašrū | He recites this incantation seven times and the witchcraft is undone |
| 10.7:80 | ana pišerti kišpī ša ina bīt amēli innamrū eper sūq-erbetti | For the release of witchcraft that is in the house of a man, who illuminates the darkened sky, |
| 10.7:81 | kīma labirīšu šaṭir bari | Like a labiru-demon, a šaṭir-disease (is a sign) |
| 10.7:82 | ēka[l Ašš]ur-bāni-apli šar kiššati šar Māt-Aššur | The temple of Assurbaniapi, king of the world, lord of the land |
| 10.7:83 | ša a[na Aššur u Mullilti taklu-m]a | who trusts in Ashur and Mullil, |
| 10.7:84 | ša N[abû u Tašmētu uznu rapaštu išru]kūš | Of Nabopolassar and Tašmētu, the wide-spread wisdom who trusts in you |
| 10.7:85 | a[n]a [taḫsisti šitas]sîšu | For the stinging of his ears |
| 10.7:86 | [išṭur-ma ibri qereb ēkallīšu] ukīn | he smote, and the edge of his cella he cut off |
| 10.7:87 | [mannu ša itabbalu ū lū šumšu itti šumīy]a išaṭṭaru | Whoever you are, O lord, be it him who is with my hand, |
| 10.7:88 | [Aššur u Mulliltu aggiš ezzi]š liskipūšu-ma | May Assur and Mullil, the aggišu-priestess (and) the ezzis-priest, release him, and |
| 10.7:89 | [šumšu zēršu ina māti] liḫalliqū | May the angry man be released from the land |
| 10.7:90 | [tākilka ul ibâš š]ar ilī Aššur | There is no reopening (of the case) against you, O Assyrian god |
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