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CMAwR Text 11.3 (Q005109)

Incantation-Ritual

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Designation	CMAwR Text 11.3
ID	Q005109
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)
11.3.1:1	[NAM.BUR₂.BI lumun kišpī ruḫê rusê up]šāšê lemnūti ša amēla ṣubbutū-ma	Apotropaic ritual for the evil of witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations of the mother,
11.3.1:2	[ina akalī š]ūkul[ū ina šika]ri šaqû [... k]ayyān ṣarmūšu-ma lā inuḫḫū akalū u šikaru	In the threshing floor, in the šakiru-vessel, the pure ... of Kayya, he is exalted, but he does not become ill with alû-disease and cold.
11.3.1:3	[elīš]u ul ṭābū akala ikkal šikara iš[attī-ma pān]ūšu a[rqū-ma] iʾarru u ina nēpešti mašmaššūti ul ippaṭṭar	He does not eat bread, he eats bread, (but) his mouth is swollen and he is paralyzed, and in the rituals of exorcists he does not see (them).
11.3.1:4	lumun idāti ittāti kal[īšina ana] pašārim-ma ana amēli u bītīšu lā ṭeḫê	May the evil of the river and all of my habitations not approach the city and its people!
11.3.1:5	DU₃.DU₃.BI ina ūmi magri ina kišād nāri qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ ana maḫar Šamaš paṭī[ra] tukān niqâ tanaqqi	Its ritual: On the day of the moon's disappearance, you sweep the ground with a cloth of pure water, you sprinkle pure water. You stand before Šamaš, you speak a supplication,
11.3.1:6	adagurra tukān riksa kīma ša ana qātīka šumṣû tarakkas šina ṣalmī zikari u sinništi ša ṭīdi teppuš marṣa	You are adjured by Adagurra. You set up a ritual arrangement like that in your hand. You make the šūmû-demon, the vizier, and the woman perform (the ritual).
11.3.1:7	šaḫḫâ tulabbassu ana maḫar Šamaš izzâz-ma šipta šalāšīšu imannu	(Sum) He stands before Šamaš, and he recites the incantation of his life (Akk) You stand before him, and the word of his health resounds
11.3.1:8	EN₂ Šamaš šar šamê u erṣeti dayyān eliš u šapliš bēl mīti murteddû balṭi	Incantation: O Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, judge above and below, lord of the living,
11.3.1:9	ēṭir napšāti massû rabû ša tenēšēti attā mušē[tiq na]mburbê idāti ittāti mala bašâ	You are the one who carries off the life of the great massû-demon, who makes the people pass by, who scatters the nāmburbu-demonics, (and) the rivers with all the lands.
11.3.1:10	pāris lumni ša šamê u erṣeti attā aššum lumun kišpī [ruḫê rus]ê upšāšê ša ṣubbutūni-ma lā paṭrū	You are the one who determines the evil of heaven and earth, because evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations are inflicted upon me and cannot be undone.
11.3.1:11	aššum lumun idāti ittāti lā ṭābāti ša ina bītīya ibš[ân]i ana maḫrīya ipparkāni	Because of the evil of the river and the insubmissive one who has arisen in my house, has turned against me before me,
11.3.1:12	ūmišamma palḫāku adrāku u šutaddurāku enenna kišpī annû[ti] ša yâši iššakna	Now these witchcraft that I have performed against you
11.3.1:13	[lu]mun idāti ittāti ša ina bītīya ibšâ lumnu šâšu yâši u bītīya ay iṭḫâ ay isniqa ay ikšudanni	May the evil that is in my house arise, may it not come near me and my house, not approach me, not reach me!
11.3.1:14	[lum]nu šâšu lībir nāra libbalkit šadâ kišpū šunūti lissû šār bērī ina zum[rīy]a	May the evil of his heart be released, may the nāra-demon rebel against you, may he remove the šadâ-magic from my body,
11.3.1:15	[kīma qut]ri lītellû ana šamê kīma bīni nasḫi ana ašrīšunu ay itūrū	May it be as clear as a cloud to the heavens, may it not become dark like a mountain to the horizon!
11.3.1:16	[kišpī š]unūti nāru limḫuranni nāru lipdânni anāku lubluṭ anāku lušlim-ma narbîka luš[āpi]	May the witchcraft of the šunûtu-priestess release me, may the nāru-priest release me! May I live, may I be healthy, may your greatness be manifest!
11.3.1:17	[dalī]līka ludlul ana nišī rapšāti TU₆ EN₂	Let me sing your praises to the wide people!” Incantation formula.
11.3.1:18	[kīma an]nâ ana maḫar Šamaš imtanû ana maḫar nāri riksa tarakkas šikara tanaqq[i]	As soon as this has been released, Šamaš will release it. You set up a ritual arrangement. You pour a libation bowl.
11.3.1:19	[ma]rṣu adi ṣubātīšu šalāšīšu ina nāri iṭebbē-ma	The scribal art, including its šubatu-offerings, its well-being is in the river.
11.3.1:20	[ana māḫi]rti iḫallum-ma ana nāri kīam iqabbi	(who) has risen up to the yoke and said a supplication to the god
11.3.1:21	[EN₂ attī] nāru bānât kalāma enūma iḫrûki ilū rabûtu	Incantation: “Yo[u] are the creator of everything! Now, when you rise, O great gods!
11.3.1:22	[ina] aḫīki iškunū dumqa ina libbīki Ea šar <apsî> ibnâ šubassu	(who) has placed good things in your heart, Ea, king of the capsû, created his crown
11.3.1:23	[ešrēt]i šūšurū mêki muḫrīnni lumun kišpīya kibrūki limḫurū kalû murṣīya	May the ešvrētu-demon, the hand of your water, overthrow the evil of my witchcraft, destroy your city, destroy all of my illness!
11.3.1:24	[lumna tabl]ī nāru šūridī apsûkki nāru lumnu šâšu yâši u bītīya lā iqarrubu lā isanniqa lā ikaššadanni	Evil has been spread over me, fear is over you, evil is over me and my house. They have not slain me, they have not cut off my offerings, they do not bind me.
11.3.1:25	[anāku l]ubluṭ lušlim-ma dalīlīki ludlul	May I live in your presence, may I sing your praises.
11.3.1:26	[šalāšīš]u iqabbī-ma illī-ma ṣubāssu išaḫḫaṭ egubbâ ana muḫḫi irammuk EN₂ ašḫuṭ MIN imannū-ma ṣubāta šanâ	his health he says, and the flood will come and his šuba stones will be poured over it. Incantation: “Asḫbutdb, ditto, he recites, and a new shubbatu stone
11.3.1:27	inaššī-ma nignakka [g]izillâ mê ellūti tullalšu sūq ītiqu lā ittiq ana bīt sābî irrub-ma kanna namzīti ilappat	As soon as the nignakku-demon, the scepter of pure water, has passed by, he has not passed by; he enters into a sealed house and touches the mouth of life.
11.3.1:28	bīta šuātu mašḫu[ld]uppâ nigkalagâ kušgugalâ zērī qutārī tuḫāb-ma mê ellūti tullalšu	In that house, mašḫulduppâ-plant, nigkalagā’u-plant (and) gugalāru-soapwort, sulphur, tallow, and pure water are poured out for me.
11.3.1:29	gaṣṣa u ittâ [bā]bī talappat-ma NAM.BUR₂.BI	Gastric constriction and fever are present in the body, and namburbû-disease
11.3.1:30	AL.TIL	[Finished.]
11.3.1:31	kišpī ruḫû ru[sû] upšāšû lemnūti lū ša zikari lū ša sinništi ana amēli lā ṭeḫê	Witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations, be it the one of a man or the one who has a woman, do not approach a city!
11.3.1:32	šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣalmī līši šina ṣalmī [iš]kūri šina ṣalmī lipî ša zikari u sinništi teppuš-ma	You perform šalmu-disease (and) ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic against me, you perform sorcery against me and my woman, and
11.3.1:33	šumšunu ina naglab [šu]mēlīšunu tašaṭṭar idīšunu ana arkīšunu tutār	Whose hands are in the water of the sea, whosoever you are, turn back to them!
11.3.1:34	šēpīšunu tukassa ana maḫar Šamaš nignak burāši tašakkan ana maḫar Šamaš kīam taqabbi	You pound pomegranates. Before Šamaš you set up a censer of burāši-juniper. You speak as follows before S&dvamasu:
11.3.1:35	EN₂ Šamaš dayyānu šamê u erṣeti dayyānu elâti u šaplâti	Incantation: O Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth, judge [of the upper and lower world],
11.3.1:36	muštēšer ṣalmāt qaqqadi pāṭir kasî muballiṭ mīti	(who) keeps watch over the head of the people, who scatters the bewitched, who revives the dead,
11.3.1:37	Šamaš ṣalmū annûtu ša bēl ikkīya ša bēl rīdīya	Šamaš, these are the lords of my body, the ones of my feet.
11.3.1:38	ša bēl ṣerrīya ša ipšu bārtu zīru	Whose lord of the netherworld is the one who decrees the fates
11.3.1:39	zikurudâ dibalâ kadabbedâ mimma lemnu upšāšû lemnūti īpušūninni	Zikurrudâ-magic, intercourse, ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic (and) any evil machinations against me
11.3.1:40	Šamaš bēlu maḫar ilūtīka rabīti zikurudûšunu ipšūšunu zumuršunu likillū	Šamaš, supreme one of the great gods, may his ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, his sorcery (and) his spittle last long
11.3.1:41	annâ taqabbī-ma mušāṭī [rēš]īšunu tumalla mušāṭī tulabbassunūti	You speak this, and you fill the nostrils of your servants, you smother the noses of their servants
11.3.1:42	ištēniš ina pitilti tarakkassunūti ina ḫupê tašakkanšunūti šaman nūni ana muḫḫīšunu tusallaḫ mimma libbašu ṣabtu utnên	You bind them together with a cloth, you tie them to a rope, you sprinkle šaman nūnu-juniper over them, you carry off everything that is in your heart.
11.3.1:43	nignakka gizillâ tušbāʾšu egubbâ ana muḫḫīšu tatabbak	You sit on a scepter of fire, you pour egubba-sulphur over it,
11.3.1:44	ina erṣeti taqebberšunūti [iš]tu U₄ 1.KAM adi U₄ 1.KAM mê ana muḫḫīšunu	From day 1 to day 1, water over them
11.3.1:45	irtanammuk-ma kiš[pū r]uḫû rusû upšāšû	He continually seeks witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations
11.3.1:46	ana muḫḫi kaššāpi u kaššāpti [zika]ri u sinništi turrū ana amēli šuāti ul iṭeḫḫe	On account of warlock and witch, thief and woman, evil will not approach that man.
11.3.1:47	AL.TIL	[Finished.]
11.3.1:48	((NAM.BUR₂.BI)) lumun ruʾti nadê ana amēli lā ṭeḫê	((Its ritual:)) The evil of the rūtu-demon is to be dispelled from the land.
11.3.1:49	DU₃.DU₃.BI sebe(t) NU.KAR₂.KAR₂ ša ṭīdi ina ruʾti taballal-ma teppuš	Its ritual: You recite the seven ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ omens in a ritual assemblage and you perform (it).
11.3.1:50	ištēn ina muḫḫi lišānīka tašakkan ištēn ina ((libbi)) pîka tašakkan	You place one on top of it, you place one in your mouth.
11.3.1:51	ištēn ina naḫīrīka tašakkan šina ina qātīka taṣabbat-ma	You set up a censer in a hole, you seize the sheep in your hand, and
11.3.1:52	tanaḫḫid-ma ša muḫḫi lišānīka ša libbi pîk[a]	“Let my heart be pacified to you, let my mouth be open to you!
11.3.1:53	ša ((libbi)) naḫīrīka u ((ša)) qātīka tanassuk-ma	You crush ((them)) in a bowl and in your hand.
11.3.1:54	lumun ruʾti ana amēli ul iṭeḫḫe	Evil will not approach a man.
11.3.1:55	AL.TIL	[Finished.]
11.3.1:56	[kī] pî lēʾi lā barî šaṭir	Like the mouth of a lion, like the tongue of an eagle, shattered
11.3.2:1′	DIŠ KIMIN siki[lla maštakal] šarmada bill[ata]	If ditto: wool, maštakal-soapwort, šarmada-plant, billatu-plant
11.3.2:2′	kibrīta ru[ʾtī]ta ina askuppat bāb kamî	From the kibrītu (temple) to the ru’alti(-temple), from the apsû (mountain)
11.3.2:3′	u ṣerri [dalti k]amīti tetemmir	and the throne-dais of the holy quay, you see the light
11.3.2:4′	nēpešī annûti i[na U₄] 7.KAM₂ U₄ 14.KAM₂ U₄ 21.KAM₂	These rituals on the 7th, 14th, 21st day
11.3.2:5′	U₄ 27.KAM₂ U₄ 28.KAM₂ U₄ 29.KAM₂ te[ppu]š-ma	You perform (the ritual) on the 27th, 28th, and 29th days.
11.3.2:6′	[adi] balṭu kišpī ul iṭeḫḫûšu	until the end witchcraft will not approach him
11.3.2:7′	[uʾilt]i ša Kiṣir-Aššur mašmašši Aššur-šākin-[šumi]	The uʾilltu-demon of Kišbir-Assur, the exorcist of Assur,
11.3.2:8′	[...] ... [...] ... [...]

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