CMAwR Text 11.5 (Q005111)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 11.5 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005111 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 11.5:1 | šumma ina bīt amēli ittātu lemnētu innamrā | If in the house of a man, evil machinations will be released |
| 11.5:2 | ana lumun ittāti lemnēti ana amēli u bītīšu lā ṭeḫê | For evil (and) evil machinations not to approach a man and his house |
| 11.5:3 | šalāšat riksī ina maḫar bābi tarakkas 7.TA.AM₃ akalī | You set up a ritual assemblage in front of the door. You libate 7 each bread. |
| 11.5:4 | ana maḫar bābi tašakkan murra erēnu | You set up a murru-vessel in front of the gate. |
| 11.5:5 | ina imitti bābi tasarraq šikara tanaqqi ḫupâ | You strew a censer in the middle of the pot, you pour a libation bowl, |
| 11.5:6 | ša ṭīdi tašakkan ina libbi ḫupê ṣalam ṭīdi tašakkan | You set up a censer inside a reed bundle, you set up an ewer. |
| 11.5:7 | ina burzigalli šārāt kalbi ṣalmi | In the burzigallu-vessel, the ‘heals-a-thousand’ of the kalbi-plant |
| 11.5:8 | zê šaḫî šaman nūni tašakkan kīam taqabbi | You set up a šaḫbītu-vessel (and) a censer of juniper. You say as follows: |
| 11.5:9 | Išum bēl sūqi ilī u ištarī | Išum, lord of the assembly of god and goddess |
| 11.5:10 | ša lemuttu annītu īpušūninni | who has performed this evil against me |
| 11.5:11 | lū kaššāpu lū kaššāptu lū z[ikaru lū sinništu] | either beer or beer, or emmer or woman |
| 11.5:12 | lū ṣeḫru lū rabû lū mītu l[ū balṭu] | either a young man, a senior man, or a dead man, |
| 11.5:13 | lū abu lū aḫu lū aḫātu l[ū ummu] | either a cow, a pig, or an aḫbu-bird, or a ummu-bird |
| 11.5:14 | lū ibri lū tappû l[ū itbāru] | either a stranger, a companion, or an acquaintance |
| 11.5:15 | lū atû lū maṣṣār bāb [ēkalli] | either atû-plant or maṣṣar-plant, planted |
| 11.5:16 | ša qāssu ana bītīy[a ubbalu] | Whose hand I turn into my house |
| 11.5:17 | sippī iḫallaš[u ...] | The sippu-flour that has seized him |
| 11.5:18 | ana Urg[ul]ê [...] ana [...] | To Urgulê ... to ... |
| 11.5:19′ | rēš pašāni [... ištēniš tasâk] | The reed-bed is open ... you pound together |
| 11.5:20′ | ina šaman šurmē[ni] taba[llal-ma ina U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 10.KAM] | You mix with cypress oil and on the 1st day (and) the 10th day |
| 11.5:21′ | U₄.20.KAM U₄ 30.KAM ... [...] | (If) on the 20th day, on the 30th day . |
| 11.5:22′ | u sippī bītīšu [tulappat-ma] | and the doorjambs of his house are opened, and |
| 11.5:23′ | ittu lemuttu ana amēli u bītī[šu ul iṭeḫḫe] | With evil will not approach a man and his house |
| 11.5:24′ | ilu ze[n]û itti amē[li isallim] | The angry gods are reconciled with me, |
| 11.5:25′ | nuḫurta kur[kanâ] | nuḫurtu-plant, kurkanû-plant |
| 11.5:26′ | ḫašê a[zu]p[īra ina šikari išattī-ma] | “The azupīra-plant is in the scepter, |
| 11.5:27′ | lumun idāti ittāti ina bīt [amēli ul innammar] | The evil of river and sea will not be seen in the middle of the land |
| 11.5:28′ | kīma labirīšu šaṭir bari | Like a labiru-demon, a šaṭir-disease (is a sign) |
| 11.5:29′ | ana ṣabāt epēši Kiṣir-Aššur mašmaššu | For the šabātu-offering of Kiṣir-Assur, the exorcist |
| 11.5:30′ | ušašṭir-ma ibri | he crossed over and crossed over |
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