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CMAwR Text A.1 (Q005114)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text A.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005114 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| A.1:obv_1′ | ⸢DIDA⸣.GU.LA ta-... balu p[atān ...] | You ... ēdiânu-plant, egypsum |
| A.1:obv_2′ | šīr āribi tušabšal balu pat[ān ...] | You are adjured by the gods, you are sated by the life of the people |
| A.1:obv_3′ | marratu ḫaruptu tušabšal balu patā[n ...] | You are exalted, you are enraged, you have mercy on me, ... |
| A.1:obv_4′ | sukannīnu ḫaruptu tušabšal balu patā[n ...] | You are exalted, you are enraged, you have mercy on me, ... |
| A.1:obv_5′ | ana pišerti kišpū ša ina saḫlê šūkulu atāʾišu u[rnû] | To release the witchcraft that is in the ground, the hand of the atāʾišu-plant, the urnû-plant |
| A.1:obv_6′ | nuḫurtu burāšu zē[r tullal ina šikari dišip šadî balu patān] | Nuḫurtu-plant, burāšu-juniper, sweet tullal-plant in the sceptre of Vip, the wild goat |
| A.1:obv_7′ | taštanaqqīšu-ma pâšu u[mtassā-ma illātūšu parsā] | You have smeared him, and his mouth has swollen and his fever is feverish |
| A.1:obv_8′ | ana pišerti k[išpī ...] | For the release of witchcraft |
| A.1:obv_9′ | tittu {⸢u₂⸣}... [...] | a tittu-vessel ... ... |
| A.1:obv_10′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| A.1:obv_11′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| A.1:obv_12′ | [...] ... pillû [...] | ... pillû-plant |
| A.1:obv_13′ | [... l]išān kalbi art[i ...] | May ... be my strength, my strength ... |
| A.1:obv_14′ | [... qa]nû ṭābu suādū ... [...] | ... qanû-plant, ṭabu-soapwort, suadu-plant |
| A.1:obv_15′ | [...] ... murdudû ardadillu ḫašḫūr [api] | ... murdudû-plant, ardadillu-plant |
| A.1:obv_16′ | [imḫur-līm imḫur-ešr]ā tarmuš tasâk-ma ina šikari uluš[inni karāni] | You pound tamarisk, tallow (and) lupine, and then you have me drink them in a tavern. |
| A.1:obv_17′ | [taba]ll<al> dišpu ḫimētu ruʾtītu i[mbuʾ tâmti ḫurāṣu] | <(If)> it is surrounded by a cloud, a ru’altītu-demon will arise; a flood will come. |
| A.1:obv_18′ | [kaspu p]arzillu sāmtu uqnû ina mūši ša sebet ūmī [...] | The money is paid completely. That one-twelfth of a day in the month of Šamaš |
| A.1:obv_19′ | [ina samānî ūmi] balu patān tašaqqī[šu-ma iballuṭ] | You have him drink a libation bowl in the morning, and then he will recover. |
| A.1:obv_20′ | [ana pišert]i kišpī ša ina šikari šaqû ištēt karpatu šaḫarratu ... [...] | In order to release the witchcraft that is present in the scepter, the ‘heals-a-thousand’-demon, ... ... |
| A.1:obv_21′ | [...] ... ŠU.BI.AŠ.⸢AM₃⸣ | ... Hand of |
| A.1:obv_22′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| A.1:rev_1′ | [...] ... [...] bi[llatu ...] | ... ... illness ... |
| A.1:rev_2′ | [bi]llat našpi ... [... billat naš]p[i ...] | The totality of the silver ... |
| A.1:rev_3′ | [bi]llat murê ... billat murê ... [...] | “Billat murê-plant’s ... , bilt mure[f]-plant ..., |
| A.1:rev_4′ | [in]a libbi narṭabi ištēniš taballal balu patān ta[šaqqīšu-(ma iballuṭ)] | You mix them together in a nartbabi-vessel, you strew a censer of balû-cress, you make him drink it, and then he will recover. |
| A.1:rev_5′ | [ana pišerti ki]špī kalāma imḫur-līm imbuʾ tâmti ḫašê [(...)] | In order to release the witchcraft of all the lands, he washes the hands, ... the sea, |
| A.1:rev_6′ | [...] šadânu ṣābitu tasâk šaman šurmēni šaman burāši šaman [erēni] | ... šadânu-plant, sulphur, you pound (it). The oil of the cypress, the oil of burāʾu-juniper, [the oil of] the cedar |
| A.1:rev_7′ | [šaman qanê ṭābi] šaman kanakti šaman murri šaman asi šaman {⸢šim⸣}[...] | ‘Heals-a-thousand’-plant, tallow, kanaktu-soapwort, murru-aromatic, ēšim-sulphur, ...-plant |
| A.1:rev_8′ | [aḫê t]uraqqa ina šaman pūri ina šamni ḫalṣi ta[ballal] | You sprinkle aḫû-plant (and) šūmu-plant in water from a well, you wash it with hot water |
| A.1:rev_9′ | [EN₂ ...] ... sebîšu ana maḫar Šamaš ana libbi tamannu kayyamāna tap[tanaššassu] | Incantation: “... ... you recite seven times into the presence of Šamaš. You rub him with kayyama-plant. |
| A.1:rev_10′ | [šumma sinništu ... b]ēl rīdīša nekelmûši-ma ilu u iš[taru] | If a woman ... her limbs are dark, and god and goddess |
| A.1:rev_11′ | [ittīša zenû ana kišp]ī pašāri u ... | (who) is angry with you, turn away from witchcraft and . |
| A.1:rev_12′ | ili [u ištari it]tīša sullum[i] | May my god and my goddess be reconciled with me! |
| A.1:rev_13′ | lulû kal[û ...] ... [ḫul]uḫḫu kutpû | lulû-disease, ‘distortion-of-the-mouth’ magic, ... , ḫulūḫu-sorcery, kuppūnu-paste, |
| A.1:rev_14′ | ēdu kurkan[â] ... {⸢na₄⸣}[...] lušû ša ... | The temple of the kurkanâ-demon ... ešānu-stone that ... |
| A.1:rev_15′ | Gazbaba arti ... [...] | Gazbaba, arti ... |
| A.1:rev_16′ | [kib]rītu peṣītu u ṣalimtu eper bāb bīt [Ni]nmaḫ [ḫ]amī[mu] | The scepter, the door, and the door bolt are open; the house of Ninmaḫ is well. |
| A.1:rev_17′ | [šuruš] ašāgi ša bāb bīt nuḫatimmi eper bāb bīt sā[bî] | A dead man whose body has been seized, whose skin has been covered with a bandage |
| A.1:rev_18′ | [...] ... uqnû ḫulālu muššaru pappardilû {⸢na₄⸣}[...] | ... uqnû-stone, ḫulālu-plant, serpent, pappardilu-plant (and) e22na-stone |
| A.1:rev_19′ | [...] ... aban-baḫrê ayyartu du[šû (...)] | ... abanbaḫu-plant, ayyartu-plant: good |
| A.1:rev_20′ | [...] ... anḫ[ullû ...] | ... anḫullû-plant |
| A.1:rev_21′ | [...] ... ištēniš ina šamni ṭābi ... [...] | ... together with him, in the heavens ... |
| A.1:rev_22′ | [... ṣ]īt š[amši ...] | ... the hand of the sea |
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