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CMAwR Text 5.5 (Q007426)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 5.5 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007426 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5.1:1 | [ana] šupšuqti šupšuri sinništu lā mušēšertu itti rībi ša šamši | For the scepter of the heavens, the woman who is not a ghost with the wind of heaven |
| 5.5.1:2 | taparras ina maški gallābūs teppušī-ma ina naštuqa | You perform a ritual against a gallû-demon in mašku-vessel, then in supplication |
| 5.5.1:3 | eššetu ina kišādīšu tašakkan erû uqnû {na₄}AŠ zikari šadânu ṣābitu | You place the ešētu-plant in its coils. The erû-stone, the uqnu-stone (and) the ašqu-stone are the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ stones, |
| 5.5.1:4 | u zibītu ina sāmūtu tašakkak šalāšat lippī ina tabarri talappap | and a propitious word you place in the heavens, you smear sulphur on a piece of leather, |
| 5.5.1:5 | ina qāt imittīšu tašakkan u akalu kurītu immeri adi šīrīšu šina qa zērī | You place (it) in the middle of his right hand, and the food of the land is plentiful. As long as he lives, he will receive a litre of sweet beer. |
| 5.5.1:6 | ittī tanamdissu ina rēšīšu ibâtu ina šēri lāma šamšu | With him, in the beginning, he was born; in the east, none were born |
| 5.5.1:7 | napāḫu ultu muḫḫi igāri tuš(a)qallalšu illak-ma ina ašar parsu | After you have sat down on the throne, I will go and with the king my parsu prayer |
| 5.5.1:8 | ina muḫḫi ḫarrāni pariktu akalī šīru u zēru tašakkan-ma nabû ittannūnu | On top of the ḫarrānu-tree, the threshing-floor, the food, the water and the oil you place, and the water keeps flowing. |
| 5.5.1:9 | lā nabû indaḫ(a)rūʾinni ḫamšīšu iqabbi ēmâ iqtabû | (who) does not fear slander, shouts fright at me, speaks a lament, speaks an arazu prayer |
| 5.5.1:10 | ṣubāssu išaḫḫaṭ-ma mê turammakšu itebbē-ma | his thighs are swollen, and the water of his intestines drips, and |
| 5.5.1:11 | ṣubāssu šanû illabbaš u lēssu ana kutallīšu ul inandi | Its radiance is bright, its light is dark. Its power is not known to his companion. |
| 5.5.1:12 | ana nāri illak-ma ana nāri urrad mê ana muqqalpītu šalāšīšu ibbak | He goes to the river and goes down into the river, he pours water into the reed-bed, (and) makes his life miserable. |
| 5.5.1:13 | u šipta ana muḫḫīšu tamannu EN₂ <nāru> ešrētu šūšurū mûka muḫranni-ma | And you recite the incantation <na> ešûtu-song of your mouth over me. |
| 5.5.1:14 | arnu šērtu gillat ḫiṭītu lumnu mēneštu ša zumrīya itti mêka | (Sum) The evil of the wind, the evil of my body, with your water (Akk) The oath, the rejoicing, the incantation of my flesh |
| 5.5.1:15 | ana qiddatu tabal nārātu limlâ agammu liṭēpi adappāta | To the qiddatu-priestess, the tabal priestess: May the nārātu-demons disappear, may the agammu-disease be released, |
| 5.5.1:16 | lišēṣâ rikis lumnīya nāru ešrētu šūšurū mûka šūširanni-ma | May the seal of my evil be established, may your name reach me, and |
| 5.5.1:17 | dalīlīka ludlul šiptu ul yattun šipat Ea u Asalluḫi | Let me sing your praises! The incantation is not mine, it is Ea and Asalluḫi. |
| 5.5.1:18 | šipat Damu u Gula šipat Ningirima bēlet šipti tê EN₂ | The descendant of Damu and Gula, [the descendant] of Ningirima, the bēlet of the šiptu-demons, the incantation. |
| 5.5.1:19 | šalāšīšu taqabbi uḫūla tanamdissu u šipta ana muḫḫīšu tamannu | You speak well-being, you give him supplication, and you recite the incantation over it. |
| 5.5.1:20 | EN₂ uḫūlu uḫūlu Sîn īrīka Šamaš urabbīka | Incantation: Oh, Oh Sîn, when you rise, O Šamaš, your shepherd |
| 5.5.1:21 | Addâ ina urpēti mê ištaqīka īteriška-ma amtesu qātāya | Addâ has poured water over you in the night, he has seized your hand, |
| 5.5.1:22 | ša kaššāp īpušu uštaḫḫit ša kaššāptu īpušu uštaḫḫit | Who has performed sorcery against me (and) has had sorceries performed against me |
| 5.5.1:23 | ša ēpiš īpušu uštaḫḫit ša ēpištu īpušu uštaḫḫit | He who has performed sorcery against me, he who has had sorceries performed against me |
| 5.5.1:24 | ša muštēpišu īpušu uštaḫḫit kaššāpu u kaššāptu ēpišu u ēpištu | The one who performs sorcery against me has sinned against me: warlock and witch, witch and witch |
| 5.5.1:25 | [p]ī[ku]nu lū ittûm-ma lū endētunu igār tê EN₂ | May your mouth be open, may your liver be open! Incantation formula. |
| 5.5.1:26 | ultu nāri illâm-ma ana muḫḫi atūn paḫāri illak-ma atūnu iḫaṣṣin-ma | After the river level has receded, on top of the river it flows, and the river rises and |
| 5.5.1:27 | kīam iqabbi atūnu elletu mārat Ani rabītu ša ina libbīšu nanḫuzat | When he says, “O pure goddess, great Anu, who is angry in his heart, |
| 5.5.1:28 | išāt qabli ina libbīšu Girra qardu irmû šubassu šalmāti-ma | The qabli priestess, in his heart, is Girra, the warrior. His šubassu-plant is well. |
| 5.5.1:29 | udêka šalmū šat ana šat tamallê u tariqqa u anāku errē-ma | Your wisdom, the well-being of the land, to the one of battle and famine, and to you, enter, and |
| 5.5.1:30 | ša ina libbīya ul u[ša]llam šalmānūtka binnim-ma lā šalmānūta-ma | That which is in my heart I did not bring to an end, your well-being was not good, and |
| 5.5.1:31 | liqê udû šalmū ultu libbīka lā illâ anāku ša ina libbīya | May a good sheep take (it) from you, may there be no flood for you, that in my heart |
| 5.5.1:32 | lišlim-ma nēmelšu lūmur ina bīt ašbāk pānī lū maḫrat tê EN₂ | May it be well and may I see the light. In the house of Ašba, the face of a great man, incantation. |
| 5.5.1:33 | ana kirî urrad-ma gišimmara iḫaṣṣin-ma gišimmaru māḫirat kal šāri muḫranni-ma | He went down to the garden and plundered the ēriš-tree, and (then) he planted a reed-bed of all kinds on me. |
| 5.5.1:34 | arnu šērtu gillat ḫiṭīti u anāku ina bīt ašbāk ūʾa ayya lā ṣalāla | A curse, a frightened man and a cursed woman in the house of a man, no one can change it |
| 5.5.1:35 | diʾu diliptu ṣīt šerra ardi u amti mala bašû ina ṣērīya ay (i)mūt | May a diʾu-demon, a dilītu-disease, šēru-deities, ardu-demons, and apsû-devouring creatures not die at my feet! |
| 5.5.1:36 | lāʾī tēnû itâri u šī qerbet-ma ūda lā maḫrat | “Like a mountain, like a river, I am surrounded by a thicket and a thinned-out wall. |
| 5.5.1:37 | ašar ḫa[r]pu uppul tušabšu ašar uppul tušabšu ḫarpu | Ašar ḫarpu, uprooter of the dead, ašvar ēpāru, downrooting of the living, |
| 5.5.1:38 | iṣṣi [na]pṣu <in>bī tušaršu iṣṣi lā nāšû tušaršu inbī | Its napšu-plant is its <nābu-plant,> it is a king, it is an oath, its king is an inbi |
| 5.5.1:39 | lā ṭūb libbi lā ṭūb šīri u ḫāmū ilīya u ištarīya ša ina lā edê | Whoever in the future, at any time, violates (this agreement), |
| 5.5.1:40 | ātammaru ukabbisu ul īde muḫur muḫuranni-ma dalīlīka ludlul tê EN₂ | I do not know how to approach a dead man, but I can sing your praises. Incantation formula. |
| 5.5.1:41 | EN₂ Šamaš attā-ma ša kališ kibrāt unammaru ša eliš u šapliš bēlšunu attā-ma | Incantation: You, Šamaš, are the one who illuminates the whole world, you are the lord of heaven and earth |
| 5.5.1:42 | ša ēpiš u ēpištu dīn(i)šunu taparras ša kaššāp u kaššāptu purussêšunu tašakkan | Whom witchcraft and sorcery have caused to befall, you bind the one who is warlock and witch, you make their verdict. |
| 5.5.1:43 | ša ḫēbil u ḫēbilti arnūšu[nu t]uqatta ubeʾʾâkka lā mušallint[u] | Who has carried off and carried off their possessions, who has seized you, who is not a snake |
| 5.5.1:44 | ša endet arnu ša ēpiš u ēpištu ukallûšu u qūlu ša kaššāp u k[aššāptu] | who has been seized, who has performed sorcery and sorceries against me, and who has carried off warlock and witch |
| 5.5.1:45 | ušazbalūš biltu ša šerrī ulladu-ma ... [...] | They have carried off the biltu-offerings of the mountains, and ... ... |
| 5.5.1:46 | lā urabbû šer<rī>šu-ma l[ā] urappašu kimissu ... [... | It is not urabbû-disease; it is very severe, may it be urappašu, the kimissu-demon ... |
| 5.5.1:47 | lā ippallasu kimissu abi u bānta ... ... | (who) does not fear him, whose counsel is father and mother ... |
| 5.5.1:48 | attā-ma Šamaš ša kališ kibrāt <unammaru> ša sin[ništu ... | You, Šamaš, who is the <shepherd> of the entire earth, who the woman |
| 5.5.1:49 | [e]puš dīnšu ša kaššāp [u kaššā]ptu ... ... | Who has performed sorcery against me with warlock and witch |
| 5.5.1:50 | [...] ... ... | |
| 5.5.1:51 | [...] ... ... | |
| 5.5.1:52 | [...] ... [... š]erri ulladu ... | ... ... [... š]erri ulladu ... |
| 5.5.1:53 | ⸢EN₂⸣ E[a a]ttā-ma bānû kalāmu ša [kullat nišī] | Incantation: “Ea, you are the creator of all the people, |
| 5.5.1:54 | bānûšunu attā-ma ubeʾʾâkka sinništu [lā mušallimtu] | You are the creator of the universe, who guides the woman aright, |
| 5.5.1:55 | ša endet arnu ana apsî ana maḫarka ... [...] | (Sum) The one who has sinned against the apsû-demon, against your greatness (Akk) You who have smeared the ensītu-disease to the Apsu, to your great detriment |
| 5.5.1:56 | sinništu epuš dīn(i)šu-ma puṭru arnušu gillassu [šēressu] | (who) has performed sorcery against a woman, and has put an end to her sexual desire, |
| 5.5.1:57 | u billassu nārātu liššâ agamma liṭēpi adappāta | And may his fearsomeness be released, may he pacify the heart of the captive, |
| 5.5.1:58 | lišēṣâ rikis lumnīšu arnu ēpiš ēpištu | May he bind the evildoer with a curse, an evil deed |
| 5.5.1:59 | kaššāp kaššāptu imidda ana sinništu šūzubu | I have poured beer and beer over the woman. |
| 5.5.1:60 | puṭru ina zumrīšu lurabbi šerrī | Let the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic return to its place |
| 5.5.1:61 | lurappiš kimmissu dalīlīka lidlul tê EN₂ | May they release my guilt, may they praise your glory!” Incantation formula. |
| 5.5.2:1 | ana sinništi ... [...] ... riqqī u qēma tasarraq immera | To a woman ... ... you pour riqqi and qēma-flour. |
| 5.5.2:2 | t[aṭabbaḫ]-ma ina šēri 2.TA.AM₃ akalī ina sūq-erbetti išakkan u ina birīt sūq-erbetti | You strew (them) in flour, two times each bread in a bowl, and between the bowls |
| 5.5.2:3 | kurīt immeri u akalu išakkan-ma naqbīta annīta iqabbi | The land of Sumer and Akkad sat down and said this word |
| 5.5.2:4 | našû-ma amtaḫar našâku-ma limḫurūʾinni šalāšīšu šiptu annītu iqabbi | “I have been seized, I have been taken captive, and may they release me. May his well-being and this curse say to me. |
| 5.5.2:5 | u šalāšīšu akalī išakkan lēssu ana kutallīšu ul inamdi | and his health, he eats bread, his spirit will not come near his body. |
| 5.5.2:6 | ḫamṣirta tadâk-ma ... erēni ina qātīšu tušaṣbassi ballukka qaqqassu tarakkas-ma | You recite the incantation ḫamšbirtu-plant, and ... erēni-plant in his hand, you bind the ballukku-plant on his head, and |
| 5.5.2:7 | ina pušikki takarrik ina sūq-erbetti išakkan naqbīta annītu iqabbi | You bind (them) on a cord, he places (it) on the ground, and he speaks this word: |
| 5.5.2:8 | našû-ma amtaḫar našâku-ma limḫurūʾinni iqabbī-ma sūq ītiqu lā ittiq | (Sum) The one who shouts “I am frightened, I am afraid, let it be released for me (Akk) He shouts and the storm has not yet passed by |
| 5.5.2:9 | annâ u annâ ina lapāt šamê īteneppuš-ma ina sūq-erbetti išakkan-ma naqbītu annītu iqabbi | This and this he performs on the lap of heaven, and then he prostrates himself in the street and says this wording: |
| 5.5.2:10 | našû-ma amtaḫar našâku-ma limḫurūʾinni iqabbī-ma sūq ītiqu lā ittiq | (Sum) The one who shouts “I am frightened, I am afraid, let it be released for me (Akk) He shouts and the storm has not yet passed by |
| 5.5.2:11 | atānu arītu tušzāz-ma uṭṭata sinništu ina upnīšu inaššī-ma šupāl atāni arīti iḫallum-ma | You are the one who sits on the throne, and you have seized the woman from his womb, and the šupānu-priestess (and) the goddess of the treasury flee and |
| 5.5.2:12 | atāna šalāšīšu ušakkal-ma naqbīta annīta ana atāni iqabbi ša libbīki limūt-ma | I pray to you for his well-being, and this command I speak to you. May your heart be pacified to me |
| 5.5.2:13 | ša libbīya libluṭ šalāšīšu ina šupāl atāni iḫallup u šalāšīšu uṭṭata atāna ušašša | May the heart of my lord live! His health has been destroyed in the depths of heaven, and his health has become diminished. |
| 5.5.2:14 | ṣabbar šegušši ina sūq-erbetti tašakkan-ma ina apti tallal-ma arītu adi alādi ulappat-ma | You place šabātu-stone (and) myrtle in a reed bundle, and then you tie (them) to a cord, then he will be released from the womb as long as he lives. |
| 5.5.2:15 | ina ūm ḫīlīša ṣeḫertu iṭên-ma ina mê ḫīlīša ilaššuš-ma ṣalam zikari ippuš | On account of the rising of the sun he rises and in the rising water he lifts up his hands and performs a ṣalam prayer to the gods. |
| 5.5.2:16 | u ṣalam sinništi ippuš adi mišil mūši ina <bīti> terruba ina mišil mūši ana sūqi tanaddi lū ana ḫarrāni ušamqatūššu | And the ṣalam-demon has performed sorcery against me as long as I live. In <my> house, in my house, you bring (them) down to the street. Or they have made him fall into a grave. |
| 5.5.2:17 | ... [...] ... [...] ...-ma ana bītīšu terrub šalāšat nēpeša gabari Kār-Bēl-mātāti | ... ... and into his house, the terroir of the well-being of the ritual procedures, the copy of the karbītu-song |
| 5.5.2:18 | kīma labirīša šaṭe[r-ma bari tuppi An]u-ikṣur bukur Šamaš-iddina | Written according to its original, collated and checked. Tablet of Anu-ikšbur, son of Šamaši-iddina. |
| 5.5.2:19 | [l]iblibbi Šangû-[Ninurta pāliḫ An]u u Antu lā itabballa [lū ina] mērešti lā ušamʾaš | May the anger of Šangû-Ninurta, who is enraged with Anu and Antu, not come near me, may it not approach me in battle! |
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