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CMAwR Text 5.8 (Q007429)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 5.8 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007429 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 5.8:1′ | [...] ... [...] | |
| 5.8:2′ | [...] ina bīt ašbāku nē[mel ...] | ... in the house of Ašaba, the gatekeeper |
| 5.8:3′ | [... zē]rūti muḫrī[nni ...] | ... my anger on top of ... |
| 5.8:4′ | [lūšir lušēš]ir ina bīt ašbāku [...] | May I become a lord, in the house where I live |
| 5.8:5′ | [...] ... tatabbak sūq ītiqu lā ittiq [...] | ... ... you strew ..., he passes by without passing ... |
| 5.8:6′ | [ana sinništi lā mušē]šerti šūšuri DU₃.DU₃.BI ana maḫar [...] | Its ritual for the one who has no regard for a woman: In order to be supreme |
| 5.8:7′ | [paššūra tuk]ān suluppī sasqâ tasa[rraq] | You are adjured, you sprinkle a suluppu-vessel with sasqû-flour |
| 5.8:8′ | [mir]is dišpi ḫimēti tašakkan | You set up a reed screen of pomegranates |
| 5.8:9′ | [nignak burā]ši tašakkan šikara tanaqqi minûtu annītu šalāšīšu tamannu | You set up a censer of juniper. You pour a libation bowl. You recite this incantation three times. |
| 5.8:10′ | [EN₂ {d}x] bēltu rabītu attī-ma ša balukki | Incantation: O great lady, you are the one who saves you |
| 5.8:11′ | [riḫûtu š]a amēlūti ana qerbīti lā iraḫḫû | The riḫûtu-demon, who has no rival in the middle |
| 5.8:12′ | [... z]ēr amēlūti tarammī | ..., you are adjured by the gods. |
| 5.8:13′ | [... ša i]lša annanna ištarša annannītu | ... of the gods, N.N., (and) the goddesses of N.[N.] |
| 5.8:14′ | [... ša i]lša annanna ištarša annannītu | ... of the gods, N.N., (and) the goddesses of N.[N.] |
| 5.8:15′ | [... u]pšāšê mimma lemnu ay isniqa | ... may the upšû-plants not draw near to any evil, |
| 5.8:16′ | [... r]abīti šamna ṭāba ina itqūri ippaššaš | ... rābištu-disease of the body, he will perform (the ritual) in the evening |
| 5.8:17′ | [... elik]ul {giš}GAN.U₅ ... | ... elikul kanaktu-tree |
| 5.8:18′′ | bi x | ...; |
| 5.8:19′′ | ša SILA₄ x | of lamb |
| 5.8:20′′ | u₃ la x | and not |
| 5.8:21′′ | tuṣallam pi-[x | you have ...ed |
| 5.8:22′′ | kīma bārî | like a bird |
| 5.8:23′′ | ištēniš ḪE x | It is an incantation of |
| 5.8:24′′′ | x | |
| 5.8:25′′′ | la x | not ; |
| 5.8:26′′′ | Gula x | Gula |
| 5.8:27′′′ | ša ēpišti | of the work |
| 5.8:28′′′ | zērūšu | |
| 5.8:29′′′ | annâ taq[abbī-ma ... | You say this and |
| 5.8:30′′′ | ana ... ... | For ... . |
| 5.8:31′′′ | bī[nu ... | ... potsherd |
| 5.8:32′′′ | KEŠ₂ ... | Sesame |
| 5.8:33′′′ | x ... | |
| 5.8:34′′′′ | [... tašakk]an šikara tanaqqi unīqa lā-petīta [tanakkis] | You set up ..., you pour out a libation bowl, you strew a censer of flax. |
| 5.8:35′′′′ | [...] ... ana libbi sūti tanaddi šegušša sūta tumallā-ma | ... you add ... into a šūtu-vessel, you cover your head with a cloth |
| 5.8:36′′′′ | [sinništu ina m]uḫḫi uššab šārat enzi šipāti ina šapal šēpīša tašakkan | You set up a šunû-vessel on top of a censer of juniper. |
| 5.8:37′′′′ | [...] šipāti peṣêti šerʾān ṣabīti šerʾān kurkî ištēniš taṭammī-ma 7.TA.AM₃ | ... the šipātu-plant, the peṣûti-plant (and) the red-purple (plant) (plant), the mountain-plant together you smeared, and 7 each |
| 5.8:38′′′′ | [kiṣr]a takaṣṣar ēma taktaṣru EN₂ tu lu ba ḫa šu ši a-ga ši-ḫa | You sweep the earth, whenever you wipe it clean, Incantation: “May it be well, may it be ill, this is well |
| 5.8:39′′′′ | [a-ga-la]-⸢ti⸣-la ši-ḫa a-ga-ti-la ši-ḫa a-ga-⸢la⸣-ti-la ši-ḫa EN₂ | “Agala’etila, šiḫa-disease, agala'etilla, Šišû, lišāti₂, alīḫu-distease, incantation. |
| 5.8:40′′′′ | [šiptu ann]ītu ina muḫḫi tamannu sinništa šuāti tukaṣṣarši | You recite this incantation over it, (and) you rub that woman with it. |
| 5.8:41′′′′ | [...] ... uqnâ ayyarta ša sebet tikpūša kapāṣu | ... , uqnû-plant, ayyartu-plant of seven plants, kapašbu-plant |
| 5.8:42′′′′ | [z]ibīta šû zikar u sinniš ina šipāti barmāti tašakkak | You place this omen, zikar and šunû-disease in the middle of my body. |
| 5.8:43′′′′ | [...] šamna tašabbaḫ burzisal taskarinni šamna tumallā-ma itti abnī | ... of my body you scatter. You fill my body with burzisal-juniper, and with my body |
| 5.8:44′′′′ | [... ina] šamni tašakkan adi ulladu šamna šuāti ...-ša u qerbīša | ... you have placed in my hand, until the end of my hand ... and inside it |
| 5.8:45′′′′ | [...] aptīša tašakkan šegušša sasqâ | ... you place ... on her body, she is swollen |
| 5.8:46′′′′ | [...] ... tarakkas-ma ina bīti parsi immera ina <maḫar> Šamaš | ... you tie ... and in the middle of the ritual assemblage you tie (it) up. In the <great room> of Šamaš |
| 5.8:47′′′′ | [...] ... adi ulladu ina ūmi šalāšīšu taltanappat | ... ... as long as he lives, you keep on seeking out his wellbeing |
| 5.8:48′′′′ | ... ... ūm iʾʾaldu | ... he wails |
| 5.8:49′′′′ | [...] ... [...] ... ... [...] | |
| 5.8:50′′′′ | ... šerraša išallim | [ ... ] who restores life, |
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