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CMAwR Text 3.15 (Q007441)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 3.15 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007441 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 3.15:1′ | ... ... [... | |
| 3.15:2′ | ... nuḫurta [... | nuḫurtu-plant |
| 3.15:3′ | ...] ... ana libbi tanaddi ina k[akkabi tušbāt ...] | ... you pour into it, you sit in the kukku-vessel ... |
| 3.15:4′ | ... n]uḫurta tasâk ana libbi šikari tanaddi [...] | ... you pound nuḫurtu-soapwort, you pour it inside a scepter ... |
| 3.15:5′ | [DIŠ KIMIN ruʾt]īta tasâk [...] | If ditto, you pound rūtu-plant |
| 3.15:6′ | [DIŠ KIMIN amēlu šū k]išpi iṣbassu tarmuš appa u išda tatabbal qabalšu tasâk [...] | If ditto: amēclu-plant, kishpu-aromatic, išbassu-sulphur, taharû-stone, appa and ikuddu-stone you scatter (them) on the ground, you pound ... |
| 3.15:7′ | [šumma amēlu šubur]ra maruṣ-ma šittašu ina libbīšu ētanabbal ṭābat eme[salli ...] | If a man is afflicted by šuburru-disease and his blood flows from his belly: you pound emesallu-plant |
| 3.15:8′ | [lū ina] lipî [alp]i lū ina šam[ni tan]addi ina kakkabi tuš[bāt ...] | You mix ... with tallow or with cypress, you leave it out overnight under the stars ... |
| 3.15:9′ | [šumma ...] ...-m[a] i[na libbīš]u ē[ta]nabbal 15 uṭṭat sīkti ašāgi 15 uṭṭat sīk[ti ...] | If ... ... and inside it you smear the right side of the 'finger' with a reed. The right side is the ‘finger.’ |
| 3.15:10′ | [ina ...] 1/2 šiqil lipî [al]pi ištēniš tusammaḫ ana šuburrīšu tašakkan-[ma iballuṭ] | You crush (and) sieve together half a shekel of šiqil-flour, pomegranate(s) and alpi-plant. You put (it) into his anus, and then he will recover. |
| 3.15:11′ | [šumma amēlu ru]ʾtu ina pîšu magal illak kukra zēr bīni maštakal {u₂}[x ...] | If a wild bull goes at his mouth full of sulphur, his house will be filled with maštakal-fennel |
| 3.15:12′ | urnê nuḫurta nīnê atāʾiša annuḫara {na₄}x ... [ištēniš tasâk] | urnû-stone, nuḫurtu-stone (and) atāʾišu-plant, annuḥara-stone ...-stone you pound together |
| 3.15:13′ | ina mūši ana maḫar Enzi tušbāt ina [šē]rti balu patān ina šikari [tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭ] | At night you sit before Enzi, in the morning you strew a libation bowl with him in a bowl, and then he will recover. |
| 3.15:14′ | šumma amēlu ruʾtu ina pîšu lā ipparras amēlu šū kašip ana bulluṭī[šu ... | If a wild bull does not perform extispicy in his mouth, that wild bull to cure him |
| 3.15:15′ | elikulla maštakal ištēniš tasâk ina šikari taš[aqqīšu-ma iballuṭ] | You pound together elikulla-plant (and) maštakal-soapwort, you pour it into a vessel, and then he will recover. |
| 3.15:16′ | šumma amēlu ruʾtu ina pîšu lā ipparras amēlu šū kašip ana bulluṭīšu {u₂}[x ...] | If a wild bull does not perform extispicy in his mouth, that wild bull is defeated in order to save him |
| 3.15:17′ | ḫašê ḫûrata šuruš šūši nikipta itti aḫāmiš tasâ[k ... | You bind ḫašû-plant (and) būfratu-plant on his hand, you tie nikiptu-spurge on his arm, |
| 3.15:18′ | šumma amēlu illātūšu ina pîšu magal illakā-ma lā ipparrasā [ana bulluṭīšu ḫašê atāʾiša aban gabê] | If a man’s illness has come to an end in his mouth, but it does not cause him to die, for the sake of his life I have sought you out, give me a firm positive answer! |
| 3.15:19′ | bīna baluḫḫa kukra burāša ištēniš tasâ[k ina šikari tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭ] | You pound together kukru-plant (and) burāšu-juniper, you pour it into a vessel, and then he will recover. |
| 3.15:20′ | šumma amēlu illātūšu illakā atarta kīma [...] | If a man’s limbs are swollen, like ... |
| 3.15:21′ | šumma amēlu ina dabābīšu illātu illakā a[su suādu zēr burāši šakirû zēr balti] | If a man, through his utterance, a flood, an illû-demon, šūdu-disease, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, juniper, baltu-plant |
| 3.15:22′ | zēr ašāgi urnû [tīyatu aban gabê atāʾišu imḫur-līm maštakal zēr bīni] | “O Ašagi, Urnû, tīyatu-plant, aban giflu, atālu-sulphur, imḫur-li-mcm, mašakkal-soapwort, be praised! |
| 3.15:23′ | suluppū sikillu [andaḫšu ...] | Suluppu, sikillu-plant, andaḫu-plant |
| 3.15:24′ | [...] ... ... | |
| 3.15:25′′ | erṣetu u Kurnugû ṣalamšu ištu Kurnug[î ... | The four corners and the land of Nug[û ...] his dominion. |
| 3.15:26′′ | u šērʾānīšu riḫûssu ša ina ṣubāti labiri raksu [... | And his limbs, which are bound with a rope of labiru-stone |
| 3.15:27′′ | ina mayyāli ... EN₂ šipta annīta šalāšīšu ana muḫḫi [... tamannu] | In my body ... You recite this incantation seven times over (it). |
| 3.15:28′′ | sāmti kasê uqnû ašnugallu [šadânu ṣābitu] | sāmti, kasû-beer, ašnugallu-reed, šadâirnu-plant |
| 3.15:29′′ | [parzillu ina ṭur]ri kitê tašakkak ina kišādī[šu tašakkan-ma elil] | You set up a parzillu-vessel in a sealed container, you put it around his neck, and he will be pure. |
| 3.15:30′′ | [šumma amēlu ana eṭemmi p]aqid ruʾtīta tasâk ina šikari [tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭ] | If a man is entrusted to a ghost: you pound ruʾtītu-plant, you strew it in a bowl, and then he will recover. |
| 3.15:31′′ | ... aštatilla lišān-kalbi ēdu ... | ... may he be counted among the people, the sheep |
| 3.15:32′′ | ... p]illû zikaru sebet šammī annûti ištēniš tasâk ... | ... ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, you recite these seven times ... |
| 3.15:33′′ | ... ... birīt ḫepi labiru ina maški ... | [ ... ] ... intertwined sulphur, labiru-plant in mašku-vessel |
| 3.15:34′′ | ... ... ... | |
| 3.15:35′′ | [šumma amēlu kašip-ma šīrūš]u imaṭṭû riḫûssu ina pīqi lā pīqi illak [...] | If a man is bewitched and his flesh is swollen, his saliva flows from a mouth without mouth |
| 3.15:36′′ | [... {u₂]}⸢SAG⸣ bīnu sikillu tullal imḫur-līm imḫur-[ešrā ...] | ... ēsaĝ-plant, juniper, tullal-plant (and) burlu-plant , bur-ešra-plant |
| 3.15:37′′ | [EN₂ ēpištī mult]ēpiltī kuttimmatī ... [...] | Incantation: “The many deeds of Kuttimmati ... |
| 3.15:38′′ | [...] ... ša ina nāri ilqû ṭīdâ[ya] | ... who took my blood from the river |
| 3.15:39′′ | [ša ina sūqi išbušu eper] šēpīya ša ina bīti iḫlušu [...] | Who has been seized in the street, who has sinned against me in the house |
| 3.15:40′′ | [ša ...] ...-ūya ša ina ḫurri išdudu šū[šurāt bīti] | Who ... my ..., who in the marshes has gathered the blood of the house |
| 3.15:41′′ | [ša ... īp]ušu-ma bunnānîya tuḫal[liqī] | Whom ... he seized, and you have destroyed my limbs |
| 3.15:42′′ | ... tuṣabbî kal [nabnītīya] | ... you speak, all my habitations |
| 3.15:43′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x x-x-x (x)] x it-te-a u₂-še-es-[x-x] | ... with ... |
| 3.15:44′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x x-x-x-x (x)] tul₅-ta-aš-ki-na [x-x-x] | ... you have ...ed you |
| 3.15:45′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x x-x-x-x (x)] lib-li lu [x-x-x] | May ......... |
| 3.15:46′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x-x {giš]}⸢EREN⸣ ŠE.MEŠ te-es-li-[ti x-x (x)] | ... ēšû-tree, hand-carrying ... |
| 3.15:47′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x x-x (x)] x-zu-ka lim-ḫa-[x-x-x-x (x)] | May your ... ... |
| 3.15:48′′ | ... ... ana muḫḫīša u zumrī[ša ...] | ... over her and her body ... |
| 3.15:49′′ | [x-x-x x-x-x x-x-x (x)] x LU₂ x-x [x-x-x-x (x)] | ... man ... |
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