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CMAwR Text 4.1 (Q007443)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 4.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007443 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1.1:1 | [šumma amēl]u lū ina šībūti lū ina ḫaṭṭi lū ina ḫimiṭ ṣēti | If a man, either in the street or in the alley, |
| 4.1.1:2 | [l]ū ina neḫēs narkabti ana sinništi alāka muṭṭu | or by means of a narkabtu-demon to kill a man, |
| 4.1.1:3 | ana ŠA₃.ZI.GA ŠA₃.ZI.GA šuršîšu-ma ana sinništi alākīšu | To cure (a stroke of the nose) (lit. “seizing-of-the-mouth"), to cure (an affliction of the throat) (and) to save (a person) from sin |
| 4.1.1:4 | DU₃.DU₃.BI imḫur-līm tarmuš lišān-kalbi egemgiru | Its ritual: “It is raining, may the tarmuš-plant be counted, the egemgiru-plant |
| 4.1.1:5 | ardadillu kabullu zumbi ḫurāṣi | ardadillu-plant, kabullu-soapwort, ḫurāšu-juniper |
| 4.1.1:6 | sebet šammī annûti taḫaššal tanappi ana maḫar Ištar nignak burāši tašakkan | Seventy-seven of these you sweep (them) off. You set up a censer with burāšu-juniper in front of Ishtar. |
| 4.1.1:7 | šikara tanaqqi šipta sebîšu ana libbi tamannu ina karāni tašaqqīšu | You pour a libation bowl. You recite the incantation seven times inside (it). You libate it at the quay. |
| 4.1.1:8 | ((U₄ 3.KAM ištanattī-ma)) ina U₄ 4.KAM išallim | ((On the 3rd day he cries out, and)) On the 4th day it is favourable |
| 4.1.1:9 | EN₂ attamannu ša kīma ḫarrāni iprusu alaktī | Incantation: “Whoever you are, who like a lion has cut off my strength, |
| 4.1.1:10 | ana muḫḫi tamannu | You recite over it. |
| 4.1.1:11 | EN₂ attamannu ša kīma ḫarrāni iprusu alaktī | Incantation: “Whoever you are, who like a lion has cut off my strength, |
| 4.1.1:12 | kī(ma) qê šaddūti urammû kannīya | Like the horns of the mountains, they have gathered my strength, |
| 4.1.1:13 | kī(ma) kīsi ša tamkāri gabbi šerʾānīya | Like the earth, like the sea, all of my limbs |
| 4.1.1:14 | ildudam-ma rakāsum-ma irkus | “It is enough, it is enough! It is too much for me! |
| 4.1.1:15 | kaššāptī u MIN elēnītī u MIN | The kašptu-demon and ditto, the elenitu-ditto, and the d[itto] |
| 4.1.1:16 | urammânni kī qê šadd[ūti] | they have made me tremble like the hand of a lion |
| 4.1.1:17 | [k]ī kīsi ša tamkāri [gabbi šerʾānīya] | The kiln, the base of the sea, the threshing floor of my feet |
| 4.1.1:18 | [ildudam-ma rakāsum-ma irkus] | (who) has come to an end and has sinned against me |
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