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CMAwR Text 7.35 (Q007454)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.35 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007454 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.35.1:1 | EN₂ mannu ibtuq nārī ušarda atapp[ī] | Incantation: “Who has sinned against me, O lord of the netherworld, |
| 7.35.1:2 | saḫḫāti ša nārīya ušābila mê | (who) has carried away the water from my nostrils, |
| 7.35.1:3 | burmāyānu apsî binût tâmt[i] | burmāyanu-plant, apsû-plant (and) tamarisk seed |
| 7.35.1:4 | ibtuq nārī ušarda atappī | he smote the enemy, the lord of the netherworld, |
| 7.35.1:5 | saḫḫāti ša nārīya ušābila mê | (who) has carried away the water from my nostrils, |
| 7.35.1:6 | mannu lušpur ana bēli rēmēnî Marduk | Who can I send to the city, merciful Marduk? |
| 7.35.1:7 | lišēbila bīna binût ilūtīka | May he carry off the food offerings of your divinity, |
| 7.35.1:8 | KIMIN maštakal mullilat ilī | Ditto, maštakal-plant, purifier of the gods, |
| 7.35.1:9 | KIMIN burāšu siriq ilūt[īka] | Ditto, burāšu-juniper, sulphur of the gods |
| 7.35.1:10 | KIMIN terinnatu mullilat elēnīti | Ditto, terinnatu-plant, purifier of the elēnû-plant |
| 7.35.1:11 | KIMIN kibrītu lā māḫirat [...] | Ditto, sulphur from a boat ... |
| 7.35.1:12 | KIMIN kukru ša šadî u [ḫursānī] | Ditto, kukru of the mountains and Ḫursānu. |
| 7.35.1:13 | KIMIN qaran ayyali ... [...] | Ditto, a reed bundle of ayyali-plant ... . |
| 7.35.1:14 | lumḫaṣ ina šiltāḫi ... [...] | “Limḫaṣ in the sviltāḫu-vessel ... , |
| 7.35.1:15 | lisseker nārī lībala mê | May he establish a festival, may he turn to water |
| 7.35.1:16 | saḫḫāti ša nārīya lā uštab[balā] mê | I have not turned the water into a saḫtu-vessel of mine |
| 7.35.1:17 | līrid ṣeḫḫeru ina āli lilsâ alāla | May the ṣḫberu-plant flourish in the city, may it grow abundantly |
| 7.35.1:18 | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA ((u NAM.⸢ERIM₂⸣.[BUR₂.RU.DA])) | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft ((and witchcraft)). |
| 7.35.1:19 | DU₃.DU₃.BI bīnu maštakal burāšu terin[natu] | Its ritual: maštakal-soapwort, burāsu-juniper, terinnu-plant |
| 7.35.1:20 | kibrītu kukru qaran ayyali sebet šamm[ī annûti] | kibrītu-plant, kukru-stone, ayyali-stone: these seven plants |
| 7.35.1:21 | tubbal taḫaššal tanappi ina šēri ina maḫar Šamaš šipta sebîšu ana muḫ[ḫi tamannū-ma] | You recite the incantation three times over it. In the morning, before Šamaš, you smear seven šiptu-spurge on it. |
| 7.35.1:22 | ina šiltāḫu siparri sebîšu tamaḫḫaṣ-ma lū ina šikari | In the šiltācḫu-vessel of the reed-bed, you sprinkle tamaḫaš-plant, and then in the tavern |
| 7.35.1:23 | lū ina mê lū ina karāni ištanattī-ma | either with water or with a reed mat has seized me, and |
| 7.35.1:24 | māmītu pašir kišpī ana amēli lā iṭeḫḫû | The ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic will not approach the land |
| 7.35.1:25 | EN₂ Gilgāmeš šar erṣeti rapašti dayyānu lā ṭāʾti | Incantation: Gilgamesh, king of the broad netherworld, judge without rival |
| 7.35.1:26 | tuppi Iqīšâ bukur Ištar-šumu-ēreš liblibbi | Tablet of Iqīšâ, son of Ishtar-svumu-ecres |
| 7.35.1:27 | [ša] Ekur-zakir mašmaššu | of Ekur-zakir, exorcist |
| 7.35.2:1′ | ... ... | |
| 7.35.2:2′ | ... tašakkak [...] | you put ... |
| 7.35.2:3′ | ... ib]alluṭ | ... he will recover |
| 7.35.2:4′ | ... tapašš]assu | ... his mouth |
| 7.35.2:5′ | ... bē]l šipti | ... lord of the net |
| 7.35.2:6′ | ... ⸢AK⸣.BI | eAK-e23.BI |
| 7.35.2:7′′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ [šu] ⸢nam⸣-lu₂-⸢u₁₈⸣-[lu ...] [(...)] ša qāt am[ēlūti ...] | Incantation: Hand of Enamelu-ellu |
| 7.35.2:8′′′ | [...] ... ... | |
| 7.35.2:9′′′ | šumma amēlu pānūšu iṣṣanundūšu mu[ḫḫašu ... | If a person's mouth is full of sulphur |
| 7.35.2:10′′′ | šīr[ūšu] uzaqqatūšu šunāt[ūšu pardā] | His word is a flood, his radiance is sulphur |
| 7.35.2:11′′′ | mītūti ītanammar dābibu ittīšu kītt[u lā idabbub] | (who) sees a dead man, who does not speak truth with him |
| 7.35.2:12′′′ | ḫayyattu kayyam[ān]šu amēlu šū ṣ[almūšu] | ḫayattu-plant, kayyamānu-soapwort, šamaš-plant |
| 7.35.2:13′′′ | ana Girra u gulgulli paqdū ina iš[āti nadû] | For Girra and the gulgullu-priestess, who are appointed in this place |
| 7.35.2:14′′′ | ... ušābilūšu-ma [...] | ... brought to him and |
| 7.35.2:15′′′ | [...] u₂ ... kur la ... | ... the land not ... |
| 7.35.2:16′′′ | ... ... ... |
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