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CMAwR Text 7.38 (Q007457)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.38 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007457 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.38:1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ alsīka Šamaš ina qereb šamê ellūti | Incantation: “I call upon you, O Šamaš, in the midst of the pure heavens, |
| 7.38:2 | [anāku annann]a mār annanna ša ilšu annanna ištaršu annannītu | I, N.N., son of N.[N.], whose god is N.’N. (and) whose goddess is [N.]n. |
| 7.38:3 | [ša m]angu [luʾ]tu | From Anu, the slave. |
| 7.38:4 | [kišp]ū ruḫû <rusû> [u]mallûni-ma | witchcraft, magic, <sorcery> encircled me, and |
| 7.38:5 | [qā]tu lemuttu ša amēlūti | Hand of Evil, of mankind |
| 7.38:6 | [ure]ḫḫânni ugarrânni | I am frightened, I am terrified, |
| 7.38:7 | [ul]eʾʾânni ulappitanni | he made me ill, he afflicted me, |
| 7.38:8 | [pīy]a u lišānī iṣbatu-ma | my mouth and my heart seized, and |
| 7.38:9 | [atm]âya umaṭṭû | My words are a flood, |
| 7.38:10 | [... p]ān[ī ...] ...-ma | ... mouth ... and |
| 7.38:11 | [...] ... [...] ... | |
| 7.38:12 | [zikurudâ ka]dabbedâ īpuš | he performed ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic (and) |
| 7.38:13 | [itti ili ištari u] amēlūti | with my god, my goddess, and my mother |
| 7.38:14 | [uzennânni] usaḫḫiranni | (who) have smashed me with a stick, |
| 7.38:15 | [...] ... redânni-ma | ... ... they look at me and |
| 7.38:16 | [...] lā īdû | ... did not know |
| 7.38:17 | [ašuštu] ḫayyattu piritti | The ašûtu-demon, the ḫayatu-disease, (and) the spittle |
| 7.38:18 | [...] iškuna | ... you have set |
| 7.38:19 | [...] ...-ma | ... and |
| 7.38:20 | [...] ... akmiska | ... I am sending to you |
| 7.38:21 | [ina dīn kītti] ša ina maḫrīka ibaššû | In a favourable case, he who before you has been convicted |
| 7.38:22 | [ina narbî ša] Ea šar apsî | By the greatness of Ea, king of the Apsu |
| 7.38:23 | [ina upšāšê ša] Asalluḫi | Through the machinations of Asalluḫi |
| 7.38:24 | [apkal il]ī Marduk | sage of the gods, Marduk |
| 7.38:25 | [murṣī l]iṭṭarid | (a kind of snake) |
| 7.38:26 | [...] ... libbī | ... heart |
| 7.38:27 | [... rik]si lemni | ... evil machinations |
| 7.38:28 | [ša šarqiš] upīš(ī) lemnūti īpuš | Who has performed evil sorcery against me |
| 7.38:29 | [mešrêt]īya ukassû | I have bound my limbs |
| 7.38:30 | [ina]nna ṣalmīšunu īpuš-ma ulzīz | Moreover, he has performed sorcery against them, and now |
| 7.38:31 | [ina qib]ītīka rabīti ša lā uttakkaru | By your great command that cannot be changed |
| 7.38:32 | [ina qib]īt bēl bēlī ša lā innennû | By the command of the lord of the city that cannot be altered |
| 7.38:33 | [ina qibī]t Marduk bēl šipti muballiṭ mīti | By the command of Marduk, lord of the netherworld, who revives the dead, |
| 7.38:34 | [ina qibī]t ilīya u ištarīya | By the command of my god and my goddess |
| 7.38:35 | [kišp]īšunu lemnūti upšāšêšunu lā ṭābūti | evil witchcraft, evil machinations |
| 7.38:36 | [ana muḫḫī]šunu litūrū-ma yâši lū paṭrūʾinni | May they look upon me, may they be afflicted with me |
| 7.38:37 | [itti mīt]ūti limmanû itti balṭūti ... | May it be reconciled with the dead, with the living . |
| 7.38:38 | [lubl]uṭ lušlim-ma dalīlīka ludlul | May I live and sing your praises! |
| 7.38:39 | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.38:40 | [DU₃.DU₃].⸢BI⸣ ṣalmī kaššāpi u kaššāpti ša ṭīdi teppuš | Its ritual: You perform a ritual to undo witchcraft and sorcery against me. |
| 7.38:41 | [ina maḫar Šama]š kīam taqabbi EN₂ Šamaš bēl dīni | You say thus in the presence of Šamaš: Incantation: O Shamash, lord of justice |
| 7.38:42 | [aṭbuḫš]unūti aṭṭabaḫšunūti | Atbuḫšunûti, Atbabah&batti |
| 7.38:43 | [epšēt]īšunu ušābil šāra | Your deeds have carried off the earth |
| 7.38:44 | [kâ]m tamannū-ma kišādīšunu [tanakkas-m]a | You recite the incantation, and then you bind their knots |
| 7.38:45 | [i]na šēpīka tesêršunū[ti] | Through the utterance of your great divinity |
| 7.38:46 | [qā]tīka ana muḫḫīšunu temessi | “Your hand is upon them, my foundations |
| 7.38:47 | [šumma amēlu] ina mayyālīšu igdanallut | If a man is constantly stricken in his body |
| 7.38:48 | [in]a Ṭebēti U₄ 24.KAM ana Šam[aš-šumu-ukīn] | In the evening of the 24th day to Šamāšumu. |
| 7.38:49 | šar Bābili ēpuš | king Bābili, performer |
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