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CMAwR Text 8.47 (Q007461)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.47 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007461 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.47:26 | [EN₂ zīra ša tēpušāni tušēpišāni ana muḫḫīkunu ēpuša] | Incantation: “It is the zimcra-plant that you have performed against me, you have been performing against me. |
| 8.47:27 | [zikurudâ KIMIN dibalâ KIMIN kadabbedâ] KIMIN | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, ditto; 'dibalâ-magic, [ditto], kadabbētu-magnetism, [Ditto]; |
| 8.47:28 | [šurḫungâ KIMIN šanê ṭ]ēme KIMIN | šurḫubû-plant, ditto; swane, thornbushes, [ditto]; |
| 8.47:29 | [utukku lemnu tušaṣbitāʾin]ni | evil utukku-demon you have caused to seize me, |
| 8.47:30 | [utukku lemnu liṣbatkunūš]i | May the evil utukku-demon seize you |
| 8.47:31 | [alû lemnu KIMIN alû lemnu KIMIN eṭemmu lemnu KIMIN eṭem]mu lemnu KIMIN | [An evil alû-demon, ditto]; an evil oath, di[tto], evil eṭ[emmu-dam]e, diitto; |
| 8.47:32 | [gallû lemnu KIMIN gallû lemnu KIMIN ilu lemnu KIMIN ilu le]mnu KIMIN | [O evil gallû-demon, ditto! O ev]il [gal]lāŋ[nu-ditto!] O [evil] god, [ditt]o! O evil god! [DITTO!] |
| 8.47:33 | [rābiṣu lemnu KIMIN rābiṣu lemnu KIMIN Lamaštu lab]āṣu | The evil rābiṣu-demon ditto, the evil lamaštu-disease di[tto], |
| 8.47:34 | [aḫḫāzu KIMIN Lamaštu labāṣu aḫḫāz]u KIMIN | (If) ditto: Lamaštu, Labaṣu, (and) Aḫḥazu. |
| 8.47:35 | [lilû lilītu ardat-lilî] KIMIN | [lilû-plant], lilītu-plant (and) ardat-lil[i̧f]-plant, ditto. |
| 8.47:36 | [lilû lilītu ardat-lilî] ⸢KIMIN⸣ | Lilû, lilītu, ardat-lilišu, ditto, |
| 8.47:42 | [pirittu adirtu ana kâš]unu liššaknak[kunūš]i | May a dark pirittu-demon curse you, |
| 8.47:43 | yâši [umaʾʾirann]i Ea šar šubāti | “Ea, king of the universe, |
| 8.47:44 | aqmī[kunūši] ina kibrīti u ṭābat marqi | I have strewn offerings for you on the quay wall and the river bank. |
| 8.47:45 | alqut [qutur]kunu ikkib šamê | I have seized your limbs, I have bound the heavens |
| 8.47:46 | [epšētūkun]u litūrākunūši | May your deeds be favourable |
| 8.47:47 | ina kibrīti u ṭābat marqi | In battle and battle |
| 8.47:48 | [EN₂ šaruḫ] lā[nī] šaruḫ zīmī | Incantation: O mighty king, great king |
| 8.47:49 | [allal]lû Girra ezzu | Allallû-demon, Girra, the furious one |
| 8.47:50 | [qām]û kaššāpu <u> kaššāptu | hand of beer and beer |
| 8.47:51 | [muḫalliq raggi] zēr kaššāpi u kaššāpti | Remove the evil-doer, the one who loves beer and beer |
| 8.47:52 | [muʾabbit lemn]ūte attā-ma | You are the one who has perpetrated evil against me |
| 8.47:53 | [ēpišūʾa ēpišētūʾa] muštēpišētūʾa | Incantation, sorcery, incantation |
| 8.47:54 | [ana Nuska u Girra dayy]ānī paqdātunu | To Nuska and Girra, our judges, they are appointed. |
| 8.47:66 | [libbakunu] unēḫ kabattakunu uša[pšeḫ] | May your heart be pacified, your liver be soothed |
| 8.47:67 | [ṣereḫ] libbīkunu aqlu ramānkunu uḫal[liq] | I have stripped off your heart, I have slain your body |
| 8.47:68 | ṭēnkunu ušanni milikkunu as[puḫ] | You are merciful to me, I seek you out, |
| 8.47:69 | kišpīkunu aql[u] | witchcraft, spittle |
| 8.47:70 | kipdīkunu ušaddīkunūši | (who) has smashed your scepter, |
| 8.47:71 | Diglat u Purattu lā tebbirāni | May Diglat and Purattu not cross over me, |
| 8.47:72 | īku u [pa]lgu lā tašaʾʾirāni | You do not slander me, |
| 8.47:73 | dūru [u s]amētu lā tabalakkatāni | You do not slander me with clay and tin |
| 8.47:74 | a[bu]llu [u n]ērebīša lā terrubāni | The abullu-demon and its nemesis are not our enemies. |
| 8.47:75 | epšē[tūk]ina ay iqribāni | May your deeds not approach me |
| 8.47:76 | amâtūkina ay ikšudāni yâši | May your words not reach me, |
| 8.47:77 | EN₂ ezzātunu šamrātunu dannātunu | Incantation: “Exalted one, supreme one, |
| 8.47:78 | [gapš]ātunu lemnētunu <n>adrātunu | evil spittle, <sorcery> |
| 8.47:79 | [gaṣṣ]ātunu ša lā Ea mannu | Who can rival Ea in battle? |
| 8.47:80 | [un]āḫkunūši | |
| 8.47:81 | [š]a lā Asalluḫi mannu ušapšeḫkunū<ši> | Who can overthrow the hand of Asalluḫi? |
| 8.47:82 | Ea linēḫkunūši | Ea, set it up! |
| 8.47:83 | Asalluḫi lišapšeḫkunūši | May Asalluḫi pacify your heart |
| 8.47:84 | pīya mû pīkunu išātu | Open my mouth, open your mouth, |
| 8.47:85 | libbī mû libbakunu abattu | Your heart is water, your heart is salt, |
| 8.47:86 | tû [š]a pîya tâ ša pîkunu liballi | May the word of my mouth be heard, the word [of your mouth] be heard! |
| 8.47:87 | kipdē ša libbīya liballû kipdē libbīkunu | May the cultic rites of my heart be extinguished, the rituals of your heart |
| 8.47:88 | ḫuluppaqqi ina mê tunāḫ | (a kind of sulphur) in water |
| 8.47:89 | EN₂ šerʾān(ī) tukaṣṣir(ā) Ea u[p]taṭṭer | Incantation: “You are a šēlānu-demon, Ea has opened a door for you. |
| 8.47:90 | ṣalmīšu tuggirā tukassâ | You bind his head with a cloth |
| 8.47:91 | Asalluḫi uptaššer | Asalluḫi has released |
| 8.47:92 | kiṣrī takṣurā<ni> kipdī takpudāni | (who) has bound me with a rope, has bound (me with) a chain, |
| 8.47:93 | Girra āriru ušābil šāru | Girra, the flood that carried off the land |
| 8.47:94 | Nuska dayyānu bēl mašmaššūte | Nuska, judge, lord of exorcists |
| 8.47:95 | [e]pšētēkunu ana muḫḫīkunu [l]itēr | May your deeds be reconciled with you! |
| 8.47:96 | pašrū kišpīya zakû ru[s]êya | Who removes my witchcraft, kills my foes, |
| 8.47:97 | ina mê ša nagbe ruḫêkunu apṭ[u]r | With the water of the river, I am able to soothe your furious heart |
| 8.47:98 | anāku ētelil ētebib azzaku | I rise up high, I rise high, |
| 8.47:99 | ina maḫar Nuska dayyānu | In the presence of Nuska, the judge |
| 8.47:100 | ina ḫuṣāb ēri ḫuluppaqqi tubaḫḫaš | In a ḫušû-vessel, a flask of pomegranate resin |
| 8.47:101 | EN₂ šadû litēʾkunūši liktumkunūš[i] | Incantation: May the heavens protect you, may they keep you safe! |
| 8.47:102 | šadû liklākunūši | May the heavens protect you, |
| 8.47:103 | [šad]û dannu iratku[n]u linēʾ | May a strong wind blow against you. |
| 8.47:104 | [ina zu]mrīya lū tappaṭṭarā-ma | May you be my companion in my body |
| 8.47:105 | aban šad[î ina muḫḫi nig]nakki š[a b]āb ḫulu[ppaqqi tašak]kan | You place a šadî-stone on top of the nignakku-vessel. |
| 8.47:106 | EN₂ ēpiš[tu muštēpištu] muribbat kišpī ruḫê | Incantation: O witchcraft, lord of sorcery, who overthrows witchcraft |
| 8.47:107 | ḫābilat ... [... muḫabbi]lat ardāti | The joy of ..., the joy of my ardatu-disease |
| 8.47:108 | ... ... tābika]t unnīni | ... you are our supporter |
| 8.47:109 | sākira[t ... ... | sakirāt ... ... |
| 8.47:110 | māḫiṣa[t ... | a scepter |
| 8.47:111 | ṣābit[at ... | the scepter of |
| 8.47:112 | limqut ... | May fall . |
| 8.47:113 | ki ... | The place ... |
| 8.47:114 | ... ... | |
| 8.47:115 | ... ... | |
| 8.47:116 | ... ... | |
| 8.47:117 | ... ... | |
| 8.47:118 | ... ... | |
| 8.47:119 | EN₂ ritt[ī Manzât zuqaqīpat] | Incantation: O Manzât, sulphur, |
| 8.47:120 | u šī [kaššāptu unakkama kišpīša] | and the land of the witches, I am enraged by your witchcraft |
| 8.47:121 | anāku [anappaḫkim-ma kīma Manzât ina šamê] | I am afraid of you, and like Manzât in the heavens |
| 8.47:122 | a[z]iqqa[kkim-ma kīma ištāni amurri] | I have entrusted to you, so that I may be as bright as the sun |
| 8.47:126 | ṣalil [nēberu ṣalil kāru] | šalil nēru-symbol (lit. “shrine of the mouth’s sulphur]) |
| 8.47:127 | mārū malāḫi [kalīšunu ṣallū] | The mighty one, the all-powerful one, |
| 8.47:128 | eli dalti u [sikkūri nadû ḫargullū] | above the door and the bolt, the bolt of destruction |
| 8.47:129 | iddû šipassu[n Siris] | they have sworn by the command of Siris |
| 8.47:130 | u [Ningišzida] | and Ningišzida |
| 8.47:131 | kaššāptu lidūkū-m[a lubluṭ] | let beer be poured out and let me live! |
| 8.47:132 | qēmu billatu dal[tu ... | “Battle, famine, ..., |
| 8.47:133 | EN₂ attī kaššāptu [ša ana ištēn bēri] | Incantation: “You are the bewitched one, who to the east |
| 8.47:134 | ippuḫa išātu ana šina [bērī ištappara mār šiprīša] | Who has turned away from the house of the king, who has sent a message of his own free will |
| 8.47:135 | attūya ina ... | You, in , |
| 8.47:136 | daltu nēšu sikkūru ... | The scepter of fearsomeness, the sikkuku-garment |
| 8.47:137 | ina bābīya izzâz [Pālil] | at my left side stands a scepter |
| 8.47:138 | ina rēš eršīya izzâz [Lugaledin] | At the head of my house stands a lion |
| 8.47:139 | a[šapparakkim-m]a ša bābīya [Pālil] | I am sending to you the one who engendered me |
| 8.47:140 | ša [rēš er]šīya Lugaledin | Who is the shepherd of my land, Lugaledin |
| 8.47:141 | ša ... qēmu libbi ... | Whom ... the heart ... |
| 8.47:142 | kišpī[ki ruḫ]êki rusûki | Your witchcraft, your magic, your sorcery |
| 8.47:143 | lemnūti lā iṭeḫḫûni lā iqarribū[ni] | The evil that has not approached me, has not come near me |
| 8.47:144 | EN₂ attī kaššāptu [ša a]na ištēn bēri ippuḫa iš[ātu] | Incantation: “You, the beer that has been poured into a reedbed, it is from |
| 8.47:145 | ana šina bērī [iš]tappara mār šiprīša | He has sent a message to the king, my lord: |
| 8.47:146 | anāku īdē-[m]a attakal [n]ikla | I know, and I am able to carry out the rites |
| 8.47:147 | [ina ūrīya maṣṣart]u ina bābīya azaqqap kidin[nu] | On account of me, a raging mašbartu-demon is at my disposal. |
| 8.47:148 | [ina imitti bābīya u šumēl] bābīya | At the time of my birth and at the time (of) my birth |
| 8.47:149 | [ultezzīz ilī š]a maṣṣarti | I have sought out the gods, this is the extispicy |
| 8.47:150 | [Lugalirra u Meslamtaʾ]e<a> [n]āsiḫ libbi | May Lugalirra and Meslamta release the heart |
| 8.47:151 | [muštēmid k]alīte | who guides the people |
| 8.47:152 | kaššā[ptu lidūkū-ma anāku lu]bluṭ | May he drink beer, and may he live! |
| 8.47:153 | ḫuṭār gišimmari ēr[i] ḫaṭṭa tanakkis | You pound ḫutba-plant, ēru-tree (and) šēdu-plant in a paste. |
| 8.47:154 | ina imitti bābi u šumēl bābi tašakkan | You place (it) in the middle of the bed and on the other side of the bath |
| 8.47:155 | EN₂ a[k]bus gallâya ābutu lemnūti | Incantation: “My gallû-demon, evil water, |
| 8.47:156 | aṭbuḫ g[ē]râya | I have seized my limbs |
| 8.47:157 | uḫt[al]liqa rēdâya | I have stripped off my limbs |
| 8.47:158 | ina maḫar qurādi Nuska | In the supreme court of Nuska |
| 8.47:159 | ša ṣalam <l>īši ina šapal šēpī tašakkan | You set up a censer of juniper on the head of the reed. |
| 8.47:160 | EN₂ ē kaššāptīya elīyanītu | Incantation: House of my bewitched beer, exalted one |
| 8.47:161 | š[a] tattallaku kal mātāti | You have carried off all the land |
| 8.47:162 | t[a]rtappuda kal šadâni | You are merciful to me all the time |
| 8.47:163 | anāku īdē-ma attakal nikla | I know (how) to go to the netherworld, and I have gathered your strength. |
| 8.47:164 | ina ūrīya maṣṣartu | at my disposal a female kid |
| 8.47:165 | ina bābīya azaqqap kidinnu | At my gate I am surrounded by a protective spirit, |
| 8.47:166 | eršī altami ulinna | The earth, the heavens, the horizon |
| 8.47:167 | ina rēš eršīya aštakan | I have placed at the head of my earth |
| 8.47:168 | ... šaʾirrī | šāru-plant |
| 8.47:169 | kurummāt e[ṭemmi] <riḫīt> Girra qāmê | kurumma-plant, eṭemmu-plant (and) <criḫi-plant>, Girra, qāmû-plant |
| 8.47:170 | [Niss]aba rabīti | great Nisaba |
| 8.47:171 | mukassisat ubānātīša | who gathers the reed bundles |
| 8.47:172 | [š]a šaʾirrī | Hand of a Ša-alirri |
| 8.47:173 | ⸢EN₂⸣ ē kaššāptīya elīyanītu | Incantation: “House of my beer, exalted one, |
| 8.47:174 | [š]a tattallaku kal mātāti | You have carried off all the land |
| 8.47:175 | [tart]appuda kal šadâni | You are merciful to me all the time |
| 8.47:176 | [anāku ī]dē-ma attakal nikla | I go to the place where he knows, and I have gathered your strength. |
| 8.47:177 | [in]a ūrīya maṣṣartu | at my disposal a stag |
| 8.47:178 | [ina bā]bīya azaqqap kidi[nnu] | At my gate I am surrounded by a haze, |
| 8.47:179 | [ina rēš e]ršīya assaraq nuḫur[tu] | At the beginning of my reign I have strewn abundance for you |
| 8.47:180 | [dannat nu]ḫurtum-m[a] | Nannat Nuḫurtum |
| 8.47:181 | [unaḫḫara] kal kišpīš[a] | who provides all of the witchcraft |
| 8.47:182 | ša nuḫ[urti] | from Nuḫurtu |
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