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CMAwR Text 8.53 (Q007467)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.53 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007467 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.53:6′ | [KA.INIM].MA NAM.ERIM₂.⸢BUR₂.DA⸣.KAM₂ ištēn ṣa[lam māmīti ...] | Wording for undoing curse. It is the image of a land |
| 8.53:7′ | [EN₂ kašš]āpī kaššāptī ēpišī ē[pištī] | Incantation: Witchcraft, witchcraft, sorcery |
| 8.53:8′ | [KA.INIM.MA] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.RU.⸢DA.KAM₂⸣ ištēn [ṣa]lam ka[ššāpi ...] | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft: a bowl of beer |
| 8.53:9′ | [EN₂ att]ī kaššāptu ša tēpuš[u ... | Incantation: “You are the witch, who performs . |
| 8.53:10′ | [KA.INIM].MA KIMIN ištēn ṣalam [... | [Wording (of an incantation)] for ditto: a ṣalam-plant |
| 8.53:11′ | [EN₂ ...] ... [...] ... [... KA.INIM.MA KIMIN] | Incantation: ... ... Wording of a spell for ditto. |
| 8.53:12′ | [ištēn ṣalam kaššāpti ša l]īši teppuš-ma ... [...] | You perform a ritual to undo witchcraft against me and ... ... |
| 8.53:13′ | [EN₂ ...] ... ... | Incantation: ... ... |
| 8.53:14′ | [KA.INIM.MA] ⸢KIMIN⸣ ištēn ṣalam kaššā[pti ... | Wording (of an incantation) for ditto eštēnu-disease: “The balam-drum of the bēru-bowl |
| 8.53:15′ | [EN₂ ...] ... ... | Incantation: ... ... |
| 8.53:16′′ | [EN₂ ... kišpū ... [...] | Incantation: ... witchcraft ... |
| 8.53:17′′ | [EN₂ ... ... [...] | Incantation: ... ... |
| 8.53:18′′ | [EN₂ ... diŋir ku₃]-⸢ga⸣-me-en diŋir sikil-me-[en] | Incantation: “I am a pure ..., I am the pure .... |
| 8.53:19′′ | [EN₂ attunu kaš]šāpīya ēpišūʾ[a] | Incantation: You are the one who has performed witchcraft against me |
| 8.53:20′′ | [EN₂ ...] ... gašrātunu gapšāt[unu] | Incantation: “... ..., awe-inspiring, exalted one, |
| 8.53:21′′ | [EN₂ ...] ... tādirātūy[a] | Incantation: “... ..., my rival, |
| 8.53:22′′ | [EN₂ ...] ... šuttī banâ[t] | Incantation: “... ... of the banât-plant |
| 8.53:23′′ | [šipāti annâti] ana mīs qātī | These hands to the hand of a man |
| 8.53:24′′ | [EN₂ pû idb]ub lemnāti MIN imta[lla MIN] | Incantation: “The mouth uttered evil, ditto, he screamed, di[tto]!’ |
| 8.53:25′′ | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂].⸢RU⸣.DA.KAM₂ DU₃.DU₃.BI mê ina n[āri] | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft. Its ritual: water in the river |
| 8.53:26′′ | [...] mê pîšu tumallā-ma ana ... [...] | ... you fill his mouth with water and to ... |
| 8.53:27′′ | [EN₂ ākul I]d alti EN₂ Id qa[šdu (anāku)] | Incantation: “It is a flood, It is an altu-storm’s horn—Incantation: O River, hold back the storm! |
| 8.53:28′′ | [EN₂ kibrītu mārat] šamê rabûti anāku EN₂ kibrītu [kibrītu] | Incantation: “The kibrītu-demon, the greatest of the great heavens, come to me! Incantation: The kibrîtu (and) the kibīrūrīe |
| 8.53:29′′ | [EN₂ kibrītu] mārat Ea rabītu EN₂ ... [...] | Incantation: O great princess, Ea, great lord, incantation ... |
| 8.53:30′′ | [EN₂ ... e]llu atāʾišu šamm[u quddušu anāku] | Incantation: '... pure atāʾišu-plant, sulphur, anazu-plant |
| 8.53:31′′ | [...] ana kibrīti ... [...] | ... to the rebel land ... |
| 8.53:32′′ | [EN₂ ...] ... anāku ... | Incantation: “... ... anāku-plant |
| 8.53:33′′ | [DU₃.DU₃.BI] kukru ma[štakal ... | Its ritual: kukru-plant, maštakal-soapwort |
| 8.53:34′′ | [EN₂ kukrum-ma kukru ... | Incantation: “Kukru, kuk[ru-plant . .] |
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