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CMAwR Text 8.60 (Q007474)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.60 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007474 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.60:1 | [EN₂] Ea Šamaš u Marduk ilū rabûtu | Incantation: Ea, Šamaš and Marduk, the great gods |
| 8.60:2 | [i]lū mālikū ṣīrūtu mukinnū māḫāz[ī] | The lamentation priest, the šūtu-priestess, the one who establishes the rites |
| 8.60:3 | [a]rna lā īdû ša ēpušu anāk[u] | who does not know arna, who has performed sorcery against me |
| 8.60:4 | [m]ašâku egûtī-ma ḫiṭītī ul ḫass[āku] | I am afraid, but I am not afraid. |
| 8.60:5 | siḫilti ṣillâti elâti ina libbīya | sulphur, tallow, (and) alabaster in my heart, |
| 8.60:6 | murṣu tānēḫu ašaddad ūmišam-[m]a | “I have been seized, I have been carried off, and |
| 8.60:7 | ša abīya u ummīya ḫiṭâtīšunu ul amr[āku] | The one of my father and mother, I do not fear their evil. |
| 8.60:8 | ittūḫū anāku manāḫtašunu aktald[a] | “If he slips in through the window, I will be victorious over your opponents. |
| 8.60:9 | ultu eṭûti uzamma nūr Šamaš da[yyāni] | After you have smeared the earth, Šamaš, the judge, |
| 8.60:10 | pašuqtu ša murṣu ištaknu ina zumrīy[a] | The illness that afflicts the sick man has been established in my body |
| 8.60:11 | iṭḫûnim-ma māḫiru uzzu pušqu ḫīṭu | (who) has risen up against me, and has slain me, |
| 8.60:12 | kišpūšunu upīš kaššāpi u kaššāpti | witchcraft, sorcery, warlock and witchcraft |
| 8.60:13 | māmīt abi u ummi aḫi aḫāti ibri tappê rūʾi itbāri | My father and mother, my brothers, my sisters, the companions, the princes, came to me |
| 8.60:14 | ša attaṭṭalu ina s[ūqi ātamm]aru ina a[ḫâti] | Whom I have sworn by the command of the gods, who have been praised by the people |
| 8.60:15 | [šēd lemutt]i eṭemmu ḫurbāšu | Evil spittle, a ghost with a furious appearance |
| 8.60:16 | [murṣu diʾu] dilipti | a diʾu-disease, diliptu-demon |
| 8.60:17 | [qūlu kūru niss]atu niziqti | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, extispicy, |
| 8.60:18 | [našparāt zikur]udê mūša u u[rra] | našpātu-offering of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic of the day and night |
| 8.60:19 | ... t]ānēḫ[i] | ... supplication |
| 8.60:20 | ... itti mê ša zum]rīy[a] | ... with the water of my body |
| 8.60:21′ | [ana zumrīy]a ay iqribūni a[y iṭ]ḫûni | May they not approach my body, may they not rise up against me |
| 8.60:22′ | [ina qibī]tīkunu ša balāṭi | By your command, which the reign |
| 8.60:23′ | [u annīk]unu kīni ša lā innennû | and this is what has not been done before |
| 8.60:24′ | [liss]û kišpū ša zumrīya | May the witchcraft of my body be dispelled |
| 8.60:25′ | [il]ū namrūtu ina ṣīt pîkunu kīni ša lā innennû | O bright gods, by your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.60:26′ | [arn]ūʾa liptaṭṭirū | may the ala-plant release |
| 8.60:27′ | [ḫiṭât]ūʾa liptassisā | may the evildoer release her |
| 8.60:28′ | [gillāt]ūʾa limmašâ | may the arrows of the eagles |
| 8.60:29′ | [māmât]ūʾa liptašširā | may the mashtu-plants release (them) |
| 8.60:30′ | [murṣ]ūʾa lītakkišū | may the muršû-plant bind him |
| 8.60:31′ | [ina qibī]tīkunu ṣīrtu ša lā uttakkaru | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.60:32′ | [ina annīk]unu kī[ni] ša lā innennû | On this very day, as it is not now |
| 8.60:33′ | [dalīlīkun]u ludlul | let me sing your praises. |
| 8.60:34′′ | ēkal Aššur-bāni-apli š[ar Māt-Aššur] | Ekkal (means) Ašurbaniapli, the conqueror of the land |
| 8.60:35′′ | ša Nabû Tašmētu uznu rapaštu ušakli[lū]šu | of Nabû, Tašmētu, broad wisdom, they have entrusted to him |
| 8.60:36′′ | urappišū ḫasissu | |
| 8.60:37′′ | ša nēmeqi Ea urappiš-ma kullat tupšarrūtu | Whose wisdom Ea entrusted to him and all the scribal art |
| 8.60:38′′ | iḫsusu karassu ana tamrirtīšu | (who) has turned his anger into a flood, |
| 8.60:39′′ | [šaṭ]ir ibri | šaṭir ibri |
| 8.60:40′′ | [qereb] ēkallīšu ukīn | inside of his cella |
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