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CMAwR Text 8.64 (Q007478)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.64 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007478 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.64:1′ | [(...) kišpī r]uḫê rusê | ... witchcraft, magic, |
| 8.64:2′ | [upšāšê] lemnū[ti] | evil sorcery |
| 8.64:3′ | [(zīra) dibalâ zikur]ud[â] kadabbedâ īpušū[ni] | dibalâ-magic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, kadabbēdu-magical machinations, |
| 8.64:4′ | [... d]annātunu balāṭa qīšāni | ..., O Nanna, grant me life! |
| 8.64:5′ | [narbîkunu lušāp]i dalīlīkunu ludlul | Let me proclaim your greatness, let me sing your praises! |
| 8.64:6′ | [KA.INIM.MA ŠU].⸢IL₂⸣.LA₂ {mul}MUL.KE₄ | Wording of a spell for releasing the Hand of the Swallow. |
| 8.64:7′ | [DU₃.DU₃.BI lū ina riksi l]ū ina nignakki teppuš | Its ritual: You perform (the ritual) with either a ritual assemblage or with a censer. |
| 8.64:8′ | [EN₂ šar il]ī gašrūt[i] | Incantation: King of the powerful gods |
| 8.64:9′ | [DUB x.KAM] ⸢EN₂⸣ šuʾillakkānī | [Tablet of the xth day of the incantation] “The hand of Šūlilakkanû. |
| 8.64:10′ | [ēkal Aššur-bāni-apl]i šar kiššati šar Māt-A[ššur] | I am Assurbanipal, king of the world, k[ing of] Matašur |
| 8.64:11′ | [ša ana Aššur u Mu]lli[ltu] tak[lu] | Who trusts in Ashur and Mullil |
Sources & licences
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