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CMAwR Text 8.65 (Q007479)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.65 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007479 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.65:1 | [... ... | |
| 8.65:2 | [... ... Bēlet-[E]anna ša šubat ilūtīšu | ... Bēlet-Eanna, who is the crown of his divinity |
| 8.65:3 | [anāku ina p]ān ēpištīya u [m]uštēpištīya ana takkussi ša qanê ērub | I rise up from the midst of my work and my sorcery, to the place where the earth is trembling |
| 8.65:4 | [ina seb]î arḫi šapatt[i] arḫi inanna-ma U₄ 30.KAM | In the middle of the night, a šapattu-demon came out, and on the 30th day |
| 8.65:5 | [ēt]elâ Sîn ša libbi urpēti Šamaš ša libbi anqullu | (who) is above Sîn, whose heart is pure, Šamaš, who is pure in heart, |
| 8.65:6 | Bēlet-Eanna ša šubat ilūtīšu | Bēlet-Eanna, who the rites of his divinity |
| 8.65:7 | [anāku] ša ina pān ēpištīya u muštēpištīya ana takkussi ša qanê ērubu | To the one who in the face of my sorcery and my enchantment, to the one whose ‘heart’ is a flood, |
| 8.65:8 | ētelâkka ētelâ ina amāt Sîn ē[t]elil | Your house, your house, in the sheepfold of Sîn, the house of Enlil |
| 8.65:9 | ina amāt Šamaš ētebib ina amāt Bēlet-Eanna ellēku ebbēku | In the house of Šamaš I have entered, in the house [of Bēlet-Eanna] pure and pure |
| 8.65:10 | zakâku namrā[k u] ša kaššāptīya lippaṭir rikissu | May you be praised, O lord, and may the one who has sinned against me break his bond, |
| 8.65:11 | ūmu arḫu šattu U₄ 7.⸢KAM⸣ [U₄].15.KAM biblu uḫ[ulga]lû U₄ 30.KAM | “If a storm afflicts the land, on the 7th day (and) on the 15th day: he will be frightened; on the 30th day |
| 8.65:12 | lipaṭṭirū kipdīy[a] k[aššāptī] ... | Release my chains, my scepter |
| 8.65:13 | [U₄] 30.KAM kišāssu benn[u] ṣāyyidu muḫḫašu limḫaṣ | (On) the 30th day: may his binding be firm; may a ša yidu-vessel surround him. |
| 8.65:14 | [ana Na]mtar sukkal erṣeti lipqidūšu [N]amtar sukkal erṣeti ṭēnšu lispuḫ | May it be entrusted to Namtar, the vizier of heaven and earth. May Namtar (and) his army disperse. |
| 8.65:15 | [pagar]šu liqbir š[a] kaššāptīya napištašu liblē-ma | May his body be cut off, may my beer be poured out, and |
| 8.65:16 | [anāku lub]luṭ ūmu u šīmtu litbalūši ana Kurnugî | May they live in heaven and earth, may they carry them off to the Land of No Return! |
| 8.65:17 | ... gaṣṣi tašakkan passa teppuš ana takkussi | you place a torch, you perform it, you pour it into a vessel |
| 8.65:18 | ... U₄ 28.KAM U₄ 29.KAM U₄ 30.KAM | day 28, day 29, day 30 |
| 8.65:19 | ... tama]nnu ana libbi [takkussi tušerre]b | ... you pour ... into it, you leave it alone. |
| 8.65:20 | ... ... ... | |
| 8.65:21′ | ... ... [...] | |
| 8.65:22′ | ... ina] U₄ 30.KAM enūma Sîn inn[amru] | ... on the 30th day, when Sîn becomes visible |
| 8.65:23′ | [ina maḫar] Sîn nignak burāši tašakkan šikara tanaqqi bāb takkussi | In the presence of Sîn, you set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You pour a libation bowl. You set up an offering table. |
| 8.65:24′ | [t]epettē-ma passa tušellâm-ma šipta šalāšīšu ina muḫḫi tamannū-ma | You perform (the ritual) again and again, and you recite the incantation “May his well-being be upon me— |
| 8.65:25′ | [t]utār-ma ana takkussi tašakkan ša takkussi bābuša tepeḫḫē-ma | You turn back and you place (it) into a takku-bowl. You open your mouth to the taktu-witch, and |
| 8.65:26′ | ana libbi mê tanaddī-ma kišpī pašrū | You pour water inside, and the witchcraft will be undone. |
| 8.65:27′ | EN₂ annû biblu annû bibbulu | Incantation: “This is what I have done, this is what has been done, |
| 8.65:28′ | gabari tuppi ša ultu muḫḫi tuppi labiri lā šalam šaṭir-ma bari uppuš | Copy of a tablet from a previously unwritten tablet, written in order to be checked and checked. |
| 8.65:29′ | tuppi Anu-ikṣur ginû Šamaš-iddina liblibbi | Tablet of Anu-ikṣur, the true Šamaš-iddina, the heart |
| 8.65:30′ | [Šang]û-Ninurta mašmašši pāliḫ Ani u Anti lā itabbal | Šangû-Ninurta, exorcist who reveres Anu and Antiochus, will not be forgotten |
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