SpTU 2, 022 + [Incantations and rituals against evil][via cams/gkab]

(o i 1) Red kapāṣu-shell, agate, pig-eye-stone, lapis lazuli, serpentine abašmû-stone, date stone, jasper (and) kurgarrânu-stone: 9 stones against birratu-disease of the eyes, for the right hand. You thread (the stones) on red wool. You wrap (them) in red wool (and) you bind (them) on his right hand.

(o i 4) zagindurû-lapis lazuli, serpentine, muššar-īnī-stone, hulāl-īnī-stone, blood stone, snake-eye stone, marhallu-carnelian, kurgarrânu-stone that contains silver and gold, red kapāṣu-shell that contains silver and gold (and) abašmû-stone: 9 stones for birratu-disease of the eyes for the right hand. You thread (the stones) with red wool. You wrap (them) in wolf's-liver plant (and) in red wool. You bind (them) on his right hand.

(o i 8) Jasper, sahhû-stone, carnelian, lapis lazuli, hulāl-īnī-stone, muššar-īnī-stone, blood stone, agate, pendû-stone, kurgarrânu-stone that contains silver and gold, kapāṣu-stone that contains gold: 11 stones for birratu-disease of the eyes of the left hand. You thread (the stones) with red wool. You wrap (them) in blue-green wool. You bind (them) on his left hand.

(o i 12) mūṣu-stone, zalāqu-stone, šû-stone, anzahhu-glass, huluhhu-slag, black frit, lulû-slag, male mandragora root in (its) skin, lupin in (its) skin, imhur-līm-plant in skin imhur-ešrā-plant in skin: 11 stones for birratu-disease of the eyes. You thread (the stones and plants) with a linen string. You put (them) on his neck.

(o i 15) mūṣu-stone, zalāqu-stone, sû-stone, magnetite, anzahhu-glass, black frit parzillu-stone, lulû-slag: 8 stones for "(If) a person continually sees birṣu-phenomena". You thread (them) on a linen band. You place (them) on his neck.

(o i 18) A person, when he continually sees birṣu-phenomena, should say thus: "I am (the one) of Ellil and Ninlil. I am (the one) of Ištar and Nanaya. I am (the one) of Uraš and Belet-ekalli." He says (this) 3 times and he will recover.

(o i 21) (If) a person is constantly frightened; he is worried day and night; his loss occurs regularly; his business is cut off;

(o i 22) they slander him; his interlocutor never speaks the truth with him;

(o i 23) an evil finger is pointed behind him; they do not receive him in his palace;

(o i 24) his dreams are bad; dead men continually appear in his dream(s); he is in distress; the dream he had is not remembered; in his dream (he is) like one who has sexual intercourse with a woman and his semen drips;

(o i 26) the anger of a god or a goddess is on him; a god or a goddess is angry with him;

(o i 27) the sentence or verdict about him, by the diviner or the dream interpreter, isdoes not not go well; addressing (the gods) but not being heard is placed for him; illness is (visible) on his face; ... is taken away from him; whoever sees him will not be joyful on seeing him; he gives but they will not give to him:

(o i 30) to decide his verdict, to put his sentence in order.

(o i 31) Its ritual: compassion-stone, hilibû-stone, carnelian, alabaster, agate, white coral, girim hilibê-stone, yānibu-stone, silver stone, gold stone, [...], male copper: 12 stones (for) (If) a person, [...] his [goddess] are angry against him,

(o i 34) frowning at his appearance; (his) interlocutor never speaks the truth with him; he strives for but does not reach [...] ... stones to release "(If) hate is exercised against him on the 4th of Abu".

(o i 36) You thread those stones on a flax string to release (it). In their middle, lupin, imhur-līm-plant, imhur-ešrā-plant, elkulla-plant, baltu-plant, amīlānu-plant, algae, tamarisk (and) cedar: you wrap up these 9 plants in the fringe of a garment. You wrap in a skin. You thread with the stones. You wrap these plants in between the stones.

(o i 39) You put (it) on his neck and then his utterance will go well; (his) dreams will be good; addressing (the gods) and being heard will be placed for him; his god and his goddess will be reconciled with him; a good finger will be pointed behind him; he will give and they will greatly give to him; good (health) will be on his face; his interlocutor will always speak the truth with him; ... will go well for him.

(o i 44) (If) a person is constantly frightened ditto, (if) that person, sorcery is performed against him; the places of (his) god and goddess are inaccessible; for the god and goddess to receive his prayer:

(o i 46) You wrap aktam-plant, dadānu-plant, box-tree flour in a skin. You put (it) on his neck and worry will no longer approach him, day or night; he will acquire profit; he will quickly see the renewing of his strength; a good finger will be pointed behind him; he will be accepted in his palace;

(o i 49) the bad dreams, the ominous conditions (and) the signs will become good; by the favour of the god and the goddess he will become prosperous; his sentence (or) his verdict will be put in order by the diviner or the dream interpreter; witchcraft, ruhû-sorcery, rusû-sorcery (and) evil magical procedures will not approach him.

(o ii 1) Agate, marhallu-carnelian, zalāqu-stone, white flint, carnelian, [...], chalcedony, alallu-stone: 8 stones for (If) a person is constantly gloomy ... [...];

(o ii 3) he continually talks to himself; he is depressed; he is afraid; the anger of the god or [...] is upon him: you thread the stones and the poultices on a flax string. You recite this incantation over (them) 7 times. You put (them) on his neck.

(o ii 6) Incantation: "Ea, creator of humanity and ... [...].

(o ii 7) Asalluhi, their creator [...] ... [...] ....

(o ii 8) Šamaš, shepherd of their land.

(o ii 9) Sin, subjugator of their sheepfolds.

(o ii 10) Belet-ili, slanderer of their creation.

(o ii 11) May Asalluhi, their god, provide happiness and shine (favourably) on him." (That is) the incantation-formula.

(o ii 13) (If) a person has acquired an adversary; his enemy surrounds him with hate, injustice, zikurudû-spell, oral paralysis, an evil-doer; caused (him) to be in bad repute before the god, the king, the dignitary and the prince;

(o ii 15) he is constantly frightened, he is worried day and night; loss occurs regularly to him; they slander him; his words constantly change; his business is cut off; they do not receive him in his palace;

(o ii 17) his dreams are frightening; he sees dead men in his dream(s); an evil finger is pointed behind him; an evil eye always pursues him; he is constantly afraid of a lawsuit; he is not supplied with a sentence or verdict about him by the diviner or the dream interpreter:

(o ii 20) this man - Hand of humanity and the wrath of Marduk persecute him. To reconcile the god, the king, the dignitary and the prince with him; to make him triumph over his enemy:

(o ii 22) (You wrap) lupin, imhur-līm-plant, chalcedony in skin;

(o ii 23) snake-plant, kurkanû-plant, šubû-stone in skin;

(o ii 24) māštu-plant, ašqulālu-plant, white flint in skin;

(o ii 25) imhur-līm-plant, algae, bāštu-stone in skin;

(o ii 26) elkulla-plant, white-plant, sābu-stone in skin;

(o ii 27) elkulla-plant, cedar, black flint in skin;

(o ii 28) wormwood, sagapenum, mūṣu-stone in skin.

(o ii 29) Carnelian, lapis lazuli, yellow-green flint, mekku-glass, egizaggû-stone, agate, papparmīnu-stone, lamassu-stone, antimony paste, jasper, magnetite, breccia (and) abašmû-stone: 13 stones (for if) a person acquires an adversary.

(o ii 31) You thread the stones and poultices on a [...] string. You set up a agubbû-vessel. You purify the stones and the poultices.

(o ii 33) You put the stones in front of the Goat-star. You place white hellebore (in) a censer. You pour a beer libation.

(o ii 34) Incantation: "he changed his furious light. May your heart be appeased!

(o ii 35) May your mood be released! Gula, glorious lady, you are creator of humankind, you are giver of shares, ration(s) and offerings!

(o ii 38) Stand with me (as witness) in my lawsuit and may righteousness come in your sentence.

(o ii 39) Concerning witchcraft, ruhû-sorcery, rusû-sorcery, my enemy's evil magical procedures, may his evil deed befall him and may it go on his skull and his body.

(o ii 42) May I, your weary servant, sing your praise!" label+ o ii 42 - o ii 43 You recite this incantation 3 times over the stones and the poultices and you put (them) on his neck.

(o ii 44) You pound together white hellebore, kurkanû-plant, imhur-ešrā-plant, lupin, ...-plant, [...]. [...] in cedar oil, cypress oil, burāšu-juniper oil, good oil.

(o ii 46) Incantation: king, leader, clever one of ... [...]

(o ii 47) At the command of Marduk, king, leader, clever one of ... [...],

(o ii 48) at the command of my god and my goddess ... [...],

(o ii 49) at the command of my city god and my city goddess [...]:

(o ii 50) may shining days illuminate me [...]; may the god, the king, the dignitary, the prince [...] be at peace with me; may they be joyful when seing me [...]; may their moods become clear, [...] their hearts [...]

(o ii 54) who did evil ... [...]

(o ii 55) who said evil words against me [...].

(o ii 56) [...] this incantation 3 times over ... [...].

(o ii 57) The impure person, the unsafe one [...]

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(r i 3) (If) a person [...] an enemy: to release from ... [...] the god, the king, the dignitary (and) the prince [...] with him.

(r i 6) Its ritual: on a favourable day [...] a censer of burāšu-juniper [...] the gift you give to the incantation priest ... [...].

(r i 8) Incantation: "Šamaš, pure god, the one who puts in order [...],

(r i 9) overseer of the gods, the one who makes intelligible ... [...],

(r i 10) lord of the lands, judger of [...]

(r i 11) You keep in order heaven, earth, all the lands ... [...]. Lord of all the wise, glorious one [...]. You are Šamaš, lord of the totality!

(r i 14) Now, Šamaš, I gave before you the gift for your incantation priest, your servant.

(r i 15) May my enemy or female enemy be at peace with me!

(r i 16) May the one who spoke evil, speak goodness!

(r i 17) May the god, the king, the dignitary and the prince be at peace with me!

(r i 18) May the judge stand as my help!

(r i 19) May a decision be reached for (my) good fortune!

(r i 20) May my he trample my slander like the ground."

(r i 21) You recite this incantation 3 times.

(r i 22) After this, lapis lazuli, parzillu-stone, alabaster, abašmû-stone, aban lamassi-stone, alallu-stone, pallišu-stone: you thread these 7 stones on a flax string. You wrap a magic staff, imhur-līm-plant (and) tamarisk between them. You put (them) on his neck.

(r i 25) You fill a lahannu-flask with cold water and you raise (it) in his hands. You give a gift (consisting of) 7 grains of silver (and) 7 grains of gold to Šamaš. You speak thus:

(r i 27) Incantation: "Šamaš, lord of the lawsuit, [...] lawsuit [...]

(r i 28) (Šamaš) decide the verdict [...]. label+ r i 28 - r i 29 May my enemy [...] be at peace with me.

(r i 29) [...] who speaks evil against me [...]

(r i 30) May the cold water appease [...]

(r i 31) May the gods of the land bless you." You say "yes" and then ... [...].

(r i 32) Jasper that shows a crescent moon, carnelian, lapis lazuli, agate, white coral, zibtu-stone, magnetite, šubû-stone, sehru-stone, marhallu-carnelian, engisû-stone, egizaggû-stone, fish-eye stone, silver stone, gold stone, billu-stone: 15 stones for making the enemy abandon (his) plans, for releasing the zikurudû-spell.