AMD 8/1, pls. 104-105 + AOAT 034, 079[via caspo]

If a man acquires an opponent (lit. lord of evil), calumny (lit. tongue) . [. . .] . repeatedly pursue him,

they spread rumors about him, they constantly misrepresent what he says (lit. his words), they slander him,

the one who speaks with him does not say "yes" (lit. true), (then) witchcraft, magic, sorcery, (and) evil machinations

have been deployed (lit. turned) against him without his knowledge. They have caused god, king, noble, prince, courtier, attendant, and the gate of the palace

to remove him (from office) and to be angry with him. In order to release and

to untie the knot of evil which they have tied against him; to make god, king, noble, and prince, courtier,

attendant, and the gate of the palace agree with him (so as) to hold him in favor (lit. to extend a finger of favor behind him)

and to establish for that man speaking, hearing, (and) acceptance;

and for the one who sees him to be joyful; and (for that man) to prevail (lit. stand) over the one who sees him;

to reconcile god, king, noble, and prince, courtier, attendant with him;

to walk about nobly (and) to achieve his objective; to have his (personal) god accept the lifting of his hands (i.e., prayer),

(and) to love his food offering; to reconcile his angry (personal) deities with him;

to hear the utterance of his mouth (so as) to make his speech valuable and pleasant for king, noble, (and) prince:

Its ritual: In front of Ishtar, in an inaccessible place, you sweep the roof, sprinkle pure water, set up a portable altar, (and) place a censer with juniper.

You offer a pure sacrifice. You present the shoulder, the fatty tissue, (and) roast meat.

You libate beer and wine. You set out four bricks at an angle (to one another). You pile up twigs of poplar.

You ignite a torch with fire of sulphur and use (it) to catch the brushwood on fire.

As soon as the brushwood has finished burning (lit., come to the end of its course), cedar, cypress, sweet reed, myrtle,

aromatics, and maṣḫatu-flour you strew (on the fire's embers). You libate beer and wine. This incantation three times

you recite in front of Ishtar, and he bows down. He should speak everything that has troubled him. His prayer will be heard.

As for that man, god, king, noble, prince, courtier, attendant, and gate of the palace will be reconciled with him.

His angry (personal) deities will be reconciled with him. He will achieve his objective, he will walk about nobly,

and he will achieve as much as (are his) desires. They will speak truthfully with him. That man, the censer (and) torch

you cause to [pa]ss by him; then he should go straight home (lit. to his house). He should not look at an impure man (or) an impure woman.

[Incantation: . . .] . . . of the gods, cherished one among the ladies,

Goddess of the habitati[ons . . .], splendid among the goddesses,

Irnini [. . ., the daug]hter of Enlil, counsellor, the mountain of the Igigi,

Heroic one, [. . . of the heavens and] the earth, whose command cannot be changed,

Queen of hum[ankind, ... lig]ht for all the gods,

The divine lumin[ary of the heavens, . . . who] illuminates the world,

Gushea, of [. . . who is cl]othed in brilliance,

Who gathers the cultic ordinances and [. . .]

Who makes firm t[hrones . . .]

[. . .] . . . strong one, heroic one, [you have] no rival!

[. . .]; (and) may the heavens (and) Apsu (i.e., the subterranean fresh water ocean) bow down before you.

May the Igigi [. . .] kiss your feet.

May the great god[s], who dwell in the heavens and the earth continually bless your kingship.

According to the unalterable [utter]ance of your mouth, may the "aḫulap" (lit. "enough!") for so-and-so, son of so-and-so, your servant, be spoken.

The wording of a lifted-hand prayer, a lamentation to soothe the heart of Ishtar.

Written (and) checked according to its original.

The palace of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king,

King of the world, king of the land of Ashur, on whom Nabu (and) Tashmetu

have had mercy, and, like a father and a mother,

they raised him. For remembering (and for) his reading

he has written (and) checked (it). He deposited (it) in his palace.

The one who trusts in you will not be ashamed, O Muzibbasa (i.e., Nabu)!