AOAT 034, 046[via caspo]

[. . . for]midib[le one, [. . .],

[. . . without ri]val, whose [. . .],

[. . .], who decides the case, who determines [. . .],

[Son of Lugalduku]ga, the father, who sired [the great] gods,

[. . . pl]enty, who makes abu[ndance] abound,

[. . .] plenty, who makes [. . .] rain down,

[. . .] seas, who administers the mou[ntain regions],

[. . . waterco]urses, who makes the riv[ers] flow aright,

[. . .] cattle, who creates barley and flax, who makes [. . .] flourish,

[. . .] the one who reviews [the Igigi],

[. . .] creator of [. . .] the people,

[. . .] you [. . . are . . . mot]her in the mouth of the people,

[. . .] their darkness [. . .],

[. . .] you adminster the[ir justice . . .].

[. . . wid]ow, [wre]tched [. . .].

[. . . who guid]es th[em].

[. . . lau]d [your . . .] command.

[. . .] you rescue [. . .].

[. . .] whose [. . .] has punished him.

[...], you release the captive.

[. . .] you raise up [the one] laid out on (his) death[bed] (lit. [in the bed] of fate).

[You] show the light to [. . .], who is confined [(in) darkness].

[. . . I have pre]pared for you a pure ritual assemblage.

[. . .] at your feet.

[. . .] my supplication.

[. . .] whose [goddess] (is) so-and-so.

[. . .]. I do not know (it).

[. . . like] a net.

[. . .] they [make] my limbs [shake].

[. . .] my [fles]h [. . .].

[. . .] a garment.

[. . . have been inter]red.

[. . . have been ta]ken.

[. . . of me]n.

[. . .] upon me.

[. . . malev]olent.

[. . . cle]ar (lit. true) [. . .].

[. . .] my [speaking . . .].

[Judge] my [cas]e; render [. . .].

[Remo]ve the sickness, the lamentation, the un-[. . .]

Re[move] the illness set upon me, [. . .] my [body].

[. . .] (my personal) god, (my personal) goddess, and humankind. [. . . merc]y [. . .].

According to the command of your mouth, may [. . . wit]ch not draw near,

May witchcraft, sorcery, [. . .] of humankind not draw near to me.

May the evil of dreams, [. . . eart]h not draw near to me,

[May] the evil of a sign (in) the city and land [not approach] me.

Let me be at peace [. . .] from the mouth of evil (and) tongue of evil [. . .].

May the anḫullû-plant (amulet) with which I am provi[ded] on my neck, [re]pel [. . .].

[May] it [defle]ct the evil curse (and) the [. . .] ominous utterance.

Like alabaster, [. . .] my light [. . ., may] I [not] have [. . .].

Like lapis lazuli, [. . . my] li[fe . . .]

Like go[ld, . . .].

Like a bead (lit. stone) of mesu-wood, may they remove [. . .].

May an evil, wicked curse [. . .].

[. . .] (my) name and (my) descendant [. . .] before you.

May the drugs (lit. plants) and the salve which are set before you wipe away my guilt.

May they not allow any evil, anger, divine wrath come near me, (also) sin, sacrilege, and fault.

May the lifting of hand(s) (and) the invocation of the great gods release oath (and) curse.

At your speaking (lit. mouth), may they remove my hardship. Order good health (for me, saying), "let him pass (along the street) proudly (lit. like a lord)."

May I be as pure as the heavens from the evil sorcery of witch and warlock done against me.

May I be as clean as the earth from the wicked enchantments.

May I be illuminated like the midst of the heavens; may the bond of my evils be released.

May the tamarisk purify me. May the mashtakal-plant release me.

May palm-heart dispel my sins.

May the ritual agubbû-vessel of Ea and Asalluḫi grant favor (to me).

May the censer (and) torch of Girra and Kusu cleanse [m]e.

According to the command of Ea, [. . .] of the Apsu, father of the gods, Ninshiku, may the lifting of my hands (i.e., my prayer) be answered.

May [your] hea[rt], O Asalluḫi, exorcist of the great gods, sage of the Igigi, be at rest,

So that I may continually praise the [w]ord of Ea and serve queen Damkina diligently,

That I, [your] servant, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, may be he[althy] (and) [wh]ole, (and) that I may laud your divinity (and) sing your praises.

May my [(personal) god] laud your [great deeds]. May my (personal) goddess speak of your greatness.

And may I, the exorcist, [your servant], sing your praises.

It is the wording of [a lifted-hand prayer] to Marduk.

When the ritual assemblage is completed [. . .], do not change where (lit. the place) [the head] of the sheep is set.

You pull [hair] from its forehead, [and either o]n a ritually impure person

[or o]n a person with lepr[osy (lit. one filled with leprosy) you throw (it). When you throw] (it), no one should see.

[. . . "Ea] commissioned me"

[. . . The sick man] should go straight [to] his house and not look behind him.

[. . .] the [er]kulla-[plant], the elikulla-plant

[. . . . You se]t (it) [. . .]. You anoint (lit. rub) him (with it).

[. . .] you lift up [. . .] anḫullû-plants, and

[. . .] thus you shall speak to (them):

[. . .] of Ea and Asalluḫi,

[. . .] the contempt,

[. . .] humankind.

[. . . . Do not rec]eive conspiracy to murder,

[. . .] aphasia.

[. . . . Do not let . . .] come near to me.

Establish [. . .]

[. . .] they speak [. . .].