BID, pls. 1-4[via caspo]

(o 1) If the hand of a ghost has seized a man, epilepsy has seized [him], [. . . ], the Sagḫulḫaza-demon has seized him, Lugal-ur[ra has seized him, . . .], the hand of a goddess has seized him, the hand of an oat[h has seized him, . . .], the evil Alû-demon has enveloped him, mania [has seized him, . . .], fury, rage, anger of [. . .], his ears ring, [he is constantly] in distres[s, . . .], he constantly talks to himself, [. . .], he does not follow through with his intentions (lit. speaking and changing beset him), [he] consta[ntly experiences] losses, he is beset] with fear at night (and) daz[e] all day long, conflict in (his) house (and) arguments in the street beset him, [he is displeasing] to [those who look upon him], a curse from the mouth of many people beset him, he considers foolish thoughts against [(his personal) goddess]: Concerning that man, the anger of the (personal) god and (personal) god[dess (. . .)]. To release (the anger) so that his [ap]prehension does not overtake him and these sicknesses [are removed] from his body:

(o 14) You <bring> one measure of a loaf (baked on) [co]als to the sheepfold of the shepherd <and> give (it) <to the shepherd>. You buy a female virgin kid (and) feed it [. . .] all day. At night, you sweep the roof; you sprinkle pure water. In front of Ishtar you set [up] a portable altar. You strew [. . . (and) fi]ne flour. You set out mirsu-cakes of honey (and) ghee. [. . .] a censer of juniper. [. . .] In front of Gula, [. . .] on top of a table one measure of a loaf (baked on) coals (and) a loaf of emmer. You set up [a censer of juni]per. You libate beer. You hold up a scale. [. . .] the hair from its (i.e., the kid's) forehead and [its] frin[ge]. You weigh (the hair) on the scale. You put an assinnu-official in place. He perfo[rms] his cultic lament. You slaughter [the virg]in [female kid] (and) roast (its) heart. You remove (its) skin and se[t] (it) alongside the ritual assemblage. [The sick man] raises his [hand] and recit[es] the incantation "you (are) Kilili" three times.

(o 22) [Incantation: You] (are) Kilili who leans in through the windows,

(o 23) [Wisest of the w]ise, who ha[s] the people's concerns in mind,

(o 24) [Who selects] the wedding [house], who makes the young woman come forth from [her] bedroom,

(o 25) [I (am) so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so] (and) whose (personal) goddess (is) so-and-so, whom hardship has encountered; and (now) [I] knee[l] before you.

(o 26) [. . . , a censer of jun]iper (and) resin—a plea[sing] fragrance.

(o 27) [. . . I have] strewn for you a pure ration of salt and flour. [May] your divinity [accept] (them).

(o 28) [I libated for you] mixed billu-beer (and) sweet kurun[nu]-beer.

(o 29) [I have s]elected (and) presented to you a pure female kid, worthy of [your] divinity,

(o 30) [from the shepherd] Dumuzi. I removed its heart (and) bur[ned] (it) before you,

(o 31) Which people have always done [since former] days. In (my) hand . . . . has encountered(?) [. . .]

(o 32) [I have set] up (lit. made) a scale for (determining) weight. [I have placed] the hair of my forehead and the hem (of) my (garment) for the weig[ht].

(o 33) [As for me], your servant, whom you, most exalted lad[y], have cared for,

(o 34) You have made my [limbs] limp(?), great Ishtar. The exorcist has wiped me clean before [you].

(o 35) [With a censer, a tor]ch, (and) a loaf (baked on) coal he has purified me. With an agubbû-vessel may I be pur[e] before you.

(o 36) [May] your [as]sinnu-official [stand] and bear away my hardship. The illness that has seized me may he send [out] the window!

(o 37) [May he send out] my body's [na]kmu and nakimtu. May he carry off the stiffness (and) lubāṭu-disease of my flesh.

(o 38) [The illness in my body] is as dense(?) as a cloud. Rip out any evil, any unpleasant thing from my body!

(o 39) [Assign] my illness, O my lady, to one who does not fear [you]!

(o 40) [Your assertion of mercy (lit. "your 'enough!'"), O] Ishtar, lady of the lands, belongs to you, O Ish[tar].

(o 41) [When] the sick [man] has recited [this] in front of Ishtar, the exorcist [lifts up] the skin of the virg[in] female kid [and] recite[s] "[O] queen Ishtar, great lady" three times.

(o 43) [Incantation: O que]en [Ishtar], great lady, may the heavens (and) Apsu rejoice [on account of you]!

(o 44) May [Anu, Enlil, and] Ea gree[t] your great divinity!

(o 45) May [the gods of the heavens and eart]h appeas[e] your heart!

(o 46) [. . . the female] kid, I have flayed its skin. Any evil, any unpleas[ant] thing,

(o 47) [. . .] witchcraft [. . .]

(o 50) [When you have recited this three times, . . . lo]af [that (was) in front of Gula . . .] you make him go out the (city) gate.

(o 52) [. . .]. You ta[n . . . in milk] of a yellowish-colored [goat] and flour. [. . .] You soak [. . . in (freshly ?) pres]sed [grape juice] and [. . .] the surface(?) of the skin [. . .] treatment of this sick person.

(o 56) (Incantation): [O milk] of a yellowish-colored [goat], which [was born] in the pure fold of the shepherd Dumuzi,

(o 58) [May] the shepherd [give you go]at [milk] with his [pure] hands.

(o 60) [Be mixed into the skin] of the virgin [female k]id.

(o 61) [May Kusu, the high priest] of Enlil, [tan (the skin) with his] pure hands.

(r 1') [. . .] and fl[our . . .]

(r 3') [. . .] the pure oil, the fi[ne] oil.

(r 4') [Rub] (it into) the skin of the [virgin] female [kid].

(r 5') Marduk, son of [Eridu, has cast the incantation].

(r 6') Ningirima, lady of the agub[bû-vessel, made (it) pure (and) holy (lit. bright)].

(r 7') [The wording for rubbing the fat of a pu]re [cow] (and) ghee (into) the skin of a female kid.

(r 9') (Incantation): [Madder], the pure [wood], which has spro[uted] from (lit. built, created in) the mud-brick wall,

(r 11') May [. . .], the great [. . .] of Anu, gi[ve] (i.e., the madder) with his pure hands.

(r 12') Ta[ke] the alum.

(r 13') [Soak] (it) in pressed grape juice.

(r 15') May Kusu, the high priest of Enlil, ta[n] (the skin) with his pure hands.

(r 16') Marduk, son of Eridu, has cast the incantation.

(r 17') Ningirima, lady of the agubbû-vessel, made (it) pure (and) holy (lit. bright).

(r 18') Nammu, the great mother, set (it) in the place of life(?).

(r 19') The wording for dying the skin of a female kid with madder, alum, and pressed grape juice.

(r 20') Incantation: O Ishtar, lady of the heavens (and) the earth, may the heavens and the earth rejoice on your account.

(r 21') May the gods, who dwell in Ekur and the Apsu, make your heart glad.

(r 22') You are the celestial luminary. Your holy (lit. pure) name

(r 23') may Sin make (as) bright as the light (that illumines) the boundary of the heave[ns].

(r 24') You bear the throwing stick, the holy establisher of order.

(r 25') I have taken (my) stand before [you] for a tr[ue and(?)] just judgment.

(r 26') Te[ar . . .] my [well-b]eing. May my freedom be established (lit. may they establish my freedom) in [your] presence.

(r 27') May [my sin be absolved]. May my constraint become [loo]se.

(r 28') [. . .] (that) I may have author[ity] over offspring, (and that) I may prai[se] your greatness

(r 29') (And) proclaim [the praises] of your great [divini]ty to the teemi[ng] (people)!

(r 30') [The wording of] a lifted-hand prayer to Ishtar.

(r 31') [Its ritual]: You slaughter a female virgin kid (and) roast (its) heart.

(r 32') [If a man . . .] him(?): (Put) chaff (lit. the excrement of Nisaba), sulphur, the seed of colocynth(?), [the dust from the threshold of an] outer [gate], the hair of a black dog in a leather (pouch) (lit. in a skin).

(r 34') [If a man does not follow through] with his intentions (lit. [speaking and] changing beset him), a finger of evil is extended behind him. [(His personal) god and goddess] are angry with him. (In order) to make his (personal) god and his (personal) goddess be at peace with him, [(Put) . . . a spr]ig of madder, ataʾishu-plant, emesallu-salt, (and) aprushu-plant in a leather (pouch) (lit. in a skin).

(r 37') [If man . . .] ditto(?), a ghost of the steppe has overtaken him. He constantly seizes his right eye, his cheek, [and(?)] his [. . .]. When it has afflicted him, for seven days you set up in a reed hut [. . .] . . . , a lock/curl(?) of the hair of a white and black virgin female goat, [(you wrap up ?) . . .], you perform the [exor]cism for him for seven days. You say to Ishum [. . . ] fourteen(?) days to [. . .]. You set out a mirsu-cake, [m]iḫḫu-beer, (and) bread, you recite the incantation "yo[u . . .] goddess of the house," and [he will recover].

(r 43') [If] a ghost has seized a man or the Sagḫulḫaza-demon has seized him.

(r 44') Written according to its original and checked. Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of the land of Ashur,

(r 45') To whom Nabu and Tashmetu gave wide understanding,

(r 46') (Who) has achieved enlightened eyes with regard to the highest level of the scribal a[rt],

(r 47') [Which] art none among the kings who came before me [had learned],

(r 48') [The wisdom] of Nabu, cuneiform si[gns], as many as [there are. . . .]

(r 52') Who[ever ...]

(r 53') [. . .] A[shur . . .]

(r 54') [. . . his] name [. . . ]