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  • CMAwR Text 1.7

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  • Q004191
  • CMAwR vol. 1, 1.7

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  • Incantation-Ritual
  • Prescriptions for Undoing Witchcraft

An ana pišerti kišpī u māmīti prescription from Aššur

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CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.7, 1.: A rev. 22-25CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.7, 1.: A rev. 22-25
1.7.1:11.7.1:1

[ana piš]erti kišpī u māmī[ti]

(1.7.1:1) [For dispe]lling witchcraft and cur[se]: 2[... , sul]phur, atāʾ[išu-plant], 3[... ,] maštakal-soapwort - five drug[s] 4[against ...]. Incantation: “Odio[us] witchcraft”.

1.7.1:21.7.1:2

[... ki]brītu atāʾi[šu]

1.7.1:31.7.1:3

[...] maštakal ḫamšat šamm[ū]

1.7.1:41.7.1:4

[...] ÉN kišpī zēr[ūti]



Incipit Kišpū zērūtu within the ritual Muššuʾu (for an edition of the ritual tablet, see B. Böck, JNES 62, 1-16; F. Köcher, AfO 21, 15-20)Kišpū zērūtu within the ritual Muššuʾu
1.7.2:11.7.2:1

ÉN kišpū zērūtu

(1.7.2:1) The incantation “Odious witchcraft”

Prescriptions of fumigations against paralysis: Rm 265: 10′-12′ // K 7845+ obv. 13′-16′Prescriptions of fumigations against paralysis: Rm 265: 10′-12′ // K 7845+ obv. 13′-16′
1.7.3:01.7.3:0

 

(1.7.3:0)



1.7.3:11.7.3:1

šumma amēlu šimmat maruṣ atāʾišu burāšu kibrītu

(1.7.3:1) If a man is stricken with paralysis: atāʾišu-plant, burāšu-juniper, sulphur, 2šupuḫru-cedar, ‘sweet’ reed, wa[x, ca]ul fat which is around the kidneys of a ram: 3Seven drugs (as) fumigation in case of paralysis. 4You mix it [in] cedar [re]sin, [you fumi]gate him, and the incantation “Odious witchcraft” ditto (= you recite).

1.7.3:21.7.3:2

šupuḫru qanû ṭābu iškūru lipî kalīt immeri

1.7.3:31.7.3:3

sebet šammī qutāru ša šimmati

1.7.3:41.7.3:4

ina dām erēni taballal tuqattaršu u ÉN kišpū zērūti MIN



The incantation Kišpū zērūtuThe incantation Kišpū zērūtu
1.7.4:11.7.4:1

ÉN [ki]špū zērūtu itaṣṣiā ana kīdi

(1.7.4:1) Odious [sorc]eries, get out to the countryside!

1.7.4:21.7.4:2

[...] ... šimmatu ana libbi amēli

(1.7.4:2) Paralysis [(was) ...]ed in(to) a person.

1.7.4:31.7.4:3

[uštēl]i ardata ina sūn mutīša

(1.7.4:3) [It snatch]ed the girl from her husband’s lap,

1.7.4:41.7.4:4

[uštēl]i eṭla ina sūn ardati

(1.7.4:4) [it snatche]d the young man from the girl’s lap

1.7.4:51.7.4:5

u ardata ina [s]ūn eṭli

(1.7.4:5) and the girl from the young man’s lap.

1.7.4:61.7.4:6

lissu[ḫka ina zumr]i? Marduk? m[]maššu?

(1.7.4:6) May Marduk, the exorcist, remove [you from the bod]y,

1.7.4:71.7.4:7

lilūṭka [Ningi]rima bēl[et šipti]

(1.7.4:7) may [Ningi]rima, the la[dy of the incantation], imprison you!

1.7.4:81.7.4:8

atlak taṣ[î šimm]a[tu (...)]

(1.7.4:8) Go away, get o[ut, paralysis (...)]!

1.7.4:91.7.4:9

tallikī ana x [...]

(1.7.4:9) You went to ... [...],

1.7.4:101.7.4:10

ippalliski-ma eṭlu k[asû ītereb zumuršu]

(1.7.4:10) when the young man saw you, bi[nding entered his body].

1.7.4:111.7.4:11

ša innepšu eṭl[a Ea lipšur]

(1.7.4:11) [May Ea undo] what has been performed against the you[ng man],

1.7.4:121.7.4:12

u ardata ukassû [lipšur mašmaš ilī Asalluḫi]

(1.7.4:12) and (what) bound the girl, [may the exorcist of the gods, Asalluḫi, undo (it)].

1.7.4:131.7.4:13

Marduk ... [... lip]šur? ... [...]

(1.7.4:13) (Lines 13-16 too fragmentary for a continuous translation)

1.7.4:141.7.4:14

ša zumur eṭli u [ar]dati ... Ea pāši[r ...]

1.7.4:151.7.4:15

kišpīša liqqalû? ša ēpišti : ina qibīt ... [...]

1.7.4:161.7.4:16

šiptu elletu? ša? ... liballi qinna[t? ...]