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(7.8.1:1′) (Lines 1′-7′ too fragmentary for translation)

(7.8.1:8′) [and] let me be pure [like the river in m]y mountain(s)!” Incantation formula.

(7.8.1:9′) It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.1:10′) Its ritual: You string sulphur on a cord of flax. 11'You knot seven knots (into it), 12'you recite 11'the incantation seven times 12'before Šamaš. Then you put it around his neck.

(7.8.1:13′) Incantation: 14'“The witches, the ‘mendacious ones’, 13'have come down to the land to me,

(7.8.1:15′) They call out ‘illuru’, they begin to sing.

(7.8.1:16′) They carry water of the Ocean, the wide sea,

(7.8.1:17′) they keep spilling (it) onto the streets.

(7.8.1:18′) They bind (var.: push away) the young men, they murder the girls,

(7.8.1:19′) they spread dead silence everywhere.

(7.8.1:20′) I have equipped myself against you

(7.8.1:21′) with the tiskur-plant that blocks your mouth (var.: that changes your words),

(7.8.1:22′) with the anḫullû-plant that is immune against witchcraft (var.: a spell),

(7.8.1:23′) with the ‘wood-of-release’ (var.: GAN.U₅-wood) that undoes witchcraft,

(7.8.1:24′) with ‘heals-twenty’-plant that does not allow magic to come near ((the body)),

(7.8.1:25′) with ittamir-stone that undoes the machinations of the seven witches.

(7.8.1:26′) Your witchcraft and your magic I turn into wind!” Incantation formula.

(7.8.1:27′) [It is] the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

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(7.8.2:1′) (Too fragmentary for translation)

(7.8.2:2′) a[nḫullû-plant

(7.8.2:3′) lupi[ne

(7.8.2:4′) my temple [

(7.8.2:5′) my whole body [

(7.8.2:6′) all my flesh [...], my mood and my life [...].

(7.8.2:7′) [Let] the witchcraft of my sorcerer and [my sorceress turn and]

(7.8.2:8′) g[o] to their head and [their] body, [...].

(7.8.2:9′) Sortilege, rebellion (and) evil word(s) will no[t come near me, will not approach me] —

(7.8.2:10′) at the command of Ea, Šamaš ((and)) Marduk and [the lady Bēlet-ilī.” Incantation formula].

(7.8.2:11′) [It is] the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.2:12′) Its ritual: ‘tin stone’, GAN.U₅-plant, elikulla-plant, anḫullû-plant (and) lup[ine] 13'you string on a cord of red wool. You knot seven knots (into it), you recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš, then the wi[tchcraft will be undone].

(7.8.2:14′) Incantation: “This is he, this is she:

(7.8.2:15′) she runs after me,

(7.8.2:16′) she strives to seize me!

(7.8.2:17′) In her mouth she carries evil word(s),

(7.8.2:18′) hateful magic she holds gathered in her hands,

(7.8.2:19′) her arms are full of foul wash water.

(7.8.2:20′) Having seen her the young man runs a mile (away),

(7.8.2:21′) and even she, the girl, (runs) two thirds of a mile.

(7.8.2:22′) Who is this (woman) who runs after me

(7.8.2:23′) (who) strives to seize me?

(7.8.2:24′) I have seized you with the wisdom of Ea,

(7.8.2:25′) I have stopped you with the magical procedures of the sage of the gods, Marduk.

(7.8.2:26′) I have given you to drink spittle mixed with bile,

(7.8.2:27′) like a spider I have covered your face with cobwebs.

(7.8.2:28′) Cast away the evil spittle of your mouth

(7.8.2:29′) throw down the hateful magic of your h[an]ds,

(7.8.2:30′) May your arms be rendered slack!

(7.8.2:31′) ... of the witch, the sorceress and the en[chant]ress,

(7.8.2:32′) I have i[ntercepted] the passage of my sorceress,

(7.8.2:33′) I have turned back the wi[tchcraft] of my enchantress.

(7.8.2:34′) I am taking you and shutting you up with [...],

(7.8.2:35′) I am entrusting you to the lock[ed] city gate —

(7.8.2:36′) I have di[rected] your face to a hole toward sunset,

(7.8.2:37′) I have put a weakling, a blind man, in charge of the city [gate].

(7.8.2:38′) Because you keep pursuing me with evil intention,

(7.8.2:39′) let the experts, the exorcists (and) the snake charmers

(7.8.2:40′) dispel you, then I will undo your bond!” In[cantation (formula)].

(7.8.2:41′) It is [the wo]rding (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.2:42′) Its ritual: <You make> a tongue of tallow, you drench (lit.: “have it drink”) i[t] with bile, 43'you cover its ‘face’ with cobwebs, 44'you shut it up in a hole toward sunset; 45'then you seal its opening with a seal of šubû-stone and (with a seal) of šadânu-stone.

(7.8.3:1′) (Too fragmentary for translation)

(7.8.3:2′) [p]urifier of heaven and of the subterranean ocean, day of the New Moon,

(7.8.3:3′) who undoes witchcraft (and) magic.

(7.8.3:4′) The messages (coming) during the night and all d[ay]

(7.8.3:5′) that you keep sending to me —

(7.8.3:6′) day of the New Moon, may your day of wrath overpower them!

(7.8.3:7′) I am chaff, and so I cannot be twisted together,

(7.8.3:8′) I am a pebble, and so I cannot be peel[ed].

(7.8.3:9′) Who is it that can perform [witchcraft] against sulphur

(7.8.3:10′) or can per[form] against the colocynth

(7.8.3:11′) sortilege, rebellion (and) evil word(s)?” In[cantation formula].

(7.8.3:12′) [It is] the wording (of the incantation) [to] undo witchcraft.

(7.8.3:13′) Its ritual: On the day of the New Moon 15'you bind [...]-stone, [(...)], 14'seed of the ḫuluppu-tree, chaff, su[lphur (and) colocynth] 15'into a black cloth. [You recite] the incantation seven times before [... ; then]16'you put it on his neck; and to ... [...].

(7.8.3:17′) Incantation: “You, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, are the herb that emerged in former times,

(7.8.3:18′) that undoes anything,

(7.8.3:19′) whose top above [reach]es [the sky],

(7.8.3:20′) whose roots below fill the ground.

(7.8.3:21′) The witch beheld you and her face turned pale,

(7.8.3:22′) and her ... became ... ,

(7.8.3:23′) her lips grew dark.

(7.8.3:24′) [You ...] the ... [of the witch], you break the evil bond,

(7.8.3:25′) [you are] the ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant that does not allow sortilege, [rebellion],

(7.8.3:26′) [evi]l [word(s)], hate-magic, ‘distortion-of-justice’ magic, ‘cutting-of-the-[throat’ magic],

(7.8.3:27′) [‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic] (and) confusion to co[me near] the person who applies it. [At the command of Ea], Šamaš and Marduk and the lad[y Bēlet-ilī], do not allow [her witchcraft], her [magic], evil (word)s to come near [me], [...] my witch!” (([Incantation formula])).

(7.8.3:31′) It is [the wording (of the incantation)] to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.3:32′) Its [ritu]al: You spin a cord of combed wool, you knot seven knots (into it). 33'Wherever you have made a knot, you wrap ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant in combed wool. You recite the incantation seven times over (it). 34'You put (it) [around] his [neck], then witchcraft will not approach him.

(7.8.3:35′) [Incantation: “The witch] is an agugiltu-sorceress, she is a snake charmer, she is a naršindatu-sorceress!

(7.8.3:36′) [O witch, you who] strew strewn-offerings on the first day of the month, on the seventh day, on the fifteenth day,

(7.8.3:37′) [on the ...th day, on the] evil [day], on the thirtieth day: I have sent against you the children of my fruitfulness and my plenty:

(7.8.3:38′) [anḫullû-plant, G]AN.U₅-wood, elikulla-plant, amēlānu-plant, ēdu-plant, KA.BAD-plant, AD.SAG-plant,

(7.8.3:39′) [MA.GIL-plant, t]iskur-plant, [ho]rn of a stag and nikiptu-plant, the plants from the mountain(s) and from the low land at the disposal of the sage of the gods, Marduk.

(7.8.3:40′) They will catch you in the road and strike your cheek. They will return your word to you[r] mouth.

(7.8.3:41′) My witch, they will have (the wind) carry off your strewn offerings that you have strewn during the whole year!” Incantation formula.

(7.8.3:42′) It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.3:43′) Its ritual: anḫullû-plant, GAN.U₅-wood, elikulla-plant, amēlānu-plant, ēdu-plant, KA.BAD-plant, 44'AD.SAG-plant, MA.GIL-plant, tiskur-plant, horn of a stag and nikiptu-plant: you string these plants before him on a thread; 45'you recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš. You put it around his neck, then the witchcraft will not approach [him].

(7.8.3:46′) Incantation: “I have equipped myself with ruʾtītu-sulphur, the daughter of the great gods,

(7.8.3:47′) which undoes witchcraft on the day of the New Moon 48'and cur[ses] on the vigil of the seventh day!

(7.8.3:49′) Curse, curse, I have purified you, curse!

(7.8.3:50′) Seize the young one of the ewe, the twins of the she-goat, 51'the puppies of the bitch,

(7.8.3:52′) pick up the offspring of my warlock and witch!

(7.8.3:53′) Let the curse (go) downstream, but let me (go) [upstream],

(7.8.3:54′) let my sorceress (go) to the grave, 55'but let me (go) to the light of the upper world!” In[cantation formula].

(7.8.3:56′) [It is the wo]rding (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft.

(7.8.3:57′) [Its ritua]l: You string ... . 58'[You knot] seven kno[ts], you recite [the incantation seven times before] Šamaš and put (it) around (his) neck.

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(7.8.4:1′) [Inca]ntation: “Descending, ‘tin stone’ and zalāqu-stone came down to me from heaven,

(7.8.4:2′) [on] their heads they carried dispelling rituals [(...)].

(7.8.4:3′) Tamarisk, maštakal-soapwort and date palm have released the steppe ... [...].

(7.8.4:4′) May they release me. At your feet, Išḫara, great [lady ...].

(7.8.4:5′) You have risen in heaven ... .

(7.8.4:6′) You break their bonds, [(tied) during all the days],

(7.8.4:7′) you banish their words which (they spoke) during all the years:

(7.8.4:8′) Break the bond of my sorceress and

(7.8.4:9′) [the word] of my enchantress!

(7.8.4:10′) It is we who are wise, it is we who are knowledgeable,

(7.8.4:11′) it is we who ... [...] t[o ...].”

(7.8.4:12′) [It is] the wording (of the incantation) [to] undo witchcraft.

(7.8.4:13′) Its ritual: You place a censer with burāšu-juniper before Scorpius; you li[bate] beer. 14'Pool water [you ...] in oil. You fill a kallu-bowl (with it). ‘Tin stone’, zalāqu-stone, 15'tamarisk, soapwo[rt and palm shoots] you put into (the bowl). 16'You make figurines of the warlock and of the witch of dough. 17'You take [these] stones [ou]t of the kallu-bowl; then 18'you string the ‘tin stone’ (and) the zalāqu-stone on a cord. You put it around his neck. 19'The tamarisk, [soapwor]t and palm shoots he puts in his mouth, and then he ((also)) holds (them) in his hands. Then 20'you recite this incantation before Scorpius, and 21'he chews what is in his mouth; 22'and he swings past himself what is in his hands. 23'He w[ashes himself] over the figurines of warlock and witch; [then] 24'he dissolves them in the water of the bowl and pou[rs] (it) into the river. [Then the witchcra]ft will [be undone].

(7.8.4:25′) Incantation: “I have equipped myself with magnetite, [...] ... [...]