Names

  • CMAwR Text 10.1

Numbers

  • Q004234
  • CMAwR vol. 1, 10.1

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Details

  • Incantation-Ritual
  • Rituals against zikurudu and Other Special Types of Witchcraft

Fragment of a collection of zikurudû therapies

Obverse
CMAwR vol. 1, text 10.1: ACMAwR vol. 1, text 10.1: A
11

šumma amēlu šerʾān imitti u šumēli uštabbalū dāma ina pîšu ... [...]

(1) If a man’s veins of the right and of the left sides ... , he [...] blood from his mouth, 2(and) miḫḫu-liquid flows for three days, (then) [sorceries have been performed] against that man before Ursa Majo[r]. 3If it lasts for ten days, he will die ‘hand’ of ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, [he will die]. 4To save him from the ‘hand’ of ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic: At night, in (a demeanour of) ‘bowing of the leg’, you set up a reed hut on the roof before Ur[sa Major]. 5In the reed hut you erect standard(s) in the four cardinal directions; [you set up] the holy water ve[ssel]. 6You draw its (i.e., the reed hut’s) boundaries with a flour circle. Inside the reed hut 7you decorate the ‘horn’ of (each) standard 6with red woo[l (and) blue wool]. 7That man [d]o[ns] a clean garment. 8The exorcist takes him by the right hand and leads hi[m] into the reed hut. [...] 9You cover a reed altar (with a cloth), you [strew] dates (and) fine flour. [...]. 10You set up a one-litre vessel of wine (and) a one-litre vessel of water. Before Ur[sa Major ...],

22

miḫḫa šalāšat ūmī illakū ana amēli šuāti ana maḫar Ereqq[i ipšū epšūšu]

33

ana ešeret ūmī īrik-ma imât qāt zikurudê [imât]

44

ana qāt zikurudê eṭērīšu ina mūši ina kamāš šēpi šutukka ina ūri ana maḫar E[reqqi tanaddi]

55

ina libbi šutukki urigalla ana šārī erbetti tuzaqqap agu[bbâ tukān]

66

zisurrâ itâtīšu teṣṣer libbi šutukki tabarr[a uqnâti?]

77

qaran [u]rigalli tullaḫ amēlu ṣubāta zakâ [i]l[tabbaš]

88

imittašu āšipu iṣabbat-ma ana libbi šutukki ušerrebš[u ...]

99

napṭara? tasaḫḫap-ma suluppī sasqâ ta[sarraq ...]

1010

1 qa karāni 1 qa tukān ana maḫar E[reqqi ...]

1111

umma šū-ma dayyānāti dīnī dīnī pur[ussâya pursī ē tamḫurī]

(11) he (says) thus: “You are the judge, judge my case, [render] a ve[rdict for me! Do not accept] 12evi[l] sorcerous devices! At your command ... [...]. 13He says (it); the [...] a libation ... [...] 14will not approach the man [...].

1212

upīšē lemnūt[i i]na qibītīki ... [ ... ]

1313

iqabbī-ma maqqītu ... [ ... ]

1414

ana amēli ul iṭeḫḫûšu [ ... ]



1515

šumma amēlu binâtūšu itt[anašpakā ... ]

(15) If a man’s limbs are constantly ‘p[oured out’, ...], 16he keeps retching (and) v[omiting, ...], 17the heel of his right (foot) causes [him a stinging pain, (then) sorceries have been performed against that man; (he will recover)]. 18So that the evil sorceries [do not approach (that)] man: [You fill a kallu-bowl with water, and] 19to his reflection that [is] inside the kallu-bowl [he speaks as follows; (thus he says): “You are my reflection], 20you are my vigour, you are [my] vita[lity, ...], 21you are my great reflection, you are [my] vit[al force! Do not accept witchcraft, do not accept sorcerous devices], 22do not accept murder, do not accept ‘cut[ting-of-the-throat’ magic, ...], 23do not accept the magical machinations and the evi[l] bonds! [You are mine, and I am yours. May nobody know you], 24[and] may no evil approach you. By the comma[nd of Ea, Šamaš, Marduk and the queen Bēlet-ilī]!” 25[When] you have said [t]his, ... [...] 26[...] gypsum for him to crush ... [...]

1616

libbašu iʾtanâš ī[tanarru ... ]

1717

asīd imittīšu u[zaqqassu ana amēli šuāti ipšū epšūšu (iballuṭ)]

1818

ana ipšī lemnūti ana amēli [(šuāti) ṭeḫê kalla tumallā-ma]

1919

ana ṣillīšu ša libbi kalli [kīam iqabbī-ma (umma šū-ma) attā ṣillī]

2020

attā bāštī attī la[massī ... ]

2121

attā ṣillī rabû attā š[ēdī ē tamḫur kišpī ē tamḫur upīšī?]

2222

ē tamḫur šaggaštu ē tamḫur n[akās napišti ... ]

2323

ē tamḫur upīšī u riksī lemnūt[i attā yāʾu anāku mamman ay ilmadka]

2424

[u? mi]mma lemnu ay iṭḫiakka ina qib[īt Ea Šamaš Marduk u rubāti Bēlet-ilī]

2525

[kīma a]nniam taqtabû ... [ ... ]

2626

[...] gaṣṣa? ana marāqīšu ... [ ... ]

2727

[...] tab-bi [ ... ]

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