(8.20.1:1′) ... [

(8.20.1:2′) who undoes sin, c[urse, ...

(8.20.1:3′) who undoes illness (and) dis[ease], ... [ ... ],

(8.20.1:4′) who undoes ((ev[il])) dreams, un[favourable] signs (and) omens —

(8.20.1:5′) For me through yo[ur] spell, O god, undo [my] si[n]!

(8.20.1:6′) Before Šamaš release [my] bon[d]!

(8.20.1:7′) Undo the oaths that I kept swearing all d[ay],

(8.20.1:8′) undo the [e]vil dreams that I kept seeing all ni[ght],

(8.20.1:9′) undo my warlock[’s] and m[y] witch[’s]

(8.20.1:10′) evil witchcraft (and) [m]agic!

(8.20.1:11′) I have been purified on the day of the disappearance of the moon, before Sîn and [Šamaš],

(8.20.1:12′) let me become pure like a thread of [go]ld,

(8.20.1:13′) let [my face] light up, and let me see life!” Inc[antation formula].

(8.20.1:14′) Incantation: “I have stepped on you, I am bringing you in, O ta[marisk],

(8.20.1:15′) pure tree, maštakal-soapwort (and) p[alm] shoots.

(8.20.1:16′) My depletion, my sighs (and) [my] sorrows,

(8.20.1:16′a) [ ... ], my mental (and) [physical] ill health, [the evil of]

(8.20.1:16′b) [witchcr]aft, magic, sorcery (and) [evil] machinations [of men],

(8.20.1:16′c) [the evil of] evil (and) [unfavourable dre]ams, signs (and) omens,

(8.20.1:16′d) [(as well as) of def]ec[tive, e]vil, frighteni[ng (and) unfavourable entrails]

(8.20.1:16′e) [(observed) in the killing of the sheep, the offering of the sacrif]ice, the acts (of extispicy), (as well as the evil of) p[eople’s] slander,

(8.20.1:16′f) [(and) any evil that] is pres[ent i]n my body and my house —

(8.20.1:16′g) [w]oe, alas (and) depression, the co[mplaint of the gods (against me)] —

(8.20.1:17′) may the passing day, month ((and)) year tak[e away] my evil,

(8.20.1:18′) may the coming day, month ((and)) year [bring] life [for me]!” Incantation [formula].

(8.20.1:19′) Incantation: “Ea has wrought (it), Ea has undone (it).

(8.20.1:20′) Dispelling evil, calming anger,

(8.20.1:21′) annulling a bond of evil (and) establishing goodness, O Ea, are yours.

(8.20.1:22′) I have looked at the tamarisk — may it (i.e., the evil) be undone for me.

(8.20.1:23′) I have looked at the [mašt]akal-soapwort — may it be annulled [for me].

(8.20.1:24′) I have looked at [the] palm [shoots] —

(8.20.1:25′) may the great gods remove 24′my guilt, fault, error, crime, 25′[my evil and] weakness that are affecting my body.”

(8.20.1:26′) [Incantation: “You are the water that fl]ows about all the land[s],

(8.20.1:27′) [(that) travers]es all the mount[ains],

(8.20.1:28′) [you have breached the quay (and) s]mashed the [boat].

(8.20.1:29′) [Flowing river water, water of the Ti]gris and the Eup[hrates],

(8.20.1:30′) [water of the Ocean], the w[ide se]a,

(8.20.1:31′) (line 31′ too fragmentary for translation)

(8.20.1:32′′) (lines 32′′–40′′ too fragmentary for translation)

(8.20.2:1′) [ ... ] ... G[irra]

(8.20.2:2′) [ ... Inc]antation formula.

(8.20.2:3′) You recite [ ... over ... that] are drawn with flour.

(8.20.2:4′) [Incantation: “Witch, you, who has destroyed] my whole body,

(8.20.2:5′) [you have ... m]y [ ... ], ruined my features,

(8.20.2:6′) [you have ...] me, bound me, seized me,

(8.20.2:7′) [you have ... ] me, filled me with stiffness and decay,

(8.20.2:8′) you have made me ill with [coug]h, phlegm, spittle and mucus,

(8.20.2:9′) you have taken away my [li]bido and made me angry with myself,

(8.20.2:10′) you have weakened my strength, rendered my arms limp,

(8.20.2:11′) you have bound 10′my knees, 11′made my breast and shoulder hurt,

(8.20.2:12′) you have crushed my limbs like malt,

(8.20.2:13′) you have burned my body parts like fire —

(8.20.2:14′) may Anu and Antu release you, may Enlil and Ninlil release you,

(8.20.2:15′) may Ea and Damkina release you, may Nūru and Nuska release you,

(8.20.2:16′) may Šakkan and Nissaba release you, may the Anunnaki, the great gods, release you,

(8.20.2:17′) may the underground water put you to flight!

(8.20.2:18′′) ... [ ... ]

(8.20.2:19′′) anyone, who ... [ ... ].

(8.20.2:20′′) Wording (of an incantation) ... [ ... ].

(8.20.2:21′′) Incantation: “Witch, mu[rderess, mendacious one, naršindatu-sorceress],

(8.20.2:22′′) āšiptu-sorceress, e[ššebūtu-ecstatic, snake charmer, agugiltu-sorceress],

(8.20.2:23′′) qadištu-votary, n[adītu-priestess, Ištar-priestess, kulmašītu-hierodule],

(8.20.2:24′′) stalker during the [whole day, huntress of the night],

(8.20.2:25′′) who infects the he[aven, besmirches the earth],

(8.20.2:26′′) who binds the mouth [of gods, who ties the knees of goddesses],

(8.20.2:27′′) who kills men, [who does not spare women],

(8.20.2:28′′) attacker, mutt[erer (...)],

(8.20.2:29′′) who keeps roaming [the streets (...)],

(8.20.2:30′′) against whose witchcraft (and) magic [no-one can advance] —

(8.20.2:31′′) now I have see[n you, I have seized you]!

(8.20.2:32′′) They have changed you, they have over[turned you (...)].

(8.20.2:33′′′) Let her heart be ‘short’, ... [ ... ]

(8.20.2:34′′′) Let her heart become ‘short’, [her] moo[d ... ].

(8.20.2:35′′′) Just as a (river) bank [does not come close to the (other) bank, does not approach it],

(8.20.2:36′′′) 37′′′let 36′′′her sorceries (and) [her evil (and) wicked] machinations 37′′′not come cl[ose to me, not approach me].

(8.20.2:38′′′) ... [ ... ]

(8.20.2:39′′′′) Wording (of an incantation) ... [ ... d]ate palm,

(8.20.2:40′′′′) you recite the incantation three times ... [ ... ] ... .

(8.20.2:52′′′′) [ ... ma]štakal-soapwort, [ ... ],

(8.20.2:53′′′′) [ ... ] ...