More Maqlû incantations outside Maqlû
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CMAwR vol. 2, text 8.21: A | CMAwR vol. 2, text 8.21: A | |
8.21:1′8.21:1′ | [...] ... | (8.21:1′) (Line 1′ too fragmentary for translation) |
8.21:2′8.21:2′ | [...] ... tanaššī-ma | (8.21:2′) [ ... ] ... you lift up and 3′[ ... y]ou break, 4′[ ... you p]lace. |
8.21:3′8.21:3′ | [... t]aḫappi | |
8.21:4′8.21:4′ | [... taš]akkan | |
8.21:5′8.21:5′ | [ÉN ... ēpištī] u multēpištī | (8.21:5′) [Incantation: “... my sorceress] and my enchantress, |
8.21:6′8.21:6′ | ||
8.21:7′8.21:7′ | (8.21:7′) (and) reproduced [my features], | |
8.21:8′8.21:8′ | (8.21:8′) [who ma]de [a figurine of me] (and) <constrained> my limbs: | |
8.21:9′8.21:9′ | (8.21:9′) [May the sorcery that you have performed be against] yourselves, | |
8.21:10′8.21:10′ | (8.21:10′) [may the figurines you have made be] of yourselves, | |
8.21:11′8.21:11′ | (8.21:11′) [may your incantation not come n]ear to me, may <your words> not reach me! | |
8.21:12′8.21:12′ | (8.21:12′) [By the command of Marduk, lo]rd of life!” | |
8.21:13′8.21:13′ | (8.21:13′) (Lines 13′–17′ too fragmentary for translation) | |
8.21:14′8.21:14′ | [...] ⸢li? nap ši?⸣ [x] x-x mi ⸢PAP?⸣ | |
8.21:15′8.21:15′ | [...] mi | |
8.21:16′8.21:16′ | [...] mi | |
8.21:17′8.21:17′ | ||
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8.21:18′′8.21:18′′ | ||
8.21:19′′8.21:19′′ | (8.21:19′′) he[lp m]e [so that witchcraft], | |
8.21:20′′8.21:20′′ | (8.21:20′′) magic, sorcery, the [evil] machination[s of men 19′′be released] | |
8.21:21′′8.21:21′′ | (8.21:21′′) and the oath [go forth] from my body!” | |
8.21:22′′8.21:22′′ | (8.21:22′′) In[cantation: “Sulp]hur, sulphur, sulph[ur, daughter of River], | |
8.21:23′′8.21:23′′ | ||
8.21:24′′8.21:24′′ | (8.21:24′′) who[se] witches are [se]ven and [whose enemies are] sev[en]. | |
8.21:25′′8.21:25′′ | (8.21:25′′) They perfo[rmed] (witchcraft) against her, but she is not enchanted; th[ey bewitched her, but] | |
8.21:26′′8.21:26′′ | (8.21:26′′) she is not be[witch]ed. I [am pure] like the River in the mountain. | |
8.21:27′′8.21:27′′ | (8.21:27′′) O River, I have ea[ten], I have drunk, I have dressed myself, I have d[onned a headdress]. | |
8.21:28′′8.21:28′′ | (8.21:28′′) River, my bread (and) my water, [my] garmen[ts] | |
8.21:29′′8.21:29′′ | u paršiggīya dalātīya ... [...] | (8.21:29′′) and my headdresses; my doors ... [ ... ] |
8.21:30′′8.21:30′′ | (8.21:30′′) the door of my outer gate [ ... ] | |
8.21:31′′8.21:31′′ | (8.21:31′′) River, take heed (...), River ... [ ... ] | |
8.21:32′′8.21:32′′ | (8.21:32′′) before [(...)] witchcraft, [( ... )] and [(...)] sorcery [ ... ]! | |
8.21:33′′8.21:33′′ | (8.21:33′′) The incantation is not mi[ne, it is the incanta]tion of the exor[cist of the gods, Marduk].” | |
8.21:34′′8.21:34′′ | (8.21:34′′) [It is the wor]ding (of an incantation) to [undo] witch[craft]. | |
8.21:35′′8.21:35′′ | [...] ... [...] | (8.21:35′′) (Line 35′′ too fragmentary for translation) |
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8.21:36′′′8.21:36′′′ | (8.21:36′′′) [evil (and) unfavourable dream]s, sig[ns and omens], | |
8.21:37′′′8.21:37′′′ | (8.21:37′′′) defec[tive, frightening, (evil (and) unfavourable) entrail]s, (observed in) [the acts] (of extispicy), | |
8.21:38′′′8.21:38′′′ | (8.21:38′′′) [the kill]ing of the she[ep, the offering of the sacrifice], | |
8.21:39′′′8.21:39′′′ | (8.21:39′′′) and the exercise of di[vination], | |
8.21:40′′′8.21:40′′′ | (8.21:40′′′) [(the evil) that] I have [repeatedly se]en [in] the street, (or) [have stepped on] in [the outsk]ir[ts], | |
8.21:41′′′8.21:41′′′ | (8.21:41′′′) dumbn[ess, numbn]ess, waili[ng, me]nt[al] | |
8.21:42′′′8.21:42′′′ | (8.21:42′′′) and [phy]sical [i]ll health, [ ... ] ... [ ... ] | |
8.21:43′′′8.21:43′′′ | (8.21:43′′′) [wi]tch[craft], <magic>, sorcery (and) the [e]vil machinations o[f men] | |
8.21:44′′′8.21:44′′′ | (8.21:44′′′) [that] a[re in] my body, my flesh and my si[new]s: | |
8.21:45′′′8.21:45′′′ | (8.21:45′′′) [with] the water of my body and the [wa]shin[g of my hands] | |
8.21:46′′′8.21:46′′′ | [liššaḫi]ṭ-ma ana muḫḫi ... [...] ... [...] | (8.21:46′′′) [may it run o]ff and ... [ ... ] upon ... [ ... ] |
8.21:47′′′8.21:47′′′ | ||
8.21:48′′′8.21:48′′′ | (8.21:48′′′) [It is the wordin]g (of an incantation) to wash the hands. | |
8.21:49′′′8.21:49′′′ | (8.21:49′′′) (Lines 49′′′–56′′′′ too fragmentary for translation) | |
8.21:50′′′8.21:50′′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
8.21:51′′′8.21:51′′′ | [...] ⸢GIG⸣ ... [...] | |
8.21:52′′′8.21:52′′′ | [...] ... [...] | |
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8.21:53′′′′8.21:53′′′′ | [...] ... | |
8.21:54′′′′8.21:54′′′′ | [...] ... | |
8.21:55′′′′8.21:55′′′′ | [...] ... | |
8.21:56′′′′8.21:56′′′′ | [...] ... | |
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