(6.1.1:1) Lapis lazuli, ‘iron stone’, zalāqu-stone, engisû-stone, turminû-breccia, 2turminabandû-breccia, šimbizidû-mineral, ašpû-chalcedony, urīzu-stone, 3abašmû-stone, lamassu-stone, ‘light obsidian’, ‘dark obsidian’, ‘yellow obsidian’, ‘fish eye’-stone.

(6.1.1:4) These 15 stones are (suitable) for remembering forgotten (things), 5for releasing the curse of a person whose heart is knotted with sorrow; ((stones)) so that (people) 6not point 5maliciously at a man 6and not slander a man; stones so that (a man may) speak, 7be heard and be agreed with (var.: 6so that a man ... 7[...] 6in happiness), so that he obtain his desire; stones so that the heart of (var.: he be reconciled with) his god 8and his goddess be reconciled, his supplications be granted (var.: ‘be released’), ((his prayers be accepted)), 9so that his bread offerings be loved, so that his profit be restored, 10so that he obtain 9his wish; 10stones ... ; stones for thwarting the schemes of his litigant; stones so that sorrow 11not come near a man; stones for him to walk about lordly so that (any)one who sees him will be pleased 12and rejoice 11on seeing him; 12stones so that any evil 13not come near 12a man be it day or night; 13stones so that hate-magic, ‘distortion-of-justice’ magic, ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic and ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic (var.: ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic and ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic) 14not come near a man, any evil sorceries not be present in (var.: come near) the body of the man (var.: his body!); stones so that he (var.: his person) 15be honoured among ((his)) people, so that he be held in high esteem by ((his)) people, so that, wherever he goes, 16he find favour; stones so that ((his)) speech be pleasing, ((so that he prevail over)) his litigant. ((Its ritual:))

(6.1.1:17) These 15 stones 18you string 17on a cord of flax, ((on)) a cord of red wool, (and) ((on)) a cord of 18blue wool. Sikillu-plant, ‘wood-of-release’, anḫullû-plant, imbuʾ tâmti-mineral, 19lupine: 20you wrap 19these five plants in seven wads of red wool 20between them (i.e. the stones). On both sides of the stones you knot tamarisk (([bet]ween them)). 21Atāʾišu-plant, kurkanû-plant, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, [tam]arisk, cypress: 22you put these ((five)) 21plants 22into pūru-bowl oil and aromatic oil. Then you ... them; 23you apply them (var.: 22[...] 22aYou recite these [in]cantations three times over the stones. 23You place [...] ... his house). You purify the stones; you leave (them) out overnight before Venus and the (the star) ... . 24You set up a censer with burāšu-juniper; you pour a libation of beer. The incantation “I am in favour, I am in favour” (var.: “My god, be favourable”), 25the incantation “Accept my prayer!”, the incantation “This spell of yours”, 26the incantation “It has changed the brightness”, the incantation “Pure river bank, pure river bank”: 27you recite 26these incantations three times 27over ((the stones)) (and) put (the necklace) around his neck. Wherever he goes, he will find favour, everything 28he orders, will be ordered. His god will always accompany that man as his helper. 29He will find approval. Any evil will not approach him, that man 30will walk about 29in contentment, 30he will defeat his enemies; ((and that man will prevail over his litigant.))

(6.1.1:31) These stones are according to Taqīš-Gula. 32It is a secret 31of Lu-Nanna 32and Taqīš-Gula.

(6.1.1:33) Incantation: “My god, be favourable! My god, be favourable! My goddess, undo (my) sin!

(6.1.1:34) May she release 33the bound state of (my) heart.” 34Incantation formula.

(6.1.1:35) Incantation: “This spell of yours is favourable.

(6.1.1:36) May it set your favour aright 35by the command of Asalluḫi, 36by the command of Ningirima, (may) it (set aright) the destruction in his heart!

(6.1.1:37) May it release the anger of the god!

(6.1.1:38) May it release 37the anger of my goddess! 38May it release witchcraft (and) sorcery!” Incantation formula.

(6.1.1:39) Incantation: “It has changed the brightness, may it relent, your angry heart, may your temper 40become relaxed, O Gula, exalted queen,

(6.1.1:41) it is you who 40creates the people, who provides 41portion(s) and food offerings! Be present at my judgment 42so that I may prosper through your judgment! With regard to the witchcraft, magic, 43sorcery (and) evil machinations of my litigant: May his (var.: their) evil sorceries 44turn upon them like a trap and go to their head 45and the[ir body]! Let me, your exhausted servant, live;

(6.1.1:46) let me proclaim [you]r [greatness], let me praise your glory!” Incantation formula.

(6.1.1:47) [Incantation: “Pur]e [river bank], pure river bank, exorcism, I am lifted (from) a pure place. Pure river bank, pure river bank, I am lifted from the water!” Incantation formula.

(6.1.1:48) [Incantation: “Accept] my [prayer]! Accept my prayer! My god, accept my prayer! My goddess, accept my prayer!

(6.1.1:49) [From] m[y c]ity-god, from my goddess, my lady, may the bound state of (your) heart be undone!” Incantation formula.

(6.1.1:50) Incantation: “Favourable, favourable! His word is magnificent. My goddess is favour[able! My goddess is favourable!] [My god is favourable! My god is favourable!]

(6.1.1:51) The king is favourable! The king is favourable! My king is favourable! My king is favourable! The kings are favourable! The kings are favourable! The magnate is fav[ourable! The magnate is favourable!] [The judge is favourable!] 52The judge is favourable! My judge is favourable! My judge is favourable! The judges are favourable! The judges [are favourable!” Incantation formula.]

(6.1.1:53) Incantation: “Pure river bank, pure river bank, exorcism that comes from a pure place, in his pure water. Pu[re] river bank, pure river bank!” Incantation formula.]

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(6.1.2:1) Alabaster, ašgigû-stone, ayyartu-shell, 2‘male copper stone’, emesallu-salt, ḫilibû-stone, 3magnetite, ‘gold stone’, ‘dark obsidian’:

(6.1.2:4) Nine stones against ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic.

(6.1.2:5) [... . You recite the incantation “In the sanct]uary of the subterranean ocean, where everything gro[ws” over (it). You put (it) around his neck].

(6.1.2:6) Incantation: “In the sanctuary of the subterranean ocean, where everything grows, Enki, the lord of the subterranean ocean, (decrees)

(6.1.2:7) that Asalluḫi cut off ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’,

(6.1.2:8) that the lord of abundance cut off ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’,

(6.1.2:9) the evil ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’,

(6.1.2:10) that Asalluḫi, the exorcist of the subterranean ocean,

(6.1.2:11) dispel the bound state of the heart, cut off ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’!” Incanta[tion for]mula.

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(6.1.3:1) Carnelian, lapis lazuli, ‘yellow obsidian’, mekku-stone, 2egizangû-stone, pappardilû-stone, papparminû-stone, 3lamassu-stone, šimbizidû-mineral, ašpû-chalcedony, 4magnetite, turminû-breccia, abašmû-stone:

(6.1.3:5) Thirteen stones, if a man has acquired an adversary.

(6.1.3:5a) ((You string (these stones) on a cord of flax (and) you put it around his neck. 5bYou recite the incantation “It has changed the brightness” over (it).))

(6.1.3:6) Ašpû-chalcedony that shows a crescent, carnelian, lapis lazuli, 7pappardilû-stone, ayyartu-shell, zibtu-shell, 8magnetite, ‘bent’ šubû-stone, marḫallu-stone, 9e[ng]isû-stone, egizangû-stone, 10‘fish e[ye]’-stone, ‘silver stone’, ‘gold stone’, billu-stone:

(6.1.3:11) Fifteen stones for thwarting the schemes of his opponent,

(6.1.3:12) ((and)) for undoing ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic.

(6.1.3:12a) ((You string (these stones) on a thread of flax (and) you put it around his neck.))

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(6.1.4:1′) [... magn]etite, [...]-stone, 2′[...], engisû-stone, 3′[...] ‘stag’s [ho]rn’, 4′‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, ‘heals-twenty’-plant, lupine, 5′algam[ešu-stone], mūṣu-stone, zalāqu-stone:

(6.1.4:6′) Twenty-two st[one]s, so that witchcraft not come near a man. 7′You put (them) on a cord (var.: thread) of flax around his neck.

(6.1.4:8′) ‘Scorpion’-stone, ‘blood’-stone, ‘iron stone’, ‘tin stone’:

(6.1.4:9′) Four stones so that witchcraft not come near a man. 10′Who has answered you “No”, will answer you “Yes”.

(6.1.4:11′) Abašmû-stone, zalāqu-stone, asḫar-stone, sangilmud-stone, 12′ašpû-chalcedony, SAL.LA-stone, ‘ox-dung’, kapāṣu-shell, 13′ayyartu-shell, zibītu-shell (var.: zibītu-shell and ayyartu-shell):

(6.1.4:14′) Ten stones for undoing witchcraft.

(6.1.4:15′) ((You string)) (these stones) on a cord of white wool (var.: thread of flax), you put (it) around his neck.

(6.1.4:16′) Muššaru-stone, engisû-stone, turminû-breccia, 17′turminabandû-breccia, pindû-stone, saḫḫû-stone, 18′piriggunû-stone, aban baḫrê-coral, [...]-stone, 19′carnelian, anzaḫḫu-glass, ḫuluḫḫu-glass, [...]-stone, 20′kibrītu-sulphur, a cut of ēru-wood: (for) a de[ranged state of mind].

(6.1.4:21′) Egizangû-stone, engisû-stone, pappardilû-stone, ‘fish eye’-stone:

(6.1.4:22′) Four stones for undoing witchcraft. ((You string (them) on a red wire.))

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(6.1.5:1) Male sû-stone, female sû-stone: Two (stones) ditto. ‘Iron stone’, ‘copper stone’: Two stones ditto.

(6.1.5:2) ‘Silver stone’, ‘gold stone’: Two stones ditto. (In total) 52 stones, sixth ṭurru-string.

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(6.1.6:1) ‘Silver stone’, ‘gold stone’, ḫulālu-stone (var.: lapis lazuli), muššaru-stone, 2ašgigû-stone, SAL.LA-stone, ‘ox-dung’, 3‘tin stone’, ‘iron stone’, anzaḫḫu-glass, kibrī[tu]-sulphur, 4a seal of [pi]ndû-stone:

(6.1.6:5) [Tw]elve stones for undoing sorceries that have been performed against him: 6[So that] they not come near [the m]an; 7so that his sin be dispelled; 8so that evil repute not [come near] the man; 8a[so that ... not come near] the man.

(6.1.6:9) Lapis lazuli, ‘silver stone’, ‘gold stone’, carnelian, ayyartu-shell: 10Five stones, if figurines of a man have been handed over to a dead person; ... [...].

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(6.1.7:1) Magnetite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, anḫullû-plant, cedar, 2‘dark obsidian’, ‘iron stone’, anzaḫḫu-glass:

(6.1.7:3) Seven stones for ((undoing)) curse and witchcraft; 4so that ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, ‘distortion-of-justice’ magic not come near a man. 5You put (these stones) on a cord of blue wool around his neck.

(6.1.7:6) Mūṣu-stone, egizangû-stone, ‘scorpion’-stone, ‘heals-twenty’-plant:

(6.1.7:7) Four stones ((including)) one plant so that witchcraft ((and)) curse 8not come near a man. You string (these stones) on a cord of red wool (and) [whi]te wool. 9You knot three knots; whenever you make a knot, 10you recite the incantation “Kakib kakib”. You put (it) around his neck.

(6.1.7:11) [Incantation]: “[K]a[ki]b, <kakib>, (by) the king, kak[kib]!

(6.1.7:12) [(By) the king kanakib]! You are adjured (by) the king!

(6.1.7:13) (By) the [ex]alted, great [lord], king of the god[s],

(6.1.7:14) (by) Marduk you are adjured! [Dispel!] May [the evi]l not come near me!” [In]cantation (formula).

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(6.1.8:1) Ḫilibû-stone, ašgigû-stone, engisû-stone, anzaḫḫu-glass, 2marḫallu-stone, ‘night’-stone, alabaster, egizangû-stone, 3imbuʾ tâmti-mineral, (yā)nibu-shell, [...]-stone, ḫulālu-stone, 4kapāṣu-shell, zibītu-shell, zibtu-shell, ...-stone, 5ruʾtītu-sulphur: Seventeen stones against witchcraft.