Anal disease, excessive salivating and dripping semen

(3.15:1′) [...] ... [...]-plant, [...] 2′[...] nuḫurtu-plant, [...]-pla[nt, ...] 3′[...] ... you put in (it). [You leave (it) out overnight] under the s[tar(s) ...].

(3.15:4′) [... n]uḫurtu-plant you pound (and) you put (it) in beer [...].

(3.15:5′) [If ditto:] You pound [ruʾtītu?-sul]phur, [...].

(3.15:6′) [If ditto: W]itchcraft has seized [that man]. Lupine: you discard the top and root, pound its middle part, [...].

(3.15:7′) [If a man] suffers from an anal disease and his stool is frequently dried out in his bowels: 8′[You p]ut 7′eme[sallu]-salt [(and) ...] 8′[either in o]x tallow or in oil. You leav[e (it) out overnight] under the star(s) [...].

(3.15:9′) [If ...] ... a[nd] is [frequ]ently dried out i[n h]is [bowels]: 10′You mix together 9′fifteen grain ašāgu-thorn powder, fifteen grain [...] pow[der] 10′[in ... (and)] a half shekel of [o]x tallow. You apply it to his anus, [then he will recover].

(3.15:11′) [If spit]tle flows excessively from a [man]’s mouth: 12′[You pound together] 11′kukru-plant, tamarisk seed, maštakal-soapwort, [...]-plant, 12′urnû-plant, nuḫurtu-plant, nīnû-plant, atāʾišu-plant, annuḫara-alum (and) [...]-stone. 13′In the night, you leave (it) out overnight before Lyra. [In the mor]ning, [you have him drink] (it) in beer on an empty stomach, [then he will recover].

(3.15:14′) If the spittle (flowing) from a man’s mouth cannot be stopped, that man is bewitched. To cu[re him]: 15′You pound together 14′[...], 15′elikulla-plant (and) maštakal-soapwort. You have [him drink] (it) in beer, [then he will recover].

(3.15:16′) If the spittle (flowing) from a man’s mouth cannot be stopped, that man is bewitched. To cure him: 17′You pou[nd] together 16′[...]-plant, [...], 17′ḫašû-plant, madder, liquorice root (and) nikiptu-plant. [...].

(3.15:18′) If a man’s saliva flows excessively from his mouth and cannot be stopped — [to cure him]: 19′You poun[d] together 18′[ḫašû-plant, atāʾišu-plant, alum], 19′tamarisk, baluḫḫu-plant, kukru-plant (and) burāšu-juniper. [You have him drink (it) in beer, then he will recover].

(3.15:20′) If a man’s saliva flows: [You ...] atartu-plant like [...].

(3.15:21′) If a man’s saliva flows when he speaks: My[rtle, suādu-plant, burāšu-juniper seed, šakirû-plant, seed of the baltu-thorn], 22′seed of the ašāgu-thorn, urnû-plant, [tīyatu-plant, alum, atāʾišu-plant, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, maštakal-soapwort, tamarisk seed], 23′dates, sikillu-plant, [andaḫšu-plant: ...] 24′[...] ... [...

(3.15:25′′) the earth and the Land of No Return. [...] his figurine from the Land of No Retu[rn ...] 26′′and his sinews. His semen, which has been wrapped in an old cloth, [...] 27′′in bed ... .” Incantation (formula). [You recite] this incantation three times over [...].

(3.15:29′′) You string 28′′kasû-carnelian, lapis lazuli, alabaster, [magnetite (and)] 29′′[iron on a co]rd of flax; [you put (it)] around [his] neck, [then he will be pure].

(3.15:30′′) [If a man has] been entrusted [to a ghost], you pound ruʾtītu-sulphur. [You have him drink] (it) in beer, [then he will recover].

(3.15:31′′) [...], aštatillu-plant, ‘dog’s tongue’, ēdu-plant, [...], 32′′[...] (and) ‘male’ [p]illû-plant. You pound these seven plants together, [...].

(3.15:33′′) [...] ... between old break in (a) leather (bag) [...]

(3.15:34′′) [...] ... [...]

(3.15:35′′) [If a man is bewitched and h]is [body] is deteriorating (and) his semen flows intermittently, [...] 36′′[..., S]AG-plant, tamarisk, sikillu-plant, tullal-plant, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, ‘heals-[twenty’]-plant [...].

(3.15:37′′) [Incantation: “My sorceress], my [encha]ntress, my kuttimmatu-sorceress, [my ...],

(3.15:38′′) [my ...], my [...], who took clay from the river [for my (figurine)],

(3.15:39′′) [who gathered in the street the dirt touched by] my feet, who scraped off [...] from the house,

(3.15:40′′) [who ...] my [...], who pulled sw[eepings of (my) house] from the garbage pit.

(3.15:41′′) [who per]formed [...] — you have destr[oyed] my features,

(3.15:42′′) [...] you studied [my] whole [appearance].

(3.15:43′′) (lines 43′′–49′′ too fragmentary for translation; see Notes)