Maqlû 4

(1) Incantation. Burn, burn, blaze, blaze!

(2) Evil and wicked one, do not enter, go away!

(3) Whoever you are, the son of whomever, whoever you are, the daughter of whomever,

(4) Who sit and repeatedly perform your sorcery and machinations against me myself:

(5) May Ea, the exorcist, release.

(6) May Asalluḫi, the exorcist of the gods, Ea’s son, the sage, divert your witchcraft.

(7) I am binding you, I am holding you captive, I am giving you over

(8) To Girra, the burner, the scorcher, the binder, the vanquisher of witches.

(9) May Girra, the burner, be joined to my side.

(10) Sorcery, rebellion, evil word, love (-magic), hate (-magic),

(11) Perversion of justice, Zikurrudâ-magic, muteness, pacification,

(12) Mood swings, vertigo, and madness

(13) You have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release.

(14) You have betrothed me to a dead person, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(15) You have h[anded m]e over to a skull, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(16) You have han[ded me] over to a ghost of (a member of) my family, [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(17) You have handed me over to the ghost of a stranger, [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(18) You have hand[ed me] over to a roaming ghost who has no one to take care of it, [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(19) You have handed me over to a ghost in the uninhabited wastelands, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(20) You have handed me over to the steppe, open country, and desert, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(21) You have handed me over to a wall and battlement, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(22) You have handed me over to the (divine) mistress of the steppe and open country, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(23) You have handed me over to a kiln, a roasting oven, a baking oven, a brazier, a ...-oven, and bellows, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(24) You have handed over figurines of me to a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(25) You have betrothed figurines of me to a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(26) You have l[ai]d figurines of me with a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(27) You have [la]id figurines of me in the lap of a dead [man], You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(28) You have buried figurines of me in the grave of a dead [man], You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(29) You have handed over figurines of me to a skull, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(30) You have immured figurines of me in a wall, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(31) You have laid figurines of me under a threshold, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(32) You have immured figurines of me in the drainage opening of a wall, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(33) You have buried figurines of me on a bridge so that crowds would trample over them, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(34) You have made a hole in a fuller’s mat (i.e., a mat that is covering water) belonging to a fuller and (therein) buried figurines of me, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(35) You have made a hole in a gardener’s channel (i.e., a channel that is full of water) and (therein) buried figurines of me, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(36) Figurines of me—whether of tamarisk, or of cedar, or of tallow,

(37) Or of wax, or of sesame pomace,

(38) Or of bit[umen, or] of clay, or of dough,

(39) Figurines, repre[sentations o]f my face and my body you have made

(40) And fed to dog(s), fed to pig(s),

(41) Fed to bir[d(s)], cast into a river.

(42) You have handed over figurines of me to Lamaštu, daughter of Anu, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(43) You have handed over figurines of me to Girra, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(44) You have laid my (funerary) water with a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(45) You have laid my water in the lap of a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(46) You have buried [my water in the g]rave of a dead man, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(47) You have buried my water [in ... (perhaps: [the waste]land)] of the earth/netherworld, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(48) You have buried my water [in ... (perhaps: [a crevice])] of the earth/netherworld, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(49) You have drawn my water in the pre[sence of the gods of the nigh]t(?), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(50) You have given over (var.: have handed over) m[y...] (perhaps: “h[air from m]y [body]” or, possibly, “[m]y [water]”) to Gilgameš, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(51) You have betrothed me to the [nether]world, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(52) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of the moon (Sîn). You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(53) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of Jupiter (Šulpaeʾa), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(54) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of Cygnus (Nimru), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(55) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of Lyra (Gula) (var.: Aquarius), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(56) [Zi]kurrudâ-magic in the presence of Leo (Urgulû), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(57) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of Ursa Major (Ereqqu), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(58) [Zi]kurrudâ-magic in the presence of Scorpio (Zuqaqīpu), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(59) Zikurrudâ-magic in the presence of Orion (Šitaddaru), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(60) [Zi]kurrudâ-magic in the presence of Centaurus (Ḫabaṣīrānu), You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(61) [Zi]kurrudâ-magic by means of a snake, a mongoose, a dormouse(?), a perurūtu-mouse, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(62) [Zi]kurrudâ-magic by means of a corpse(?), [...], Z[ikurrudâ-magic(?)] by means of “spittle” (ruḫû), [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(63) [You have fed] me bread, food, (and) fruit, (var.: [You have fed] me all kinds (of food)) You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(64) You have given me to drink water, m[ilk], beer, and wine, You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release).

(65) You have washed me with water and potash (var.: horned <potash>), [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(66) You have salved me with oil, [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(67) You have sent me gifts, [You (have performed against me, have had performed against me: may Girra release)].

(68) You have caused me to be rejected by god!, king, noble, and prince.

(69) You have caus[ed me to be rejected] by courtier, attendant, and (personnel at) the palace gate.

(70) You have caused me to be [rejected] by friend, companion, and peer.

(71) You have caused me to be rejected by father and mother, brother [(and)] sister, wife, son, and daughter.

(72) You have caused me to be [rejected] by household and city quarter, male and female servants, young and old of the household.

(73) You have made me sickening in the sight of one who beholds me.

(74) I have (now) captured you, I have (now) bound you, I have (now) given you over

(75) To Girra, the burner, the scorcher, the binder, the vanquisher of witches.

(76) May Girra, the burner, undo your bindings,

(77) Release your witchcraft, [rele]ase your scattered-offerings—

(78) By the command of Marduk, Ea’s son, the sage,

(79) and blazing Girra, Anu’s son, the warrior. TU₆ ÉN

(79a) (([It is the w]ording (of the incantation) to un[do] witchcraft.))

(80) Incantation. Whoever you are, O witch, who performs Zikurrudâ magic against me,

(81) Whether friend or companion,

(82) Whether brother or colleague,

(83) Whether ‘newcomer’ or (native) citizen,

(84) Whether acquaintance or stranger,

(85) Whether warlock or witch,

(86) Whether male or female,

(87) Whe[ther dead person o]r living person,

(88) Whether wronged man or wronged woman,

(89) Whether cultic performer or enchanter,

(90) [Whether ecstatic o]r naršindû,

(91) Whether snake-charmer or agugillu,

(92) Or whatever foreign language (speaker) that is in the country—

(93) May the Night, the veiled bride,

(94) Break their weapon and impose sleeplessness upon them. TU₆ ÉN

(94a) (([It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft: three stick]s <of cornel(?)> you rub with tallow (and) wr[ap up] with red wool.))

(95) [Incantation. My murderess, my w]itch, my sorceress(?).

(96) [Your height is that of] the heavens, your depth is th[at of the netherworld],

(97) [...] your [...] ... is that of Sub[artu],

(98) [Your ...] is that of a ... [...],

(99) [...] your [...]..., your height is that of the hea[vens],

(100) [Yo]ur [... (perhaps: depth)] is that of the netherworld,

(101) [...] your [...] is that of Suba[rtu],

(102) [Your] ... [...] is that of a [...]!

(103) I am smashing them li[ke...],

(104) I am driving(?) them away li[ke...]

(105) I am placing them in the mouth of [Girra, the burner],

(106) The scorcher, the binder, the va[nquish]er of witches. T[U6 ÉN]

(107) Incantation. Of the Sun, who is his father, wh[o is his mother],

(108) Who is his sister? He is the judge.

(109) Of the S[u]n, Sîn is his father, [Nik]kal is [his] mother,

(110) Ma[nzâ]t is his sister: He is the judge.

(111) Šamaš [destroys] the w[itchcraft], releas[es] the spittle,

(112) And she, M[anz]ât, breaks the bon[ds].

(113) (So) I destroy the witchcraft, I rele[ase] the spittle,

(114) I cause the wind! to carry off sorcery, rebellion, evil [wor]d (lit.: I send sorcery, rebellion, evil word to the wind). TE ÉN

(115) Incantation. They perform sorcery against me, they keep on performing sorcery against me.

(116) The Gutean women, the Elamite women, the Hanigalbatean women,

(117) The native women (lit.: daughters of the land) are securing bindings against me.

(118) Six are their bindings, seven are my undoings.

(119) Should they be performing sorcery against me at night, I will be releasing them all day (long),

(120) Should they be performing sorcery against me all day (long), I will be releasing them at night.

(121) I am placing them in the mouth of Girra, the (var.: my) burner,

(122) the (var.: my) scorcher, the binder, the vanquisher of witches. TU₆ ÉN

(123) Incantation. My friend is a witch; (but) I am a releaser,

(124) The witch is a witch; (but) I am a releaser,

(125) The witch is an Elamite; (but) I am a releaser,

(126) The witch is a Gutean; (but) I am a releaser,

(127) The witch is a Sutean; (but) I am a releaser,

(128) The witch is a Lullubean; (but) I am a releaser,