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THE NINE TABLETS OF THE RITUAL
MAQLU
[TABLET I]
5.
10.
15.
20.
25.
30.
N al-si-ku-nu-i ilime mu-i-ti

it-ti-ku-nu al-si mu-i-tum kal-la-tum
ku-tm-tum
al-si ba-ra-ri-tum qab-li-tum u na-ma-ritum
- fkaaptu -ka-ip-an-ni
e-li-ni-tum ub-bi-ra-an-ni
ili-ia5 distar-ia5 -is-su- eli-ia5
I have called upon you, Gods of Night,

with you I have called upon Night, the
Veiled Bride,
I have called on Twilight, Midnight, and
Dawn,
Because a sorceress has bewitched me,
a cunning woman has accused me,
caused my God and my Goddess to be
estranged from me;
I have become pathetic to those who see me,
el a-me-ri-ia5 am-ru-us a-na-ku
im-di-ku la sa-la-lu ma ur-ra
I am unable to rest day or night
qu- im-ta-na-al-lu- p-ia
and a gag continually filling my mouth
has kept food far from my mouth,
-pu-un-ti pi-ia5 ip-ru-su
mme ma-ti-ti-ia5 -mat-tu-
has lessened the water passing through my
throat;
e-li-li nu-bu- hi-du-ti si-ip-di
my praise has become lament, my rejoicing,
mourning:
i-zi-za-nim-ma ilime rabutime i-ma-a
stand by me Great Gods, give heed to my
da-ba-bi
suit,
di-ni di-na a-lak-ti lim-da
judge my case, grant me a decision.
e-pu-u salam amelkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 I have formed a figure of my sorcerer and
my sorceress,
e-pi-ia5 u mu-te-pi-ti-ia5
of my enchanter and my enchantress;
-kun ina ap-li-ku-nu-ma a-dib-bu-ub
have laid them in the fire for you to bring me
di-ni
a Judgement;
- i-pu- lim-ni-e-ti i-te-'-a la babecause she did evil against me, false charges
na-a-ti
she conjured up against me:
i-i li-mut-ma a-na-ku lu-ub-lut
may she die, but I live!
ki-pu- ru-huru-s-u- lip-pa--ru
Her bewitchments, her magick, her spells
must be undone!
is
bnu lil-lil-an-ni qim-ma-t a-ru-
The Tamarisk, tall at the crown, purifies me!
is
giimmaru lip-ur-an-ni ma-hi-rat ka-lu- The Datepalm frees me, that which catches
ru
all the wind, frees me!
am
matakal li-bi-ban-ni irsitimtim ma-la-a- The matakal makes me shining, which fills
ta
the Earth;
ternatu lip-ur-an-ni e-am ma-la-a-ta
The Pine-cone frees me, that which is full of
seeds.
ina mah-ri-ku-nu e-te-lil ki-ma amsassati
In front of you I became light, as light as
grass;
e-te-bi-ib az-za-ku ki-ma la-ar-di
I am shiny and pure, like narden-grass.
The spell of the sorceress is hateful;
tu-- fkaapti li-mut-te
tu-ur-rat amt-sa ana p- lin- qalet her word come back in her mouth, let
as-rat
her tongue be tied!
in el ki-pi- lim-ha-su-i ilime mu-i
Let the Gods of the Night overcome her
ti
spell!
3 massartime mu-i lip-u-ru
Let the three night-watches dissolve her
ru-hi- lim-nu-ti
evil spell!
p- lu- lip lin- lu- tbtu
Let her mouth be talc, let her tongue be salt,
which spoke the baneful magick formula, let
iq-bu- amt limuttimtim-ia5 ki-ma lip
lit-ta-tuk
it disintegrate like talc!
35.
40.
45.
i-pu- ki-pi ki-ma tbti li-har-mit

qi-is-ru- pu-ut-tu-ru ip-e-tu-
hul-lu-q
kal a-ma-tu- ma-la-a sra
ina qi-bit iq-bu- ilime mu-i-tum TU6 N
The magick she did, let it dissolve like salt!

Her knots are undone, her machinations are
destroyed,
all her words fill the steppe,
upon this command that the Gods of the
Night have given! Incantation
formula.
N irsitumtum irsitumtum irsitumtum-ma

d
gilgame bl ma-mi-ti-ku-nu
min-mu- at-tu-nu te-pu- ana-ku i-di
min-mu- ana-ku ip-pu-u at-tu-nu ul
ti-da-a
min-mu- fkaapatime-ia5 ip-pu- e-ga-a
pa-ti-ra pa-ir l irai TU6.N
Incantation. O Earth, Earth, yes Earth!

Gilgame is the master of your curses!
What you have ensorcelled, I know it;
what I have ensorcelled, you do not know it.
N ali-ia5 zab-ban ali-ia5 zab-ban
Incantation. My city Zabban! My city

Zabban!
My city Zabban has two gates:
one to its east, the second to its west.
One to its sunrise, one to its sunset.
ali-ia5 zab-ban 2-ta abullatime-

1-it ana sit dami -ni-tu ana erib dami
1-it ana si-it damii -ni-tu ana e-rib
d
amii
a-na-ku e-ra ha-as-ba ammatakal na--ku I am lifting toward you the bloom of
matakal-weed;
a-na ilime ame mme a-nam-din
to the Gods of the sky I bring water.
kma ana-ku ana ka-a--nu ul-la-lu-ku-nu- As I do clean you
i
so clean me! Incantation formula.
at-tu-nu ia-a-i ul-li-la-in-ni TU6.N
50.
N ak-la ni-bi-ru ak-ta-li ka-a-ru
55.
ak-li ip-i-i-na ka-li-i-na ma-ta-a-ti

d
a-nim u an-tum i-pu-ru-in-ni
man-nu lu-u-pur a-na dbe-lit sri
ana p lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 i-di-i
hur-gul-li
i-di-i ipat-su apqal ilime dmarduk
lil-sa-ki-ma la tap-pa-li-i-na-a-ti
liq-ba-nik-ki-ma la ta-im-me-i-na-a-ti
60.
What my sorceresses have ensorcelled is

loose, and nobody can undo it, it has
no undoer! Incantation formula
lu-ul-si-ki-ma a-pu-ul-in-ni
lu-qu-ba-ki-ma i-min-ni ia-a-ti
ina q-bit iq-bu-u da-nim an-tum u dbe-lit
sri TU6.N
N ap-ra-ku al-lak '--ra-ku a-dib-bu-ub
a-na li-it lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 dasarl-du10 bl a-i-pu-ti i-pur-an-ni
am qu-la irsitimtim i-ma-a
nri qu-la-ni na-ba-li i-ma-a amtsu
Incantation. I have barred the river-crossing,

I have barred the harbor,
I held back the magick spells of all countries;
Anu and Antu have sent me.
Whom should I send to Belit-seri?
In the mouth of my warlock and my witch
stuff a gag!
through the incantation of the Sage of the
Gods, Marduk!
They should call you, but dont answer them;
they should address you, but dont listen to
them.
Should I call you, answer me;
Should I address you, listen to me,
to the order that Anu, Antu and Belet-seri
have given! Incantation formula.
Incantation. I am sent, I go; I am ordered, I
speak;
against my warlock and witch Asalluhi, the
Master of the Art of Incantations, has
sent me.
Be aware of what is in the sky! Notice what
is on the Earth!
Be aware of what is in the river! Take notice
of the word of what is on the land!
65.
aru na-zi-qu tur-ru-uk e tal-lik

gihatti u gimar-te-e tur-ru-uk e tal-lak
li-iz-zi-iz har-ra-an mrat ilime ra-butime
70.
75.
80.
85.
90.
95.
a-di a-mat lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 aqab-bu-

uu i-pa--ar immeru i-pa--ar
a-mat-su-nu lip-pa-ir-ma a-ma-ti la ippa--ar
a-mat a-qab-bu- a-mat-su-nu ana pn
amti-ia5 l iparrik
ina qi-bit dasari-l-du10 bl a-i-pu-ti TU6.
N
N dnusku an-nu-tum salmnime e-pi-ia5
an-nu-ti salmnime e-pi-ti-ia5
salmnime lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5
salmnime e-pi-ia5 u mu-te-pi-ti-ia5
Wind that is the carrier of the Stick and

Hammer, strike it!
The image of the Stick is broken, strike it!
Let them stand on the Way of the Daughter
of the Great Gods
until I speak the word of my warlock and my
witch.
The lamb will free! The sheep will free!
Their word may be loosed, but my word will
not be loosed.
The word that I speak, their word cannot
impede it!
Upon the order of Asalluhi, the Master of the
Art of Incantations! Incantation
formula.
Incantation. These images of my sorcerer,

these images of my sorceress;
these images of my warlock and my witch,
these images of my sorcerer and my
enchantress,
salmnime sa-hir-ia5 u sa-hir-ti-ia5
these images of my stupifier and my
stupifyress,
salmnime ra-hi-ia5 u ra-hi-ti-ia5
these images of my bewitcher and my
bewitchress,
salmnime bl ik-ki-ia5 u blit ik-ki-ia5
these images of my lord opponent and my
lady opponent,
these images of my lord enemy and my lady
salmnime bl sir-ri-ia5 u blit sir-ri-ia5
enemy,
salmnime bl ri-di-ia5 u blit ri-di-ia5
these images of my lord persecutor and my
lady persecutor,
salmnime bl di-ni-ia5 u blit di-ni-ia5
these images of my lord accuser and my lady
accuser,
salmnime bl amti-ia5 u blit amti-ia5
these images of my lord slanderer and my
lady slanderer,
salmnime bl daba-bi-ia5 u blit daba-bi- these images of my lord detractor and my
lady detractor,
ia5
these images of my lord nemesis and my lady
salmnime bl egirri-ia5 u blit egirri-ia5
nemesis,
salmnime bl limutti-ia5 u blit limut-ti-ia5 these images of my lord evil-doer and my
lady evil-doer,
d
nusku da-a-a-nu tidu--nu-ti-ma ana-ku Judge Nusku, you know them, I dont know
la i-du--nu-ti
them,
ki-pu ru-hu-u ru-su-u up--e-e limtheir trick, magick, spell, evil plotting,
nu-ti
ip- bar-tum a-mat li-mut-ti rmu zru
ensorcellment, pressure, evil word, love, hate
dipalaa zitarruta kadibbida k-hunga
fact-twisting, murder, paralysis of the mouth,
change of heart, glowing of face, folly,
abalbala su-ud pa-ni a-ni-e t-mu
ma-la ibu-u-ni is-hu-ru-ni u--as-hi-rueverything that exists, everything they have
ni
drawn to them,
these are they; these are their images,
an-nu-tum -nu an-nu-ti salmnime-unu
kima u-nu la iz-za-az-zu salmnime-ubecause they cant stand for themselves, I
nu na--ku
lift them toward you.
You, Nusku, Judge, who catches the bad and
at-ta dnusku dainu ka-id lim-nu u a-abi kuus-su-nu-ti-ma ana-ku la
the enemies, catch them before I am
ah-hab-bil
salmnime-ia5 ib-nu-u bu-un-na-an-niia5 -ma-i-lu4
pani-ia5 -sab-bi-t kidi-ia5 -tar-ri-ru
irti-ia5 id-i-bu esemti-ia5 ik-pu-pu
a-hi-ia5 un-ni-u ni-i lib-bi-ia5 is-ba-tu
100.
105.
110.
115.
120.
lib-bi ilime itti-ia5 -za-an-nu- emqiia5 un-ni-u

li-it a-hi-ia5 i-pu-ku bir-ki-ia5 ik-su-
man-ga lu--t -mal-lu-in-ni
akleme ka--pu-ti --ki-lu-in-ni
mme ka--pu-ti i-qu-in-ni
rim-ki lu--ti -ra-me-ku-in-ni
nap-al-ti am-me lim-nu-ti ip-u-u-inni
ana lmiti i-hi-ru-in-ni
mme napitimtim-ia5 ina qab-r u-ni-lu
ilu arru blu u rub it-ti-ia -za-an-nu
at-ta dgira qa-mu- lkaapu u fkaaptu
mu-hal-liq rag-gi zr lkaapi u fkaapti
mu-ab-bit lim-nu-ti at-ta-ma
ana-ku al-si-ka ki-ma dama dainu
di-i-ni di-ni puruss-ai purusus
qu-mu lkaapu u fkaaptu
a-kul ai-bi-ia a-ru-uh lim-nu-ti-ia
m-ka iz-zu lik-u-u-nu-ti
ki-ma mme ndi ina ti-qi liq-tu-
ki-ma ti-rik abnme ubntime--nu liqta-as-si-s
ina qi-bi-ti-ka sir-ti l innakaruru
an-ni-ka ki-nim l innennu TU.N
N dnusku ur-bu- i-lit-ti da-nim
tam-il abi bu-kur den-lil
tar-bit aps bi-nu-ut dbl ame irsitim
125.
-i tipra -nam-mir-ka ka-a-

kaapu ik-ip-an-ni ki-pi ik-ip-anni ki-ip-
kaaptu tak-ip-an-ni ki-pi tak-ip-anni ki-ip-i
e-pi-u i-pu--an-ni ip- i-pu--an-ni

e-pu-su
e-pi-tu te-pu--an-ni ip- te-pu--an-
destroyed!
Those that made my images, have imitated
my shape,
they attack my face, they tied my neck,
they hit my breast, they bent my back,
they made my arms weak, they robbed my
virility,
they made the heart of God angry with me,
they weakened my strength,
they shook the strength away from my arms,
they bound my knees with paralysis,
they filled me with fainting,
they let me eat cursed food,
they let me drink cursed water,
they washed me with dirty water,
they smeared me with the juice of bad
weeds,
they mocked me like a dead person,
they put my life-essence in the grave,
they made God, King, Master and Prince
angry with me;
you, O Girra who burns the warlock and
witch,
who kills the bad offspring of warlock and
witch,
who destroys the bad people, that is you!
I have called on you, like ama the Judge,
right me, make my decision!
Burn the warlock and witch,
eat my enemies, consume the ones who wish
me evil!
May they catch your tempest!
May they find their end like sewer water!
May their fingers like those of stonemasons
be cut off!
Upon your majestic command, which does
not change,
and your promise, which does not waver!
Incantation formula.
Incantation. Mighty Nusku, offspring of
Anu,
true image of your father, first born of Enlil,
offspring of the Abyss, product of the Lord
of Heaven,Earth,
I picked up the torch, I have illuminated you,
the warlock who has cursed me; now
curse him with the spell that he
used on me!
The witch who has cursed me; now
curse her with the spell that she
used on me!
The sorcerer who has ensorcelled me; now
ensorcell him with the spell that he
used on me!
The sorceress who has ensorcelled me; now
ni e-pu-si
130.
mu-te-pi-tu te-pu--an-ni ip- te-pu-an-ni e-pu-si

salmnime ana pi-i salmnime-ia5 ib-nu bu-un-na-an-ni-ia5 -ma-i-lu
ruti-ia5 il-qu- rti-ia5 im-lu-su
sissikti-ia5 ib-tu-qu e-ti-qu epirhi.a p-ia5
is-bu-su
d
gira qar-du ipat-su-nu li-pa--ir TU6.
N
135.
140.
N anaii ti-pa-ru salmnime--nu

a-qal-lu
-tuk-ku e-e-du ra-bi-su e-tim-mu
la-ma-ti la-ba-si ah-ha-zu
l
lilu flilitu ardat lili
mimma lim-nu mu-sab-bi-tu a-me-lu-ti
hu-la zu-ba u i-ta-at-tu-ka
qu-tur-ku-nu li-tel-li am
la--mi-ku-nu li-bal-li dami
lip-ru-us ha-a-a-ta-ku-nu mr d-a mamau TU6.N
N dnusku ur-bu- ma-lik ilime rab-time
tuppu Ikam ma-aq-lu-
145.
ensorcell her with the spell that she

used on me!
The enchantress who ensorcelled me; now
ensorcell her with the spell that she
used on me!
Who made these images in my image; who
reproduced my shape;
they took my saliva, they ripped my hair,
they cut off the hem of my robe, and took
the earth from where my feet fell.
O Girra, the Hero, undo their incantation!
INCANTATION: I raise up the torch and
burn the figures
of the Demon, the Spirit, the Lurker, the
Ghost,
the Lamastu, the Labasu, the Ahhazu,
the Lilu, the Lilitu, the Nightmaid,
and any Evil that seizes humanity;
dissolve, melt, drip ever away!
May your smoke rise ever skyward,
may the Sun extinguish your embers!
May he extinguish your emanations, the son
of Ea, the Magus! Incantation
formula.
Incantation. Mighty Nusku, Counsellor of
the Great Gods!
Tablet I, Maqlu
[TABLET II]
N dnusku ur-bu- ma-lik ilme rab-time
pa-qid nindabme ka-la digig
mu-kin ma-ha-zi mu-ud-di-u parakkme
u4-mu nam-ru qi-bit-su si-rat
5.
sukkal da-nim e-mu- pi-ris-ti den-lil

e-mu- den-lil ma-li-ku a-du- digig
ga-ru ta-ha-zu ti-bu- dan-nu
d
nusku a-ri-ru mu-ab-riq za-ai-ri
10.
ina ba-li-ka ul i-ak-kan nap-ta-na ina

-kur
ina ba-li-ka ilme rabtime ul is-si-nu
qut-rin-nu
ina ba-li-ka dama dainu ul i-da-a-ni
di-i-nu
ha-sis u-me-ka te-it-tir ina i-dir-ti taga-mil ina puqi
Incantation. Mighty Nusku, Counsellor of

the Great Gods!
Overseer of the sacrifices of all Igigi,
who founds cities, who reviews the seats of
the Gods!
Brilliant day, the promise of which is
sublime,
Messenger of Anu, who is obedient to the
Secret of Enlil,
obedient Enlil, counsellor of the Igigi,
powerful in the fight, and whose rising is
powerful,
Super-brilliant Nusku, who blinds his
enemies to the earth,
without you there is no meal in Ekur,
without you, the Great Gods do not smell
incense,
without you, the Judge ama does not hold
his court.
Whoever remembers your name, you save
him from difficulty, you spare him
ana-ku ardu-ka annanna apil annanna

ilu- annanna ditar-
annannitumtum
as-hur-ka e-e-ka na--a qt-ai -palka ak-mis
15.
I have turned to you, I have sought you out,

my hands are raised, and at your feet
I throw myself;
qu-mi ka--pi ka-ap-ti
burn the warlock and the witch,
lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 r-hi ha-an- away my warlock and my witch, lose their
ti napita--nu lib-li-ma
life very fast, very rapidly,
ia-a-i bul-lit-an-ni-ma nar-bi-ka lu--pi
spare my life so I will be indebted, so I can
d-li-li-ka lud-lul
praise your greatness!
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA
sa-lam lip-K
N dgira blu git-ma-lu ga-ra-a-ta na-bi
um-ka
20.
nanna-ra-ta na-bi m-ka

tu-nam-mar bitatime ka-la-ma
tu-nam-mar gi-im-ra ka-li ma-ta-a-ti
25.
30.
35.
40.
45.
50.
from distress.
I, you servant N., son of N., whose God is
N., whose Goddess is N.,
-u at-ta ta-az-za-zu-ma
ki-ma dsin dama ta-din-nu di-i-nu
di-e-ni di-ni puruss-a-a purusus
a-na nri-ka nam-ri az-ziz
a-na elle-ti ti-pa-ri-ka az-ziz
blu sissiktu-ka as-bat
sissikat ilu-ti-ka rabi-ti as-bat
.......... -si il-ta-si eli-ia
is-bat lb-bi qaqqadi kidi-ia5 u muh-hi
is-bat n-ia5 na-ti-la-a-ti
is-bat sp-ia5 al-la-ka-a-ti
is-bat bir-ki-ia5 ib-bi-ri-e-ti
is-bat id-ia5 mut-tab-bil-a-ti
e-nin-na ina ma-har ilu-ti-ka rabtiti
salmnime siparri it-gu-ru-ti
l
kaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5
e-pi-ia5 u mu-te-pi-ti-ia5
sa-hir-ia5 u sa-hir-ti-ia5
ra-hi-ia5 u ra-hi-ti-ia5
bl ik-ki-ia5 u blit ik-ki-ia5
bl sir-ri-ia5 u blit sir-ri-ia5
bl ri-di-ia5 u blit ri-di-ia5
bl di-ni-ia5 u blit di-ni-ia5
bl amti-ia5 u blit amti-ia5
bl dabbi-ia5 u blit dabbi-ia5
bl egirri-ia5 u blit egirri-ia5
bl limuttimtim-ia5 u blit limuttimtim-ia5
ana lmiti pu-qu-du-in-ni
nam-ra-su kul-lu-mu-in-ni
utukku lim-nu lu-u al lim-nu lu-u
etim-mu lim-nu
Incantation. To dissolve a spell with the help

of an image made of Talcum.
Incantation. Girra, Perfect Master; You are
Powerful is the meaning of your
name.
Nanna, you see everything.
You lighten the dark house, Eternal New
Light of the countries.
You light up everything; I stand in front of
you,
because you restore justice.
Like Sin and ama you make right,
so restore my right, make my decision!
To your brilliant light I come,
to the shining torch, I come,
Master, I am grabbing the hem of your coat,
the hem of your divine coat I am grabbing.
She has packed the heart, the head, the neck
and the face;
she packed my looking eyes,
packed my going feet,
packed my walking knees,
packed my guiding arms.
Now, in front of your Great Divinity,
the crossed copper images
of my warlock and my witch,
my sorcerer and my sorceress,
my stupifier and my stupifyeress,
my enchanter and my enchantress,
my lord opponent and my lady opponent,
my lord enemy and my lady enemy,
my lord persecutor and my lady persecutor,
my lord accuser and my lady accuser,
my lord slanderer and my lady slanderer,
my lord detractor and my lady detractor,
my lord nemesis and my lady nemesis,
my lord evil-doer and my lady evil-doer;
they gave me over to a corpse;
they subjected me to ridicule,
to the evil Utukku or the evil Alu or the evil
Etimmu,
55.
60.
gall lim-nu lu-u ilu lim-nu lu-u

rbisu lim-nu
d
lamatu lu-u dlabasu lu-u dahhazu
l
lilu lu-u flilitu lu-u ardat lili
lu-u li--bu si-bit adi
lu-u be-en-nu ri-hu-ut dul-pa--a
lu-u AN-TA-UB-BA lu-u DINGIRHUL
lu-u U-DINGIR-RA lu-u U-dINNIN-NA
lu-u U-GIDIM-MA lu-u U-UDUG
lu-u U-NAM-L-LL-LU lu-u lama-tu sihirtut marat da-nim
lu-u SAG-HUL-HA-ZA mu-kil r limuttim
lu-u di-kis rme im-ma-t ri-mu-t
65.
70.
75.
lu mimma lim-nu u-ma la na-bu-u

lu mimma e-pi li-mut-ti a-me-lu-ti
or Hand of the Spirit of the Dead, or Hand

of Utukki
or Hand of the Human Being, or Lamatu,
the Young Daughter of Anu,
or Saghulaza, the Record-keeper of Debts,
or Cooking of the Flesh, Paralysis,
Consumption,
or everything bad that doesnt have a name,
or everything that does bad things among
human beings,
which holds me prisoner during the night,
which chases me during the day,
which destroys my flesh, which seizes me,
which doesnt let me free for one night!
Now, in front of your Divine Greatness,
I burn them, I incinerate them completely
with pure sulphur.
Look at me, Master, tear them out of my
body,
dissolve their spell!
You, Girra, Master who walks on my side:
if you keep me alive, I will praise you, I will
adore and serve you!
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam siparri kibri-dit-K
Incantation to undo a spell with a copperfigure and sulphur.
N dgira a-ri-ru bu-kur da-nim
Incantation. Burning Girra, First-born of

Anu,
who leads my hearing and speaks my
decision, you are;
you lighten up the darkness,
you bring order to what is disordered,
destroyed;
to the Great Gods you grant a resolution,
ik-li-e-ti tu-u-nam-mar
e--a-ti dal-ha-a-ti tu-u-te-e-ir
85.
or Hand of God, or Hand of Goddess,
sab-ta-ni-ma mu-a u ur-ra irednime-ni

-hat-tu- rme-ia kal u4-mi sab-ta-nima
kal mu-si la -ma-ar-an-ni
ina kibri-dit ellititi a-qal-li--nu-ti a-arrap--nu-ti
nap-li-sa-an-ni-ma be-lum -suh--nuti ina zumri-ia5
pu-ur ki-pi--nu lim-nu-ti
at-ta dgira be-lum a-li-ki i-di-ia
bul-lit-an-ni-ma nar-bi-ka lu--pi dli-li-ka lud-lul
da--in di-ni-ia at-me-e pi-ris-ti at-ta-ma
80.
the evil Gallu or the evil God or the evil

Rabisu,
Lamatu or Labasu or Ahhazu,
Lilu or Lilitu or Ardat Lili
or Fever, the Sibit adi disease,
or Epilepsy, the Product of ulpaea,
or Antaubba or Evil God,
a-na ilime rabtime purussa ta-namdin

la ka-a-ta ilu ma-am-man purussa
ul i-par-ra-as
at-ta-ma na-din ur-ti te-e-me
e-pi lum-ni at-ta-ma ar-hi ta-kam-mu
lim-nu ai-bu ta-ka-ad ar-hi
a-na-ku annanna mar ili-u ilu- annanna ditar-u annannitum
ina ki-pi lu-up-pu-ta-ku-ma ma-har-ka
while for you no God makes any decision.

It is you who give order and direction;
you bind the evil-doer,
you strike quickly the evil enemy.
I, N., son of his God, whose God is N., and
whose Goddess is N.,
with witchcraft I am bewitched: this is why I
az-ziz
ina pn ili u arri na- ..zu-ra-ku-ma du ..
ana mah-ri-ka
el a-me-ri-ia mar-sa-ku-ma -pal-ka
ak-mis
90.
95.
100.
d
gira ur-bu- ilu el-lu
2 salmanime lkaapi u fkaapti
siparri e-pu-u qa-tuk-ka
ma-har-ka -gir--nu-ti-ma ka-a-
ap-kid-ka
u-nu li-mu-tu-ma ana-ku lu-ub-lut
u-nu li-ti-ib-bi-ru-ma ana-ku lu-i-ir
u-nu liq-tu--ma ana-ku lu-um-id
u-nu li-ni-u-ma ana-ku lu-ud-nin
d
gira ar-hu si-ru ilime
ka-id lim-ni u ai-bi kuus-su-nu-ti-ma
a-na-ku la ah-hab-bil
ana-ku ardu-ka lul-ub-lut lu-u-lim-ma
ma-har-ka lu-uz-ziz
at-ta-ma ili-ia5 at-ta-ma be-li

at-ta-ma da-ai-ni at-ta-ma ri-su--a
at-ta-ma mu-tir-ru gi-mil-li-ia TU6.N
have come to you!

In front of God and King I am encircled: that
is why I have turned to you!
To whomever sees me, I am an unpleasant
sight: this is why I have thrown
myself in front of you!
Great Girra, Radiant God!
Now, before your Great Divinity,
I have made two images of the warlock and
the witch, in copper, by your hand;
before you I have crossed them, I have given
them to you.
They may die; but may I live!
They may detour; but may I go straight!
They may reach their limit; but may I grow!
They may become weak, but I strong!
Powerful Girra, illustrious among the Gods,
who seizes the evil and the ememy: seize
them while I do not perish,
that I, your servant, may stay alive, may be
safe, may stay standing in front of
you!
You are my God, you are my Master!
You are my Judge, you are my Helper!
You are my Avenger! Incantation Formula.
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA sa-lam Incantation to undo the spell with a bronze

siparri-K
figure
N dgira a-ri-ru mar da-nim qar-du
105.
110.
115.
120.
iz-zu aheme- at-ta

ki-ma dsin u dama ta-da-an-nu di-i-nu
qu-mi ka--pi ka-ap-ti
d
gira qu-mu lkaapi u fkaapti
d
gira qu-li lkaapi u fkaapti
d
gira qu-mi--nu-ti
d
gira qu-li--nu-ti
d
gira ku-u-us-su-nu-ti
d
gira a-ru-uh--nu-ti
d
gira su-ta-bil--nu-ti
e-pi ki-pi lim-nu-ti u ru-hi-e la
tabtime
a-na li-mut-ti ik-pu-du-ni ia-a-i
dan-nu ma-ak-kur-u-nu u-ul-qi
u-bil bu--u-nu ik-ki-e-ma
el ma-na-ha-te-u-nu hab-ba-ta urbi-is
d
gira iz-zu git-ma-lu ra-ub-bu
ina -kur a-ar tal-lak-ti-ka tu-ap-ahu-nu-ti a-di sur-ri
ina a-mat d-a ba-ni-ka dama an-namru
7 apqall uut eri-du10 lik-pi-du--nu-ti
ana limnuttimtim TU6.N
Incantation. Burning Girra, First-born son of

Anu!
You are the sternest among your brothers,
you who makes right like Sin and ama.
Give me justice, make my decision!
Burn the warlock and the witch!
Girra, burn the warlock and the witch!
Girra, fry the warlock and the witch!
Girra, incinerate them!
Girra, fry them!
Girra, get them!
Girra, devour away!
Girra, take them away!
They who inflict the evil witchcraft and
malevolent spell,
who thought of me with evil intention:
let a criminal take their possessions!
Let a thief steal their property!
Let a looter invade their residence!
Furious Girra, Perfect and All-powerful,
in Ekur where you go back, as fast as
possible calm down!
By the word of Ea, your procreator, and of
ama, I have become radiant;
may the seven apkallu of Eridu think of them
with evil intention! Incantation
formula.
125.
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam lii-K
Incantation to undo the spell with an image

made of dough
N dgira ga-ru u4-mu na-an-du-ru
Incantation. Powerful Girra, Terrible

Weather!
You lead Gods and Princes right!
You lead the trial of the oppressed man and
the oppressed woman;
come to my trial! Like ama the Hero
tu-te-e-ir ilime u ma-al-ki

ta-da-a-ni di-N hab-li u ha-bil-ti
130.
ina di-ni-ia i-ziz-za-am-ma ki-ma dama

qu-ra-du
qu-mi ka-a-pi u ka-ap-ti
a-kul ai-bi-ia a-ru-uh lim-nu-ti-ia
m-ka iz-zu lik-u-us-su-nu-ti TU6.N
135.
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam titi-K
Incantation to undo the spell with an image

made of bronze.
N dgira ar-hu bu-kur da-nim
Incantation. Majestic Girra, First-born of

Anu!
Radiant offspring of the Great ala!
Majestic, Forever New, Constant Word of
the Gods,
who distributes the offerings to the Gods the
Igigi,
who gives brilliance to the Anunnaki, the
Great Gods!
Furious Girra, who destroys the conduit,
Strong Girra, who destroys wood and stone,
who burns the evil offspring of the warlock
and the witch,
who destroys the wicked offspring of the
warlock and the witch!
Today come to my trial furiously,
i-lit-ti ellitimtim -qu-tum da-la-a

ar-hu id-di-u-u zik-ri ilime ka-ai-nu
na-din nin-da-bi-e ana ilime digig
140.
145.
-kin na-mir-ti a-na da-nun-na-ki ilime

rabtime
d
iz-zu gira mu-har-mit a-pi
d
gira al-la-lu- mu-ab-bit iseme u ab-neme
qa-mu- lim-nu-ti zr lkaapi u fkaapti
mu-hal-liq rag-gi zr lkaapi u fkaapti
ina u4-mi an-ni-i ina di-ni-ia i-ziz-za-amma
e-pi bar-ti te-na-na-a ku-u-ud lim-nu
kima salmnime an-nu-ti i-hu-lu i-zu-bu
u it-ta-at-tu-ku
l
kaapu u fkaaptu li-hu-lu li-zu-bu u
lit-ta-at-tu-ku
150.
155.
lead my trial, and make my decision.

Burn the warlock and the witch!
Eat my enemies! Devour those who wish
evil!
May they catch your ferocious weather!
you, who makes submission..... seize the

evil!
As these figures drip, melt and dissolve,
so may the warlock and the witch drip, melt,
and dissolve!
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam itti-K
Incantation to release witchcraft with a

figure made of asphalt.
N ki-e-e li-bi-i ki-di-e

a-ra-ab-bi-e na-ad-ri-e
n ti-pa-a-ri ra-kib -a-ri
li-ru-un hu-un-ti-i
ka-s-a-u i-za-an-nun
ki-ma -ma-me el-ku-un
ki-ma siri li-te-ru-ba-ma i-s-a
Incantation. K, Lib, Kid!

Arabb Nadr!
Who carries the torch, rides the Wind!
Lirn Hnt!
Kasayau Iznnun!
Rain like Heaven on them!
Like a snake may they come in, go hither!
160.
lik-tum-ku-nu-si siptu iz-zi-t rabtut

d
-a mamai
tu6-kug-ga-e dnin-a-ha-qud-du
li-la-ap-pit bu-un-na-an-ni-ku-nu TU6.N
May the furious great incantation of Ea

the Magician
Fall on you of Ninahaquddu,
May they destroy your appearance!
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam kuspi-K
Incantation to undo the spell with a figure of

kuspum.
N e-pu-u-ni e-te-ni-ip-pu-u-ni
Incantation. They did magick, they did

ceaseless magick!
They tried to roll me like a ball of wool!
They tried to clap me to the ground like a
bird-clapper!
They tried to destroy me like a chip of rock!
They tried to cover me like a net!
They tried to roll me like a wick!
They tried to climb me like a wall of clay!
They tried to fill me with dirty water!
ki-ma ki-i-ti ana ka-pa-li-ia

ki-ma hu-ha-ri ana sa-ha-pi-ia
165.
170.
175.
180.
185.
ki-ma ka-a-pi ana a-ba-ti-ia

ki-ma e-e-ti ana ka-ta-me-ia
ki-ma pi-til-ti ana pa-ta-li-ia
ki-ma pi-ti-iq-ti ana na-bal-ku-ti-ia
ki-ma mme mu-sa-a-ti a-sur-ra-a ana
mal-li-ia
ki-ma u-u-rat bti ana bbi ana na-saki-ia
ana-ku ina qi-bit dmarduk bl nu-bat-ti
u dasari-l-du10 bl a-i-pu-ti
e-pi-u u e-pi-ti
ki-ma ki-i-ti a-kap-pil-u-nu-ti
ki-ma hu-ha-ri a-sa-hap-u-nu-ti
ki-ma ka-a-pi ab-ba-u-nu-ti
ki-ma e-e-ti a-kat-tam-u-nu-ti
ki-ma pi-til-ti a-pat-til-u-nu-ti
ki-ma pi-ti-iq-ti ab-ba-lak-kit-u-nuti
ki-ma mme mu-sa-a-ti a-sur-ra-a ma-al-la--nu-ti
ki-ma u-u-rat bti ana bbi a-na-assik--nu-ti
titalli lil-li-ka salam lkaapi u
f
kaapti N
They tried to sweep me out the door like

household refuse!
But I, by order of Marduk, the Master of the
Holy Evening,
and Asariludu, the Master of Magick,
the sorcerer and sorceress
like a ball of wool I roll them!
Like a bird-clapper I throw them to the
ground!
Like a chip of rock I destroy them!
Like a net I cover them!
Like a wick I roll them!
Like a wall of clay I climb them!
Like dirty water I fill them!
Like household refuse I sweep them out the
door!
May the image of the warlock and the witch
become ashes! Incantation.
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam itt gassa bullulu-K
Incantation to undo a spell with a figure of

asphalt covered with plaster.
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu ina nri

im-lu- tita-ai
ina bti e-ti-i -tam-me-ru salmanime-ia
ina qab-r it-mi-ru mu--a
ina tub-qi-na-ti -laq-q-tu hu-sa-bi-e-a
Incantation. Who are you, witch, who took

the clay from my river?
Who burned my figures in her dark house?
Who spilled my water over a grave?
Who gathered sprigs of my fruit trees in the
corners?
Who cut the seam of my robe in the house of
the Tanner?
Who gathered up the dust of my feet on the
threshold?
I sent to the mouth of the harbor, where talc
was bought for you;
ina bit lalaki ib-tu-qu sissikti-ia

ina askuppati i-bu-u epirhi.a p-ia
-pur ana bb ka-a-ri i--mu--ni lipa-a-ki
190.
-pur ana hi-rit ali iq-ri-su--ni ti-i-taki

-ta-pa-rak-kim-ma a-li-ku ti-nu-ru
d
gira mu-un-na-ah-zu
d
gira id-di-u-u nur ilime ka-ai-nu
i-i tak-lat ana ki-pi kit-pu-du--ti

a-na-ku a-na ez-zu dgibil da-a-a-nu
d
gira qu-mi-i dgira qu-li-i
d
gira u-ta-bil-i TU6.N
I sent to the moat, where clay was picked up

for you;
I sent against you a portable furnace,
the fire already lit,
the Forever New Girra, Constant Light of
the Gods;
Sin in Ur, ama in Larsa,
Nergal next to his people,
Itar in Akkad next to her house:
may they seize the offspring of the warlock
and the witch,
however numerous they are,
may they kill the witch, but I stay alive!
Because I did not bewitch her, she bewitched
me!
Because I did not ensorcell her, she
ensorcelled me!
She trusts the spell that she designed,
but I trust my Judge Gibil!
Girra, burn her! Girra, incinerate her!
Girra, strike her! Incantation formula.
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam titi lip bullulu-k
Incantation with a clay figure dipped in

talcum.
N at-ti man-nu kaaptu tub-ta-nain-ni

a-na li-mut-ti ta-te-ni--in-ni
Incantation. Who are you, witch, who visits

me continuously?
Who continuously looks for me with evil
intentions?
Who continuouslly looks for me with
unfavorable intentions?
I dont know your city, I dont know your
house, I dont know your name, I
dont know your residence.
May the edu-demons visit you,
may the utukku-demons look for you,
may ghosts hover around you,
may a bad epilespy fall upon you!
So may the evil stool lift your head,
may the God...... and ulpaea kill you!
May the God..... wash you out!
May Furious Gibil, who knows no pity, steal
reason from you!
May Gula, the Great Physician, strike your
cheek!
May Furious Gibil burn your body!
Pure Daughter of the Sky-God Anu,
who is spread in the vessel,
..........of the heart..... Gibil the Hero...
............................... which the sky
................................ burn .....
incinerate as fast as possible! Of my warlock
and my witch,
uproot the life!
Let me live, so I can praise your greatness;
sin ina uruki dama ina larsaki

nergal a-di um-ma-na-ti-
d
itar a-ga-deki a-di ku-um-mi-
a-na la-qa-at zri lkaapi u fkaapti
d
195.
ma-la ba-u-
f
kaapta li-du-ku-ma ana-ku lu-ub-lut
-u la e-pu---im-ma i-pu-
200.
205.
-u la as-hu-ra--im-ma is-hu-ra
a-na la ta-ab-ti ta-as-sa-na-ah-hur-in-ni

al-ki ul i-di bit-ki ul i-di um-ki ul i-di ubat-ki ul i-di
210.
215.
220.
225.
dme li-ba--ki
utukkme li-te--u-ki
etimmme lis-sah-ru--ki
be-en-nu la ta-a-bu eli-ki lim-qut
rabisme li-mut-ti li-kil-lu r-ki
d
.............u dul-pa--a li-na-ru-ki
d
............. en i ......... -ki li-ip-it
d
gibil iz-zu la pa-du-u lb-bi-ki l-is-suuh
d
gu-la a-zu-gal-la-tu rabitutu li-it-ki li-imhas
d
gibil iz-zu zu-mur-ki li-ih-mut
..... ellitumtum mrat da-nim am
ina kar-pat na-an-hu-za-at [isatu]
... libbi .... dgibil qar-du sa-ma-a ...
....... ..... -ma-mi ik-u-du
................. qu-li i kat-ta.........
qu-mi ha-an-ti lkaapi-ia5 u
f
kaapti-ia5
na-pi-ta--nu lib-li-ma
ia-a-i bul-lit-an-ni-ma nar-bi-ka lu-pi
230.
d-li-li-ka lud-lul TU6.N
so I can adore you!
INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam isbini salam iserini-K
Incantation to undo the spell with a figure of

tamarisk or cedar-wood.
N kaaptu mut-tal-lik-tum sqtime
Incantation. The witch, who goes on the

roads.
tuppu IIkam ma-aq-lu-
Tablet II of Maql
[TABLET III]
N fkaaptu mut-tal-lik-t sqtime
5.
mu-tir-rib-tum bttime
da-ai-li-tum bi-ri-e-ti
sa-ai-di-tum ri-ba-a-ti
a-na pani- arki- is-sa-na-ah-hur
izzazaz ina sqi-ma -sah-har pII
i-na ri-bi-ti ip-ta-ra-as a-lak-t
etli damqi du-us-su i-kim
10.
15.
ardatu damiqtumtum i-ni-ib- it-bal

i-na ni-kil-mi- ku-zu-ub- il-qi
etla ip-pa-lis-ma dta-u i-kim
ardata ip-pa-lis-ma i-ni-ib- it-bal
i-mu-ra-an-ni-ma fkaaptu il-li-ka
arki-ia
i-na im-ti- ip-ta-ra-as a-lak-t
i-na ru-hi- i-di-hi ip-ru-us
--as-si ili-ia5 u ditar-ia5 ina zumri-ia5
fkaapti ina kul-la-ti aq-ta-ri-is tta
e-pi-ti-ia ab-ta-ni salam-
-kun i-na lb-bi-ki lip ha-bil-ki
20.
-sa-an-ni ina kalatime-ki e-ra qa-ma-ki

e-ra qa-ma-ki a-mat-ki lip-ru-us
25.
30.
e-li li at-ta-pah i--ti

ina aplan li at-ta-di lik-ti
a-na bt ter-ru-ba at-ta-di i--ti
te-pu-im-ma dgibil li-kul-ki
tu-e-pi-im-ma dgibil lik-u-ud-ki
tak-pu-di-ma dgibil li-duk-ki
tu-ak-pi-di-ma dgibil lik-me-ki
har-ra-an la ta-ri li--as-bit-ki dgibil
ha-bil-ki
d
gibil ez-zu zumur-ki li-ih-mut TU6.N
Incantation. The witch, who goes on the

roads,
who invades the houses,
who walks in the alleys,
who hunts over the square;
she turns around, front and back,
she stays standing in the street, and turns her
feet,
in the square she blocks the way.
She took away the strength of the
beautiful man,
she took away the fruit of the beautiful girl,
with one look she took away her
attractiveness,
she saw the man and took away his strength,
she saw the girl and took away her step.
The witch saw me, she followed me,
with her venom she blocked my way,
with her magick she hindered my gait.
She pushed my body away from my God and
my Goddess.
For the witch I plucked clay from the
potters wheel,
I made a figurine of my sorceress.
In your body I lay some talcum, the
Destroyer.
In your kidney I put some eru-wood, that
burns you,
eru-wood, that burns you, to inhibit your
venom!
Above the city, I light up a fire;
underneath the city I throw a potion.
Where you go in I light up a fire.
Whey you arise, may Gibil devour you!
When you settle, may Gibil seize you!
When you carry, may Gibil kill you!
When you draw, may Gibil burn you!
To the Land of No Return may Gibil, your
tormentor, let you go!
May the Furious Gibil burn your body!
N 2-ta i-na mrtime da-nim ame

3 i-na mrtime da-nim ame
tur-ri ul-ta-nim-ma ul-tu ame ur-ra-da-ni
35.
40.
45.
50.
55.
60.
e-ka-a-ma te-ba-ti-na e-ki-a-am tal-la-ka

a-na e-pi-i u e-pi-ti annanna apil
annanna
ana sahari ni-il-li-ka
a-na lu-uq-qu-ti hu-sa-bi-i-na
a-na hu-um-mu-mi hu-ma-ma-ti-i-na
li-la-a-ti hu-lu-pa-qa a-na a-ra-pi niil-li-ka
N fkaaptu nir-ta-ni-tum
e-li-ni-tum nar-in-da-tum
a-i-ip-tum e-e-pu-ti
mulahhatumtum a-gu-gi-il-tum
f
qaditu fnaditu
d
itar-i-tum zr-ma-i-tum
ba-ai-r-tum mu-i
sa-ayyu-di-tum kal u-mi
mu-la--i-tum ame
mu-lap-pit-tum irsitimtim
ka-mi-tum p ilime
ka-si-tum bir-ki ditartime
da-ai-ik-tum etlme
la pa-di-tum dsinnitime
-ah-hu-ti-tum sab-bu-ri-tu
ana ip-i- u ru-hi- la u-arru man-ma
e-nin-na-ma e-tam-ru-ki is-sab-tu-ki
u-te-nu-ki u-ta-bal-ki-tu-ki
u-ta-pi-lu a-mat ip-i-ki
d
-a u dmarduk id-di-nu-ki ana dgira qura-di
d
gira qu-ra-du ri-kis-ki li-ih-pi
mimma ma-la te-pu-i li-am-hir-ki
ka-a-i
N dit el-lu nam-ru qud-du-u ana-ku
e-pi-u-u-a apqallu aps
e-pi-e-tu--a mrtime da-nim ame
65.
e-pu-u-u-ni e-te-ni-ip-pu-u-u-ni
e-pu-u-nim-ma ul ip-du-u zu-um-ri

e-te-ni-pu-u-nim-ma ul i-li-- sa-ba-tiia
a-na-ku e-pu-u-ma ..... pi-u-nu as-bat
e-te-bi-ib kima dit ina adi-ia
Incantation. Two are the Daughters of the

Sky-God Anu,
three are the Daughters of the Sky-God Anu!
They find a rope-ladder and descend from
the sky!
When do you rise? Where do you go?
The sorcerer and the sorceress of N., son of
N.?
We went to cast a spell,
we went to gather their branches of fruit,
we went to pick up their refuse,
we went in the evening to set fire to the
huluppu-vessel!
Incantation. Sorceress, murderess,
nightmare, narindatu,
aiputu, magick priestess,
snake-charmers, agugiltu,
prostitute, hierodule,
Itar devotee, zermaitu,
who catches in the night,
who hunts the whole day,
dirties the sky,
touches the earth,
gags the mouths of the Gods,
who binds the knees of the Goddesses
together,
who kills the men,
who doesnt spare the women.
Destructatrix, evil woman,
against your ensorcellment and witchcraft
nobody can fight!
Now they saw you, now they grabbed you,
they changed you, they brought you
imbalance,
they mixed up your magick word,
Ea and Marduk; they surrendered you to
Girra the Hero!
Girra the Hero! May he break your knot,
and everything that you ensorcelled, may
that fall back on you!
Incantation. I am the Light, Shining Pure
River.
My sorcerer is the Wise One of the Ocean.
My sorceresses are the Daughters of the
Sky-God Anu.
They have ensorcelled me, they have
continuously and constantly
ensorcelled,
they have ensorcelled, they have spared my
body nothing;
they have continuously ensorcelled, but they
could not seize me!
I have magick, and Igrabbed their mouth.
I became shining like the river in my country.
70.
75.
e-te-lil ki-ma nam-ru ana bt puruss-ia

lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5
d
it........... -ru na-bal-kat-ta--nu lis-kunu-ma
ki-pu-u-nu el-u-nu li-bal-ki-tu-ma
a-na muh-hi-u-nu u la-ni-u-nu lil-li-ku
ki-ma di-iq-me-en-ni li-is-li-mu pa-ni-nu
li-hu-lu li-zu-bu u lit-ta-at-tu-ku
u ana-ku ki-ma dit ina ad-ia l ellkuku N
N la-man-ni su-tu- e-la-mu- ri-daan-ni

kat-man-ni a-gu- e-du- sah-panan-ni
80.
kaaptu su-ta-ta da-a-nu i-bit-su

e-le-ni-tu e-la-ma-ta li-pit-sa mu--tu
f
gibil tap-pi-e dama i-ziz-za-am-ma

ki-ma adi ina kibri-dit i-nu-uh-hu
ki-pi ru-hi-e ru-si-e fkaapti-ia5
85.
90.
e-li-ni-ti-ia dgibil liq-mi

d
it ellu lib-ba- li-ih-pi
mme elltime lip-u-ra ki-pi-
u ana-ku ki-ma dit ina ad-ia lu ellkuku
N
N at-ti nam-nu fkaaptu bau
a-mat limuttimtim-ia5 ina lib-bi-
ina lini- ib-ba-nu- ru-hu--a
ina ap-ti- ib-ba-nu- ru-su--a
i-na ki-bi-is tak-bu-us izzazaz mu--tum
f
kaaptu as-bat pi-ki as-bat lin-ki
95.
100.
as-bat nII-ki na-ti-la-a-ti

as-bat pII-ki al-la-ka-a-ti
as-bat bir-ki-ki e-bi-ri-e-ti
as-bat idII-ki mut-tab-bi-la-a-ti
ak-ta-si i-di-ki a-na ar-ki-ki
d
sin el-lam-mi-e li-qat-ta-a pagar-ki
a-na mi-qit mme u iti lid-di-ki-ma
f
kaaptu ki-ma si-hir kunukki an-ni-e
li-su-du li-ri-qu pa-nu--ki
N at-ti e te-pu-i-in-ni
105.
at-ti e tu-e-pi-i-in-ni
at-ti e tu-ka-i-pi-in-ni
at-ti e tu-hap-pi-pi-in-ni
at-ti e tu-sab-bi-ti-in-ni
I became pure like the Shining One for my

court appearance.
My warlock and my witch
The River.....may they...... do them!
May their tricks fall back on them,
and fall on their head and image!
May their face become black as with ashes!
May they drip, melt, and dissolve,
but I, like the river in my country, be pure!
Incantation.
Incantation. There surrounds me the Sutite,
the Elamite chases me!
I am surrounded by flood, furious storm
flood!
The witch is a Sutite whose attack is strong!
The nightmare is an Elamite whose hit means
death!
Gibil, companion of ama, come closer!
Like the mountain comes to rest through
sulphur,
so may the sorceresses and witches, the
magick of my witches
of my nightmares, Gibil burn!
May the Pure River break her heart!
May the Pure Water dissolve her spell,
but I pure like the river in my country!
Incantation.
Incantation. Who are you, witch,
in whose heart lies the evil word against me,
on whose tongue the magick against me
forms,
on whose lip the spell against me starts?
In the step you take stands death.
Witch, I seize your mouth, I seize your
tongue,
I seize your seeing eyes,
I seize your going feet,
I seize your walking knees,
I seize your leading arms,
I tied your arms on your back!
May Sin, the Twin-shaped, destroy your
body,
throw you in a ditch of water and fire!
Witch, like the seal-cylinder warmer,
may your face become burning and yellow!
Incantation. You there, who have bewitched
me!
You there, who have charmed me!
You there, who have ensorcelled me!
You there, who have oppressed me!
You there, who have seized me!
110.
115.
at-ti e tu-kan-ni-ki-in-ni
at-ti e tu-ab-bi-ti-in-ni
at-ti e tu-ub-bi-ri-in-ni
at-ti e tu-ka-si-in-ni
at-ti e tu-la--in-ni
tap-ru-si itti-ia ili-ia5 u ditar-ia5
tap-ru-si itti-ia e- e--tu ahu ahattu
ib-ru tap-pu u ki-na-at-tu
a-liq-qa-kim-ma ha-ha-a utuni ummi-nu diqri
a-mah-ha-ah a-tab-bak ana qaqqad ragga-ti im-ti-ki
N e-pu--ni u-te-pi--an-ni
i-na mi-li nri e-pu--an-ni
120.
i-na mi-ti nari e-pu--an-ni

a-na e-pi-ti ip-i-ma iq-bu-
a-na sa-hir-ti suh-ri-ma iq-bu-
125.
an-ni-tu lu-u maqurru-

kima maqurru an-ni-tu ib-ba-lak-ki-tu
kis-pu- lib-bal-ki-tu-ma ina muh-hi-
u la-ni- lil-li-ku
di-in- lis-sa-hi-ip-ma di-e-ni li-ir N
N maqurri-ia5 a-na dsin -e-pi
ina bi-rit qrneme- na-at pi-ir-tum
130.
135.
140.
-bu ina lb-bi- lkaapu u fkaaptu

-bu ina lb-bi- e-pi u e-pi-t
-bu ina lib-bi- sa-hi-ru u sa-hir-t
maqurri-i-na lib-ba-ti-iq a--al-
mar-kas-sa-i-na lip-pa-tir-ma tar-kul-la
a-na qabal tam-ti liq-qil-pu ..... LU ....
e-du-u dan-nu a-na tam-tim li-e-si-nu-ti
am-ru-ti a-gu-u e-li--nu li-tel-lu4-u ...
ar--nu a-a i-zi-qa-am-ma a-a i-hi-taa-ni...
ina qi-bit dnusku u dgirru ilime dini--nu
N
N LA-t su-qa-ti am-me-ni tug-danar-ri-N-ni
am-me-ni na--pa-tu-ki it-ta-na-lak-ani
f
kaaptu SAG.DUme a-ma-ti-ki
You there, who have squeezed me!

You there, who have destroyed me!
You there, who have tied me!
You there, who have bound me!
You there, who have besmirched me!
Who alienated my God and my Goddess
from me,
who alienated my male friend, female friend
brother, sister, comrades,
companions and servants!
I take flakes of ashes from the oven, soot
from the pot,
I mix them with water and I drip it on the
head of your evil figurine.
Incantation. Who bewitched me, ensorcelled
me?
Who bewitched me by high water in the
river?
Who bewitched me by low water in the
river?
Who said to the sorceress, ensorcell!?
Who said to the inspiress of insanity, make
insane!?
This is her barque.
Like this barque crosses,
so may her spells cross and come back on
her head
and her figure! Come!
May her right be defeated and my right
prevail! Incantation.
Incantation. Sin has built my barque,
between her horns stands the potion, as
freight;
within it the warlock and the witch sit;
within it the sorcerer and sorceress sit;
within it the inspirer of insanity and the
inspiress of insanity sit.
Let the mooring-rope be cut!
Let the moor be let go!
May it go astray in the middle of the sea!
May a strong tide push it out into the ocean!
May powerful waves batter it!
May a favorable wind not blow, may they
not be found!
By the order of Nusku and Girra, the Gods
of their trial! Incantation.
Incantation. Latu of the streets, why do you
press me constantly?
Why your messages?
Witch, inhibited is the word!
145.
am-me-ni it-ta-nak--da a-na lu-...

el-li a-na -ri ab-ta-ki a-....
-rad a-na qaq-qa-ri-im-ma -sab-bi-tu
ina kib-si-ki rbisa -e-ab
etim ri-da-a-ti harran-ki --as-bit
a-mah-ha-as muh-ha-ki --an-na t-enki
a-dal-lah lb-ba-ki ta-ma-i-i rme-ki
150.
e-pi-tum u mu-te-pi-tum
amu a-na-ku ul tu-lap-pa-tin-ni
irsitumtum a-na-ku ul tu-ra-hi-in-ni
si-hi-il isbal-ti a-na-ku ul tu-kab-ba-si-inni
zi-qit aqrabi a-na-ku ul tu-lap-pa-tin-ni
155.
adu zaq-ru a-na-ku ki-pi-ki ru-hi-ki

ru-su--ki up--u-ki limntime
la itehme-ni la i-qar-ri-bu-u-ni ai-i N
160.
165.
N rit-tu-ma rit-tu
rit-tu dan-na-tu a-me-lu-ti
kma ni is-ba-tu a-me-lu
kima hu-ha-ri is-hu-pu it-lu
kima e-e-ti -kat-ti-mu qar-ra-du
kima u-u-kal-li a--rid-du i-bar-ru
kima gi-par-ri ik-tu-mu dan-na
l
kaapu u fkaaptu rit-ta-ku-nu dgira
liq-mi
d
gira li-kul dgira li-ti dgira li-ta-bil
d
gira lil-sa-a el dan-na-ti rit-te-ku-nu
rit-ta-ku-nu e-pu-u zu-mur-ku-nu

li-ih-mut
li-is-pu-uh illat-ku-nu mr d-a mamau
170.
175.
180.
qut-ri dgira li-ri-ma pa-ni-ku-nu

ki-ma ti-nu-ri ina hi-ta-ti-ku-nu
ki-ma di-qa-ri ina lu-hu-um-me-ku-nu
li-is-pu-uh-ku-nu-i dgira iz-zu
ai ithume-ni ki-pi-ku-nu ru-hi-ku-nu limnu-ti
e-til-la-a kima nnhi.a ina mme-e-a
kma ahi ina ru-um-ti-ia
kma ammatakal ina -sal-li
kma amsassati ina a-hi a-tap-pi
kma zr isui ina a-hi tam-tim
el-lit ditar mu-nam-me-rat im-ti
-su-rat balati us-su-ra-ku ana-ku
ina qi-bit iq-bu- dgira ra-ub-bu
dgira a-ri-ru mr da-nim qar-du
Why .......
I climb on the roof, I see you!
I climb down to the ground, and I see you!
On your path I set the stool,
I set the Death-Spirit of Persecution on your
path.
I strike your skull, I confuse your mind,
I bring your insided into disarray so that you
forget the flesh,
sorceress and deep sorceress!
I am the sky; you cannot touch me.
I am the earth, you cannot confuse me.
I am the point of the thorn, you cannot crush
me.
I am the sting of the scorpion, you cannot
touch me!
I am a peaked mountain; your ensorcellment,
your chanting,
you spell, your evil machinations,
dont come close to me, dont approach me.
Incantation.
Incantation. Hand, hand,
powerful hand of man,
which like a lion grabs the man,
like a slingshot threw the man to the ground,
like a net covered the strong one,
like a snare caught the leader,
like a trap covered the powerful!
So the warlock and the witch, may Girra
burn your hand,
so may Girra devour, may Girra drink, may
Girra remove!
May Girra scream against your powerful
hand!
Because your hand has ensorcelled, may it
burn your body!
May the Son of Ea, the Magician, destroy
your power!
May the breath of Girra envelop your face!
Like an oven through its defective places,
like the pots through their soot,
may the Furious Girra destroy you!
So your witchcraft, your evil spell, may not
come close to me!
Climb like the fish in my water,
like the pig in my mud,
like the matakal-weed from the meadow,
like the grass on the bank of the canal,
like the seed of the ebony tree on the shore!
Shining Itar, who lightens the evening,
over to fate I am given,
by the order which the Powerful Girra has
spoken,
and the Burning Girra, Son of Anu, the
Hero!
185.
190.
N rit-tum-ma rit-tum
rit-tum dan-na-tum a-me-lu-ti
f
kaaptu - pi-i-ki da-ab-bi-bu
- dan-na-ti rit-ta-ki
lu a-ma-tum -ak-ki
bitu a-ma-tum -ba-a-ki
l
kaapu u fkaaptu e-pi u e-pit
bi-il rit-ta-ku-nu-ma ana iti lud-di
N
N bi-li bi-li qi-di-e qi-di-e
tuppu IIIkam ma-aq-lu-
Incantation. Hand, hand

powerful hand of man!
Witch, because of your slanderous mouth,
because of your powerful hand,
I brought you the word from the city,
from the house I look for the word for you.
Warlock and witch, sorcerer and sorceress,
I lay down your hand, I will throw it in the
fire. Incantation.
Incantation. Cook, cook, burn, burn!
Tablet III of Maql
[TABLET IV]
5.
10.
15.
N bi-li bi-li qi-di-e qi-di-e

rag-gu u si-e-nu e te-ru-ub at-lak
at-ta man-nu mr man-ni at-ti man-nu
mrat man-ni
-ba-tu-nu-ma ip-e-ku-nu up-e-ku-nu
te-te-ni-ip-pu--ni ia-a-i
lip-ur d-a mamau
lis-bal-kit ki-pi-ku-nu
d
asari-l-du10 mama ilime mr d-a
apqallu
a-kas-si-ku-nu-i a-kam-mi-ku-nu-i
a-nam-din-ku-nu-i
a-na dgira qa-mi-e qa-li-i ka-si-i
ka-i-du fkaaptime
d
gira qa-mu- li-tal-lal i-da-ai
ip- bar-tu a-mat limuttim rmu zru
dipala zitarruta kadibbid KU.HUNGA
abalbala su-ud pa-ni u -ni-e t-e-mu
te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
20.
a-na lpagri ta-hi-ra-in-ni te-pu--ni

tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a-na gul-gul-la-ti tap-q-da-in-ni te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a-na etim kim-ti-ia tap-q-da-in-ni te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a-na etim a-hi-i tap-q-da-in-ni te-pu--ni
a-na etimmi mur-tappi-du pa-q-da la
i-u-u te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni
d
gira lip-ur
a-na etim har-bi na-du-ti tap-q-da-in-ni
te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira
lip-ur
Incantation. Cook, cook, burn, burn!

Meanness and Evil, dont come in: go away!
Who are you, whose son? Who are you,
whose daughter?
You who sit here and command your
sorcery, your plots,
against me!
May Ea the Magician undo
and nullify your sorceries!
Asariludu, the Magician of the Gods, son of
Ea the wise!
I bind you, I tie you up, I give you over
to Girra, who burns, incinerates, binds
overpowers and seizes the sorceress!
May incinerating Girra strengthen my arms!
The Magic, Revolt, Malediction, Love, Hate,
Injustice, Murder, Paralysis of the Mouth,
Tearing of the Insides, Glowing of the Face
and Insanity
you have done, you have made others
do, may Girra undo!
You marked me for a corpse, you have
done, etc.
You turned me over to the Skulls, you have
done, etc.
You turned me over to a ghost of my family,
you have done, etc.
You turned me over to the ghost of a
stranger, you have done, etc.
To a wandering ghost who has no caretaker,
you have done, etc.
To a ghost inhabiting ruins you have turned
me over, you have done, etc.
25.
30.
35.
40.
45.
a-na sri ki-di u na-me-e tap-q-da-in-ni

lip-ur
a-na dri sa-me-ti tap-q-da-in-ni te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
etc.
a-na dbe-lit sri u ba-ma-a-ti tap-q-dain-ni te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni
d
gira lip-ur
a-na utn la-ab-ti tinri kinni KI.UT.
BA nap-pa-ha-ti tap-q-da-in-ni
lip-ur
salmnime-ia a-na lpagri tap-q-da te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
salmni -ia a-na lpagri ta-hi-ra te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
salmnime-ia it-ti lpagri tu-ni-il-la te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
salmni -ia ina sn lpagri tu-ni-il-la tepu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
salmni -ia ina qimah lpagri taq-bi-ra tepu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
salmni -ia a-na gul-gul-la-ti tap-q-da
te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lipur
salmnime-ia ina igri tap-ha-a te-pu--ni
me
salmni -ia ina asquppati tu-ni-il-la tepu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
salmni -ia ina bi- dri tap-ha-a tepu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
You turned me over to the steppes, the open

country, the desert, you have done,
etc.
To the inner wall and the outer wall you
you turned me over, you have done,
You turned me over to the Mistress of the
Steppe and High Ground, you have
done, etc.
You turned me over to the bread oven, the
stove, the pail of coals and the
bellows, you have done, etc.
You have given images of me to a corpse,
you have done, etc.
You have given images of me for a corpse,
you have done, etc.
You have laid down images of me next to
a corpse, you have done, etc.
You have put down images of me in a
corpses lap, you have done, etc.
You have buried images of me in the grave
of a corpse, you have done, etc.
Images of me you have turned over to skulls,
you have done, etc.
You have locked images of me in the wall,

you have done, etc.
You have put down images of me on the
threshold, you have done, etc.
You have locked images of me in the
entrance to the wall, you have
done, etc.
salmnime-ia ina ti-tur-ri taq-bi-ra-ma
You have buried images of me on the bridge
um-ma-nu -kab-b-su te-pu--ni
so that people stepped over them,
you have done, etc.
You have dug a hole in the basin of the
salmnime-ia ina bu-ri iqi lalaki
bra tap-ta-a taq-bi-ra te-pu--ni
wash-house and buried images of
me there, you have done, etc.
You have dug a hole in a gardeners ditch
salmnime-ia ina iqi llkuribbi bra
tap-ta-a taq-bi-ra te-pu--ni tuand buried images of me there, you
e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
have done, etc.
Images of me out of tamarisk, out of cedar,
salmnime-ia lu-u isbni lu-u iserini
lu-u lip
out of talcum,
lu-u ikri lu-u kuspi
out of wax, out of sesame,
lu-u itti lu-u titi lu-u lii
out of asphalt, out of clay, out of dough;
salmnime sir-ri-ia pa-ni-ia u la-ni-ia teimages, likenesses of my face and my figure
pu--ma
you have modelled
kalba tu--ki-la ah tu--ki-la
and given them to a dog, to a pig, to eat,
to the birds of the sky; have thrown them in
issuru tu--ki-la ana nri tadda
the river;
salmnime-ia a-na la-ma-ti mrat da-nim
Images of me to Lamatu, Anus daughter,
you have given, you have done, you have
tap-q-da te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira
lip-ur
made others do, may Girra undo!
Images of me you have given to Girra, you
salmnime-ia a-na dgira tap-q-da te-puhave done, etc.
-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
50.
55.
58a.
58b.
58c.
58d.
58e.
59.
60.
65.
70.
mme-ia it-ti lpagri tu-ni-il-la te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur

mme-ia ina sn lpagri tu-ni-il-la te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
me
m -ia ina qimah l;pagri taq-bi-ra te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
ina ..... -tim mme-ia taq-bi-ra te-pu--ni
ina ..... -tim mme-ia taq-bi-ra te-pu--ni
ina ..... -me mme-ia tah-ba-a te-pu--ni
mme-ia ana dgilgame ta-ad-di-na te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
ana .... -li-e ta-hi-ra-in-ni te-pu--ni tue-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a
zikurud a-na pa-ni dsin te-pu--ni tu-epi--ni dgira lip-ur
a
zikurud a-na pa-ni dul-pa--a te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a
zikurud a-na pa-ni MULU4-KA-DU8-A
zikuruda................................. te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a
zikurud ................................. te-pu-ni tu-e-pi--ni dgira lip-ur
a
a
a
(break of about 6 lines)
.............. GAB TIN ta-........
................me u uhuli tu-ram-me-ki-in-ni
..................... tap-qi-da...............
................ -a-ti tu-e-bi-la...........
................ btu tu---qi ai..........
ina pn....................... -zi u bb bti
ma-...........
ina pn ib-ri tap-pi u ki-na-at-ti KI.
MINA
ina pn abi u ummi ahi u ahati mri u
mrti KI.MINA
ina pn bti u bbi ardi u amti sih-ri u
ra-bi bti KI.MINA
el a-me-ri-ia tu-am-ri-si-in-ni....
ak-ta-mi-ku-nu-i ak-ta-si-ku-nu-i atta-din-ku-nu-i
ana dgira qa-mi-i qa-li-i ka-si-i
ka-i-du fkaaptime
d
gira qa-mu- li-pat-tir rik-si-ku-nu
li-pa--ir ki-pi-ku-nu li-na-as si-irqi-ku-nu
ina q-bit dmarduk mr d-a apqalli
You have put down my water next to a

corpse, you have done, etc.
You have put my water in a corpses lap,
you have done, etc.
You have buried my water in a corpses
grave, you have done, etc.
You have buried my water in a corpses.......
you have done, etc.
You have buried my water in a corpses.......
you have done, etc.
You have scooped out my water in ........
you have done, etc.
You have given my water to Gilgame, you
have done, etc.
You have picked me for .......... of the ditch,
you have done, etc.
You have cut the throat before Sin, you
have done, etc.
You have cut the throat before ulpaea, you
have done, etc.
You have cut the throat before the
constellations Cygnus and Lacerta,
you have done, etc.
You have cut the throat......
you have done, etc.
you have done, etc.
you have done, etc.
You have cut the throat ........
you have done, etc.
You have cut the throat.......
you have done, etc.
....................................
In front of ...... and the gate of the house,

In front of comrades, companions, and
servants of the same,
In front of the father and mother, brother and
sister, son and daughter of the same,
In front of the house and the gate, slave and
maid, small and large, of the same,
you made me ....... to whomever looks at me.
I have bound you, I have tied you up, I have
surrendered you
to Girra who burns, incinerates, binds
and seizes the sorceresses.
May the burning Girra untie your knots,
undo your enchantments, remove your ropes,
upon the order of Marduk, son of Ea the
75.
80.
85.
Wise,
and of Girra the Praising, the Wise, the Son
of Anu, the Hero! Incantation
formula.
u dgira a-ri-ru ap-qal mr da-nim qar-du

TU6.N
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu zitarruta

puaa
lu-u ib-ru lu-u tap-pu-u
lu-u ahu lu-u it-ba-ru
lu-u -ba-ra lu-u mr li
lu-u mu-du-u lu-u la md
lu-u lkaapu lu-u fkaaptu
lu-u zikaru lu-u sinnitu lu- hab-lu lu ha-bil-ti
lu-u lkur-gar-ru-u lu-u sah-hi-ru
lu-u ... lu-u nar-in-du-u lu-u mu-lahhe
lu-u a-gu-gi-lu-u lianu nukur-tum ina
mti ibai
.......-tu gikak-ku-u li-e-bir-ma
................... -mid-su-nu-te TU6.N
N nir-ti-i fkaapti-ia5 u ku--pa-ti-ia5
Incantation. Who are you, sorceress, who

commited murder?
Whether comrade or companion,
whether brother or friend,
whether stranger or fellow-citizen,
whether known or unknown,
whether sorcerer or sorceress,
whether man or woman, whether murderer
or murderess,
whether kurgarru-priest or sahhiru,
whether one..... or a narindu or a snakecharmer,
whether an agugilu or a foreigner who
happens to be in the country,
.......... the weapon........ to the land,
......................dont come close! Incantation
formula.
Incantation. My murderess, my sorceress, my
enchantress,
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95.
100.
105.
110.
is ...................
ma-...............
a-........-si--nu-ti......
a-ta-am-ma-ak--nu-ti ki-..........
a-ak-kan--nu-ti ana pi-i dgira qa-mi-i
qa-li-i ka-si-i ka-i-du
fkaapatime TU6.N
...................
......................
................................
I grab you,.................
I put you in the fire which burns,
burns, binds, seizes
the sorceresses! Incantation formula.
N damii man-nu abu- man-nu

ummu-u
man-nu a-hat-su-ma u- da-a-a-nu
dmarduk dsin d...................
ilu git-ma-lu.....................
d
ama ............................
i-i di-tar a-hat-su-ma u-u da-a-a-nu
ki-pi -hal-laq..............
ep-u bar-tum mat lemut-tim
-pa-ar ...............................TU6.N
Incantation. Who is the father of the son,

who his mother,
who his sister and brother his judge,
of Marduk, Sin..................
The Perfect God....................
ama..................................
And she, the Goddess his judge,
I destroy the sorcery,
witchcraft, revolt, malediction,
upon the order of ......... Incantation formula.
N i-pu--ni i-te-ni-ip-pu--ni
Incantation. It hexes, and it hexes all the

time.
The Cuthites, the Elamites,
the daughters of the Hanigalbatians.
Six on the land tie knots.
Six are their knots; seven are my loosenings.
What they tie by night,
I untie by day.
gu-ti-e-ti e-la-ma-a-ti
ma-rat ha-ni-gal-bat-a-ti
6 ina mti i-rak-ka-sa-a-ni rik-si
6 riksi-i-na 7 pit-ru--a
ma ip-pu-sa-nim-ma
kal u4-mu a-pa--ar-i-na-ti
115.
kal u4-mu ip-pu--nim-ma

ma a-pa--ar-i-na-ti
a-ak-kan-i-na-a-ti ana pi-i dgira qa-mi-i
qa-li-i ka-si-i ka-i-du
fkaapatime TU6.N
What they tie by day,

I untie by night.
I put them in the fire which burns,
incinerates, binds and seizes
the sorceresses! Incantation formula.
N ru--a ka--pat ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
Incantation. My danger is a witch, I am

released.
The witch is a witch, I am released.
The witch is an Elamite, I am released.
The witch is a Cuthite, I am released.
The witch is a Sutian, I am released.
The witch is a Lullubian, I am released.
The witch is a Hanigalbatian, I am released.
kaaptu kas--pat ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak

kaaptu e-la-ma-a-ti ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu qu-ta-a-ti ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu su-ta-a-ti ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu lul-lu-ba-a-ti ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu ha-bi-gal-ba-at ana-ku pa-i-raak
f
kaaptu a-gu-gi-lat ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu nar-in-da-at ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu mulahhat ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
kaaptu e-e-ba-a-ti ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
f
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kaaptu qur-qur-ra-a-ti ana-ku pa-ira-ak

f
kaaptu i-i rbis bbi-ia ana-ku pa-ira-ak
f
kaaptu mrat li-ia ana-ku pa-i-ra-ak
-pur a-na e-rib dami salmnime-si-na
il-qu-tu--ni
7 u 7 fkaaptime salmnime-i-na
ana dgira ap-qid
ana -tu-ni a-lik-ti a-ar-rap-i-na-ti
d
gibil qu-mi lkaapi u fkaapti
d
gibil qu-li lkaapi u fkaapti
d
gibil qu-mi-i-na-a-ti
d
gibil qu-li-i-na-a-ti
d
gibil kuus-si-na-a-ti
d
gibil a-ru-uh-i-na-a-ti
d
gibil u-ta-bil-si-na-a-ti
ez-zu dgibil li-ni-ih-ka-na-i
d
gibil lu-li-mu li-...-ki-na-i
l
kaapu u fkaaptu e-pi u e-pitum
u-nu lu-u ............... -kam-ma
ana-ku mme mli-ma
lu-u-ba--i-na-a-ti TU6.N
N e-pi-tum mu-te-pi-tum
tuppu IVkam ma-aq-lu-
The witch is an agugiltu, I am released.

The witch is a narindatu, I am released.
The witch is snake-charmer, I am released.
The witch is a magick priestess, I am
released.
The witch is a metal-worker, I am released.
The witch is a bump on my gate, I am
released.
The witch is a fellow-citizen of mine, I am
released!
I have gathered her images, and I have sent
them to the west.
The figures of the seven and seven witches
have I given over to Girra.
In a portable oven I have burned them.
Gibil, burn my warlock and my witch!
Gibil, incinerate my warlock and my witch!
Gibil, burn them utterly!
Gibil, incinerate them utterly!
Gibil, seize them!
Gibil, devour them!
Gibil, take them away!
May the raging Gibil calm down!
Gibil, .................
The sorcerer and the sorceress, the enchanter
and the enchantress,
may they truly........
But I, I let the water of the flood
come upon them! Incantation formula.
Incantation. My enchanter and my
enchantress
Tablet IV Maql
[TABLET V]
N e-pi-ti mu-te-pi-ti
Incantation. My enchanter and my

enchantress
5.
-bat ina silli a-ma-ri a libitti

-bat-ma ip-i-ia ip-pu- i-ban-na-a
salmnime-ia5
a-ap-pa-rak-kim-ma amhautu u damaammu
-sap-pa-ah ki-pi-ki -tar amtime-ki
ana p-ki
ip-i te-pu-i lu-u at-tu-ki
salmnime tab-ni-i lu-u t-me-ki
mme tah-bi-i lu-u ra-ma-ni-ki
10.
i-pat-ki ai iq-ri-ba amtme-ki ai ik-uda-in-ni

ina q-bit d-a dama u dmarduk u rubti
d
be-lit il TU6.N
N man-nu p ip-til utteta -qas-sir
ana ame ki-pi ana irsitimtim bar-ta puu
ana amirri ilime rabtime ip- bar-ta
15.
20.
25.
amt limuttimtim man-nu -qar-rib

ki-ma p la ip-pat-til uttatu la uk-ta-assa-ru
ana ame ki-pi ana irsitimtim bar-tu la
in-ni-ip-pu-
ana mrat ilime rabtime
ip- bar-tum amat limuttimtim l itehu
l i-qar-ru-bu
ip- bar-tum amt limuttimtim l iteha
l i-qar-ru-ba ia-a-i TU6.N
N du-un-na-nu du-un-na-nu prisis puru-us-si-e-ni
i-na ma-har dnusku u dgira u-bil-te ak-naat
al-ki na-bal-kt-tum u-um-ri na-bal-kttum
i-na na-sa-ah pII lkaapi-ia5
u fkaapti-ia5 pII-ki uk-ni
lillu li-bi-il-ma fkaaptu ana da-ai-ni-
daianu- kma ni li-sa-a el-
lim-has lt-sa li-tir amt-sa ana p-
30.
e-pi-ti mu-te-pi-ti
ki-ma amnini li-nu- ki-pu-
ki-ma amazupiri li-sap-pi-ru-i ki-pu-
ki-ma amsahli li-is-hu-lu-i ki-pu-
ki-ma amKUR.ZI.SAR li-sa-am-mu-si
ki-pu-
sit in the shade of a porch made of clay tiles.

She sits and does her tricks, makes images of
me.
I send against you thyme and sesame;
I disperse your sorcery, send you word back
into your mouth!
May the tricks that you have created turn
themselves against you!
May the images which you made resemble
you!
May the water that you scooped be your
own!
Your magick shall not come close to me,
your word shall not reach me!
Upon the order of Ea, ama, and Marduk,
and the Lady of the Gods!
Incantation. Who has tried to bind the chaff
after he tied the barley?
Who has ever ensorcelled Heaven, done
magick against the Earth?
Against the Irri, the Great Gods, who has
ever done magick,
brought evil words?
As chaff cannot stand in a bundle, neither
can
magick be done against Heaven or Earth,
to the daughter of the Great Gods
magick, sorcery, baneful words, do not come
close;
so, magick, sorcery, baneful words do not
come close to me! Incantation
formula.
Incantation. Dunnanu, dunnanu, who makes
our decision,
in front of Nusku, in front of Girra, my
portrait is laid down.
Come, attack! Rage! Attack!
While you tear off the feet of my sorcerer
and my sorceress, put your own feet down.
May the sorceress be dragged in front of a
judge!
May her judge roar at her like a lion!
May he strike her cheek and turn her words
back in her mouth!
Of the sorceress and the greater sorceress,
may her magick sting like mint!
May her magick scratch her like saffron!
May her magick penetrate her like mustard!
May her magick bind her like kurzisar-weed!
35.
ki-ma amkasi li-ik-su-i ki-pu-

ki-ma amhati li-ha-u-i ki-pu-
ki-ma kit-mi li-ik-tu-mu-i ki-pu-
ki-ma amirri li-ru-ru-i ki-pu-
40.
ki-ma amnuhurti lit-tah-hi-ra aptime-

e-pi-ti mu-te-pi-ti
lib-bal-kit-si squ su-lu-
lib-bal-kit-si ib-ra-tum ni-me-di-
lib-bal-ki-tu-i-ma ilime sri u li
f
45.
50.
kaaptu kima kalbi ina hatti kima andu-hal-lat ina kir-ban-ni
ki-ma kib-si immeri li-sa-am-me-ku-i-ma

li-ti-qu-i
ki-ma qur-sin-ni imri ina sqi e-te-qu
lik-kil-me-i
e-pi-ti mu-te-pi-ti
ina bi-rit kalbme li-su-ru ku-lu-lu-
ina bi-rit ku-lu-lu- li-su-ru kalbme
e-li- qul-mu- li-su-ru
ki-ma piqan sabiti qu-tur- li-ib-li
TU6.N
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu tetenpu-
3 arhme 10 u4-me miil u4-me
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60.
May her magick tie them up like cassia!

May her magick bind them like thyme!
May her magick cover them like alum!
May her magick tie them up like a pumpkinvine!
May their lips swell up like with asafoetida!
may the street and the path fall upon them!
May the room and its chair fall upon them!
May the God of the steppes and the city fall
upon them!
May one chase the sorceress like a dog with
a stick, like a lizard with a clod of
earth!
Chase them to a sheep-path, and pass over
them!
May one look upon them like upon a
donkeys ankle while crossing the street.
may their headband dance between dogs,
may dogs dance within their headband!
May the axe dance down upon them!
May their breath be taken away as if by
gazelle-shit! Incantation formula.
Incantation. Who are you, sorceress, who
worked magick continuously for
three months and ten and half days?
I raise the chicory, the pride of the
mountains,
thyme, the prepared food of the earth,
acorn, acorn of the hierodule, pinecone,
pinecone which is full of seeds.
Yes, my sorcerer and my sorceress; break
their knots,
turn their tricks into stormwind, turn words
to wind!
May their trickery be blown away like chaff,
peeled away like garlic,
beaten like dates, scattered like acorns!
ana-ku a-na---kim-ma riqqukukru tanat ad

am
hatu ti--ut ma-a-ti
pitiltu pitiltu qadatime terinnatu
terinnatu e-am ma-la-ti
an-nu- lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 hipa-a ri-ki-u-un
tir-ra ki-pu- ana me-hi-e amtime-
ana -a-ri
li-in-na--pu ki-pu- kma p liq-qalpu kma mi
li--ah-tu kima suluppi lip-pa--ru
kima pitilti
ina q-bit ditar ddumu-zi dna-na-a be-lit ra- Upon the order of Itar, Tammuz, Nanaya,
a-mi
the Mistress of Love,
dka-ni-sur-ra be-lit fkaaptime N
and of Kanisurra, the Mistress of
Sorceresses! Incantation.
N zru te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni ana
muh-hi-ku-nu
Incantation. The hate that you have created

through your magick, you have
created against yourself.
zitarruta te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni ana Also the murder that you have created, you
have created against yourself; the
muh-hi-ku-nu dipala te-pu--ni
tu-e-pi--ni ana muh-hi-ku-nu
injustice you have created, you have
kadibbida te-pu--ni tu-e-picreated against yourself; the paralysis
-ni ana muh-hi-ku-nu
of mouth you have created, you have
created against yourself;
KUS.HUNGA te-pu--ni tu-e-pi-the kushunga you have created, you have
65.
70.
ni ana muh-hi-ku-nu dububb

te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni ana muhhi-ku-nu
utukku limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni utukku
limnu li-is-bat-ku-nu-i
al limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni al limnu
li-is-bat-ku-nu-i
etimmu limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni etimmu
gall limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni gall
ilu limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni ilu limnu
li-is-bat-ku-nu-i
rbisu limnu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni rbisu
lamatu labasu ahhazu tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni
lamatu labasu ahhazu
li-is-bat-ku-nu-i
l
lil flilitu ardat lili tu--as-bi-ta-in-ni llil
f
lilitu ardat lili li-is-bat-ku-nu-i
ina ni-i u ma-mit tu-qat-ta-in-ni ina nii u ma-mit pa-gar-ku-nu liq-ti
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80.
uz-zi ili arri bli u rub ia-a-i ta-ku-nani

uz-zi ili arri bli u rub a-na ka-a-u-nu
li-ak-nak-ku-nu-i
a-u-u-tu a-ru-ur-tu hu-us qis lb-bi gilit-t
pi-rit-ti a-dir-ti ia-a-i ta-ku-na-ni
a-u-u-tu a-ru-ur-tu hu-us qis lb-bi gilit-t
pi-rit-ti a-dir-tu ana ka-a--nu li-aknak-ku-nu-i
aq-mu-ku-nu-i ina kibrit ellititi u tbat
amurri
al-qut qu-tur-ku-nu ik-kib ame
ip-e-te-ku-nu i-tu-ra-ni-ku-nu-i TU6.N
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu kma
ti ik-ki-mu mi 15kam
ti-il-ti u4-me im-ba-ru -na-at na-al-i
urpata iq-su-ra-am-ma iz-zi-za ia-a-i
85.
a-te-ba-ak-kim-ma ki-ma gal-la-ab ame

r
iltnu
-sap-pa-ah ur-pa-ta-ki -hal-laq mki
-sap-pa-ah ki-pi-ki a tak-ki-mi mua u ur-ra
created against yourself; the calumny

you have created, you have created
against yourself!
The evil utukku, you have let him seize me;
may the evil utukku seize you!
The evil alu, you have let him seize me;
may the evil alu seize you!
The evil ghost, you have let him seize me;
may the evil ghost seize you!
The evil gallu, you have let him seize me;
may the evil gallu seize you!
The evil God, you have let him seize me;
may the evil God seize you!
The evil percher, you have let him seize me;
may the evil percher seize you!
Lamatu, labasu, the Grabber, you have let
them seize me; may lamatu, labasu
and the Grabber seize you!
The Lilu, the Lilitu, the Night-maid, you
have let them seize me; may the Lilu,
the Lilitu, the Night-maid seize you!
You want to destroy me through oath and
proclamation; may your body find its
end through oath and proclamation!
You have made sure I would incur the anger
of God, King, Master and Prince;
may you suffer the anger of God, King,
Master and Prince!
Pain, famine, breaking and cutting up of the
body, trembling,
fear and depression you have laid in store for
me;
may pain, famine, breaking and cutting up of
the body, trembling,
fear and depression be laid in store for you!
I have burned you with pure sulphur and salt
from the west;
I have taken away your breath, a blotch on
the sky;
your plottings are turned against you!
INCANTATION: Whoever you are, O
sorceress, who blows in like the
southwind on the 15th day,
whose stormcloud gathered for nine days,
whose shower fell for a year,
who has formed Clouds against me and
stood over me:
I rise up against you like the Shearer of the
Heavens, the Northwind!
I scatter your clouds, I destroy your Storm!
I scatter your Witchcraft that you piled up
over me Night and Day,
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115.
120.
125.
130.
na--pa-rat zitarruti tal-tap-pa-ri

ia-a-i
and the emissaries of murder that you

repeatedly sent against me!
N -ru-uh la-a-ni -ru-uh la-a-ni

al-lal-lu.............
na-mu-.............
e-pi ..................
ka--pu .............
a-na d....................
Incantation. Powerful is my figure,

strong......
who destroys......
who makes........
the sorcerer.......
to the God........
N iranme tu-kas-si-ra ......

salmnime tug-gi-ra tu-kas-sa-a.......
ki-sir tak-su-ra-ni ki-........
d
gira a-ri-ru li-...........
d
nusku dainu .........
e-pi te-pu--ni ana muh-hi-ku-nu ....
pa--ru ki-pu--a.......
ina mme ta-bu-ti ........
ana-ku e-te-lil e-te-bi-ib.......
Incantation. You tied up my muscles.......

you crossed, tied up the images........
the knot which they tied...........
may the burning Girra..........
the judge Nusku.........
the sorcery you have worked against.....
undone is my magick ........
through the healing water.........
I become pure, I become shining......
N at-tu-nu mme .........

ta-at-ta-nab-lak-ka-ta ....
tu-hap-pa-a ka-ra......
mme ........ u ..........
mme tmti......
ih-bu-nik-ku-nu-i
7 apkallu u-ut eri-du10........
ina te--nu elli te-...... tuk-sa.....
kima ina te--nu .............
lib-bi lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5......
ana-ku ina q-bit d..................
a-sal-lah lib-ba-ku-nu ............
a-sal-lah la--me-ku-nu ...........
ina q-bit d-a dama dmarduk u rubti
d
be-lit il TU6.N
Incantation. You are the waters.......

you.........
you.......
waters........
waters.......
............................
Seven apkallu dwell in Eridu......
On her cheeks............. I........
as I on her cheek.............
the heart of my sorcerer and my sorceress....
But I, upon the order of the God.......
I overpower your heart.......
I overpower your glow.......
Upon the order of Ea, ama, Marduk and
the Princess, Mistress of the Gods.
N e-pi--a e-pi-tu-u-a
ka--pu-u-a ka-ap-tu-u-a
ik-pu-du libbu-ku-nu limuttimtim
ta-te-ni--a ru-hi-e sab-ru-ti
ina up--e-e la tbutime tu-sab-bi-ta
bir-ki-ia
ana-ku ana pu-u-ur ki-pi-ia u ru-hie-a
ina a-mat dea u dasari-l-du10 dgira
as-sah-ri
ina mme a naqbi lb-ba-ku-nu -ni-ih
ka-bat-ta-ku-nu -bal-li
si-ri-ih lib-bi-ku-nu -e-si
te-en-ku-nu --an-ni
mi-lik-ku-nu as-pu-uh
ki-pi-ku-nu aq-lu
kip-di lib-bi-ku-nu -mat-ti-ku-nu-i
idiqlat u puratta la te-bi-ra-ni
iqa u palga la te-it-ti-qa-ni
Incantation. O warlock and witch,

O sorcerer and sorceress,
whose heart conceived evil,
who sought out evil sorcery,
who bound my knees with accursed
incantations.
To break my spell and my enchantment,
I turned
to the word of Ea and Asariludu, the firegod
Girra
In the spring water I have calmed your heart;
I have soothed your angry liver;
I drove away your heated temper;
I confused your mind;
I destroyed your plan;
I burned your spells;
I have numbed your hearts.
The Tigris and Euphrates, you will not cross!
The moat and canal, you will not pass!
dra u sa-me-ti la tab-ba-lak-ki-ta-ni

135.
abulla u ne-ri-bi-e la tir-ru-ba-ni

ki-pi-ku-nu ai ithunime-ni
a-ma-at-ku-nu ai ik-u-da-in-ni
ina q-bit d-a dama u dmarduk rubti
d
be-lit il TU6.N
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165.
N iz-zi-tu-nu am-ra-tu-nu qas-sa-tu-nu

gap--tu-nu nad-ra-tu-nu lim-ni-tu-nu
la d-a man-nu -na-ah-ku-nu-i
la dasari-l-du10 man-nu -ap-sah-kunu-i
d
-a li-ni-ih-ku-nu-i
d
asari-l-du10 li-ap-ih-ku-nu-i
mme p-ia5 mme pi-ku-nu i--tu
p-ia p-ku-nu li-bal-li
tu-u p-ia5 tu-u p-ku-nu li-bal-li
INCANTATION: Fierce, Raging, Furious,

Overbearing, Violent, Evil are you!
Who but Ea can dampen you?
Who but Asalluhi can cool you?
kip-di lb-bi-ia li-bal-la-a kip-di lbbi-ku-nu
Ea, may he dampen you!

Asalluhi, may he cool you!
My mouth is water, you mouth is fire:
may my mouth extinguish your mouth!
May the curse of my mouth extinguish the
curse of your mouth!
May the plot of my heart extinguish the
plot of your heart!
N ak-bu-us gall-ai.....
at-bu-uh gi-ra-ai ah-.....
i-na mah-ri qu-ra-di dgira.......
Incantation. I have kicked my enemy down...

I have killed my adversary........
in front of the Hero, Girra........
N hu-la zu-ba u i-ta-at-tu-ka

qu-tur-ku-nu li-tel-li ame
la--me-ku-nu li-bal-li damii
lip-ru-us ha-ai-ta-ku-nu mr d-a
mamau TU6.N
Incantation. Drop, flow and drift away!

May your breath float to the sky!
May the Sun extinguish the glow of your
ashes!
May he cut away your spy, the Son of Ea,
the Magician! Incantation formula.
N adu lik-tm-ku-nu-i
adu lik-la-ku-nu-i
adu li-ni-ih-ku-nu-i
adu li-ih-si-ku-nu-i
adu li-te--ku-nu-i
adu li-ni--ku-nu-i
adu li-nir-ku-nu-i
adu li-qat-tin-ku-nu-i
adu dan-nu el-ku-nu lim-qut
ina zumri-ia5 lu-u tap-par-ra-sa-ma
TU6.N
Incantation. May the mountain cover you!

May the mountain retain you!
May the mountain calm you down!
May the mountain overpower you!
May the mountain eat you up!
May the mountain reject you!
May the mountain kill you!
May the mountain make you thin!
May the poweful mountain fall upon you!
You shall indeed be cast off from my body!
N i-sa-a i-sa-a ri-e-qa ri-e-qa
INCANTATION: Be off, be off! Be gone,

be gone!
Depart, depart! Flee, flee!
Get off, go away, be off, and be gone!
Your evil like smoke, may it rise ever
skyward!
From my body be off!
From my body be gone!
From my body depart!
bi-e- bi-e- hi-il-qa hi-il-qa

dup-pi-ra at-la-ka i-sa-a u ri-e-qa
limuttu-ku-nu ki-ma qut-ri li-tel-li ame
170.
You will not climb over the inner wall or

the outer wall!
You will not come in through the gate or the
entryway!
Your spells will not come close to me!
Your word will not reach me!
By the order of Ea, ama, Marduk and the
Princess, Mistress of the Gods!
ina zumri-ia5 i-sa-a

ina zumri-ia5 ri-e-qa
ina zumri-ia5 bi-e-
180.
ina zumri-ia5 hi-il-qa

ina zumri-ia5 dup-pi-ra
ina zumri-ia5 at-la-ka
ina zumri-ia5 la tatr
ina zumri-ia5 la tetehe
ina zumri-ia5 la taqarub
ina zumri-ia5 la tasaniqqa
ni-i dama kabti lu ta-ma-tu-nu
185.
N denlil qaqqadi-ia5 pa-nu-u-a u4-mu
175.
From my body flee!

From my body get off!
From my body go away!
Do not turn back to my body!
Do not approach my body!
Do not come near my body!
Do not touch my body!
By the life of ama, the Honored, be
commanded!
ni-i d-a bl naqbi lu ta-ma-tu-nu
By the life of Ea, Lord of the Deep, be
commanded!
ni-i dasari-l-du10 ma-ma ilime lu ta-ma- By the life of Asalluhi, Magus of the Gods,
tu-nu
be commanded!
ni-i dgira qa-mi-ku-nu lu ta-ma-tu-nu
By the life of Girra, your Executioner, be
commanded!
ina zumri-ia5 lu-u tap-par-ra-sa-ma
You shall indeed be cast from my body!
TU6.N
tuppu Vkam ma-aq-lu-
Incantation. Enlil is my head, the day my

face.
Tablet V Maqlu
[TABLET VI]
N den-lil qaqqadi-ia5 pa-nu--a u4-mu
d
ura ilu git-ma-lu la-mas-sat pa-ni-ia

kiadi-ia5 ul-lu dnin-lil
idme-ai dgam-lum dsin amurri
5.
10.
15.
20.
ubntume--a isbnu esemtu digigi

la --as-na-qa ru-hi-e a-na zu-um-riia
d
lugal-edin-na dla-ta-raq irti-ia5
kin-sa-ai dmu-h-ra pII-ai
ittanallakaka
ka-li-i-na lu lah-mu
at-ta man-nu ilu lim-nu lkaapi u
f
kaapti
i-pu-ru-ni- a-na dki-ia5
lu- e-ri-ta la tal-la-ka
lu- sal-la-ta la te-tib-ba-a
amteme-ka lu ishahuru ina pn ili u
arri li-nu-
ul-te-sib ina bbi-ia5 dlugal-gir-ra ilu
dan-nu
sukkal ilime dpap-sukkal
li-du-ku lkaapi u fkaapti
li-tir-ru amt-sa a-na p- TU6.N
N e-pi-ta qu-um-qu-um-ma-tum
f
kaaptu kud-dim-ma-tum
e-pi-ti e-e-bu-tum
Incantation. Enlil is my head, the day my

face,
Ura the Perfect God is my protecting face,
my neck is the necklace of Ninlil,
my arms are the Divine Curved Sword of the
Western Sin,
my fingers are tamarisk, my bones the Igigi;
they do not let sorcery penetrate my body.
Lugaledinna and Latark are my breast,
my knees are Muhra, my feet which wander
are each Lahmu.
Who are you, evil God, whom my sorcerer
and my sorceress
have sent to kill me?
When you awake, dont go!
When you lie in sleep, dont get up!
May your words be an apple, bitter for God
and King!
I set Lugalgirra, the Strong God, at my door;
Papsukkal, the messenger of the Gods, also.
They may kill my sorcerer and my sorceress;
they may turn back their word in their
mouth! Incantation formula.
Incantation. The sorceress is a qumqummatu.
The sorceress is a goldsmith.
My sorceress is a magick priestess.
ummu e-pi-ti-ia nar-in-da-tum
25.
30.
35.
am-me-ni tu-ub-ba-li napititi ana

ma-al-ki
ana-ku a-na pu-sur ki-pi-ki am.......
na--ku
riqqu
kukru ad .....me ka.......
N riqqukukru-ma riqqukukru
riqqu
kukru ina adnime elltime quddu-u-ti
sihrtime tir-hi e-ni-ti
sihrtime terinntime qa-a-da-a-ti
al-ka-nim-ma lkaapi-ia5 u
f
kaapti-ia5
dan-nu hipame rikis-sa
tir-ra ki-pi-a a-na me-hi-e
amteme- ana ri
li-in-ni-e-pu ki-pi-a ki-ma p
li-a-as-li-mu-i ki-ma di-iq-me-en-ni
ki-ma libitti igri li-hu-hu ki-pu-
fkaapti-ia5 lip-pa-tir rikis lib-bi-
N riqqukukru-ma riqqukukru
kukru ina adnime elltime quddu-u-ti
sihrtime tir-hi e-ni-ti
sihrtime terinntime qa-a-da-a-ti
al-ka-nim-ma lkaapi-ia5 u
f
kaapti-ia5
dan-nu hipa rikis-sa
mimma ma-la te-pu- nu-tir a-na ri
riqqu
40.
N e fkaapti-ia5 e-li-ni-ti-ia5
45.
....a-bu la ta-ku-ni tu-qu-un-tu

am-me-ni ina bti-ki i-qat-tur qut-ru
a-ap-pa-rak-kim-ma ..................-ti
-sap-pah ki-pi-ki -tar amteme-ki ana
p-ki
N la-am dnin-gir-su ina ad il-su-u
d
a-la-la
50.
la-am kal i-lu-u ana na-kas isbni

......fkaaptu ana annanna apil annanna
tu-kap-pa-ti abnme
ta-te-ni--e li-mut-ta
a-za-qa-kim-ma kima iltani amurri
-sap-pah urpata-ki -hal-laq u4-um-ki
My sorceress mother is a narindatupriestess.

Why do you bring life to the Prince?
But I, to destroy your magick spells, hold
up the .......-weed.
Chicory from the mountain..........
Incantation. O chicory, chicory!
Chicory from the light pure mountains!
You, small tirhu-vessel of the Priestess,
you, small pinecones of the Hierodule,
come: of my sorcerer and my sorceress
break the strong knots!
Turn their spells into stormwind, their words
into wind!
May their trickery be blown away like chaff!
May they make them black like ashes!
May their spells break loose like tiles over
the wall!
May the heart-muscle of my sorceress be
melted!
Incantation. O chicory, chicory!
Chicory from the light pure mountains!
You, small tirhu-vessel of the Priestess,
you, small pinecones of the Hierodule,
come: of my sorcerer and my sorceress,
break the strong knots!
And everything you have ensorcelled, we
turn into wind!
Incantation. Hey, my sorceress, my
nightmare!
.....you have not given up the contradicting!
Why does smoke still smoke in your house?
I am sending you.......
I destroy your tricks, I turn your words in
your mouth!
Incantation. In front of Ningirsu in the
mountains, began a divine song of
jubilation,
in front of everybody, it went up to cut
tamarisk.
..... sorceress who gathered stone against N.,
son of N.,
and prepares evil,
I blow on you like the northwind, like the
westwind!
I destroy your clouds, clear away your bad
weather,
55.
mimma ma-la te-pu-i -tar a-na ri
and I turn everything you have ensorcelled

into wind!
N e fkaaptu -ka-ip-an-ni
Incantation. Hey, the sorceress has

ensorcelled me!
....she has hexed me!
She ...... pulled away the earth from under
my feet!
She...... removed my shadow from the wall!
ama, Master of Artisans, Ea, Master of
Determination of Fate,
Asariludu, Master of the Art of Incantation,
strike the cheek, turn their word in their
mouth,
the sorceress and the greater sorceress.
Like....... talcum of incantation, cut away
clothes,
like a head of chicory,
to ..... do not come close,
so their trickery does not come close, their
sorcery, their magick, their evil
plottings
do not come close to me! Incantation
formula.
........ -tum -ri-ih-ha-an-ni

........ -tum i-bu-u epirhi.a pII-ia
60.
........ -tum il-qu- sillu ina igri

d
ama bl ummntihi.a d-a bl mtime
d
asari-l-du10 bl a-i-pu-ti
mah-sa lt-sa tir-ra amt-sa ana p-
e-pi-tum mu-te-pi-tum
..... lip iptime lubarme batqti
65.
kima qaqqad riqqukukri

a-na a-ha-me la i-qar-ri-bu
ki-pu- ru-huru-su- up--u-
lem-nu-ti
l itehhme-ni l i-qar-ri-bu-ni ia-a-i
TU6.N
N at-ta e te-pu-i ka-la-a-ma
70.
75.
80.
Incantation. Hey you, who did all sorts of

magick,
min-mu-u te-pu-i ia-a-i u im-ti-ia
what you also ensorcelled, me and my figure,
riqqu
kukru adi ihtepi rikis-ki
chicory from the mountain will break your
knot!
imitti-ki u umli-ki ru lit-bal TU6.N May the wind blow away what is left and
right of you! Incantation formula.
N kibri-dit ellitu mrat ame rabtime
ana-ku
d
a-nim ib-na-ni-ma d-a den-lil -e-ri-duni.....
e-pi-tu-a ki-a-am tepui-in-ni......
............. -ri-du mu ame.......... ma-la
pII-ia ki-bi-.....
............. bi-ta ........ na-dtat ipat-su
apqal ili TU6.N
Incantation. I am pure sulphur, Daughter of

of the Big Sky,
Anu created me, Ea and Enlil brought me
down.
My sorceress has ensorcelled me so.......
......................heaven...........my feet.......
N kibri-dit kibri-dit.............
7 u 7 kaaptime 7 u 7 ai-ba-ti-
adversaries,
e............................ ul in-ni-ip-pu-u
e-bi-i ......................... ul iq-bi....-me
man-nu a-na kibri-dit ip-pu- ki-pi
Incantation. Sulphur, sulphur.........

The Seven Sorceresses have seven
kibri-dit 7 u 7 pume-ni .......

ki-.......-ru-ki ana-ku lu-ub-lut TU6.N
...............the incantation of the Wise One of

the Gods is laid down! Incantation
formula.
................. will not be done.

My sorcerer.......................... did not say.....
Who is it, who does trickery against the
sulphur sorceries?
Sulphur, with which Seven have ensorcelled
me.....
..........you, but may I live! Incantation
formula.
85.
N kibri-dit ellitu amKUR.KUR am-mu

qud-du-u ana-ku
e-pi-u-u-a apqallu aps
e-pi-i-tu-u-a mrat da-nim ame
ki-i e-te-ni-ip-pu-u-ni ul i-li--a-in-ni
ki-i e-pu-u-si-na-a-ti i-te-u-si-na-a-ti
90.
e-til-la-a kima nnme ina mme-ia5

kma ahi ina ru-um-ti-ia5
kma ammatakal ina -sal-li
kma amsassati ina a-hi a-tap-pi
kma zr isui ina a-hi tam-tim
95.
e- dillat-e e- dillat-e
nar-qa-ni a-na qaq-qa-ri
tu-na-sis-a-ni kim-mat-ku-nu ia-a-i
N dit qaqqadi-ia5 kibri-dit pa-da-at-ti
100.
pII-ai na-a-ru man-ma la idu ki-rib

am
AN.HUL.LA p-ia5 tmtu ta-ma-ta
rapatumtum rit-ti
d
kma it qaqqadi-ia5 kibri-dit pa-da-at-ti
kma ...................
me-ri-ti-ia..........
.........................
Incantation. Pure sulphur, kurkur-weed, I am

the pure weed.
My sorcerer is the Wise One of the Ocean.
My sorceress is the Daughter of the sky-god
Anu.
Although they have ensorcelled me, they
have not overwhelmed me.
But since they did bad magick, and sought
evil,
now rise like the fish in my water,
like a pig in my mire,
like the matakal-weed in the meadow,
like the grass on the bank of the canal,
like the seed of the ebony tree on the sea
shore,
where is the divine support, where the divine
support,
may you be emptied on the ground,
you who shook your head of hair against me!
Incantation. The God It is my head, sulphur
of my figure,
my feet are the river whose inside nobody
knows.
The Anhulla-plant is my mouth, the sea of
distant Tiamat is my hand.
Like the God It is my head, sulphur of my
figure,
like......................
my limbs....................
................................
(about 15 lines missing; in this lacuna belong the following six lines)
105.
N dit a-kul al-ti
Incantation. I have eaten, I have drunk....

nightmare!
......................your....
.................. of the sky, the seat of the Gods
on earth,
...............sulphur, Daughter of the Great
Gods,
will..... your.... will dissolve your sorcery on
the day of the new moon.
.................... -ba-nu-uk-ki i-......

................. ame parakki qaq-qa-ri
............ kibri-dit mrat ilime rabtime
110.
......... -ki ina m bubbuli iptatar ru-hie-ki

N at-ti tabtu ina -ri elli ib-ba-nu-
115.
Incantation. You are the salt that was formed

in the Pure Place,
ana ma-ka-li-e ilime rabtime i-im-ki den- Enlil has destined you for the meal of the
lil
Great Gods;
ina ba-li-ki ul i-ak-kan nap-tan ina -kur without you there is no meal in Ekur,
ina ba-li-ki ilu arru blu u rub ul is-si-nu without you God, King, Master and Prince
qut-rin-nu
cannot smell the incense.
ana-ku annanna apil annanna ki-pi su- I, N., son of N., have held the sorcery,
ub-bu-tu-in-ni
up--e-e li--bu-in-ni
I have let the plottings fester:
putri ki-pi-ia tabtu pu-u-i-ri ru-hi-e-a

up-a-e-e muh-ri-in-ni-ma kma ili ba-niia
lul-tam-mar-ki
120.
N e fkaapti-ia5 lu rah-ha-ti-ia5
a-na 1 brim ip-pu-hu ita
a-na 2 bri i-tap-pa-ra mr ip-ri-a
125.
ana-ku i-di-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu

ina .....-ia5 ma-sar-t ina bbi-ia5 azza-qap ki-din-nu
is
maili-ia5 al-ta-me subt-li-in-na
ina r ismaili-ia5 a-za-raq amnuhurtu
dan-na-at amnuhurtu-ma -na-ha-ra kal
ki-pi-ki
N e fkaapti-ia5 lu rah-ha-ti-ia5
130.
a-na 1 briam ippuhaha ita

a-na 2 bri i-tap-pa-ra mr ip-ri-a
ana-ku i-di-ma at-ta-kal ta-ka-la
ina ...... -ia5 ma-sar-t ina bbi-ia5 az-zaqap ki-din-nu
ina r ismaili-ia5 aakan 12 is--ir-ri
.... etimmi ri-hi-it dgira qa-mi-ki
135.
dnisaba ar-ra-tu mu-ga-si-sa-at

ubnatime-ki
140.
tattallaki kal mtti

ta-at-ta-nab-lak-ka-ti kal adnime-ni
ana-ku i-di-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu
ina .... -ia5 ma-sar-t ina bbi-ia5 azza-qap ki-din-nu
ina imitti bbi-ia5 u umli bbi-ia5
ul-te-iz-ziz dlugal-gir-ra u dmis-lam-ta-a
ilime ma-sar-te na-si-ih lib-bi mu-temi-du kaltime
f
kaaptu li-du-ku-ma ana-ku lu-ub-lut
145.
150.
tallakiki kal mtti

ta-at-ta-nab-lak-ka-ti kal adnime-ni
ana-ku i-di-e-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu
ina ..... -ia5 ma-sar-t ina bbi-ia5 az-zaqap ki-din-nu
...................................... ak ............ -lu
break my spells, O salt! dissolve my

sorceries,
take away the plotting from me! Like my
creator,
I then want to adore you!
INCANTATION: Ha! My sorceress, my
medicine-maker;
who has lit a fire for one league,
has repeatedly sent her emissary for two
leagues.
I know, I have firm confidence;
I have put a watchman in my....., a protector
at my gate,
I have wrapped a scarf around my bed,
I have sprinkled asafoetida at its head,
so the strong asafoetida will stop all your
sorceries!
medicine-maker;
who has lit a fire for one league,
has repeatedly sent her emissary for two
leagues.
I know, I have firm confidence;
I have put a watchman in my....., a protector
at my gate;
I have put 12 airri-wood figures,
..... of the Spirit of Death the product of
Girra, your burners,
and of Nisaba, the Queen who cuts off
your fingers!
informer,
who blows back and forth over all the lands,
crosses to and fro over all the mountains,
I know, have firm confidence,
in my .... I put a watchman, I have put a
protector at my gate,
at the right and left of my gate
I have set Lugalgirra and Meslamtaea;
may the Guardian Gods burst the kidneys
of the One who steals reason!
May they kill the sorceress, but may I live!
informer,
who blows back and forth over all the lands,
crosses to and fro over all the mountains,
I know, have firm confidence;
in my .... I have put a watchman, I have put
a protector at my gate,
(a few lines missing to the end)

N rit-ti dman-za-d
tuppu VIkam ma-aq-lu-
Incantation. My hand is Manzad.

Tablet VI Maqlu
[TABLET VII]
N rit-ti dman-za-d GIR.TABme
.... i-i fkaaptu -nak-ka-ma ki-pi-
-.... -pah-kim-ma ki-ma marrati ina
ame
-za-qa-kim-ma kma iltni amurr
5.
10.
-sa-ap-pah urpata-ki -hal-laq m-ki

-sap-pah ki-pi-ki tak-ki-mi mu-
u ur-ra
na--pa-rat zitarruta tal-tap-pa-ri
ia-a-i
sa-lil nbiru sa-lil ka-a-ru
mrme malhi ka-li--nu sal-lu
el isdalti issikkuri na-du-u hur-gul-lu
na-da-at i-pat-su-un dsiris u dnin-gizi-da
lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 ip- bartum amt limuttimtim
ai ithunime.ni ai i-ba--u-ni
bba ai rubnime.ni ana bti
15.
20.
nin-gi-zi-da li-is-suh--nu-ti
lib-bal-ki-tu-ma e-pi--ti-u-nu li-baru
ilu arru blu rub lik-kil-mu--nuti
ina qtII ili arri bli u rub ai si kaap-ti
a-na-ku ina q-bit dmarduk bl nu-bat-ti
dasari-l-du10 bl a-i-pu-ti
min-mu- e-pu-u lu ku-i-ru
ip-e te-pu--ni li-sa-bil ra
N a-ra-hi-ka ra-ma-ni a-ra-hi-ka pag-ri
25.
ki-ma dsumuqn ir-hu- bu-ul-

snu im-mir- sabtu ar-ma- atnu
mu-ur-
is
epinnu irsitimtim ir-hu- irsitimtim im-huru zr-
ad-di ipta a-na ra-ma-ni-ia
Incantation. My hand is Manzad, my

Scorpion;
...she, the sorceress, piles up her spells.
I...... you, like the rainbow in the sky,
I blow on you like the northwind, the
westwind,
I destroy your clouds and dispel your bad
weather!
I destroy your sorcery which you have
piled up day and night,
and the messages of murder which you send
me.
The ferryboat calls, the harbor calls,
the sailors are resting the whole time;
wrappings are put at the door and the bolt,
the incantations of Siduri and Ningizida are
laid,
the sorcery, the incantations, the evil calls,
the evil word of my sorcerer and my
sorceress,
should not come close, should not come in!
They should not enter the house through the
door!
May Ningizida throw them out!
May they keel over and catch their helpers!
May God, King, Master and Prince look at
them in an evil way!
May my sorceress not escape from the
power of God!
But I, upon the order of Marduk, Master of
the Vigilant,
and of Asariludu, Master of Incantation,
may everything I have done be propitious!
May the sorceries which you have created
turn into wind!
Incantation. I fructify you, my self; I fructify
you, my body;
like Sumuqan fructifies his cattle,
the ewe with her lamb, the gazelle with her
kid, the she-ass with her foal,
like the plow fructifies the earth, and the
earth receives from the plow its
seeds,
I have put an incantation on myself.
li-ir-hi ra-ma-ni-ma li-e-se lum-nu

ki-pi a zumri-ia5 li-is-su-hu
30.
35.
40.
ilime rabtime
N amnu ellu amnu ib-bu amnu namru
amnu mu-lil zumri ilime
amnu mu-pa--i-ih irir-a-na a-melu-ti
aman ipti d-a aman ipti dasaril-du10
-ta-hi-id-ka aman tap-u-uh-ti
d-a id-di-nu a-na pa--ha-a-ti
ap-u-u-ka aman balti
ad-di-ka ipat d-a bl eri-du10 dnin-igikug
at-ru-ud a-sak-ku ah-ha-zu
u-ru-up-pu-u a zumri-ka
-at-bi qu-lu ku-ru ni-is-sa-t pag-rika
-pa--i-ih ir-a-ni mi-na-ti-ka la
tbtime
ina q-bit d-a ar aps
ina t a d-a ina ipat dasari-l-du10
45.
ina ri-kis ra-ba-bu dgu-la

ina qtII pa--ha-a-ti dnin-din-ug-ga
dnin-a-ha-qud-du bl ipti
ana annanna apil annanna ub-u-ma d-a
ipat-ka balti
7 apqall u-ut eri-du10 li-pa--i-hu
zumur-u TU6.N
50.
N den-lil qaqqadi-ia5 MULKAK.SI.

la-a-ni
ptu dama nap-hu
id-ai isgamlu bb dmarduk
55.
uzna-a-a li--u pII-a-a lah-mu mu-kabbi-sa-at lah-me

at-tu-nu ilime rabtime ina ame napha-tu-nu
kma an-na ku an..... ip-u bar-tum amt
lemut-tim
la itehhme-ku-nu-i la i-sa-ni-q-ku-nu-i
ip- bar-t amt lemut-tim la itehh-ni la
isanniq-ni ia-i N
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu puuu
sal-mi
it-tu-lu la-a-ni puuu la-mas-si
60.
i-mu-ru bal-ti -ar-ri-hu ga-ti
May it fructify me and drive the evil out!

May they tear away the sorcery from my
body,
the Great Gods!
Incantation. Pure oil, light oil, shining oil!
Oil which cleans the Gods!
Oil which cures the tendon of man.
Oil of the incantation of Ea, oil of the
incantation of Asariludu!
I have let you drip with the oil of the cure
that Ea has given to heal.
I have rubbed you with the Oil of Life,
have laid next to you the incantation of Ea,
Lord of Eridu, of Ninigikug,
have chased the Asakku, the Seizer,
the Chill out of your body.
I have removed the Scream, the Fear, the
trembling of your body,
have healed the tendons of your ailing
members.
Upon the order of Ea, King of the Deep,
with the formula of Ea, with the incantation
of Asariludu,
with a big dressing of Gula,
with the healing hands of Nindinugga,
and of Ninahaquddu, Master of Incantion,
let N., son of N., know, O Ea, your
Incantation of Life!
May the Seven Apqallu of Eridu heal his
body! Incantation formula.
Incantation. Enlil is my head, the Star
Kaksia my figure;
the forehead is the Divine Moon-crescent,
my arms are the curved sword of the Gate of
Marduk;
my ears are a tablet, my trampling feet a
snake.
You, Great Gods who are lit in the Heavens,
like ..... sorcery, spells, malediction,
do not come close to you, do not push up
against you,
so may sorcery, spells, malediction not come
close to me, not push up against me!
Incantation.
Incantation. Whoever you are, sorceress,
who has made an image of me,
who has observed my figure and made a
statue of me,
has seen my strength, has made my
65.
-sab-bu-u nab-ni-t
-ma-i-lu bu-un-na-ni-e-a
ub-bi-ru mi-na-ti-ia
-kas-su-u me-ri-ti-ia
-kan-ni-nu ma-na-ni-e-a
ia-a-i d-a ma-ma ilime -ma--ra-anni
ma-har dama sa-lam-ki e-sir
la-an-ki ab-ni bal-ta-ki a-mur
gat-ta-ki -ar-ri-ih nab-nit-ki -sab-bi
70.
i-na dnisaba ellitimtim bu-un-na-an-ni-ki ma-il

mi-na-ti-ki ub-bi-ir me-ri-ti-ki -kas-si
ma-na-ni-ki -kan-ni-in
ip- te-pu-in-ni e-pu-u-ki
mi-hir tu-am-hir-in-ni -am-hir-ki
75.
gi-mil tag-mil-in-ni -tir ag-mil-ki

ki-pi-ki ru-hi-ki ru-si-ki ip-e-te-ki limni-e-te
up--e-ki ai-bu-te
na--pa-ra-ti-ki li-mut-ti
rm-ki zr-ki dipal-ki zitarrut-ki
80.
kadibbid-ki dubbubu-ki li-kil-lu r-ki

it-ti mme zumri-ia5 u mu-sa-a-ti
qtII-ia li--hi-it-ma
a-na muh-hi-ki u la-ni-ki lil-lik-ma anaku lu-ub-lut
e-ni-ta li-na-an-ni ma-hir-ta lim-hur-an-ni
85.
90.
N ba--ir-t ba-ra-a-ti
kaaptu fkaaptime
ina sqtame-ta na-da-tu e-is-sa
ina ri-bit li it-ta-na-al-la-ka nII-
l
etlme li ub-ta-na-
it-ti letlme li ub-ta-na--in-ni ia-a-i
f
ardtime li is-sa-na-hur
it-ti ardtime li is-sa-na-hur-an-ni ia-a-i
e -ba--kim-ma lkurgarme le-e-bi-e
rikis-ki a-hi-pi
l
kaapme li-pu-su-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi
95.
kaaptime li-pu-a-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi
appearance powerful,
has studied the shape of my body,
has reproduced my features,
has bound my members,
has tied up my members,
has bent my nerves;
Ea, the Enchanter of the Gods has sent me;
in front of ama I have drawn your picture,
I have drawn your figure, I have observed
your strength,
I have made your appearance powerful,
espied the shape of your body,
I have reproduced your features with pure
flour,
I have bound your members, I have tied up
your members,
I have bent your nerves;
I have done to you the spell that you did to
me,
I have let you have the evil encounter that
you let me have,
I have let you suffer the revenge that you let
me suffer!
Your sorcery, your tricks, your evil, your
maleficence,
your evil plottings,
your evil messages,
your love, your hate, your injustice, your
murder,
your paralysis of the mouth, your calumnies:
may your head stop!
With the water of my body and the cleansing
water of my hands, may it be taken
away,
and go to your head and your figure; but
may I have life!
May affection come to me, favor come to
me!
Incantation. Catcher of catchers!
Sorceress of sorceresses!
Whose net has been spread in the streets,
whose eyes gaze around on the city square;
she selects the men of the city,
along with the men of the city she also
selects me.
She hangs around the girls of the city,
along with the girls of the city she also hangs
around me.
I seek out againt you Kurgarras and
Ecstatics;
I will break your bond.
May Warlocks bewitch you, I will break
your bond.
May Witches bewitch you, I will break your
bond.
kurgarme li-pu-u-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi
e-e-bu- li-pu-u-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi
nar-in-du-ume li-pu-u-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi

mulahhme li-pu-u-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi
100.
105.
a-gu-gil-lume li-pu-u-ki rikis-ki a-hi-pi

a-mah-has li-it-ki a-al-la-pa lin-ki
-ma-al-la ru--a-ta nII-ki
-a-lak a-hi-ki lil-lu-ta
ak-ka-a-i ru-uq-bu-ta -a-lak-ki
mimma ma-la te-te-ip-pu-i -tar ana
muh-hi-ki
N ep-i-ki ep-e-ti-ki ep-e-et ep-i-ki
110.
115.
120.
125.
ep-e-et mu-up-pi-e-ti-ki
d
-a ma-ma ilime -pat-tir-ma mme
u-ta-bil
p-ki lim-nu e-pi-ra lim-la
lin-ki limuttimtim ina q-e lik-ka-sir
ina q-bit den-bi-lu-lu bl balti TU6.N
May Kurgarras bewitch you, I will break

your bond.
May Ecstatics bewitch you, I will break your
bond.
May Narsindus bewitch you, I will break
your bond.
May Snakers bewitch you, I will break your
bond.
May Agulgillu bewitch you, I will break
your bond.
I eat your cheek, I tear your tongue,
I fill your eyes with saliva,
I let your arms fall in weakness.
You, yes you I let eat rotten garbage,
and everything that you have ensorcelled, I
turn on your head!
Incantation. Your enchantment, your
sorcery, the sorcery of your
sorceress,
the sorcery of your sorcerer,
Ea, the Magician of the Gods has undone
and turned to water!
May your evil mouth be filled with earth,
may your evil tongue be tied with a string!
Upon the order of Enbilulu, Master of Life!
N ki-is-ri-ki ku-us-su-ru-ti
ip-e-ti-ki lim-ni-eti up--e-ki ai-bu-ti
na--pa-ra-tu-ki limuttimtim
d
asari-l-du10 ma-ma ilime -pat-tir-ma
--bil sara
p-ki lim-nu epirahi.a lim-ma-li
lian-ki limuttimtim ina q-e lik-ka-sir
ina q-bit den-bi-lu-lu bl balti TU6.N
Incantation. Your tied knots,

your evil spells, your mean machinations,
your evil messages,
Asariludu, the Magician of the Gods, has
undone and removed!
May your evil mouth be filled with earth,
may your evil tongue be tied with a string!
Upon the order of Enbilulu, Master of Life!
N am-si qa-ti-ia ub-bi-ba zu-um-ri
Incantation. I have washed my hands, I have

cleaned my body
in pure spring water which comes from
Eridu;
may all the mean, all the evil, all the bad luck
which in my body, my flesh, my muscles
exists,
anxiety through evil and unfavorable dreams,
harbingers,
anxiety through untrue dreams, evil and
unlucky,
through laying-on-of-hands, strangling of
life, of divination,
through that which I see every day,
on which I step in the street, which I see on
the sides,
the evil edu, the evil utukku,
illness, headache, distress,
ina mme naqbi elltime ina eri-du10

ib-ba-nu-u
mimma lim-nu mimma l tbu
ina zumri-ia5 rme-ia5 irnme-ia5
bau
lumun untime idtime itttime limntime
l tbtime
lumun rme ha-tu-ti par-du-ti lemn-time
l tbtime
II
lipit qti hi-niq ui ni-iq ni-qi npe-ti
bar-ti
at-ta-ta-lu u4-me-am
-kab-bi-su ina sqi e-tam-ma-ru ina aha-a-ti
e-ed lem-utti -tuk-ku lim-nu
mursu di-di-lip-ta
130.
qu-lu ku-ru ni-is-sa-t ni-ziq-t im-tu-u

ta-ni-hu
-a a-a hu-su-su qis lib-bi
gi-lit-tum pi-rit-tum a-dir-tum
r-rat ilime mi-hir-ti ilime ta-zi-im-ti
ni-i il ni-i il ni-i qtiII ma-mit
135.
140.
lum-nu ki-pi ru-hi-e ru-si-e up--e-e

lem-nu-ti amltime
me
it-ti m zumri-ia5 u mu-sa-a-ti
qteII-ia5
li--hi-it-ma ana muhhi salam nig-sagile
lil-lik
salam nigsagile r-ni di-na-ni li-iz-bil
su--qu su-lu- li-pat-ti-ru r-ni-ia
e-ni-tum li-na-ni ma-hir-tum lim-hur-an-ni
am-hur mi-ih-ru lim-hu-ru-in-ni
145.
u4-mu ul-ma arhu hi-du-ti attu hagalla li-bil-la

d
-a dama u dmarduk ia-a-i ru-sa-nimma
lip-pa--ru ki-pu ru-hu-u ru-su-u
up--u- lim-nu-ti a-me-lu-ti
ma-mit lit-ta-si zumri-ia5
N te-bi e-e-ru mesa qteII-ia
150.
..... -ma qaq-qa-ru mu-hur up-ni-ia

fkaaptu -ka-ip-an-ni
e-e-bu -sa-li--an-ni
d
ama pi-ir-ta li-bil-am-ma
irsitimtim lim-hur-an-ni
N it-tam-ra e-e-ru pu-ut-ta-a
155.
160.
165.
a-lik ur-hi it-ta-si abulla

mr ipri is-sa-bat har-ra-na
e-pi-tum e te-pu-in-ni
ra-hi-tum e tu-ri-hi-in-ni
-tal-lil ina na-pa-ah dami
mimma ma-la te-pu-i tu-u-te-pu-i
li-tir-ru-ma li-is-ba-tu-ki ka-a-i
N e-ru-um-ma e-e-ru
an-nu- lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5
it-bu-nim-ma kma mrme lnri -lappa-t nu---nu
ina bbi-ia5 iz-za-zi dpalil
ina r ismaili-ia5 iz-za-zi dlugal-edin-na
a-ap-pa-rak-kim-ma bbi-ia5 dpalil
r ismaili-ia5 dlugal-edin-na
mli bri dib-bi-ki mli har-ra-ni a-ma-ti-
shrieking, fear, trembling, worries, fear,

apathy,
pain, aches, crumpling, cutting up of the
body,
fear, obsession, terror,
sin, unfavorable events done by the Gods,
wrath,
curse through the oath by a God, through the
oath of the swearing hand,
sorcery, spells, mean machinations of men,
may they all, with the water of my body and
cleaning water of my hands,
go over to the deceiving figure!
May my sin carry my image instead of me!
May street and path dissolve my sin!
May affection come to me, may favor come
to me!
I have lived through the experience; may it
be favorable to me!
May the day bring healing, the month joy,
the year its bounty.
Ea, ama, and Marduk, help me!
May the sorcery, the spells, be dissolved!
May the mean machinations of men
and the oath leave my body!
Incantation. Dawn is breaking, my hands are
washed;
..... my sin is gone.
Because the sorceress enchanted me,
the witch made me sick,
may ama bring salvation!
May the earth take me in!
INCANTATION: Dawn has broken; the
dalati
doors are opened;
the traveler has passed through the gate;
the messenger has taken to the road.
Hey, witch: did you try to bewitch me?
Hey, enchantress: did you try to enchant me?
Now I am freed by the light of the rising sun;
whatever witchcraft you did or had done,
may they turn back on you, yes you!
Incantation. Morning, ah morning!
Truly my sorcerer and my sorceress
have plucked their strings like minstrels.
At my gate stands Palil,
at the head of my bed stands Lugaledinna.
I send you, Palil, from my gate;
from the head of my bed, Lugaledinna.
Your discourse will turn around like a flood
170.
ki
-tar-ru ki-pi-ki ru-hi-ki -sa-ab-ba-tuki ka-a-i TU6.N
of a league, the flood of the street,

your sorceries, your charms, your spells will
seize you, yes you!
N ina e-r misa qt-ai

ur-ru- dam-qu li-ar-ra-an-ni
tu-ub lb-bi tbub ri li-ir-te-da-an-ni
At Dawn my hands are washed.

May a propitious beginning begin for me;
may happiness and good health ever
accompany me,
whatever I wish, may I attain my wish,
e-ma -sa-am-ma-ru su-um-mi-ra-ti-ia

lu-uk-u-ud
unt e-mu-ru ana damiqtimtim li-ak-na
175.
ai itha ai isniq mimma lim-nu mimma l

tbu
ru-hi-e lkaapi u fkaapti
ina q-bit d-a dama dmarduk u ru-bti
d
be-lit i-li TU6.N
N am-si qtII-ia am-te-si qtII-ia
........... -hu-u mme mli ra-ub-bat nri
180.
............. bi-li bal-ta-ki

......... NI LUM mi-ra-ni ra-ub-bat-ku-nu
kma mme an-nu-ti ip- bar-tum amt
limuttimtim
u
l iteh l i-qar-ri-bu
ip- bartu amt limuttimtim l iteh
185.
l i-qar-ri-ba ia-a-i TU6.N--NU-RU

N a-di tap-pu-ha -qa-a-ka be-l dama
tuppu VIIkam ma-aq-lu-
may the dream I dreamt be made favorable

for me,
may anything evil, anything ominous,
the enchantments of sorcerer or sorceress,
by the command of Ea, ama, Marduk and
the Princess, Lady of the Gods!
Incantation. I have washed my hands, I have
cleansed my hands for me;
the water of the high flood, the fertility of the
river,
......... your strength,
......................... your fertility,
like to the waters sorcery, spells and evil
words
do not approach, do not come close,
so may sorcery, spells and evil words not
approach,
not come close to me! Enenuru incantation
formula.
Incantation. Until you shine, I wait for you,
my master, ama!
Tablet VII Maqlu
[TABLET VIII]
N a-di tap-pu-ha -qa-a-ka be-l dama
5.
10.
................................ -qa-a ri--ai

................................... be-l dama
................................... tap-ta-ar a-... la
.................................. it-te-bi i-kar-
.................................. te-bu-u ar-qu-
-ma--ra-an-ni be-l dama
................................. e-pu--an-ni
.................................. -ra-ah-ha-an-ni
................................. a-hu-la-ai
.................................. a-hi nridiqlat
................................. a-tap-pi
................................ na-a-ru
.......................................... -u
Incantation. Until you shine, I wait for you,

my master, ama!
........................ my head is raised,
............................my master, ama;
............................... you release;
............................ is raised;
............................ is lifted up;
my master ama has sent me!
............................... has bewitched me.
.............................. has charmed me.
............................... from the far bank,
.............................. the bank of the Tigris.
.......................................... canal
.......................................river
..................................................
15.
......................................................... ....................................................
(small break)
N it-tap-ha dama a-ka-ad
20.
25.
30.
-na-a .............................................
-e-li .............................................
e-pi-t ............................................
gall id- ...........................................
... -u-lu ..........................................
... -te-ih- .........................................
pa- ..................................................
be- .................................................
d
-a ...................................................
d
nin- .................................................
za-am-.............................................
la .................................................
kal a-ma-tu- ..................................
li-ra- ................................................
pi- ...................................................
........................................................
Incantation. ama, the Father of the country

is risen and shining!
(Meiers note: Translation of lines 17-32
isnt worth it.)
(small break)
N un-du fkaaptu i-bir nra
35.
40.
................... -u i-la-a ...................

e-pi-ti -bat ina ni-bi-ri
............ -u-u ka-a-ri
ub-ta-na--an-ni ia-i ana sa-ha-li-ia
li-..................... -i-ma apqallme aps
.................... -zi ni-me-q ni-kil-ti dea iqbu-u la-pan-
d
-a ar aps lih-da-a pa-ni-
li-sa-hi-ip-i be-en-na te--a ra-i-ba
45.
li-tir hur-ba-as-sa
..... pu-luh-ta i-da-a eli-
ana el salmnime- misa qtII-ia5
i-na riqqukukri ad riqquburi elli
50.
i-na amDIL.BAT mu-ul-lil amli misa

qtII-ia5
e-te-lil ana-ku .................. ina el sri-
ki-pu- lim-lu-u.................sru
amteme- ru................... lit-bal
mimma ma-la e-pu-u li-tur ana ri
N ultu dsumuqn ina ad ils da-la-la
ultu kal i-lu- a-na na-kas isbni
Incantation. After the sorceress crossed the

river,
......................... went under...................
My sorceress sits in the ferryboat,
.............. the harbor.
She looks for me to pierce me.
May the Apqall of the Deep...... to her,
................... the cleverness, the wisdom of
Ea has spoken.
May your face rejoice over Ea, King of the
Deep!
May paralysis and the angry outburst be
subdued,
may fear be turned away,
the fear that against you.................
I washed my hands over their figures,
with chicory from the mountains, pine,
cypress;
with dilbat-weed that cleansed man, I
washed my hands.
I became pure................ more than her...
Her sorceries................ the steppe...
I carry away her words.........
and everything she has ensorcelled, I throw
to the wind!
Incantation. After Sumuqan had begun a
divine song of jubilation on the
mountain;
after everybody had climbed up to fell
tamarisk;
55.
60.
65.
66.
67.
68.
68a.
68b.
68c.
68d.
69.
70.
75.
80.
80a.
80b.
81.
81a.
81b.
81c.
81d.
-bat-ma ummu .................. -

-bu-ma i-ma-li-ku..... ahu .......
at-ti man-nu fkaaptu ia-a-i u ram-niia
e-pi-t e-pu- ki-pi ik-i-pu
ki-pu- lu-u ru ki-pu- lu-u mehu-
ki-pu- lu-u pu-u lit-tap-ra--du el
the mother sat down.

They sit here and counsel........brother....
Whoever you are, sorceress, who me and
myself ensorcelled,
witch who bewitched,
may your spells be wind, may your spells
be stormwind,
may your spells be chaff and fly against you!
N an-nu-u e-nin-na-ma
f
kaaptu nak-rat-an-ni
mu-te-pi-t na-bal-ku-ta-at-an-ni
................................. ina ki-pi-
................................ ka-ap-t
................................. ka-su-ti
................................. lib-bi-
.................................. ipat-ki
................... amt limuttimtim-ki
.............................................d-a
ka- ..........................................
..... -na a-na ............................
u-te-p-lu-ki...........................
d
-a bl ....................................
mimma ma-la te-pu-i
li-am-hir-ki ka-a-i TU6.N
Incantation. Yes, now

the sorceress falls upon me,
and the greater witch overpowers me,
................................. with her trickery,
................................. the sorceress,
....................................cold
................................... of her heart,
.................................. your incantation,
.................................. your evil word
................................ Ea
.............................
...............to..........................
they have confounded you..............
Ea, Master...............................
and everything that you ensorcelled,
let him make you feel everything that you
ensorcelled! Incantation formula.
N pu-u id-bu-ub lim-na-a-ti

pu-u im-ta-lik-si-na-ti
ka-ap-a-ti ki-pi-i-na
e-e-ba-a-ti i-...... -i-na-ti
li-ab-ri-i-na-ti
li-al-lu-i-na-ti
ina i-pat ......... ZI p linu
na--pa-rat mi u kal mimi
.... te-pu--ni ia-a-i
tal..... -pa-ra-ni ana ram-ni-ia
......... ki-pi-ku-nu u ku--pi-ku-nu
kma mme mu-sa-a-ti a-sur-ra-a li-mal-li
Incantation. The mouth has said evil.

The mouth is full
of the sorceresses sorceries,
of the magick-priestesses........
May they shake off........
May they.....
through the incantation.......
.................. of the night and..... of the day,
........................... he has sent,
.......................... upon myself,
.............your spells and your sorceries,
like the waters....
N e-pi-tu mu-te-pi-t mu-ri-bat

ki-pi ru-hi-e
..............-ri mu-................................
..............napitim ta-bi-kt...............
....................-ki...............................
...................SAG.DU.....................
Incantation. Witch, greater witch, in the

morning you cast the spell
........................
..........................life........
...........................
...........................
(Break)
82.
85.
...........................-ta-pi-......................
........................... dama ku...............
......................... irsitimtim ai -e- ........
ana lpagri-ki naru u zibu li-in-na-ad-ru
qu-lu hur-ba-u lim-qu-ut el-ki
kalbu u kalbatu li-ba-as-si-ru-ki
.........................
...................ama...................
...............the earth not...............
May eagles and vultures ravage your corpse!
May pain and fear fall upon you!
May dog and bitch tear you apart!
90.
kalbu u kalbatu li-ba-as-si-ru rme-ki

ina q-bit d-a dama dmarduk u rubti
d
mah TU6.N
May dog and bitch tear your flesh!

Upon the order of Ea, ama, Marduk and
Princess Mah! Incantation formula.
N at-ta silli at-ta ba-a-ti
Incantation. You are my shield, you are my

strength;
you are my Guardian God, you are my
shape,
you are my figure, you are my wall,
........................... you..............
at-ta ddi at-ta ga-at-ti

at-ta pa-da-at-ti at-ta du-u-ti
........................... ta...........................
(small break)
95.
100.
e tam-hur ki-pi e tam-hur -pi-i

KI.MINA ag-ga-t KI.MINA na-kas
napitimtim
KI.MINA ru--ut-ta .......-ab-tu
KI.MINA kadibbid KI.MINA dipa-la
KI.MINA zru KI.MINA i-......-pi-i
limntime .......................... -ti
at-ta ia- a-na-ku ku-
man-ma-an ai il-mad-ka mimma lim-nu
ai ithi-ka
ina q-bit d-a dama dmarduk
u frubti dmah TU6.N
Hey, spell...... hey, evil doing........

the same for a murderess, the same for the
cutter of life,
the same for friendship.................
the same for the Seizing of the Mouth, and
the same for injustice,
the same for hate, the same for..............
evils............................
You are mine, I am yours,
may nobody learn from you, may evil not
come close to you,
upon the order of Ea, ama, Marduk
and Princess Mah! Incantation formula.
tuppu VIIIkam ma-aq-lu-
Tablet VIII Maqlu
[TABLET IX; RITUAL TABLET]

e-nu-ma ni-pi-e ma-qa-lu-u
te-ip-pu-u
When you perform the rite of the series

Maqlu,
(break)
5.
10.
15.
.......................................................
N al-si-ku-nu-i............................ -e
............................................ -bi- ...ma
............................................. salam lip
.............................................. takan-ma
............................................ in-na-at-tuk
.............................................. a-di
.................................................. hu-luup-paq-qi
............................................. mashatu
.......................................... tbti taakan
............................................ -tu
.............................. iptu 3- tamannuma
......................................... hu-lu-up-paqi
.............................................. -t
...............................................................
Incantation. I have called upon you,......
................................. you should and....
............................... a figure of talcum
.......................... you should put up and..
..............................................drips....
....................................... next to..........
............................. on the huluppaq-vat
.............................................. fine flour..
................................... you lay on the salt
....................................................
................ you recite the incantation three
times and...
................................. on the huluppaq-vat
...........................................................
(Large break)
20.
25.
...................................-ki-tum........me
......................................... -u tam-........
.................................... -t u mashatu
........................................................ ti...
.................................................... is........
............................................... salam itti
salam titi
.......................................... hu-lu-paq-qi
...................................... ina el gizil
taakanan-ma
............................................. -hu tata-rasma tamannunu
qan tbu ina libbi tu-sa-an-na-a sa-lam
dak
ina it kibri-it ta-qal-lu asu MUK
isata ana libbi hu-lu-up-paq-qi tanaddi
........................................................s
.......................................................
......................................... fine flour...
..........................................................
.................................. (of wood).......
.......................................... figure of peat,
figure of clay,
...............................on the huluppaq-vat..
........................ on that you lay the torch...
..........................you set up and recite.
you put in sweet-pipe, a wax figurine,
you burn with sulphur-fire, myrtle....-weed,
you throw fire in the huluppaq-vat....
(Gap to the end of the Rituals of the First Tablet)
N dnusku ur-bu-u ma-lik ilme rabtime

salam lip
N dgira blu git-ma-lu ga-ra-a-ta na-bi
um-ka salam siparri kibri-dit
30.
N dgira a-ri-ru bu-kur da-nim salam

siparri
N dgira a-ri-ru mar a-nim salam li
N dgira ga-ru u4-mu na-an-du-ru salam
titi
N dgira ar-hu bu-kur da-nim salam itti
N ki-e libe ki-di-e salam kuspi
35.
N e-pu--ni etenippunime.ni salam itti

gassa bullulu
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu ina nri
im-lu- tta-ai
salam titi lip bullulu
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu tub-ta-na-inni
salam isbni salam iserini
40.
N fkaaptum mut-tal-lik-tum sqtime salam tti

lip ina r lib-bi-sa ra ina kaltime-
tu-sa-na-
N 2-ta i-na mrtime da-nim ame
salam lip hi-im-ma-ti
N fkaaptu nir-ta-ni-tum salam dak
N dit ellu nam-ru qud-du- ana-ku
salam itti
Incantation. Glorious Nusku, Counsel of

the Great Gods: a figure of talcum.
Incantation. Girra, Perfect Master, your
name is You are Powerful: a figure
of copper; sulphur.
Incantation. Praiseworthy Girra, Firstborn
of Anu: a figure of copper.
Incantation. Burning Girra, Son of Anu,
Hero: a figure of dough.
Incantation. Powerful Girra, Terrible
Weather: a figure of clay.
Incantation. Awesome Girra, Firstborn of
Anu: a figure of asphalt.
Incantation. k libe kid: a figure of
sesame-butter.
Incantation. They have ensorcelled, they
have hexed: a figure of asphalt
covered with plaster.
who brought clay out of the river:
a clay figure covered with talcum.
Incantation. Whoever you are, sorceress
who visits me continuously:
a figure of tamarisk and a figure of cedar.
Incantation. Sorceress who walks on the
streets: a figure of clay.
You put talcum on her stomach and eru
wood in her kidneys.
Incantation. Two are the daughters of the
sky-god Anu: a figure of talcum,
garbage.
Incantation. Sorceress, murderess: a figure
of wax.
Incantation. I am the light; Pure, Shining
It: a figure of asphalt.
45.
N la-man-ni su-tu- e-la-mu- ri-da-ni

salam itti kibri-dit
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu iq-bu-u amat limuttimtim-ia ina libbi-
salam titi ina kunukki arqi amta- ta-tar
N at-ti ia-e te-pu-in-ni ditar ...
50.
55.
ha-ha-a -tu-ni um-me-en-na

di-qa-ra
ina mme ta-mah-ha-ah-ma ana qaqqad
salam titi ta-tab-bak
N e-pi--an-ni ul-te-pi-an-ni maqur
titi
2 salmu ina libbi
N maqurri-ia dsin -e-pi
.................................... salam li........
N LA sqtime am-me-ni tug-tan-na-rien-ni
LA sqi ir-bit-ti lipa tapaa nabsa taka-rik
N rit-tu-um-ma rit-tum rit-ta lip
N rit-tum-ma rit-tum ..................
60.
65.
70.
N bi-li bi-li bal-lu-ur-ta qanme

gi-sal-li
2 qantime ma-lu- ina muh-hi a-hame ta-par-rik
ina ni-ri ina qabal ...................................
2 salam lipi 2 salam ...............................
ina 4 ap-pa-a-ta bal-lu-ur-ta te-en-nima
taakanan.............................................
N at-ta man-nu fkaaptu zitarruta
puu
3 hu-sab...........................................
N nir-ti-ia fkaapti-ia5 u ku--pa-ti-ia5
lip uban titi............................
N damii man-nu abu-
markas ipti pisti 3 riks ta-rak-kas
N i-pu--ni i-te-ni-ip-pu--ni
markas ipti pisti 7 riks ta-rak-kas
N ru--a ka-a-pat ana-ku pa-i-rak
75.
14 LA-ta sqi irbitti ta-...............

N e-pi-ta mu-te-pi-ta ri-..........
N man-nu p ip-til p ....................
Incantation. The Sutian sees me, the

Elamite chases me:
a figure of asphalt next to sulphur.
in whose heart the evil word against
me dwells:
a figure of clay; you write your word on a
green seal-cylinder.
Incantation. You there, wo has ensorcelled
my Goddess....:
a clump of ashes from the oven, the soot
from the pot.
You mix it with water and pour it over the
head of the clay figure.
Incantation. She who has ensorcelled me,
ensorcelled me: a boat of clay
with two figures inside.
Incantation. Sin has my boat, constructed
............................: a figure of dough.
Incantation. ... of the streets, why do you
fall on me all the time?
.... from the crossroads .....
Incantation. Hand, hand: a hand made of
talcum.
Incantation. Hand, hand:............
Incantation. Cook, cook: a cross made of
pipes of reed.
Two pipes which are filled with blood and
excrement you lay crossed
in the middle of ........................................
Two figures of talcum, two figures of .....
you put on the four points of the cross.
You lay .........................................
who has commited murder:
three branches............................
Incantation. My murderess, my sorceress
and my greater sorceress:
Talcum...............
Incantation. Who is the Father of the Sungod:
with a piece of white wool you tie three
knots.
Incantation. I am being bewitched:
with a piece of white wool you tie seven
knots.
Incantation. My companion is a sorceress, I
am the unbinder:
14 ......from the crossroads you..................
Incantation. Sorceress and greater
sorceress:
Incantation. Who has tied the chaff, chaff:
80.
N du-un-na-ni du-un-na-ni
ta-bi-lu ka-..........................
N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu te-te-ni-ippu-
riqqu
kukru amhatu p ta-ar-rap
N zru a te-pu--ni tu-e-pi--ni ana
muh-hi-ku-nu
N at-ta man-nu fkaaptu ki-ma ti
ik-ki-mu mi 15kam
N -ru-uh la-a-ni KI.MINA
85.
90.
95.
N irane tu-qas-si-ra
N at-tu-nu mme ina mme tu-na-ah
N e-pi--a e-pi-tu-u-a ina mme
tu-na-ah
N iz-zi-tu-nu am-ra-tu-nu ina mme
tu-na-ah
N ak-bu-us gall-ai ......................
N hu-la zu-ba ina niqnaqqi pn
d
nusku .....
u
N ad lik-tm-ku-nu-
aban adi ina muh-hi niqnaqqi taakkanan
N i-sa-a i-sa-a tamannunu
mashata tanaddidi .........................
arki-su N UDUG HUL EDIN.NA.
ZU.E a-di ni-pi-i-a
tamannu-ma mashata bbtime te-sir
a-na bti terrub-ma a-ar ma-aq-la-a
taq-lu-u a-me UB.UB.DI
N a-nam-di ipta a-na pu-uh-ri ilme
ka-la-a-ma tamannunu
100.
N den-lil qaqqadi-ia5 pa-nu--a u4mu......

N e-pi-ta qu-um-qu-um-ma-ta
riqqu
kuk-ru
riqqu
N
kukru-ma riqqukukru p di-iq-meen-na
N riqqukikru-ma riqqukukru .........riqqukukru
N e fkaapti-ia5 e-li-ni-ti-ia5 riqqukukru
N la-am dnin-gir-su ina ad il-su-
d
a-la-a riqqukukru
105.
N e fkaaptu -ka-ip-an-ni riqqukukru

lip lu-ba-ri-e parstime
N at-ta e puu ka-la-ma riqqukukru
Incantation. Dunnani, Dunnani:

herbs............................................
who continuously ensorcells:
you burn chicory, thyme and chaff.
Incantation. I have turned the hate that you
created against you.
who rages like the southwind on the
15th day.
Incantation. My figure is powerful, my
figure is powerful.
Incantation. You have tied the muscle.
Incantation. You are the waters: with
water you appease.
Incantation. My sorcerer, my sorceress:
with water you appease.
Incantation. You are angry, you are
raging: with water you appease.
Incantation. I have kicked my enemy:
Incantation. Drip and dissolve: in a
censer.............
Incantation. May the mountain cover you!
you put a mountain stone over the censer.
Incantation. Away, away: you recite;

you sprinkle fine flour.
Thereafter, you recite the incantation:
Evil Demon,to your steppe,
to the outer entrance;
then you encircle the entrances with
parched flour.
You return to the house, at the place
you performed the Burning
you libate water,
recite the incantation I cast an incantation
upon the assembly of All the Gods.
Incantation. Enlil is my head, my face is the
day.
Incantation. The sorceress is a
qumqummatu: chicory.
Incantation. Chicory, chicory: chaff ashes.
Incantation. Chicory, chicory: ......chicory.
nightmare: chicory.
Incantation. In front of Ningirsu began a
song of jubilation in the mountain:
chicory.
Incantation. Hey, the sorceress has
ensorcelled: chicory.
Talcum, cut clothes.
Incantation. You there, who has ensorcelled
everything: chicory.
110.
115.
N kibri-dt ellitimtim mrat ame rabtime ana-ku

kibri-dt
N kibri-dt kibri-dt ................ dt
kibri-dt
N kibri-dt ellitutu amKUR.KUR am-mu
qud-du- ana-ku
kibri-dt amKUR.KUR
N dt qaqqadi-ia5 kibri-dt pa-da-at-ti
kibri-dt amAN.HUL.LA amimhur-lim
N dt a-kul al-ti kibri-dt
ide ul ide kibri-dt
N at-ti tabtu ina a-ri elli ib-ba-nu-u
120.
125.
ana el kurban tbti tamannunu-ma

ina el niqnaqqi qu-ta-ri ina r
is
maili taakanan
f
N e kaapti-ia5 lu rah-hat-ia5
ana el amnuhurti tamannunu-ma
ina el niqnaqqi ina r ismaili taakanan
subt
-li-in-na ismaiala taltamimi
N e fkaapti-ia5 lu rah-hat-ia5
ana el 12 is-ir-ri tamannunu-ma
ina el niqnaqqi ina r ismaili taakanan
f
N e kaapti-ia5 e-li-ni-ti-ia5 tattanalaki ka-lu mttime
130.
a-na el 2 hu-sab ri tamannunu-ma

ina imitti bbi u umli bbi kami taakanan
f
N e kaapti-ia5 e-li-ni-ti-ia5
ana el aban adi tamannunu-ma
ina tarbasi ta-na-suk
qu-ta-ri N den-lil qaqqadi-ia5
135.
ma-la ana riksme at-ru

itenime tuballal-ma tu-qat-tar-
N den-lil qaqqadi-ia5 tamannunu
N rit-ti dman-za-d mashatu u bil-litu
140.
a-na rikis lmarsi taballal-ma

amnu tbu sip-pi-e bbnime taltappat
N a-ra-ah-hi ra-ma-ni GAR amni
Incantation. Pure sulphur, I am the daughter

of the Big Sky:
sulphur.
Incantation. Sulphur, sulphur: ......sulphur.
Incantation. Pure sulphur, kurkur-weed, I
am the Holy Weed:
sulphur, kurkur-weed.
Incantation. The river is my head, sulphur is
my figure:
sulphur, anhulla-weed, imhurlim-weed.
Incantation. River, I have eaten, drunk:
sulphur.
nightmare:
known, unknown, sulphur.
Incantation. You are the salt which was
formed in a pure place:
you recite over a clump of salt and
lay it in the censer at the head of the bed.
Incantation. Hey, my sorceress or my
trickster:
you recite over asafoetida and
lay them on the censer at the head of the
bed.
You surround the bed with a scarf.
Incantation. Hey, my sorceress or my
trickster:
you recite over twelve a-irri-wood and
lay them on the censer at the head of the
bed.
nightmare who travels through all the
countries:
you recite over two eru branches
lay them on the right of the gate and on the
left, of the outer gate.
nightmare:
you recite over a mountain stone;
you throw it in the yard.
The fumigation of the incantation Enlil is
my head:
inasmuch as they are prescribed for the
preparations
you mix them together and let them go up in
smoke.
Incantation. Enlil is my head: you recite.
Incantation. My hand is Manzad: fine flour
and mixed beer
you mix for the preparation of the sick;
you spread the gateposts with fine oil.
Incantation. I fructify myself: Gar oil.
145.
N amnu ellu amu ib-bu GAR amni

N den-lil qaqqadi-ia muKAK.SI.
la-a-ni
iptime an-na-a-ti ID-nu-ma.............
.GI ka-la UZU.ME- - (...)....
N dENADA DUMU.U KUR
te-ret DINGIR.ME GAL.
ME(...)
d
ENADA LUGAL u-te-ir KASKALka-ana (...)
arki- Z.SUR.RA-a GI.N te-es-sir
N SAG.BA SAG.BA N tm-mu-
btu
150.
155.
160.
i-na e-ri ....................... -pa ur-pu taar-rap

ur-pu ............. bba tuessi-ma ta-......
arki- N at-ti man-nu fkaaptu
puu sal-mi tamannunu
salam fkaapti qmi ina libbi ernamsi-e te-is-sir
salam titi fkaapti ana el taakanan
qtII- ana el imisisi
N ba--ir-t ba--ra-a-ti
salam lkaapi u fkaapti
qmi ina libbi ernam-si-e te-is-sir
salam titi lkaapi u fkaapti ina el
salam qmi taakanan
II
qt - ina el imisisi ina hu-sab ri ana
3- i-kar-rit
N ip-i-ki ip-e-te-ki mis qtII
N kisrme-ki kussurtime mis qtII
eprahi.a
ana libbi ernam-si-e ta-na-suk
N am-si qtII-ia5 ub-ba-ab zumri-ia5
165.
ana eli salam phi qtII- imisisi

N te-bi e-e-ru mis qtII
N it-tam-ra e-e-ru mis qtII
N e-ru-um-ma e-e-ru mis qtII
N ina e-r misa qtII-ai mis qtII
N am-si qtII-ia5 am-te-si qtII-ia5 mis
qtII
170.
N a-di tap-pu-ha isbinu amDIL.BAT

aban suluppi
p gassu unuq abanubi riqqukukru
riqqu
buru qtII- imisisi
Incantation. Light oil: Gar oil.

Incantation. Enlil is my head, the Kaksisa
is my figure:
you take yarn and recite.......
You rub oil on his flesh ...........
Incantation. Nusku, son of Ekur, of the
oracle of the Great Gods...
King Nusku, calm down! The road.....
Thereafter, you encircle the bed with flourpaste;
the incantation Ban, Ban; the incantation
Adjured is the House.
In the morning you burn a burning,
you bring the burning outside and you.......
Thereafter you recite the incantation
Whoever you are, sorceress, who
made a figure:
you draw a picture of the sorceress out flour
in the basin;
you lay upon it a clay figure of the sorceress;
he washes his hands.
Incantation. Catcher of catchers:
a picture of the sorcerer and the sorceress
you draw with flour in a basin.
You lay a clay figure of the sorcerer and the
sorceress upon the flour picture.
He washes his hands above it, and he strikes
it three times with an eru sprig.
Incantation. Your sorcery, your tricks, your
washing of hands.
Incantation. Your tied knots, your washing
of hands: earth;
you put it in a basin.
Incantation. I have washed my hands, I
clean my body:
he washes his hands over the proxy figure.
Incantation. Morning is breaking:
handwashing.
Incantation. Morning has risen, is shining:
handwashing.
Incantation. Tomorrow, yes, tomorrow:
handwashing.
Incantation. In the morning my hands are
washed: handwashing.
Incantation. I have washed my hands, I
have cleansed my hands for me:
handwashing.
Incantation. Until you are lit up: tamarisk,
dilbat-weed, date-pit,
chaff, plaster, diamond ring, chicory,
cypress; he washes his hands.
N it-tap-ha dama a-bi mti mis qtII

N un-du fkaaptu i-bir nra mis qtII
175.
180.
N ultu dsumuqn ina ad ils da-la-la

p ana libbi karpatLA.SAR tanaddidi-ma
ina p- ana libbi nam-si-e tanappahah
N an-nu-u in-nin-na-ma
salam fkaapti titi teppuu-ma aban
ad ina r libbi- taakanan
qtII- ana muh-hi imisisi
ina hu-sab ri ana 3- i-kar-rit
N pu- id-bu-ub lim-na-a-ti mis qtII
N e-pi-ti mu-te-pi-ti ina mu-ri-bat
ki-pi ru-hi-e
2 aklhi.a 1ta.m salam lkaapi u fkaapti
185.
190.
li teppuu-ma ina libbi aklhi.a

tarakkas-ma
ina imitti- u umli- tanai-ma ipta
tamannunu-ma
a-na kalbi u kalbati ta-nam-din
N at-ta silli mme karpatpurstu tumallima
................................................. ina libbi
I-ma
.................. -li tuessi tasallah
arki- N anaii gam-li-ia5 tamannuma
..............................me ta-sal-la-
Incantation. ama is lit up, the Father of

the country is lit up: handwashing.
Incantation. After the sorceress had crossed
the river: handwashing.
Incantation. After Sumuqan had begun a
divine song of jubilation in the
mountains:
you throw chaff in a thin-bellied clay pot,
blow through the opening of a basin.
Incantation: Yes, now:
a clay figure of the sorceress you put up, and
lay a mountain stone on her stomach.
He washes his hands over it.
He strikes it three times with an eru branch.
Incantation. The mouth has spoken evil.
Incantation. My sorceress, my greater
sorceress, in the morning you cast
your spells:
two bread loaves, a figure of the sorcerer
and sorceress,
you make them from dough and attach them
to the bread loaves;
right and left of him you put them up while
you recite the incantation.
Thereafter you throw them in front of the
dog and the bitch.
Incantation. You are my shield: you fill a
puritu-vessel with water,
........................... in it you......... on it.
You carry it outside and pour it out.
Thereafter, the incantation I lift my curved
sword:
then you sprinkle water; you go out.
(Remainder of the tablet lost)
Translation from the edition and translation into German of Gerhard Meier (1937), by Marie-Hlne Hoffmann
and Ross G.R. Caldwell, 1995

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THE NINE TABLETS OF THE RITUAL

N al-si-ku-nu-i ilime mu-i-ti

I have called upon you, Gods of Night,

i-pu- ki-pi ki-ma tbti li-har-mit

The magick she did, let it dissolve like salt!

N irsitumtum irsitumtum irsitumtum-ma

Incantation. O Earth, Earth, yes Earth!

N ali-ia5 zab-ban ali-ia5 zab-ban

Incantation. My city Zabban! My city

ali-ia5 zab-ban 2-ta abullatime-

N ak-la ni-bi-ru ak-ta-li ka-a-ru

ak-li ip-i-i-na ka-li-i-na ma-ta-a-ti

What my sorceresses have ensorcelled is

Incantation. I have barred the river-crossing,

aru na-zi-qu tur-ru-uk e tal-lik

a-di a-mat lkaapi-ia5 u fkaapti-ia5 aqab-bu-

Wind that is the carrier of the Stick and

Incantation. These images of my sorcerer,

lib-bi ilime itti-ia5 -za-an-nu- emqiia5 un-ni-u

-i tipra -nam-mir-ka ka-a-

kaaptu tak-ip-an-ni ki-pi tak-ip-anni ki-ip-i

e-pi-u i-pu--an-ni ip- i-pu--an-ni

mu-te-pi-tu te-pu--an-ni ip- te-pu-an-ni e-pu-si

N anaii ti-pa-ru salmnime--nu

ensorcell her with the spell that she

sukkal da-nim e-mu- pi-ris-ti den-lil

nusku a-ri-ru mu-ab-riq za-ai-ri

ina ba-li-ka ul i-ak-kan nap-ta-na ina

Incantation. Mighty Nusku, Counsellor of

ana-ku ardu-ka annanna apil annanna

I have turned to you, I have sought you out,

nanna-ra-ta na-bi m-ka

Incantation. To dissolve a spell with the help

gall lim-nu lu-u ilu lim-nu lu-u

lu mimma lim-nu u-ma la na-bu-u

or Hand of the Spirit of the Dead, or Hand

INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam siparri kibri-dit-K

Incantation to undo a spell with a copperfigure and sulphur.

N dgira a-ri-ru bu-kur da-nim

Incantation. Burning Girra, First-born of

or Hand of God, or Hand of Goddess,

sab-ta-ni-ma mu-a u ur-ra irednime-ni

da--in di-ni-ia at-me-e pi-ris-ti at-ta-ma

the evil Gallu or the evil God or the evil

a-na ilime rabtime purussa ta-namdin

while for you no God makes any decision.

at-ta-ma ili-ia5 at-ta-ma be-li

have come to you!

INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA sa-lam Incantation to undo the spell with a bronze

iz-zu aheme- at-ta

Incantation. Burning Girra, First-born son of

INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam lii-K

Incantation to undo the spell with an image

N dgira ga-ru u4-mu na-an-du-ru

Incantation. Powerful Girra, Terrible

tu-te-e-ir ilime u ma-al-ki

ina di-ni-ia i-ziz-za-am-ma ki-ma dama

INIM-INIM-MA H-BR-RU-DA salam titi-K

Incantation to undo the spell with an image

N dgira ar-hu bu-kur da-nim

Incantation. Majestic Girra, First-born of

i-lit-ti ellitimtim -qu-tum da-la-a

-kin na-mir-ti a-na da-nun-na-ki ilime