part xvi, pi. 25, 1. 53, . . . . limnis kima kakkabu isarru\_r],

"... banefuUy like a star comes on." Cf. also the astrological texts, e.g., my Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers, No. 28, rev. 2, [Ana] kakkabu isrurma, etc. The idea of motion is shown in Tablet "V," part xvii, pi. 34, 1. 28, where isarrurii is parallel to Urru, and again pi. 35, I. 59, where it is parallel to izikku.
120 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
KI ZA-PA-RAM SUM-MU U-ME-NI-DE-A DAH-ZU-HI (?)-A 30. a-sar ri-gim ^ na-du-u u-sub-sum~ina lu-jH-su-ka
TU-DUG-GA^ I DINGIR - EN - KI - GA - GE
^ URUDU-GAR-LIG-GA UR-SAG AN-NA-GE ZA-PA-RAM- ME-NE-A-NI HU-MU-RA-AB-DAH-E UTUG - HUL A - LA - HUL HA - BA - RA - E
u - tuk - ku lim -nu a- lit - u liin -nu lit - ta- si 35. GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL HA-BA-RA-E : DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL : „ (Plate XXV.)
DINGIR-LUGAL-KAN-ME DINGIR-LUGAL-KAN-ME-A
EGIR MULU-RA SU-SU HA-BA-RA-E SA-GIG LIKIR-GIG TUR-RA SAG-GIG-GA GISGAL-LU
MULU-RA DUL-LA ZI DINGIR-GAL-GAL-E-NE-GE U-ME-NI-PA . . HA-BA-RA-E HA - BA - RA - AN - LAH - LAH - GI - ES 40. SILIM - MA - NA SU - * SIG - GA DINGIR - RA - NA - KU HE-EN-SI-IN-GE-GE
V
INIM - INIM - MA UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
EN UTUG-HUL A-LA-HUL MULU GIG-BAR-A-KU SILA-A KIL-BA
u-tuk-ku lim-nii a-lu-u lini-mi sa ana iim-u-si-i ina sti-Ji-ka pai'-kii GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL MULU GIG-BAR-A-KU E-SIR KIL-BA 45. e-kini-mu lim-nu gal-lu-u liin-nu sa ana mu-u-si-i
ina su-la-a par-\kii\ . . BAD-SA-AN-SA-SA GAR-NAM- MA NU-UN-KAD-KAD . . [e]-7/iu-kis tas-sa-as-su sa inmiina suui-su la iz-zi-bu
UTUKKI LTMNUTI, TABLET "A." 121
30. " Place him where the thunder roar is uttered,
that it may help thee, " By the magic of the word of Ea *' May the potent meteorite of heaven '' With its awful roar help thee, 35. " That the evil Spirit and the evil Demon may
go forth, '' That the evil Ghost and the evil Devil may go
forth, ** That the evil God and the evil Fiend may go
forth, (Plate XXV.)
" That the Hag-demon and the Ghoul may go
forth '' That have sprinkled (water) after the man, " That have spread heart disease, heartache, '' Sickness (and) disease over the city of the man.""" By the Great Gods I exorcise you. That ye may go forth, and get hence ! 40. May his welfare be secured at the kindly hands «.^/^ no
of the gods.
/ ir, I . /
Prayer against the Evil Spirits.
Incantation : —
O evil Spirit, O evil Demon, that have power by night over the street, 45. O evil Ghost, O evil Devil, that have power by night over the path, O thou that bringest affliction in thy might, and leavest nothing untouched.
K . 4, 9 6 5 , rig mu f o r ri-gim .
1
^ K. 4,965 inserts translation : ina ,, .
K. 4,965 inserts translation ,, -u kar-rad See note a on p. 117.
122
DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
IGI - nUS - A ME LAM ZAG - SIR . . .
sa pa-ni iz-zu ine-lam-mu ki-is-sii\rii\
50.
55-
Col. Ill, 45,
SUG-GA NU-UN-ZU
na{J)--i-ri sa nia-ga-ri la i-du-\u\ . . . HUL-BI-TA MUL-GIM SUR-SUR-RI-E-[NE] liin-nis kiina kak-ka-bn i-sar-7'ii-\ru\ \K MULU GIG-BAR-A-KU E-A-NI-KUfBA . . . . \sa'\ ana inu-usi-i ana biti . . .
[C0I-. II and III fragmentary.]
Reverse.
INIM - INIM - MA
[UTUG - HUL - A - KAN]
EN UTUG-HUL [EDIN-NA-ZU]
u-\tuk-ku lim-iiu a-na si-ri\
Col. IV.
[A-LA-HUL] EDIN-NA-ZU
a - lie - [u] Inn - nu a - na s\i - r/]
[GIDIM - HUL] EDIN - NA - ZU
e-ki?n [mu] lini-nu a-na ^/-[r/]
5. [MULLA - HUL] EDIN - NA - ZU
gal-ln^u^ lini-nu a-na si-\r{\
ZU SU - KAN - NE - IN - TtIL - La]
^ at^ ' ka It" - ki
SOKo '^j
[PAD] - ZUN - ZU SU - KAN - NE - IN - TIL - [LA]
10. ku - ru - uni - mat'^ - ka li^- - ki
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET "A." I23
. . . whose face is wrathful, girt about with brilliance,
50 that knoweth no kindness,
banefully like a star cometB on,
55 by night unto the house . . .
[Cols. II and III fragmentary.]
Reverse.
Col. Ill, 45.
«
Prayer [against the Evil Spirits].
Incantation : —
O evil Spirit, [get thee (?) to the desert !j
Col. IV. •
O evil Demon, [get thee (JJ] to the desert !
O evil Ghost, [get thee (J)] to the desert !
5. O evil Devil, [get thee (?)] to the desert !
Take thy couch {?),
10. Take thy food.
^ 46,288 has . . . na ''-la ^ K. 4,856 inserts i. ^ 46,288, kur-um-mat.
124 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
SU - A - LIL - LA - ZU SU - KAN - NE - IN - TIL - [LA]
na - ru^ - ka - ki ^ W^ - ki
KI-GUB-BA-ZU DINGIR-BABBAR-E- A* NU-ME-A
man - za - as - ka ul sa si - it '^" Samsi{si) 15. KI-TUS-A-ZU DINGIR-BABBAR-SU - A^ NU-ME-A
SU - bat - ka ul sa e - rib ''" Samsi^si)
U - KU - ZU U - KU GIDIM - MA - GE
i?ia - ka - lu - ka ma - ka - la - u^ e - kiin - mu
A - NAK - ZU A - NAK GIDIM - MA - GE
20. mas - kit "^ - ka mas - ti - ti e - kiiii - mu
(Plate XXVI.)
MULU - GISGAL - LU DU DINGIR - RA - NA
a - me - lu ma - ri^ Hi
SU
UB - UB - TA ^0 NAM - BA - GUB - BU - NE
ina tub - ka - a - ti ^^ la ta - at - ta - nam - za - zu 25. DA - DA - TA^O BA - RA - AN - KU - U - NE
ina sa -ha-a-ti^^ la ta - at - ta- na - as - sa - ab - su SA - ZU - A - TA NAM - BA - GA - E - NE
ina lib^'^ [^//^^] la ta - nam - viis^"^
KI - TA(?) - BI - KU NAM - BA - NIGIN - E - [NE]
30. ina ^^ a - ha - a - tii la ta - sa - na - har - sji
KI . . NA KUR-RA-KU '^ GIG-GIG-GA-ZU-KU GIN-NA
ana kib-ru us\}) . . irsitini{tini) ana ik-li-ti-ka at-lak
ZI DINGIR-GAL-GAL-E-NE-GE I-RI-PA HA-BA-
RA - DU - UN
UTUKKI LIMNI3tI, TABLET "A.
25
Take thy girdle.*
Sunrise is no standing-place for thee, 15. Sunset is no seat for thee,
Thy food is the food of ghosts, 20. Thy drink is the drink of ghosts ; (Plate XXVI.)
Stand not in the vicinity,
25. Sit not in the neighbourhood Of the man, the son of his god. In the city circle him not, 30. Nor go about at his side.
Get thee to the tomb (?) . .
darkness ! By the Great Gods I exorcise thee, that thou mayest depart.
of earth to thy
^ K. 4,856 and K. 4,965, ruk.
^ K. 4,856, K. 4,965, and 46,288, ka.
^ K. 4,856, NE.
^ K. 4,856 inserts i.
^ K. 4,856 adds KU.
" K. 4,965, z7z
^ K. 4,965, mar for ma-ri. " 46,288 . . . AN-DA. ^2 46,288, lihhi. ^* 46,288, mi-\il\ '' 46,288, GE.
«^K. 4,856 . . . mas-ti-it. ' 46,288 inserts ^^. '' 46,288, /w. '» 46,288, a-iu. '' K. 4,965, /-«^(?).
* JVaru{k)ka ; evidently an article of leather for binding or girdling (cf. Briinnovv, Lis/, No. 244). Possibly it is connected with the Syriac 'erkttha^ a girdle (Brockelmann, p. 262, a).
126 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
35. EN HUL-IK KAN-ME-EN HUL-IK KAN-ME-EN
kiuia labiri - su satir - ma bari
duppi "' '^'* Bel - epus aphi sa
"^Mu - na - pir - Hi - su apil ^^EtirQ) - ikbi(}) '"^ Beli - su - nu aplu sa
40. ['" ''"^'^J Marduk (?) - lu - ud - da
. . . . sig Hmu IV"^'' sattu IC VIW^'' \sa "' Si - lii\ - uk - su u
\sattu XLIV "'An - ti - uk - su'\ sarrdni^'
UTUKKI LIMNOTI, TABLET "A." 12/
35. Incantation: — "Whether thou art an evil man, whether thou art an evil man."
Like its former copy, written and explained.
Tablet of Bel-epus, the son of
Munapir-ilisu, the son of Etir (?)-ikbi (?)
[by the hand of (?)] Belisunu, the son of 40. Marduk (?) -ludda.
Month .... fourth day, one hundred and eighth year*
[of Selejucus and
[the forty-fourth of Antiochus], the kings.
"" I.e., 204 B.C.
Obverse. (Plate XXVII.)
EN HUL-IK KAN-ME-EN HUL-IK KAN-ME-EN
lu - u Urn - nu at - tii hi - u liui - nu at - ta
A-LA-HUL-IK : lu-u a-lu-ti lim-nii at-ta : KAN-ME-EN
A-LA-HUL INGAR-DIRIG-GA-GIM MULU-RA IN-GUL-'U-A
KAN-ME-EN
5. „ sa ki-vta i-^a-ri i-kup-pu-ma eli aineli ib-ba-tii at-tu
A-LA-FJUL KA A(?) .... IB-SAR-SAR .... KAN-ME-EN
„ sa pa-a i-pa-su-ti-[ma(^) ka(})']-ti(}) u se-pi(})
[u\-kas-su-u at-tu
A-LA-HUL KA NU-TUK-[a] KAN-ME-EN
„ sa pa-a la i - su -21 at - ta
10. A-LA-HUL ME-GIM NU-TUK-A KAN-ME-EN
„ sa bi - na - a - ti la i - su - u at - ta
A - LA - HUL GIS - NU - TUK - A KAN - ME - EN
„ la se - niu - u at - ta
[a] -LA -HUL SI-GU NU-TUK-A KAN-ME-EN
15. „ sa zi - mi la i - su - u at - ta
[a]-la-hul ki dingir-babbar kam igi-na-an-gab-
ru-u-a kan-me-en
„ sa it-ti '^" Sainsi \ina (?) dikari(7y\ i-nani-ina-ru
at-ta
[a-la]-hul ki-na gig-a mulu u-di in-ur-ra^-'u-a
KAN-ME-EN „ sa ina nia-a-a-al mu-si ainelu ina sit-ti
i-ri-ih-hu-u at-ta 20. A-LA-HUL U-DI 2 KAR-KAR-RI MULU-A^ GUB
MU-NE-IN-GUB-BU . . KAN-ME-EN „ e-kim sit-ti sa aineli ana ta-ba-li iz-\zi-zu at-ta]
Obverse. (Plate XXVII.)
Incantation : —
Whether thou art an evil man, whether thou art
an evil man,
Or an evil demon, 5. Or an evil demon that hath fallen like a wall
And hath crushed the man,
Or an evil demon that gibbereth
And bindeth hands and feet (.'*),
Or an evil demon that hath no mouth, 10. Or an evil demon that hath no limbs.
Or an evil demon that cannot hear,
15. Or an evil demon that hath no form,
Or an evil demon that in a goblet (?) flasheth in the sun.
Or an evil demon that the man hath created On a bed by night in sleep, 20. Or an evil demon stealing sleep away Ready to carry off the man.
* K. 4,661 . . UR for UR-RA. ^ K. 4,661, KA-AN-USAN for U-DI.
^ K. 4,661 omits.
I30 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
A-LA-HUL DINGIR GIG-A GIN-GIN SU BIL-LA
ni-nu-temen-[na KAN-ME-EN] „ ilu mut-tal'lik mu-si sa ka-ti lu--a-ti la pa-\al-ha at-td\ a-la-hul mulu-ra na-a ansu-gim ni-kabar . . . . [kan-me-en] 25. „ sa e-li ameli rab-su-ma kima hneri [ii^-ta-bi (J)
at-ta] A-LA-HUL SIGISSE-SIGISSE NU-UN-ZU-A KU-KUR-GA
. . . . [kan-me-en] „ sa ni-ka-a la i-du-u-ma as-pa (}y\as-ti {}) , . . al-ta]
a-la-hul mulu-ra gim
[kan-me-en]
„ sa ameli ki-\ina at-ta^
30 a-la-hul mulu-ra gim
[kan-me-en]
„ sa ameli \ki-ma'\ . . . ir si{?) [al-la^
a-la-hul mulu-ra da gim §u-ne-in .... [kan-me-en] „ sa ameli ki-ina ^ su ^ (?) . . . // u-sar . . . [at-ta] a-la-hul su-din-hu kmn-tar-gim gig-a in . . . [kan-me-en] 35. „ sa ki-ma su-ud-din-nu ina ni-gi-is-si ina
mu-si . . . [al-la] (Plate XXVIIL)
[A-LA-HUL] . ". . . KI GIG-GIG-GA-NI . . . IN-RI . .
[kan-me-en]
„ sa kima is-sur-ru mu-si a-sar ik-li-ti it-ta-ap- [ras al-ta]
131
Or an evil demon, a god that roameth by night,
Whose unclean hands know no reverence,
Or an evil demon, couching Hke an ass,
25. That lurketh in wait for the man,
Or an evil demon that knoweth not sacrifice of beasts or herbs (?)*
Or an evil demon that like .... the man,
30. Or an evil demon that like .... the man,
Or an evil demon that like .... the man,
35. Or an evil demon that like a bat (?) [dwelleth] in caverns by night,
(Plate XXVIII.)
Or an evil demon that like a bird of night fiieth in dark places,
^ 35,056, kima for ki-ma. "^ Or su, or sa.
* Aspasti{?). For this word see Cun, Texts^ xiv, pi. 50, 1. 62, and Meissner, Zeits.fur Assyr., vi, p. 296.
132 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
[A-LA]-HUL MULU-RA SA-DUL-GIM AB^-DUL-'U-A KAN-ME-EN „ sa ameli ki-nia'^ ka-tirn-tP i-kat-ta-niu at-ta 40. A-LA-HUL MULU-RA SA-AL-HAB-GIM AB-SU-SU-'U * -A KAN-ME-EN „ sa ameli ki-nia'^ al-lu-hap-pi^ i-sah-ha-pu at-ta A-LA-HUL GIG-U-NA-GIM SI-GAB NU-TUK-A KAN-ME-EN „ sa ki-ma'^ niu-si ni-it-la^ la i-su-u at-ta A-LA-HUL LUL-A-ERI-SIG-GA-GIM GIG-A NI-DU-DU ' . . KAN-ME-EN.
45. „ ^ sa ki-ma^ se-lib^ all sa-ku-mis^^ ina mu-si
i-dul^^ at-ta GA-E MULU-TU-TU MULU ^2_sanGA-MAH ME-AZAG-GA NUN-KI-GA ME-EN a-si-pu sa -an^'^ - gam - ma - hu mu - ul^^ - HI par-si sa '*^''Eridi a-na^^ - ku MULU-KIN-GA-A IGI-GIN-RA DINGIR-EN-KI-GE ME-EN mdr^^ sip-ri a-lik mah-ri sa ^^" E-a^^ a-na^^ -ku 50. DINGIR-SILIG-MULU-SAR MAS-MAS AZAG-ZU DU-SAG DINGIR-EN-KI-GE MULU-KIN-GA-A ME-EN sa ^^'^ Marduk mas -mas ^"^ en-ki indru^^ ris-ti-i^^ sa ^^"^E-a^^ mdr^^ sipri-su a-na'^^ -ku GU-TU-GAL NUN-KI-GA-GE NAM-SUB-GALAM-MA ME-EN a-sip'^^ ''^'' Eridi sa si-pat-su nak-lat'^'^ a-na^^ -kit
' 35>056, IB. "^ 35.056, kima for ki-ma.
^ 35,056, turn. * 35*056 inserts u.
' 35*056, /«. ' 35*056, lu.
■^ K. 3,152, DU-DU . . . ; 35,056, BUR-BUR-'-U-U-A for DU-DU.
® 35,056 originally a-lu-u lim-nu^ in place of,, from 11. 5-45.
^ 'iliOl^^^sil-li-bu ioxse-lib. ^^ ^$,0^6, u?n-mi-is [or mis.
^^ K. 3,152, du'[ul] ; 35,056, dul-Iu.
" 35*056 omits.
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " B." I33
Or an evil demon that envelopeth the man
As it were with a coverlet, 40. Or an evil demon that enshroudeth the man
As it were with a sack,
Or an evil demon that like night hath no brightness, 45. Or an evil demon that by night
Like a pariah dog"" prowleth*' in the mud,°
The Sorcerer - priest that maketh clear the ordinances of Eridu am I,
The Herald that goeth before Ea am I, 50. Of Marduk, sage magician (and) eldest son of Ea,
The Herald am I,
The Exorciser of Eridu, most cunning in magic am I :
^^ 35,056, mul for mu-ul.
^* K. 5,330 and 35,056, ana for a-na.
^^ 35,056, mar. ^^ 35,056, nakbu for E-a.
^' K. 5,330, ,, ■; 35,056, mas-ma-lu.
^^ 35,056, ma-ri. ^^ 35, 056, tu-u for ti-i.
^'' K. 5,330, ana for a-na.
"^^ K. 3,152, \_a-si\pu\ 35,056, a-si-pu.
'^ 35^056, la-at. a Literally *' fox of the city."
^ Idul: ddlu is a synonym for aldku, W.A.I.y ii, 35, 53, and the corresponding root in Syriac is ddl, se movit, tremuit. Apparently ddlu has the idea of moving furtively, and if so, possibly the word ""'daialu means a " scout." See A./.S.L., xvii, 3, April, 1 901, p. 163, note, and cf. 1. 67, mudalla.
^ Sakummis : from a comparison of the Fifth Tablet, col. v, 1. 15 (''They stand in the highway to befoul the path"), with 1. 22 (** Ishum, overseer of suki sakummV)^ sakummu has evidently the meaning **foul" or ''muddy." Cf. W.A.I., iv, 20, 1. 4, h'd dli ahat dli siru hamdti sakummatu usamlima malika namuis, "The middle of the cit_y, the side of the city, the plain, the high places I filled with mud and turned to ruins."
UiJ.
134 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
A-LA-HUL ZI-GA-ZU-KU GAB - ZU ZI-ZI^-NE
55. a-lu-u liin-7tu ana^ na-sa-hi-ka i-rat-ka ni--i
MULU - TIL - LA A - RI - A A - RI - A - KU GIN - [NA]
a - sib na - me - e ana na - me - ka at - lak
EN-GAL DINGIR-EN-KI-GE ID-MU ^ -DA-AN . . .
belu * rabu{u) ^ ^^" E -a ti- ma -^ -ir- an - [;^/] ^
60. TU - DUG - GA - A^ - NI KA - MU NE - IN - DUG
„^ - m ana pi - ia u - tib
GAR-NA VII-l
' „ si-bit-ti su-nu sa par-si el-lu-ti ^^ ana
ka - ti - ia ^^ tc - ma - al^"^ - la
UGA-HU HU LIGIR DINGIR-RI-E-NE-GE ID-ZI-DA
MU-NE-IN-TAB
65. a-ri-ba is-su-ra na-ri-ir^^ ildni^^ ina im-ni-ia
at-mu-uh SUR-DU-HU HU KA-ZAL-LA IGI-HUL-IK-ZU-KU
ID-KAB-BU MU-NE-IN-US „ is-su-ra mu-dal-la ina pa-ni-ka lim-nu-ti^^ ina su - me - li - ia ir ^* - di - su KU-TIG-E-SA NI-TEk£N-NA-GE TIG-GA NE-IN-KU na-ah-lap-ta sa-an-ta sa pu-luh-ti^^ ah-ha-lap-ka 70. KU-SA-KU NI-GAL-LA-GE BAR-AZAG-GA NE-IN-KU sU'ba-ta sa-a-ma su-bat nam-ri-ir-ri zu-mtir elW^"^ u - lab ^^ - bis- ka
UTUKKI LIMNL'TI, TABLET " B." I35
55. O thou evil demon, turn thee to get hence,
O thou that dwelleth In ruins, get thee to thy ruins,
For the great lord Ea hath sent me ; 60. He hath prepared his spell for my mouth
With a censer for those Seven, for clear decision,
He hath filled my hand. 65. A raven, the bird that helpeth the gods,
In my right hand I hold ;
A hawk, to flutter^ in thine evil face.
In my left hand I thrust forward ;
With the sombre ^ garb of awe I clothe thee, 70. In sombre dress I robe thee,
A glorious dress for a pure body.
^ K. 3,152 inserts ga. ^ K. 3,152, a-na.
^ 35,056 inserts UN. ^ 35)056, he-lu.
' 35^056, ra-hu-u. « 35»o56, na.
' 35.056 omits GA-A. ^ K. 3,152, TU.
^ 35*056, EL (?)e (?)nE (?) for EL-LA-GE.
'° 35,056, tu. " 35,056, katd"-WG.
'^ 35,0^6, maHoT ma-al.
" 35,056, rt. '' 35,056, ar.
^^ 35>o56, el-iu. ^^ 35,056, t'l-la for u-/ab.
V
* See note to I. 45.
b Or '' blue."
136 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
(Plate XXIX.)
KIS-HUL GIS-ZAG-DU KA-NA-GE NE-IN-LAL
hu-la-a ina hi-it-ti sa ba-a-bi a-lul-\ld\
GIS-ISIMU GIS-NIM AS-A-AN GIS-DU-TA NE-IN-[LAL]
75- pi-ri- bal-ti it-ti ina sik-ka-tim a-lul-\la\
SU - USAN - TA ANSU - KAR - RA - GIM SU - ZU
NE - IN - DUB - DUB . . ina ki-na-zi ki-7na i-me-ri mun-nar-bi zu-mur-ka u-zar-ri-\ib ?]
utug-[hul] ZI-GA-AB A-LA-HUL zi-ga-ab
u-tuk-ku liin-n7i na-an-si-ih a-lu-u lim-nu te-bi
80. SU MULU-GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-NA A-LA-HUL ZI-GA-AB ina zu-niur aineli mar ili-su a-lu-ii lim-nu te ^ -bi
USUG - DINGIR - E - A - TA NAM - BA - GUB - BU - NE NAM - BA - NIGIN - E - NE ina es-rit '^" E-a la ta-at-ta-nam-za-az la ta-as-sa-na-ah-har
E-A-UB-UB-TA NAM-BA-GUB-BU-NE NAM-BA-NIGIN-E-NE
85. ina tub-kat biti la ta-at-ta-nam-za-az la
ta-as-sa-na-ah-har
E - A GA - BA - GUB NAM - BA - AB - BI - EN
ina biti lu - uz - ziz la ta - kab - bi
UB - UB - TA GA - BA - GUB NAM - BA - AB - BI - EN
ina tub - ka - a - ti lu - uz - ziz la ta - kab - bi
90. [DA - DA] - TA GA - BA - GUB NAM - BA - AB - BI - EN
\tna sa - ha - a] - ti lu - uz - ziz la ta - kab - bi
UTUKKI LIMNOtI, TABLET " B." 1 37
(Plate XXIX.)
Fleabane (?)* on the lintel of the door I have hung, 75. St. John's wort (?),^ caper (?),*" and wheatears*^ On the latch I have hung ; With a halter as a roving ass Thy body I restrain ; O evil Spirit, get thee hence. Depart, O evil Demon ! 80. From the body of the man, the son of his god, O evil Demon, depart !
In the Temple of Ea stand not, nor circle around; 85. In the precincts of the house stand not, nor circle around ; ''In the house will I stand," say thou not, "In the precincts will I stand," say thou not, 90. "In the neighbourhood will I stand," say thou not,
' K. 3,152, h'.
* Huldy possibly the Syriac hla (Payne Smith, Thesaurus^ p. 1,273, a)f which has been identified with the fleabane.
^ Pin\ probably the Syriac per' a, hypericum (Brockelmann, p. 291, a).
*^ Biilti. On W.A.I., ii, 23, 31-32, bala, haltu, and amumesiu are given as synonyms. Bala is possibly the Syriac bl (Payne Smith, Thesaurus^ p. 527, a), viedicamentum quoddam, sc. radix capparis spinosae.
^ liti. The Sumerian is as-a-an, i.e. " wheat." Cf. the Hebrew hitjim and Syriac hetetha (Brockelmann, p. 109, a), \/h n-t.
138
DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
[UTUG - HUL] E - BA - RA KI - BAD - DU - KU
[u] - tuk - ku lim - nu si - i ana ni - sa - a - ti
[A - LA] - HUL GIN - NA A - RI - A - KU
95- \p\ - lu - u lim - nu at - lak ana na - tne - e
[KI] - GUB - BA - ZU KI - SAG
^man^ - za - az - ka as - ru
[KI] - TU$ - A - ZU E - SUB - BA
su - bat - ka bitu na - du - u
KUD - DA
par - su
A - RI - A
har - hi
TOO. [?-la] igi-mu-ta [zi an-na kan]-pa zi ki-[a kan]-pa \dup-pir ultu pani-ia nis same{e) lu-ta-m(i\-ta nis \irsitim{tim)\ lu-ta-7na-ta
[INIM - INIM - MA
UTUG] - HUL - A - KAN
] NA - A - AN ZI - GA
\Ekal '''^^'' Assur-bani-apli sarru rabu san^u dan-nul sar kissati sar '^^^'''^'' Assuri^' (Etc.)
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " B." 1 39
O evil Spirit, get thee forth to distant places,
95. O evil Demon, hie thee unto the ruins,
Where thou standest is forbidden ground,
A ruined, desolate house is thy home ;
100. [Be thou removed from before me ! By Heaven] be thou exorcised!
By [Earth] be thou exorcised !
Prayer against the Evil Spirits. [Incantation] " removeth "
Col. I (B)i (Plate XXX).
a.*
b. „ sa aineli la ra (?)
c. UTUG - HUL - IK
d. „ sa da - mu ?/ (?)
e. UTUG - HUL - IK
42. „ sa ri - giin . . .
UTUG - HUL - IK KUR - RA
„ ^ sa via ma-a-tu zt-ta-\na-as-rab-bi-tn}^
45. ^GA-E SANGU(?)-UH(?)-TU GA-TU-[SURRU-MAH]
a-si-pu sa-an-gam-ma-hu sa ''" . . . \a-na-ku\
5 EN - NA
^be - liun
NUN *TUR-RA-GE mu - UN
50. ru - bu - u ina ap - si - i
EGIR- MU ? NAM - NE - IN - GI
ar - ki - ia la \ta - sag - gum ?]
EGIR - MU GU - NU ^ - MU - UN - DA - AB - RA - RA
ar - ki - ia la ta - sa - [as - si}^
55. MULU - HUL - IK SU - NAM - [BA - ZI - ZI .?]
liin - 7ta ^ la tu - sah - \haz ?]
UTUG - HUL - IK SU - NAM - BA - [ZI - ZI ?]
u - tuk - ka^ liin - na^ la tu- sa - \ah - haz ?]
^ Col. I (A) contains the following ends of lines : —
(i) . . . BAD KUR-RA, (2) . . . ladi\i\ (3) . . . KAS-KAS-BU,
(4) . . . \Jf\-ta-na-at-rah-hi-iu^ (5) . . . tu-tu, (6) . . . i-kam-mu u, (7) . . . BIR-RA, (8) . . . i-sa-as-su-u, (9) . . . la "se-mu-u,
Col I (B). (Plate XXX.)
a
^. O evil Spirit that hath . . . the man,
c. O evil Spirit that . . . blood
42. O evil Spirit whose roar
O evil Spirit that [roameth] o'er the land,
45. I am the Sorcerer-priest of
The lord
50. The prince in the Deep .... Behind me [howl] not ! Behind me shriek not ! 55. Unto that which is evil deliver (?) him (?) not! Unto the evil Spirit deliver (?) him (?) not!
(10) . . . /a la I'-su-u, (11) . . . Dl-A, (12) . . . -hu-Uy (13) . . . [zi-ir]-zi-ir, (14) . . . [as'sa^su, (15) . . . [nigin]-e, (16) . . . [is-sa]-nun-du, (17) . . . Bi, (18) . . . -'-«, (19) . . . pa(?)-ra, (20) . . . -al-pu, (21) . . . [nigin]-e, (22) , . . \js-sa\-nun-duy (23) . . . LU, (24.) . . . [i-dal'\-la-hUf (25) ... I, (26) . . . -rUy (27) . . . su, (28) . . . [i-sah-ha]-la, (29) . . . DU-DU, (30) . . . -nam-du-Ut (31) . . . -hu-su, and traces of II. 32-41.
" Cuneiform Texts, part xvii, pi. 46.
^ K. 2,470 . . . lim-nu.
* 60,886 has [ga]-e gam uh(.?)-tu ga-dub . . .
^ 60,886 has . . . E MU . . .
® 60,886 has .... -an-ni ....
' K. 8,476 omits; K. 4,917, nam.
8 K. 8,476, nu. 9 K. 8,476, ku.
142 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
MULU - TUR - RA - KU NAM - BA - TE - [MAL - NE]
60. a7ia mar - si e ta - a\t - hi^
MULU - TUR - RA - KU NAM - BA - GE - [GE - NE]
ana mar - si e ta - [at - ^/?]
ZI DINGIR-GAL-GAL-E-NE 1 -GE I-RI-PA H A-BA-[RA-DU-UN]
^ nis ildni^' rabMi^^ u-tain-ine-\ka lu-ta-at-tal-lak']
65. INIM - INIM - MA UTUG - HUL - [A - KAN]
EN UTUG - HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - [MAL - NE]
u - tuk - ku Urn - nu e ta - at - \Jii - su\
A - LA - HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
a - lu - u lini - [nu'] e ta - at - hi - sii
70. GIDIM - HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
e - kim - \inu lim - n?/] e ta - at - hi - su
MULLA - HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
gal - [lu - u lim - nu\ e ta - at - hi - su
DINGIR - HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
75. ilu [lim - mi] e ta - at - hi - su
MASKIM HUL - IK NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
i^a - [bi - su lim - nu'\ e ta-at- hi - su
DINGIR - RAB - KAN - ME NAM - BA - TE - MAL - NE
[la - bar - tu e\ ta - at - hi - su
80. DINGIR - RAB - KAN - ME - A [NAM - BA] - TE - MAL - NE
[la - ba - su e ta - at] - hi - su
[dingir-rab-kan-me-kil nam-ba-te]-mal-ne
[ah - ha - zu e ta - at] - /// - su
[MULU - LIL - LA NAM - BA - TE - MAL] - NE
85. [li - lu - u e ta - at] - hi - ///
UTUKKI LIMNCtI, TABLET " C." I43
60. Unto the sick man draw not nigh, Unto the sick man come not,
By the Great Gods I exorcise thee that thou mayest depart.
65. Prayer against the Evil Spirits.
Incantation : —
O evil Spirit, approach him not,
O evil Demon, approach him not, 70. O evil Ghost, approach him not,
O evil Devil, approach him not, 75. O evil God, approach him not,
O evil Fiend, approach him not,
O Hag-demon, approach him not, 80. O Ghoul, approach him not,
[O Robber-sprite], approach him not, 85. [O Phantom of Night], approach him not.
- K. 8,476 omits.
"^ K. 2,470 omits this line.
144 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
[KI - EL - LIL - LA NAM - BA - TE - MAL] - NE
[// - li - tu e ta - at' hi\ - su
[KI - EL - UD - DA - KAR - RA NAM - BA - TE - MAL] - NE
[rt-r - da - at li - li - i e ta - at - ht\ - su
90. . . [nam - BA - TE - MAL] - NE
[e ta - at] - hi - su [nam - BA - TE - MAL] - NE
[Hiatus.]
mur ' su
Col. II (Plate XXXI).
SAG - GIG KA - GIG SA - GIG LIKIR - GIG
95. mu-ru-us kak-ka-di „ sin-ni „ libbi ki-is lib-bi
IGI-GIG AZAG : mu-ru-us i-ni a-sak-ku sa-ma-nu :
SA-MA-NA
UTUG-HUL A-LA-HUL GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL
DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL
DINGIR - RAB ^ - KAN - ME DINGIR - RAB ^ - KAN - ME - A DINGIR-RAB-KAN-ME-KIL
MULU-LIL-LA KI-EL-LIL-LA KI-EL-UD-DA KAR-RA
100. NAM-TAR-HUL-IK AZAG-GIG-GA TUR-RA-NU-DUG-GA
GAR - GIG GAR - SA - A GAR - HUL - GIM - MA
SUR-AS-SUB A-HA-AN-TUM U-SU-US-SUB DUB-GIM-MA BAR-GIS-RA
SILA-A GIN-GIN AB-BA SU-§U GIS-SAGIL TU-TU-E-NE
mut-tal-lik su-ki mu-ta-at-bi-ik a-pa-a-ti inu-tir-ru ^ -bu me ^ - di-lu
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " C." I45
[O Night Wraith], approach him not, [O Handmaiden of the Phantom], approach him not,
90 approach him not,
approach him not,
[Hiatus.]
Sickness,
Col. II (Plate XXXI). 95. Sickness of the head, of the teeth, of the heart, heartache. Sickness of the eye, fever, poison (?),* Evil Spirit, evil Demon, evjl Ghost, evil Devil,
evil God, evil Fiend, Hag-demon, Ghoul, Robber-sprite, Phantom of Night, Night Wraith, Handmaiden of the Phantom, 100. Evil pestilence, noisome fever, baneful sickness. Pain, sorcery, or any evil, ^ Headache, shivering, (?), terror, (?), (.^),
Roaming the streets, dispersed through dwellings, penetrating bolts.
^ K. 4,863, LUGAL. ^ S. 793, rt.
^ S. 793, mt.
* Samanu, possibly connected with the Syriac sammd, pi. sanimdne (Brockelmann, p. 228, 3), "poison."
^ See note to Tablet III, I. 199. For dub-gim-ma I do not know any Assyrian equivalent, bar-gis-ra is translated ^-i-lu {W.A.I.y V, 50, 29-30, (5), apparently parallel to asakku, but no satisfactory meaning has been suggested for it.
10
146 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
105. MULU - HUL IGI - HUL KA - HUL EME - HUL lini-iiu sa pa-an ^ lini-nu pu-u lim-Jtu li-sa-nu „ 2 UH (?)-HUL UIJ (?)-ZU UH (?) ^ -A-RI-A GAR-SA-A GAR-HUL -GIM-MA-TA'* SA-E-A-TA : IS - hi ki - rtb biti si - i \ IB - TA - E •^MULU-GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-NA BA-RA-AN-TE-MAL -NE BA-RA-AN-GE-GE-E-NE II O. GIS-GU-ZA-NA : ilia kii-tis-si-sii la tu-sab-su \ NAM-BA-TUS-NE-EN GIS-* NAD-DA-NA : ifia ir-si-su la ta-na-al :
NAM-BA-NA-U-NE EN * UR-KU : ana u-ri-su la te-el-li-su : NAM-BA-GIBIS-NE E-KI-TUS-A-NA : ana bit siib-ti-su la te-ru-ub-su :
NAM-BA-TU-TU-NE ZI AN-NA-KI-BI-DA-GE I-RI-PA HA-BA-RA-DU-UN 1 1 5. ?iis^ saine{e) u irsitiniitint) u - tarn - me - ka
lu - u - ta - at - ta ' lak
INIM - INIM - MA UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
EN UTUG - HUL - IK MULU - SA - KU - AB - SA - SA u - tuk - ku Urn - nu hab - bi - lu
MASKIM - HUL - IK UB - DA GUB - GUB - BU
1 20. ra - bi - su liin - nu niut - ta - az - ziz tub - ki
GIDIM - HUL MULLA - HUL U - NU - KU - KU - NE e-kini-mu lim-nu gal-lu-u lun-nu la sa-li-lu
[E-NEJ-NE-NE HUL-A-MES ERI-A NIGIN-NA-A-MES
\su-nu lini\-nu-ti sa ina ali is-sa-nitn-du su-nu 125 IM - MI - IN - GAZ - E - NE
i - pa - al - li - lu
147
105. Evil man, he whose face is evil, he whose mouth is evil, he whose tongue is evil,
Evil spell, witchcraft, sorcery,
Enchantment and all evil.
From the house go forth !
Unto the man, the son of his god, come not nigh,
Get thee hence ! 1 10. In his seat sit thou not,
On his couch lie thou not.
Over his fence rise thou not.
Into his chamber enter thou not, 115. By Heaven and Earth I exorcise thee,
That thou mayest depart.
Prayer against the Evil Spirits.
Incantation : —
The evil Spirit that destroyeth.
The evil Fiend that lurketh near,
The evil Ghost and evil Devil that find no rest.
These are they that scour the city.
Scattering^
' K. 4,863, m.
^ K. 4,863 translates [^kis]-pu ru-hu-u ru-\su-u\ . .
^ S. 793 inserts zu. * S. 793 omits.
^ K. ^,S 6^ tra.ns\a.tes \^a^-na ame/i mar ih'-\_su^ . . .
* Ipallilu. Cf. Syriac pall, adspersit, fregit (Brockelmann, Lexicon, p. 272, a).
148
DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
IM -MI-IN -SUM- E- NE
i - ta - ab - ba - hu
(Plate XXXII.)
[tu - TU] - NE
1 30 [/] - kain - inu - 11
A - MES
-ku - u
GAZ(?) - AK - E - NE
. . . i - sag - gi - su
135 IM - MI - IN - SU - SU
ki-ma nu-ni ina me-e i-sah-ha-lu
[SIGISSE - SIGISSE NU] - UN - ZU - MES A - RA - ZU NU - UN - ZU - MES \ik-ri-bi ul i-du-u\ tas-li-tu ul i-du-u MI-IN - DUL IGI - NA BA - AN - MI - MI
140 \i- kat - tarn] - ma i - ni - su u - ta - at - tu - u
"T^ . . . [NU - UN] - ZU - A
[///] u - ta - ad - di
NAM - SUB BA - AN - SUM
sip - tu id - di
145 HI
// - pu - turn
HUL
^^(?)
Reverse.
[Several lines wanting.]
a. [// - ti - ik - ti a - a ib - bal'] - ki - tu - \ii - ni^ . .
b. [UTUG-HUL-IK : u-tuk-ku liin-nu'] a-na si-ri-ka :
[edin-na-zu-ku]
150. [a-LA-HUL-IK : a-lu-u liin-nu'\ a-na si-ri-ka:
[edin-na-zu-ku]
151. [MU NU - TUK MU - NE AN] - ZAK - [KU]
c. \su-ma ul i-su^u sum-su\nu ana pa-at \same\e)
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " C." I49
Slaughtering
(Plate XXXII.)
130. Seizing upon
Rending in pieces
135. . . . like fish from the water they draw forth ^
Knowing neither prayer nor supplication. 140. They cover his . . . and darken his eyes,
not known.
He performs the incantation
[Several lines broken or wanting.]
Reverse.
a. May they not break through [the mud wall].
b. [O evil Spirit], to thy desert !
1 50. [O evil Demon], to thy desert !
c. [O they that have no name (their name)], unto the breadth [of heaven !} ^
a Isahhalu: cf. the Chald. F^^/(Levy, Chald. Worterb., p. 468,^) which is the word used in Exod. ii, 10, for drawing Moses forth from the water.
^ See 11. 185 ff., p. 153.
ISO DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
152. [dingir-PA-SAG-GA . . . : '^" I-stini] . . . -e ni-si : MULU-GISGAL-LU-ZU-KU
d. [tu-DUG-GA : ilia „ -e a-mat '^"]E-a : I
dingir-en-[ki-ga-ge] 153 7nar ''^"Eridi : DU NUN-KI-GA-GE
154. [TU-TU ZU-AB NUN-KI-GA] NAM-MU-UN-DA-AN-BUR-RA
e. \si-pat ap-si-i '^^'''\Eridi a-a ip-pa-as-ra . . .
155. [INIM - INIM - ma] UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
[en] UTUG-HUL-IK GIDIM MAS-TIG-GAR EDIN-NA
u-tuk-ku lini-nu e-kiin-nm sa ina si-e-ri su-pu-u
NAM-TAR MULU HUL-IK : naiii-ta-ru sa anieli liin-nis
tal-pu-tum : TAG-GA-ZU
pEME gar - HUL - GIM - MA MULU KESDA(DA) - GE
160. li - sa - nu sa itti^ aineli liui - nis ir - rak - sii
DUG - GIM : 2 J^l _ ;;2^ ^^;. _^^ _ ^/ // - Ui - ]jap -pjyi - u :
HE] - EN - TA - GAZ A-GIM : ^ ki-ina me-e lit-\tab-ku :] HE-EN-TA-DE [gis-gam]-ma GIS-SA-KA-NA-GE NA-AN-TA-BAL-E
kip ' pa - ti a-a ib - bal- ki- tu - ni
165 [a-a ibYbal-ki-tu-ni : NA-AN-TA-BAL-E
[UTUG-HUL EDIN-NA-ZU-KU] A-LA-HUL EDIN-NA-ZU-KU UTUG -HUL E-A-TIL-LA SU - NU - GAR - RA - ZU - KU DINGIR - MULU - GISGAL - LU - GE 7
u-tuk-ku limnu sa ina biti tus-bu-\u\ . . . ilu u anielu ana la ga-ina li-ka (Plate XXXIII.)
UTUG-HUL A-LA-HUL GIDIM-[nUL] MULLA-HUL DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL
UTUKKl LIMNUTI, TABLET " C." I51
152. [Isum] . . . men,
d. [By the magic of the] word of Ea,
153. . . . the son of Eridu,
154. [Let the Incantation of the Deep] of Eridu never
be unloosed !
[Prayer against] the Evil Spirits.
[Incantation] : —
The evil Spirit (and) Ghost that appear in the
desert, O Pestilence that hast touched the man for harm, 160. The Tongue that is banefully fastened on the man. May they be broken in pieces like a goblet, May they be poured forth like water, . ^ ^.v...^^^
May they not break through the lintel of the door. 165. May they not break through the . .
[O evil Spirit, to thy desert !] O evil Demon, to
thy desert ! O evil Spirit that dwellest in the house God and man to spare thee not .... ^t^t^i —■■ y,- (Plate XXXIII.) '
Whether it be evil Spirit or evil Demon, Or evil Ghost or evil Devil, Or evil God or evil Fiend,
' K. 5,251, zV-//.
^ K. 5,290 omits these translation lines.
152 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
170. LA-DUG- BUR-ZI -DUG-KA-BUR- GIM AN-AS-A-AN KAN - NI - IB - GAZ - GAZ ki-nia his-bi pur-si-it pa-lia-ri ina ri-bi-ti lih-tap-pu-ii
INIM - INIM - MA UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
EN UTUG-HUL-IK GIDIM MULU EDIN-NA TAG-GA-ZU
u - tiik - ku liin -nu e- kirn - mu sa ina si ^ - ri
ameli tal - pu - ut
175. NAM - TAR MULU SAG - GA TAG - [GA] - ZU
nam - ta - ru sa kak-kad ameli tal - pu - ut
KA-HUL-IK EME-HUL-IK MULU ^ - ERIM - MA - GE
'«' pu-u lim-nu li-sa-nu li-mut-tu mii-ta-\inu\u
UTUG-HUL-IK MULU IGI ^ - MU - UN - SI - IN - BAR - RA
1 80. u - tuk - ku Urn - 7iu sa ameli ip - pal - la - su
^GAR-§A-A UFj(?)-HUL-IK MULU-NAM-ERIM-MA-GE
u - pi - [su kis] - pi lim - nu - ti^ sa ma - mi - ti
DUG - GIM [: ^ ki - ma'\ kar -pa - ti li - ih - tap -pu-u :
HE - EN - TA - GAZ
V
A-GlM ;6 \ki-ma\ me-e lit-tab-ku : [he]-EN-TA-DE
185. IM - RU - A NA - AN - TA - BAL - E
^pi - ti - ik - ti a - [a ib] - bal - kit - u - ni
UTUG-HUL-IK :^ u-tuk-ku lim-nu a-na si-ri-ka :
EDIN-NA-ZU-KU A-LA-HUL-IK :^ a-lu-u lim-nu a-na s,i-ri-ka :
EDIN-NA-ZU-KU MU NU-TUK MU-NE AN-ZAK-KU :^ su-ma ul i-sU-U sum-su-nu ana pat same{e)
153
1 70. Like the sherd that is cast aside ^ by the potter May they be broken in the broad places.
Prayer against the Evil Spirits.
Incantation : —
O evil Spirit (or) Ghost that hath touched the man in the desert, 175. O Pestilence that hath touched the head of the man, The evil Mouth (or) evil Tongue that hath uttered a spell, 180. The evil Spirit that hath looked on the man. The enchantment or evil sorcery of a ban, May they be broken in pieces like a goblet. May they be poured forth like water, 185. May they not break through the mud wall. O evil Spirit, to thy desert ! O evil Demon, to thy desert ! O they that have no name (their name),'' unto the breadth of heaven !
^ K. 4,955 inserts e. ' K. 2,470 inserts nam.
^ K. 2,470 omits.
* S. 69 inserts two lines \ [a) A . . . . {I3) a- . . . . ^ K. 2,470, turn. ^ K. 2,470 omits this line.
* Pursit, from pardsu, "to separate."
^ Presumably this refers to certain demons whose names are unknown on earth, and the magician here addresses them with the inclusive term *' their name," i.e., whatever their name may be.
154 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
190. DINGIR-PA-SAG-GA . . . [MULU-GISGAL-LU-ZU-KU]
TU-DUG-GA I DINGIR-EN-KI-GA-[GE :] . . . [DU NUN-KI-GA-GE]
TU-TU ZU-AB NUN-KI-GA [NAM-MU-UN-DA-AN-BUR-RA] INIM - INIM - MA [UTUG - HUL - A - KAN] EN UTUG-HUL-IK EDIN-NA ID BA-AN
195. u-tuk-ku limniiti^' sa ina si-ri is-su-nu tar . . . .
UR-SAG DU DAGAL AS-A-MES VII-^K . . . .
kar - ra - du . . . zs - fa - [al]
[Hiatus.]
(Plate XXXIV.)
GURUS E - UR - A - NX - TA BA - RA - [e - NE]
1 NI-BI-A SIR-GIM MU-UN-SUR-SUR-RI-E-[NE]
ina ra-ma-m-su-nu ki-via si-ir'^ it-ta-na-as-lal-lu
215. AN-NIN-KIS-GIM UR-E-GAR-RA-GE IR-SI-NI-IN-NA-
AG-E-NE
ki-ma sik-ki-e a-sur-ra-a us-sa-nu su-nii
UR-KU-GIM NIGIN-E SI-MU-UN-SI-IN-BAR-RI-E-NE
ki-ma kal-bi sa-\i\-du it-ta-7iab-ra-ar-ru su-nii
UTUG-HUL A-LA-HUL GIDIM-HUL MULLA-[nUL]
DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL
220. ZI AN - NA KAN - PA Zl KI - A KAN - PA
155
190. Ishum .... [men]
By the magic of the word of Ea,
the son of Eridu Let the Incantation of the Deep of Eridu [never be unloosed] !
Prayer against the [Evil Spirits].
Incantation : — 195. The evil Spirits whose hands in the desert . . . Warriors, sons of one mother, seven [are they].
[Hiatus.]
(Plate XXXIV.)
They drive forth the man from his home.
Upon themselves like a snake they glide, 215. Like mice they make the chamber stink,
Like hunting dogs they give tongue.*
Be thou evil Spirit or evil Demon,
Or evil Ghost or evil Devil,
Or evil God or evil Fiend, 220. By Heaven be thou exorcised ! By Earth be thou exorcised !
^ K. 8,475 translates . . . -su u-se-is-\_s,u-u]. 2 K. 5,079 and K. 8,475, ru
a Ittanahrarru : according to W.A.L, v, 28, vii-viii, 62, hararum = ikkillum, "wailing," and, as Muss-Arnolt suggests, it may be connected with barbaru, "jackal."
156 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
EN-NA SU MULU-GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-NA ^ EN-NA BA-RA-AN-TA-RI EN-NA BA-RA-AN-ZI-GA
EN-NA-AS 2 U BA-RA-AN-DA-AB-KU-E A BA-RA-AN-DA-AB-NAK-E GIS-BANSUR A-A MUH-ZU-NE DINGIR-EN-LIL-LA-[GE
SU-ZU BA]-RA-NE-IN-TUM 225. A A-AB-BA A-DUG-A A-SIS-A A ID-[MAS-TIG-GAR] A
ID-UD-KIB-NUN-KI
[a pu]-ta a ID-[DA BA-RA-AN]-SU-SU-NE
[ana - KU BA - RI - EN PA - NA - A]N - TUK - TUK
[KI - KU BA - GUB - BA TUS NAM - Bl] - GA - GA
[MULU-GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-NA BA-RA-AN-TE-
MAL-DA BA-RA-AN-G]E-GE-NE
230. [Zl AN-NA-KI-BI-DA-GE i-ri-pa ha-ba-r]a-du-un
[INIM - INIM - MA UTUG - HUL] - A - KAN E - SIR - RA SU - SU
um
^ K. 8,475 translates . . . ili-lu.
^ K. 8,475 translates . . ., [_/a-as']-su-/iu.
UTUKKI LIMNCtI, TABLET " C." 1 5/
(Whatever thou be), until thou art removed, Until thou departest from the body of the man,
the son of his god. Thou shalt have no food to eat, Thou shalt have no water to drink, Thou shalt not stretch forth thy hand Unto the table of my father Bel, thy creator, Neither with sea water, nor with sweet water, Nor with bad water, nor with [Tigris] water. Nor with Euphrates water, nor with [pond water], Nor with river water shalt thou be covered. [If thou wouldst fly up to heaven] Thou shalt have [no wings], [If thou wouldst lurk in ambush on earth] Thou shalt secure [no resting-place]. [Unto the man, the son of his god, come not
nigh], Get thee hence !
[By Heaven and Earth I exorcise thee], That thou mayest depart.
[Prayer against the Evil Spirits.]
[Incantation : — ] " that in the
street overwhelmeth."
[The Obverse is entirely lost.]
Reverse.
Col. Ill (Plate XXXV).
(l) DINGIR .... (2) .... (3) .... (4) MULU . . . .
(5) a7;ie/u .... (6) URUDU-GAR .... (7)
(8) rii-?ik .... (9) (10) MULU .... (it) sa
ameli ik-
12. MULU - GISGAL - LU - BI
amelu su - u
URUDU-GAR-LIG-GA UR-SAG AN-[NA]
15. '''" „ - u kar - rad ''''A - nim
KU-U-LI-IN-TAR-A GAR-UR-* SIM-[MA]
u-li-in-na bin^-ric-un-ta [ . . buli\
I-NE-GAR-NA ZAG GIS-* NAD-DA-NA
kut-ri-in-na sa nak-ka- . . [z'r-sa-su] . . . .
20. SA DINGIR-SUR TUG-GA AN-NA-GE MULU . . .
t'na lib-bi '^" Saluli{li) sa su-ba-ta ['^"Ajizm] . . .
KU-SUR-RA : ku-sur-ra-a e-sir-\ina : U-ME-NI-HAR]
ZAG KU-SUR-RA IM-* BAR-R A : z-da-at „ -eme-e(?) . . .
KA-BAR-RA ID-ZI-DA ID-KAB-BU [U-ME (?)-NI (?)-HAR]
25. ba-ab ka-ma-a im-na u su-\ine-la'\
KA-BI NAM-TIL-LA : uia ba-bi-su ba-la-ta ....
SAG-BI NAM-ERIM-BUR-RU-DA GAR-HUL . . . .
ma-init la pa-sa-i'i iuiimna{ina) liin-[ini\ . . .
U-I-KAM : 7nnu[iuii) ak-kal lis-tab-ri
[The Obverse is entirely lost.]
Reverse. Col. Ill (Plate XXXV).
This man
1 5. [Take] the potent meteorite of heaven . .
[Bind] a two-coloured cord
A smoRe offering which . . . his couch . 20. Under the shadow of the Robe of Heaven . • Fasten a bandage and ^ Wash (?) in water (?) the ends of the bandage, 25. With the door locked right and left [shut (.'^) him in], Within his door life [shall he receive (?)]. A ban that cannot be loosed [on] everything
evil . . . When he ^ eats, may he be satisfied !
* IM-DARA ( W.A.I. , V, 27, 13, e, which is probably to be restored this way) = \_h~\a-a-pii, with which we may compare the Syriac hdph (Brockelmann, Lexicon, p. 106, b), lavit. It seems possible that the scribe has here added the word me, *' water," but the text is so mutilated that no restorations are trustworthy. The explana- tory text K. 246 (Haupt, Akkad. u. Sum. Keils., pp. 92-93, II. 14 fF.)
has: MULU-GISGAL-LU-BI KU-SUR-RA U-U-ME-NI-HAR KU-SUR-RA-A IM-BABRAR-RA KA-BAR-RA ID-ZI-DA ID-KAB-BU U-BA (?) . . HAR,
which is translated a-me-lu su-a-tu [ku-sur-ra-a esir-ma~\ ku-sur-ra-a sa . . , \_ga\s-si hdba ka-ma-a \_im^-na u sii-me-la . . . ^ First person in the text.
l60 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
30. DINGIR-USAN-AN-NA * BIR-HUL-DUB-BA SU MULU- GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-[NA] ....
. . MU-TIN-NA-AN-TE . . .
\^'" Si-ine\-tan „ -e „ -[^ ina] zu-niur a-nie-li mar ili-su tu-uh\hi^ . . . .... [hul]-dub-ba sag-ga-na u-me-ni-[kesda]
sa „ - ^ kak - ka - SU ru - ku - us - \ind\
35. [UTUG-HUL A]-LA-HUL GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL
dingir-hul maskim-[hul] \u-tuk'ku'\ liin-nu a-lu-u liin-nii e-kiin-inu lint-nu gal-lu-u liin-nu ilu lim-nu ra-bz-s?c [/tm-nu]
[DINGIR-RAB-KAN]-ME DINGIR-RAB-KAN-ME-A : la-bar- tnni la-ba-su ah-ha-zu : DINGIR-RAB KAN-ME-KIL
UTUG-MULU-DIB-BA : u-tuk-ku ka-mu-u sa ameli
e-kim-inu sa ameli sab-tu : GIDIM-MULU-DIB-BA
MULU-HUL IGI-HUL KA-HUL EME-IJUL : lim-uu sa pa-ni
lim-nu pu-u lim-nu li-sa-nu lim-nu
40. SAG - GIG KA - GIG SA - GIG LIKIR - GIG
mu-ru-us kak-ka-di „ sin-ni „ lib-bi ki-is lib-bi
* Huldtippu. This word occurs with the determinative for "wood," but more commonly with the determinative *bir (= urisu ?). It is difficult to see what its exact meaning is, but the following additional passages are instructive: — W.A.I. , iv, 21, 11. 27-29, ana mimma lim-ni nu-te-^ ''" ,, (=mulu-*lal) *^'\y {= La-ia-rak) ina ha-a-hi ul-ziz, ana mimma lim-7ii ta-ra-di ,, ( = * bir-hul-dub-ba) ina mi-ih-rii bdbi ul-ziz, "To prevent any evil drawing nigh I have set up mulu- ^ lal (and) Latarak by the door, to drive away any evil I have set the hulduppu before the door." Zimmern, Rihialtafeln, p. 122, 20 ff., arki su ina *bir
UTUKKI LIMNOtI, TABLET " D." l6l
30. In the evening place a hulduppu'^jif'^^ff'jl*^ • Near the body of the man, the son of his god ; Bind on his head the ... of the hulduppu ;
35. Whether it be an evil Spirit, or an evil Demon, Or an evil Ghost, or an evil Devil, or an evil
God, or an [evil] Fiend, Or a Hag-demon, or a Ghoul, or a Robber-sprite, Or an evil Spirit that holdeth the man in its grip. Or an evil Ghost that hath seized on the man. Or an evil man, or one whose face is evil, whose mouth is evil, whose tonofue is evil,
40. Headache, toothache, heart disease, or heartache.
hulduppe{e) ina ^ bi^ gibille{e) I'na lu-ti-la(- ga(-^) ina sugugalle{-e) ina zere ekalla tu-hap, '' Afterwards must thou, with hulduppu^ with the torch, with the ' living sheep,' with * strong copper,' with the * skin of the great bull,' with seed corn, purify the palace." Cun, Texts^ part xvii, pi. 28, 11. 54-55 . . . \_hulduppa~\-a ina ma-a-a-li-su kut-tim-hi-ma, " With . . . hulduppu on his bed cover him and . . . ," and ibid., 1, 67, [inim-inim-ma]
. . . SU *BIR-HUL-DUB-BA MULU-TUR-RA DUL LA, "[Prayer]
. . . the skin(?) of (?) a hulduppu cover the sick man." Tablet " F," pi. 38, col. iii, 1. 13, gis-ma-nu gis-hul-dub-ba . . . " [Let him carve] a hulduppu of tamarisk." Tablet "K," 1. 140 if., e-ri"^." hul-dup-pu-u sa ra-bi-si sa ina lib-bi-su *^" E-a su-mu zak-ru ina sip-ti sir-ti si-pai E-ri-du ""sa te-lil-ti ap-pa u is-di i-sa-a-ii lu-pu-ut-may *' A tamarisk hulduppu of a fiend, whereon is inscribed the name of Ea, with 'the all-powerful incantation, the Incantation of Eridu of Purification, set alight both in front and behind . . ." From this latter passage the ''■'' hulduppd would appear to mean "■ figure."
102 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
INIM-INIM-MA-NE-E SAG-GA-NA HE-IB-TA-AN-ZI-ZI-E-NE sip-ti an-ni-ti ina ri-si-su ii-in-na-as-hu
NA HE-EN-GUB-BA MAL-LA NA-AN-DAK . . .
45 SU li-7Z
Col. IV (Plate XXXVI).
: {unuiimi) ta-sil-ti sa ina "^" Eridi ir-bu-u :
KUR-KUR-GA
TA : {nnu{inu) dain-ku sa ina zir La-gas
su-pu-u : E-A
E-A : {imu{inu) sa pa-ni ba-nu-u tai'-bit
Ki-e-si : UH-KI-GE . . . [giR] - PUR - LA - KI - GE DIKUD - MAH
5. ['^" A-da-/>]a da-a-a-mi si-i-ru sa La-ga-as . . . . DUG-GA NAM-TIL-LA SUM-MU AN-SUR
*KUR(.?)-RU-KI-GE . , . . -ris-si ba-la-ta i-nam-di-nu su-lul Sn-ru-ub-ba-ak . . . NE NIN GAB-NU-GI sag - GA - NA - a
^^'- BA- AN -LAH-LAH -GI-ES
. . . -ti su-nu ir-su-tuin sa la ini-mah-ha-ru ina
ri-si-su li-iz-zi-su
10. . . . MULU-BA-GE SIGISSE-SIGISSE HE-EN-NA-AB-BI
. . . anielu su- a- tmn tas - li - turn lik - bu-n,
. . . E-NE TU . . . . BAD-GA NAM-TIL-LA SUM-MU
GAB AN-GA-GA-A
sip-ti ba-la-ti
15 ti ni
ga-na-} li-pu-us
-ti ka-a-a-nu
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " D." 163
[By] this incantation at his head may they be removed
45 may it stand . . .' .
Col. IV (Plate XXXVl).
The Pleasant Day risen. forth from Eridu,
The Gentle Day that hath appeared in Lagash,
The Day of shining Presence sprung from Kish,
5. Adapa (?), puissant judge of Lagash,
The Shadow of Shurubbak, granting life to the suppliant (?),
With their wise [counsel ?] unopposed
May they take their stand at his head : 10. May they utter a prayer [for ?] this man ;
May they perform an incantation of life . . . 15. May they make
firm
164 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
. . . . TE-MAL
\lt\t'hu-SU
20 * UR - * UR
ru (})-kus-7na
SAG-BI . . HE-EN-GUB-BU-US
la us-su tna ri-si-su li-iz-ziz
[bar]-bi-ku tja-ba-ra-an-gub-[ba]
25 ina a-ha-a-ti li'\iz-ziz\
AS(?) SAR TAB-BA U
-ina{})-h ki-is-ru-ti su-\iin-nu-ti\ . . .
LAL INIM-INIM-MA U
\_pu\ - ru - us sip - tu /(?) - \di'> - ina'\
30. [SU-*SAG]-GA DINGIR-RA-NA-KU nE-EN-SI-IN-[GE-GE] [ma ka^at dam-ka-a-ti sa \ili-su-lip-pa-kid\ SAG-GA-NA NAM
-tint ina ri-si-su a-a
NAM-TIL-LA HE-EN-NA
35 -zi-su ba-la-ti lit
UD(?) E-NUN-NA-TA E-A-NA
// - tu ku - U7n - me ina a - si - hi
. . . . SU MULU-GLSGAL-LU PAP-HAL-LA DU I)INGIR-RA-NA
sa aineli viut-tal-li-ki mar ili-su
40 \^'"]Sa-mas lit-hi\ HE-EN- NA-AN -TE-MAL
[DINGIR-SILIG-ELIM-NUN-NA DU-SAG-ZU-AB-GE]
SAG-GA TAG-TAG-BI ZA-A-KAN
['^" Marduk mar ris-tu-u sa ap-si-i bu-u'\n-nu-ti du-?im-inu-ku ku-7iiu-ina
[INIM - INIM - MA] UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " D." 165
May they draw nigh unto him
20
May . . . that goeth not forth, stand at his head,
25. May stand away from him
[Tie] double (?) knots
Make a decision . . . , perform the incantation, 30. [Into the] kindly [hands] of his god let him be [commended] . . . . at his head let them not ....
35 life may they grant [him],
when he goeth forth from the
dwelling [Unto the body] of the wanderer, the son of his god,
40 may Shamash draw nigh,
O Marduk, eldest son of the Ocean Deep ! Thine is the power to brighten and bless.
Prayer against the Evil Spirits.
tami ''er
(Plate XXXVII.)
. . . . ir-si-su e-sir-ma ■ .
MULLA-nUL MULU-RA NAM-BA-TE-[MAL] . . .
\gal-lu u lim-nu a-nd\ ameli a-a it-hu-u-\_n{\
. . . SAG - BI U - ME - NI - [GAR]
5 nza ri - si - hi hi - kun - \ina\
. . BAR - KU HE - IM - TA - [GUB]
su-ti-ik-ma ina a-ha-a-ti li-iz-ziz . .
GAR - SA - A NAM - BA - TE - MAL- E - NE
- tiiin (?) u - pi - su a-a it - hu - su
lO. [SU]-LAH-LAH-GA-A-NI-TA HE-IM-MA- AN-SED-DE
\ina ka] - ti - hi el - li - ti li - pa - as - h - ih
[SU]-*SAG-GA DINGIR-RA-NA-KU HE-EN-SI-IN-GE-GE
[INIM - INIM - MA] UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
[EN UTUG-HUL] . . . RINGIR-EDIN-NA GIN-A
15. \1i\-i11k-k21 liin-7iu sa ina si-e-ri il-la-ku
DINGIR - EDIN - NA DUL - LA
. . . . \liui\-nu sa ina si-e^ - ri i-kat-ta'^ - niu
DINGIR - EDIN - NA LA - A
. . , . \lim-nu sa ind\ si-e-ri it-te-7ii- -lu-u
20 DINGIR- EN - LIL- LA SE - IR - ZI - DA
'^" „ nam - ru
: DINGIR - EN DU SA - BI ^
^ : URUGAL A^ - RI - A
(Plate XXXVII.)
[With] . . . surround his bed and .... That ... no evil devil may draw nigh unto the man, 5. Put . . . . at his head,
Let pass by ... . and let it stand aside, That .... no sorcery may draw nigh unto him. 10. That by his pure hand he may be assuaged,
That unto the kindly [hands] ^ of his god he may be commended.
[Prayer against] the Evil Spirits.
Incantation : — 15. The evil Spirit that stalketh in the desert,
The evil [Demon ?~\ that shroudeth (man) in the
desert. The evil [Ghost ?] that lieth in the desert,
20 Bel radiant,
Bel . . .
[Evil Spirits] . . . spawned in the tomb,
^ Rm. 314 omits. ' K. 2,337, /««.
^ Rm. 314 . . . -mu-u.
^ For this line see Cun. Texts, part xvii, pi. 22, 1. 145.
1 68 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
1-/2 : BI
25 ra-ina-ni-su-nu : IM-TE-MAL-DA-BI
2mu - UN - TAR - RI - ES - A - AN
NI - IN - US
- nzm - mi - du
GIN DU - MU
30 SU - U - ME - TI
li - ki - e - ma
SU - BI U - ME - NI - TAG - TAG
zumri - su hi - up - pi - // - ma
. . . : ab-kal-liL ab-rik-ku ka-la-su-mi : KAL-A-BI
35 SA-AZAG-GA HU - MU - RA - AB - SAR - RA
ri - ik - sa el - la li - ir - ku - su - ka
.... ID-DAR *BIR HAR-SAG-GA-GE DUBBIN
AM-GUL DAR-A . . . u-ri-is sadi(i) sa su-pur ri-me bu-un-nu-u TA NA NE HAR-SAG-GA-TA GIN-A
40. . . . -ri-ni-su-nu kut-ri-in-nu sa ul-tu sadiii) ib-bab-la : . . MU-UN-E DA-BI-TA . . biQ)-' sa-ha-tu^
ri-di-ma : GIN- A . . . SAR DINGIR-PA-TE-SI-MAH U-ME-NI-IB-TE-SUM
- l^il - ti si - pat '^" „ i - di - sum - ma
E . . . BA - NI - IB - E
45 . \a\ - si - SU
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " E." 169
25 themselves,
they have ordained,
they take their stand,
[^ Marduk hath seen : What I :] '' Go, my son, (Marduk),
30. '* Take
'' [And with It] ... . touch his body. *' Ruler (and) chieftain of all of them, ^^. " With a clean bandage let them bind thee,
" . . . of a kid of the mountains which hath polished a bull's hoof, 40. '* With their ... as a smoke offering brought from the mountains, ** . . . unto the neighbourhood go down and *' Perform for him the Incantation of the God Patesl-mah^ .... 45 at his going forth
^ Rm. 314 . . . -ti-m-nu sir- turn.
^ Rm. 314 for this line has . . . i-sim-mu,
^ K. 5,100, ta.
a See Tablet "A," 1. 17 ff.
^ "Supreme Ruler." %J;p>c i-
I/O DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
[Reverse of K. 5,100 ]
BAR SIG - GA - A
ina . . . [7na]-h'-is . . . ku (?) ma-hi-is . . .
gar-[hul-gim-ma] ? - lal
50. mimma\(jna) liin\ - nu dup - pir
UTUG-HUL A-[LA-HUL Gl]DIM-nUL MULLA-HUL E-TA HA-BA-R[A-E] u-tuk-ku liin-\nu a-lu-u lini\-rm e-kim-mu Ihn-nu gal-lu-u lini-7iu is-\tu biti si-i'\ U-NE-Z[[(?)] . . . ZI AN-NA KAN-PA [ZI KI-A KAN-PA] na-an-si-\ih'\ . . . [jus] same{e) lu-u-ta-\inat nis irsitiin{tiiii) lu-ti-ta-mat']
55. EN KU
UTUKKI LIMNOtI, TABLET " E." 171
[Reverse of K. 5, 100. ]
. . . . smiting .... smiting . . .
50. Whatever is evil, be thou removed . . . . !
O evil Spirit, ev[il Demon], evil Ghost, evil Devil,
Go forth from the house (and) depart !
By Heaven be thou exorcised ! [By Earth be thou exorcised !]
55. Incantation : —
Mr
Col. Ill (Plate XXXVIII).
*BIR UTUG
u-ri-su \u-tuk-ku\
U-GIG-A SU-SU-BI
mu-u-sa u ur-ra ma
5. MULU-GISGAL-LU-BI BARA-* SIG-GA
amelu su- u ina „ - ^
E-NUN-AZAG-GA KI NAM-TIL-[LA]
ku - tun - niu el - lu as - ru sa \balati\
URUDU-* SIG-TAK-ALAM AZAG-ZU
10. TAG-GAM-ME KUBABBAR GIS-TIR AZAG . . .
gur-gur-ru en-ku mu-di . . .
sa-as-sa-ru sa sar-pi ana kis-ti [el/i?] . . .
GIS-MA-NU GIS-HUL-DUB-BA
TUN U-ME-NI-TAG : Via pa-a-si
15. ALAM NAM-TIL-LA: US
MU-MUD-NA-A-BI : .
Col. IV.
. . sa nis ar
*bir(?)-gig lu id
. . MU BI TAG - GK : na
5. * BIR-AZAG DUG - GA
u - ri - sa el - la
Col. Ill (Plate XXXVIII).
A kid
Night and day in
5. That man at a lucky shrine
A pure dwelling, the abode of life . . . 10. Let a wise (and) cunning coppersmith
[Take an axe of gold (?) ^ and] a silver pruning- knife ^ "^
Unto a grove undefiled,
[Let him carve] a hulduppu of tamarisk
Touch it with the axe . . . 15. An image (.^) of life ....
[Inscribe thereon] the name of his
Col. IV.
A dark-coloured kid
Touch its
5. An undefiled kid
* On this restoration see Zimmern, Ritueltafeln, p. 140, Nos. 31-37, 1. 45, and p. 156, Nos. 46-47, 1. 12.
^ This restores the word sa-as-\ja-ru\ in W.A.I., iv, 18, 3, col. ii, 1. 2, which evidently means some small tool. Cf. the Syriac /d//iwdrd, subula (Payne Smith, Thesaurus, col. 4,516).
174 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
. . DINGIR-NIN-HAR-SAG-GA-GE * BIR-GIG . . .
ina te-im ^^" Be-lit-ill u-ri-sa sal-\inoL\ . . .
KA-AZAG MAH-DI NAM-SUB NUN-KI-GA-GE . . .
lO. ina pi-i el-li ti-iz-ka-ri si-pat ''^'' Eridi . . . . i
MULU - GISGAL - LU DU - DINGIR - [RA] - NA
ANA - GIM IjE - [EN - AZAG] - GA
KI - GIM Hb: - [EN - EL] - LA
SA - ANA - GIM HE - [EN - LAH - LAH] - GA
15. EME - HUL - IK BAR - KU HE - [iM - TA] - GUB
[INIM - INIM] - MA UTUG - [HUL] - A - KAN
.... HA-LA BA-AN-US . . . BI (?) NU* SAG ^ [DuppU- ^'^^■'^'^] UTUG-HUL-A-KAN .... Akkadt^^
gab-ri Bab ^^ . . . tuij) mar "^ Mu-kal-lim "'^A-[ba] '^" Marduk 20 \^" ''" Sulina'] - nu - esir sar ^''^"Assur ti
"^ ''" Nabu-apli-\iddina'\ sar Babili ^' . . . . is-tu-rti sa-tir-ma sa-nik . . . ka tig
sum up-pu-us .... ""'"rab-dupsarri^^ sa ''' "" Assur-\lmni\apli
sar '^''"' Ass tin . . . . {''^'\rab-dupsarri^^ . . dup-sarri . . . ^^ sa
ki-rib "'''Arba-ili
^ The colophon mentions Shalmaneser (II), King of Assyria, and Nabu-apli-iddina, King of Babylon, both living in the ninth century B.C.
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " F." I75
At the command of the Lady of the Gods
The dark-coloured kid
10. With a clear (and) loud voice
[Perform] the Incantation of Eridu,
May the man, the son of his god,
Become pure as Heaven,
Clean as Earth,
Bright as the middle of the Heavens, 15. May the Evil Tongue be absent from him !
Prayer against the [Evil] Spirits.
Obverse. Col. I (Plate XXXIX).
[ast-su S7i\-ku si-it '^"Sanisi ni-rib-su su-kii e-rib
'■'" Sainsi{si) [UTUG-HUL A-LA]-HUL GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL
DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL [u-tuk-ku liin-nit\ a-!ji-n liin-nu e-kini-niu Inri-nu
gal-lu-u lini-nu ilu liin-nu ra-bi-su \lim-nu\ 5 su GIR-GIN-GIN-A-TA : ina bi-e-ti ana
li-niut-ti ina i-tal-lu-ki-su .... E-A IM-MA-AN-DA-AN-TI-ES : il bi-ti ''"Is-tar
bi-tim lii-tar dii-\sii\ BA-AN- . . . : la-mas-si bit
pu-iiz-ra i ta-hal . . A (?) . . . E-A-GE UR-I3I IM-MA-AN-DA-AN-UR-GI-ES . . . . ana si {J)-ip (J)-ta si-kir ra-bi Li biti niil-ha-iis
i tar-ru O. . . . A DINGIR-SILIG-MULU-SAR ME-EN MAS-iMAS
ANA-KIA DIB-DIB-BI iJUL-E-NE . . . *^" Marduk vias-nias sain {e) u ii'sitiniijini)
tn-inu-[n/j'] I ni-nu-ti\Wi ?] . . . IGI-IGI E-TA E-IB-TA GAB-ZU GI-BI-IB . . . . . . -nu ina biti i ta-as-^i i-rat-ka 7ii--i . . .
Obverse. Col. I (Plate XXXIX).
[It hath its exit] at the Street of Dawn'' (And) its entrance at the Street of Sunset. Be it [evil Spirit] or evil Demon Or evil Ghost or evil Devil Or evil God or evil Fiend, 5. When it cometh to the house for evil
May the God (and) Goddess of the house drive
[it] forth. O thou Guardian Spirit of the inner chamber,
tremble not ! O ye [spirits] . . . , great and small of the
house alike, quake not ! 10. O . . . . Marduk, magician of heaven and
earth, seize upon its iniquity ! O . . . ,^ go not forth from the house,
turn back !
a Or " Street of the East" and " Street of the West." ^ IGI-IGI =: harranu ; possibly here we may restore *' O way farer."
178 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
GIDIM UB . . . BU . . A GU-MU-TA UB-TA SILA-A-KU UD-[DU] . . 15. se-e-du \sa ina tub-ki iz\-za'ZU ina rig-nii-ia
ul-tu tub-ki ana su\u-ki si-i\ GIDIM DA . . . GAR(?) GU-MU-TA [DA-TA
SILA-A-KU] E . . se-e-du sa ina [sa/iati] . . . sa ina rig-mi- ia \ul-tu sahati ana su-u-ki si-i'\
. TA SILA - A - [KU E] . . .
. . . . ku te lu . . . [ana] su-u-[ki si-i]
. . . . UN(?) IB(?) ana TU . . . SILA-A KU [e] . .
20 // fe sur . . . [ana su-u-ki si-t] . .
Reverse.
Col. IV.
25. . . . SI . . . A E . . . SAR
sa biti la iah-ta-na-ab (})-[ba-tu']
. . ma(?) dir-ta nam-ba-za-la-ah-hi-en : it-ti
sa-a-ri kip . . . [la ta-zik-ku\ . . E-NA-TA NAM-BA-TU-TU-E-NE: il-li a-si-i la
tir-[ru-bu'\ . . TUR-RA-TA NAM-BA-TU-TU-NE: it-ti e-ri-bi la [tir-ru-bti] 30. . . . EN NA-an-TUS-EN : la ta-aZ'Za-zi la tu-[sab'\ . . . GE-GE-E-NE NAM - BA - GUR - GUR - E - [NE] ^M^-^"^'*-:'* [la ta-at\-ta-an-nu-ur-ra la ta-as-sa-na-hu-[iir\
[Zl] ANA-KI-BI-DA-GE KAN-RI-PA HA-BA-RA-DU-[UN] [nis same\{e) u irsittm{tiin) u-tam-me-ka lu-ta-at-ta-lak [TU EN]
35. . . . SI PA(?) U-TU-UD-DA BA
[Duppt] . . .. ^'^^-^-^ UTUG - [HUL - A - MES]
UTUKKI LIMNUTI, TABLET " G." 1 79
1 5. O Spirit that standest close at hand,
At my cry go forth therefrom unto the street !
O Spirit that standeth near,
At my cry go forth [therefrom unto the street] !
go forth unto the street !
20 go forth unto the street !
Reverse. Col. IV.
25 plunder not the ... of the
house, With the . . . wind blow not. With one that goeth forth come not in. With one that cometh in, come not in, 30. Stand not, sit not.
Return not, turn not round !
By Heaven and Earth I exorcise thee.
That thou mayest depart !
35. . . . begotten
[ ]th Tablet of the Series ''The Evil Spirits."
Obverse.
(Plate XL.)
GU - BA (?) - DE
is - su
GA MU RA
\ii\'su-rat *'"^-^(?) . . .
5 AK-DA DINGIR-SILIG-MULU-SAR .
. . . ana (?) se (?) - ^ - ti sa '''' Mardiik
MULU - TU - TU .
ma (?) a - si - pu . .
. . . . LI DINGIR - EDIN - NA SAR - A .
lO lu-u sa ina si-ir ib-ba-na a ul
LA ZU
Reverse.
E KA . . A
BA - RA - AN - DA
E - A - A - KU
\ana'\ biti a - \ii i - ru - ub\
5. [UTUG-HUL DIB-BA]-A-[NI] BAR-KU [HE-IM-TA-GUB] [UTUG - * SIG - GA ALAD] - * SIG - GA HE - EN - DA - [LAH - LAH - GI - ES]
[INIM - INIM - M]A UTUG - HUL - [A - KAN]
e
Reverse.
(Plate XL.)
LUGAL-GE . . .
LUGAL-GE . . .
LUGAL-GE-MAH . . .
5. . . LUGAL-GE . . .
. . . KA-A-NI SU-NI-TA KAN-NI-IB-TA-E . . . . . . . zj^-um-ri-su lit-ta-as-si-ma ina a-ha-a-ti \li-iz-ziz\
BAR - KU HE - IM - [TA - GUB]
. . . . \liin\ - nu ina a-ha-a-ti li - iz - zi - [2>] 10. [UTUG- * SIG-GA ALAD]-*SIG-GA HE-EN-DA-LAH-
lah-[gi-e§] [u-tuk-ku dum-ki se-e-du dufn\-ki i-da-a-su lu-u-ka-a-a-an . . .
[INIM - INIM - ma] UTUG - HUL - A - [KAN]
AN-NA MU-UN-NIGIN-E-[NE]
. . . I -A- AN MU - BI - IM
15 [UTUG]- HUL- MES NU-AL-BAD
ri sa
ir dup - sar sihi'u
^ tb ri(^) kiQ)
Obverse.
(Plate XLI.)
DA
GE - GE - E - NE
[INIM - INIM] - MA UTUG - HUL - A - KAN
[EN UTJUG - HUL - IK AZAG EDIN - NA
5. [u - tuk'] - ku lim ' nu a - sak - ku sa si - ri
[nam] - TAR MULU HUL - IK TAG - GA - ZU
[nani] -ta-ru sa ameli lim - nil tal -pu - turn
[UTUG]- HUL-IK MULU MU - UN - SI - IN - BAR - RA
\u - tuk'\ - ku Inn - nu sa ameli ip - pal - la-su
10.. . . [HUL]-IK MULU MU-UN-SI-IN -DUL-LA
lim - 7iu sa ameli i - kat - ta - mu
IjUL - IK MULU MULU SA
. NA SA - A
-pi lim - nu ' tum
15 li - sak - nu
[he] - EN - TA - GAZ
[// - iJ{\ - tap - pu - u
Obverse.
(Plate XLI.)
[Prayer] against the Evil Spirits.*
5. The evil Spirit (and) Fever of the desert,^
O Pestilence that hast touched the man for harm, The evil Spirit which hath cast its glance on the man,
10. The evil [Demon] which hath enshrouded the man.
* The ending of the reverse of Tablet " H " is the same as that of the Fifth Tablet, p. 80, but unless the text of the obverse fills the hiatus of 11. 47-55,, which does not, as far as can be judged at present, seem probable, Tablet '' H " must be regarded as part of a separate Tablet.
^ This line and the similar lines in Tablet ** C " (156 and 173) have been translated thus in preference to ''The evil Spirit (is) the Fever of the desert," for the reason that the verb talput in Tablet *'C," I. 174, is in the second person.
(Plate XLII.)
- MES
25 ' u
- MES
ki - na sah - pu{J) su - nu
LA HUL *SIG-*SIG-GA A-MES
. . . . . \7nd\-a-ti lim-nis i-sap-pa-nu su-nu
30 MES KI - A KIN - KIN - NA A - MES ^
. . . \sd\-ku-mis as-bu sap-lis it-ta-ab-ra-ru su-7iu
RA KUR - KU - GAR - RA MES
. . . e (?) - ti - ku la i - nam (?) - du-u su - nu U - RI - IN - MA - NE - HA - A U - GIG - GIG - GA MES 35. u-ri-hi-nu sa-ah-pu-tuin sa navia-ru iit-tu-u \su\-nu
(Plate XLIII.)
IM-HUL-BI-TA MU-UN-DA-RU-US ID-NU-UN-US (?) MES
it-ti im-hul-li i-zik-ku ul iin-\inah-ha-ru su\7iu
IxM-SU-ZI GISGAL-LU-GIM MU-UN-DA-RI-ES MELAM
. . . MES
pu-luh-ti sa-lum-ma-ta ki-ma a-li-e ra-viu-u
me-lam-mu . . . su-nu
(Plate XLII.)
they overwhelm
. . . balefully they cover the land, 30. They dwell In gloom [on high], below they howl, (Nor) are they ready (?) to pass by ....
35. They are the widespreading clouds^ which darken the day,
(Plate XLIII.)
With the storm wind they blow, and cannot be withstood.
Haloed with awful brilliance like a demon, They carry terror far and wide ;
^ K. 5,183, MEb.
* Urinnu occurs also in W.A.I., i, 15, 57 (Tiglath-Pileser), sa nuhalum kima urinni eli mdtisu suparruru^ ** whose net like a cloud is spread over his land."
1 86 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
40. ASTE KI-NA UD-ZAL-LI-DA-GE MELAM SU-SU A-MES pu-uz-ra ma-a-a-la ki-ma iimi{mi) u-nam-ma-ru me-lam-inu sah-pu su-7iu
E-NE-NE-NE SILA-A-TA . . . BA-AN-LAH-GI-ES GIR
KUR-RA-GE BA-AN-SIG-GA-E§ •
su-nu ina ri-bi-ti iz-za-zu-ma tal-lak-ti ma-a-ti
u-sah-ha-ri
E - DINGIR - E - NE - GE BA - AN - RI - RI A-MES
45. bi - ta - at ildni^^ ir - ta - nab - bu -\u su - nu]
KU - KUR - MAL - LA BA - AN - DUB - DUB - BU - [MES]
mas (?) - /la - ti ul is - sar - rak su - [nu]
SIGISSE [NU]-BAL UB-GUB-BI HUL BA-AN . . .
[m'ki] ?// i-7iak-ki su-nu-ti a-lak-ta-su-nu lim-ni . . .
50. . . . NIN-BI-TA AB-BA GURUS (?)-RA AN-NU-BI ID . .
. . . nim-ti a-ha a-ha-ti id-lu si-i-bi sa la Hi
. . . [a-a] DU-A-NI-TA RI [ . . . ba]-an-kar-kar-es
KI-A BA-AN-LAH-GI-ES . . . a-bi it-ti \inari-su mit {J)-ha (^)\ris im-hi- -ti-rna ana irsitim{tim) us-te-ri-du ^
.... IB-LAH-ES ZIR-BI BA-AN-KAL-KAL-ES
55. . . . \te}\e-m7>c is-lu-lu-ma zi-ri^ u-tak-ki-ru
BA - AN - SIG - GA^ - ES
pa su - U7i - ti * is - hu - tu ^
UMMEDA - BI BA - AN - GABA - E§
. . . . \imi - se\ - nik - ti ta - ri - ti ip - tu - ru
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 1 8/
40. They make the secrets of the couch as clear as the day, Spreading terror afar. They stand in the broad places And circle round the highways of the land, 45. (In) the temples of the gods they exalt them- selves (?) They pour no libations of oil (?) * Nor offer sacrifices ; Evil is their way. 50. . . . brother, sister, hero, old man, (all) without a god, . . the father together with his son they rob And fell them to the earth. 55. They steal away desire (?) and bring to nought the seed,
They tear out the of the lolns,^
They rend the [womb ? ''J of the nursing mother, And of the woman In travail.
^ K. 5,133 . . . ru. 2 K. 4,905, ru.
^ K. 4,905, Gi. ^ K. 4,905, /«.
' K. 4,905, uL
* Mashati\ if the reading mas be correct, we may compare the S) riac mesha, " oil " (Brockelmann, p. 195, b).
^ Sunti^ possibly a feminine form of sunu, "side" or ''loins," a synonym of utlu. For an analogous case of a feminine bye-form compare supilu sa sinnisti and supiltu, W.A.I. , ii, 28, 43, d and 45, e.
^ For this restoration cf. W.A.I., ii, 17, ii, 41 : /ari/u sa kirivimasa patru.
1 88 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
60. . . . [BA]-AN-GAZ SA-HA-LAM-MA BA-AN-GAR-RI-ES . i - dii - ku - ma sah - hi - uk - ti^ is - ku - mi . . . MU - UN - SIR - RI - ES KALAM - KUR - RA - GE BA - AN - SIG - GI - ES
. . . \same\e) u irsitini{tint) is-su-hu-ma nisi^^ mdti u-sip-pu ^'Sb^^%, .... KISADU-NE-RA BA-AN-DIB-BI-ES DINGIR-BI ^^, LA BA-RA-E
65. sam^{u) ir-si-ti'^ ki-sa-da-nu-us-su-nu^ is-sab-tu-ma
ilu-su^ ul ip-du-u KI-BI-TA LA BA-RA-E GIS - HAR - BI BA- HUL ir-si-ti'^ ul ip-du-u u-sur'^ -ta-su-nu lim-ni-it
AN-NA AN-NI-BI^-NE IM-MA-AN-BU-I * -E§ ANA ^ NU-E-A BA-AN-BAD-DA-ES ^ ana same{e) sa-kiP is-du-du-u^ -ma a-?ia^^ same(e) sa la a- a ^^ -ri is-su-ti 70. MUL-AN-NA SI-DUB-BI LA BA-RA-AN* -DU-DU-E§ EN-NUN ES-SA^^-BI-TA^^ ina kak-kab sa-ma-mi^^ ul u-ta-ad-du-u ina ma-as-sa-ra '^^ ~ a^^ - ti se-lal-ti si-na
NUN SAG-MAH AN-NA IM-MA-AN-BU-I * -ES A-A-NI ^^ LA BA-AN-ZU-US ru-bu-u a-sa-ri-du si-i-ri^^ a-na^^ same{e) tr^^ -du-du^^ -ma a-ba^^ -su ul i-di
DINGIR-BIL-GI AN-TA MAH SI-GIN GAL GU AS-BAR-
MAH AN-NA
75. '^" „ sa-ku-u si-i-ri^^ a-sa-ri-du ra-bu^"^ -u pa-ri-is
purussi si-i-ri ^^
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 1 89
60. They slay the [offspring ?] and spread destruction ; They carry off the ... of heaven and
earth, And cut off* the people of the land. 65. They fasten their hold on heaven and earth and spare not their gods.^ On earth they are ruthless. Evil is their ban ;
Unto heaven on high they betake themselves, And unto the impenetrable heaven hie) them far away, 70. Unknown amid the celestial stars In their three watches. The prince, the mighty chieftain, unto heaven
had betaken himself, And his father knew it not ; 75. The Fire God, high and powerful.
Great chieftain who giveth the awful decisions of Heaven,
^ K. 4,905, tu. 2 K. 4,905, irsiiim^iim).
^ K. 4,905 omits (?) su-nu. * K. 4,905 omits.
K. 4,905, .9«-z^r. ^ K. 4,905 inserts E.
K. 4,867 and K. 4,905 insert na.
K. 4,867 and K. 4,905, du us for da-es.
K. 4,905, ki-es. ^" K. 4,905, ana,
K. 4,867 and K. 4,905 omit.
K. 4,867, III- A- AN ; K. 4,905, NA III-A-AN for ES-SA. />6> . j> ^
K. 4,867, KU. ^^ K. 4r,90^, same{e).
^^ K. 4,905, .9^r for aA-'^a-r^. "^ K. 4,867 omits.
^' K. 4,905, NA. ^^ K. 4,905, ru for i-ri.
'^ K. 4,905, is. •" K. 4,867 and K. 4,905, ud,
'' K. 4867, du. 22 K^ ^^g^,^ ^^^^^ 2^ K. 4,905, rim for t'-n.
* Usippu'. cf. Syriac sdph, periit (Brorkelmann, p. 222, ^), and W.A.L, iv, 19, 3, 46: nakru dannu kima kane idi ^^^^[Jw?" (mu-un-
SIG-SIG-Gl).
^ Literally '' of heaven and earth the necks thereof they seize upon."
190 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
(Plate XLIV.)
[dingir]-bil-gi tukul-li ki-*ag-ga-a-ni da-bi
DA-AB-GUB
''" „ ib-ri na-ram-su it-ti-su ^-ram-ma
[hUL] - IK VII - BI SI - MI - in - ZU - U§
\lun'\ -nU' ti si - bit - ti - su - nu um - ta-ad- di
80. . . . U-BI-KU-KI-GAR-RA-BI SA-BI MU-UN-DA-AB-SIG-SIG
si - tul - ti ina a - sa - bi - su ini - tal-lik
[DINGIR]-BIL-GI F//-BI ME-A-BI U-TU-UD-DA-A-MES
ME-A-BI KUL-GA-A-MES
*'" „ si-bit-ti-su-nu e-ka-a-ina al-du e-ka-a-ma ir-bu-u
Vll-m HAR-SAG GIG-GA BA-U-TU-UD-DA-A-MES
85. si-bit'ti-su-nu ina sa-ad e-rib ^^'* Samsi{st) ^ -al-du
VII - BI HAR - SAG BABBAR - RA BA - KUL - A - MES
si-bit-ti-su-nu ina sa-ad si-it ^^'^ Samsiisi) ir-bu-u
KI-IN-TAR KUR^-RA-GE DURUN (?) - NA - A - MES
ina ni - gi - is - si ir - si - ti it - ta - na - as- sa - h^
90. KISLAH KUR - RA - GE AB - TA - HA - A - A - MES
ina ni - dii - ti ^ ir - ti ^ (sic) it - te - ni -en -bu -u
E-NE-NE-NE ANA KI-A NU-UN-ZU-MES MELAM
DUL-LA-A-MES '
su-nu ina same{e) u irsitim{tim) ul il-lam-ma-du
me-larn-mu kat-mu su-nu
DINGIR - GAL - AN - ZU - BI NU - UN - ZU - MES
95. ina"^ zldni^^ ir - su - ti ul u - ta - ad - du - u
MU - BI ANA KI-A LA BA - AN - GAL - LA - A - MES
sum-su-nu ina saine{e) ir-si-ti^ ul ib^ -ba-as-si
VII-Bl KUR-GIG-GA-TA HU-UB ^ -MU-UN-SIR-SIR-E-NE
si-bit-ti-su-nu tna sa-ad e-rib *^" Sainsi{si)
tl-ta-7ia-as-su-inu
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." I9I
(Plate XLIV.)
The Fire God, his beloved comrade, With him started forth and The evil of those seven became known. 80. While he sate himself down he pondered ; "O Fire God, those seven, " Where were they born, where were they reared ?
S^. "Those seven were born in the Mountain of Sunset, "And were reared in the Mountain of Dawn, " They dwell within the caverns of the earth,
90. " And amid the desolate places of the earth they live, " Unknown in heaven and earth " They are arrayed with terror, 95. "Among the Wise Gods there is no knowledge of them, " They have no name in heaven or earth ; " Those seven gallop over the Mountain of Sunset,
^ 36,690, E. "^ 36,690, /U.
^ 36,690, irsitimitim). * 36,690 omits.
= K. 4,886, u irsittm{iim). ^ K. 4,886, t.
' K. 4,886 . . . HUB for HU-UB.
192 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
lOO. VII -Bl KUR- UT-TA-E- NE IM -MA- NI-IN -DI- ES si-bit-ti-su-nu ina sa-ad si-it *^" Sa7nsi{si) itn - ma ^ - HI - lu KI-IN-TAR KUR-RA-GE GIR-MU-UN-GA-GA-A-MES
ina iii - gi - si '^ ir - si - ti ^ it ~ ta - na - ah - lal - hi KISLAH KUR - RA - GE GU - MU - UN - LAL - ES
105. i7ia ni - du - ti ir - si - ti^ it - te - m - ' - lu - u
E-NE-NE-NE GAR NU-UN-ZU-MES ANA KI-A
NU-UN*-ZU-MES su-nu ina inimina sum-sii ul u-ta-ad-du-u ina sameie) u irsitiniijint) ul il-la^n-rna-du DINGIR-ASARU BA-AN-NA-TE I-BI HU-MU-RA-AB-BI \a - n\a '^'^Marduk ti ^ - hi - e^ - ma a - mat ^ su - a - ti^ lik - bi - ka no. HUL-IK VII-Bl IGI-ZU^-NA BA-AN-SUM^^^ ID-* AG-GA-BI HU-MU-RA-AB-SUM-MU sa lim-nu-ti ^^ si'bit-ti-su-7iu ma-la a-na ^^ pa-ni-ka i-si-ru ur-ta-su-7iu lid-di7i-ka DUG-BI DUG-GA SUG (?) GA DIKUD-MAH AN-NA sa ki-bit ^^ pi-i-su 77ta-ag-7'a-tu ^^ da-a-a-nu si-i-ru ^^ /^i6 *i-A-ni7n DINGIR-BIL-GI DINGIR-ASARU BA-AN-NA-TE I-BI BA-AN-NA-AB-BI IIS- '^" » a-na^"^ *''' Marduk it-hi-e-77ia a-7nat'^ su-a-ti^
ik-bi-is
(Plate XLV.)
GIS-LAL KI-NAD-DA-NA GIG-A-BI-KU ^^ I-BI
GI.^-NE-IN-TUK-A i7ia kul-ti 77ta-a-a-al 77iu-si a-77tat su-a-ti is-7iii-e-77ia
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." I93
100. '* And on the Mountain of Dawn they cry ; *
" Through the caverns of the earth they creep, 105. "(And) amid the desolate places of the earth they lie.
" Nowhere are they known,
"In heaven nor earth are they discovered.
" Draw nigh, (then), unto Marduk,
" That he may explain this matter to thee,
" That he may vouchsafe unto thee an explanation
" Of the evil of these seven no. " That are arrayed against thee.
" For kindly is the instruction of his mouth,
" The puissant judge of Heaven." 115. So the Fire God drew nigh unto Marduk,
And told him of this matter ; (Plate XLV.)
He under the canopy^ of his couch of night
Gave ear to this matter,
' K. 4,886, me. 2 K. 4,886, is.
^ K. 4,886, irsitimitim). * K. 5,133 omits.
' K. IT, 543, {e. 6 Y^ 11,543 omits.
' K. 5,133, ma-tu ; K. 11,543, ma-ta.
»K.5,i33,/«. ' K. 11,543 inserts A.
'" K. 5,133 and K. 1 1,543, si-Es. '' K. 1 1,543, Z?^. '2 K. 5,133 and K. 11,543, ana. '^ K. 11,543, [^>-z'/. ^* K. 5,133 and K. 11,543, ^^^ ^or f'a-/u. ^' K. 5,133, nfor t'-ru. '« K. 5,133 omits.
'^ K. 5,133 omits a-na. ^« K. 5,133, ta.
* Immallilw. Syr. mallei^ "utter a sound, speak."
b Kulti, the Chaldee kiltha (Levy, Chald. Worterh., p. 364, a\ a canopy or bedchamber. This word was apparently recognized by Sayce (Hibbert Lectures, p. 470), who translates it thus.
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194 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
A-A-NI DINGIR-EN-KI-RA E-A BA - SI - IN - TU GU - MU - UN - NA - AN - DE - E a-na a-bi-su '^"E-a a-na biti i-ru-um-ma i-sa-as-si 120.. . .: A-A-MU DINGIR-BIL-GI DINGIR-Bx\BBAR-E-TA GUL-GA DUG-BI MU-UN-NA-AB-^I a-bi *^" Gibil a-7ia si-it *'" Samsi{si) is-nik-rna pu-uz-rat-si-na it-ti-ha-a VII 'Bl A-DU BA-AN-ZU KI - BI IN - KI - KI - GA SAG - NA - AN - GI - U - MU - UN - NA - AN - SUM al-ka-ka-a ^ -ti si-bit-ti-su-nu la-ma-du as-ra-ti-su-nu si-te--a hi-sam-ma 125. dingir(?)-bur-sil-sa-a du nun-ki-ga-ge rap - sa uz - ni ^ mar ^ E - ri - [di]
dingir-en-ki du-na dingir-silig-mulu-sar mu-un-na-ni-ib-ge-ge ''"E - a ma - ra - su ^ '"'Marduk ip - pal
DU - MU VII - BI KUR - TA DUR - RU - NA - MES 130. ma ^ - ri si - bit - ti - su - nu in a ir - si - ti ^ as- bu
VII-Bl KUR-TA : si-bit-ti-su-nu iP-tu irsitimitim)
u^-su-ni : E - A ^ - MES
VII - BI KUR - TA BA - U - TU - UD - DA - A 1 - MES
si - bit - ti - su -nu ina ir - si - ti^ ' - at- du
VII - BI KUR - TA BA - GUL - GA ^^ _ ^ . MES
135. si - bit - ti - su - nu ina ir - si - ti ^^ ir - bu - u
DA-DA E^^- *TUR-RA-GE UMUN-E BA-AN-NA-TE-ES
i-da-at ap-si-i a-na ka-ba-su ^^ it-hu-u ^-ni
GIN-NA DU-MU: a-lik ma^^ -ri ''" Marduk : DINGIR- SILIK-MULU-SAR
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." I95
And entered the house,
And spake unto his father Ea : 120. '' O my father, the Fire God hath arrived at the Place of Dawn,
" And hath penetrated its secrets ;
'' Speed thee to learn the ways of those seven,
''(And) to seek out their places." 125. Then the sage son of Eridu, Ea,
Gave answer to his son Marduk : 130. " O my son, those seven dwell in the earth,
*' Those seven have come forth from the earth ;
" Those seven in the earth were born, 135. '' Those seven in the earth were reared ;
*' They have come nigh to tread the Bounds of Ocean.
'' Go, O my son Marduk,
^ K. 5,133 omits. 2 K. 4,905, nu.
' K. 4,905 and K. 5,133, '^''^ [Uridi^
* K. 4,905, mdri-su. ^ K. 4,905 inserts a.
* K. 4,905 and K. 5,133, irsitim{tini).
' K. 4,905, ul. « K. 4,905 and K. 5,133, ii-ta,
" K. 4,905, irsitim{ttm).
^" K. 4,905 and K. 5,133, kur-kur-ga for gul-ga. :>/£V
" K. 4,905, irsitim{tiin) \ K. 12,000, bb, irsitim\Jim~\.
^^ K. 4,905 and K. 12,000, bb omit.
^^ K. 4,905 and K. 5,133, si, ^* K. 4,905 inserts a.
196 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
GIS-MA-NU GIS-HUL-DUB- BA UTUG - E - NE - GE
1 40. e- ri ^ '^'' hul - dup -pu-u^ sa 7'a - bi - si
SA - BI DINGIR - EN - KI - GE MU PA - DA
sa ina lib - bi - su '^"E -a su - inu zak - ru
INIM-INIM-MA TU-MAH NUN-KI-GA NA-RI-GA^
iiia sip-ti sir-ti si-pat E-ri-du * sa te-lil-ti
145. UR-PA-BI BIL U-NE-TAG MULU-TUR-RA F//-BI IM-TE-MAL-E-NE-GE ^
ap-pa u is-di^ i-sa-a-ti"^ lu-pu-ut-ma ana marsi^ si-bit-ti-su-nu a-a it-hu-u
SA-PAR-DAGAL-LA KI-DAGAL-Lx\ NA-A U-ME-NI-SUB ^
ki-ma^^ sa-pa-ri rap-si ina as-ri rap-si su-ni-' ^'^ -il i-di-ma
AN - BIL U - GIG - BI SAG - GA - NA HE - EN - GUB - BA
150. ina ka-ra-ri-e mu-si^'^ u ur-ra ina ri-si-su lu-u^'^
-ka-a-a-an
GIG-A SILA E-SIR-RA U-NI-E-NE ^^ -GE SU-NA^^ HE-EN-DA-AN ^^ -GAL
mu-si ^2 su-u ^^ -ku su-la-a u na-ma-ri ^^ ina ka-ti-su lu-u-na-si
GIG-BAR-A-AN U-DI-DUG-GA-GE ^9 KI-NA SAG MULU- GISGAL-LU PAP-HAL-LA-GE HE-EN-GUB-BU-US ^0
ina mu-si ma-sal'^^ ina sit-ti ta-ab-ti ina ma-a-a-lu ^^ ina ri-es a-me-lu'^^ mut-tal-li-ka'^'^ lu-u'^^ -ka-a-a-an
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." TO;
140. " A tamarisk hulduppu of a fiend
" Whereon is inscribed the name of Ea,
'' With the all-powerful incantation,
" The Incantation of Eridu of Purification,
145. " Set it alight both in front and behind,
''That these seven may not draw nigh unto the
sick man. '' As a wide net spread in a wide place set it, " And smouldering^ by night and day
150. " At his head let it stand.
" By night (it is) a highway, a path,
" And at dawn let him hold it in his hand.
"At midnight in a gentle sleep in bed
155. '' At the head of the wanderer let it stand."
^ K. 4,905, ra.
2 K. 4,905 „ -a\ K. 4,626 „ -e.
3 K. 4,626 . . . GA-A-AN. * K. 4,626, "^"[^r/^«]. _^_„K. 4,626, NU-TE-MAL-DA-GE. ^ K. 4,905, ap-pU U il-du.
"^ K. 4,905, /u for a-/t. ^ K. 4,626, mar-si.
^ K. 4,626, NE-IN-SUB for ME-NI-SUB.
K. 4,905, kima. ^^ K. 12,000, bb omits ' .
K. 4,905, su.
K. 4,905, K. 4,626, and K. 5,133 omit.
K. 4,905, Li-Di ; K. 4,626, [l]i-da for e-ne.
K. 4,905 and K. 4,626, bi.
K. 4,626, K. 5,133, and K. 12,000, bb omit.
K. 4,905 omits. ^^ K. 4,905 and K. 4,626, ru.
K. 4,905, bi. ^'^ K. 4,905, ba-ni-in-gar-ri-es.
^^ K. 4,905, as-h'. ^^ K. 4,905 and K. 4,626, //.
^^ K. 4,626 and K. 4,905, amelu. ^* K. 4,626 and K. 4,905, ki. ^^ K. 4,626 and K. 5,133 omit.
a Literally " on fire."
198 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
(Plate XLVL)
155. UR - SAG KU - LI - E - NE 1 KIN - GA - A - MES
kar - ra - du a - na ib - ri - su i - sap - par
DINGIR-BIL-GI MASKIM-BI-KU HA-BA-RA-AN-GUB-BA
ilu
a - na'^ ra - bi - su - ti - su li - iz - ziz
160. HUL - IK F//-BI HE-IB-TA-AN-ZI- ZI SU - BI HE-IB-TA-SIR-RI-ES lim-nu-ti si-bit-ti-su li-is-suh-ma ina zumri-su lit-ru-ud U - SA - DUG - GA UTUG GIS - BAR - RA
Hmuiinu^ da - ^ - i - ku ra - bi - si la kak - ku DINGIR-BIL-GI ID-DAN MAH GABA-BI HE-EN-GE-GE 165. ''" „ e-inu-kan si-i{J)-\ir\ti i-rat-su li-tir
DINGIR-NIN-KI-GAL DAM DINGIR-NIN-[A-ZU]-GE
IGI-BI KI KUR-KU HA-BA-RA-AN-GA-GA *'*' „ al-ti '^" „ pa-iii-\)a a-na as\-ri sa-nani-ma lis-kun SAG-GIG SA-GIG U-SU[gUB .... ]-LU SED-DE ti- su-ru-ub-b?i-u \Jiai^-ba-su . . . \ti ku-us-su 170. DINGIR-NIN-A-HA-KUD-DU su-bi ha-ba-an-zi-zi SAG-BI HA-BA-AN-GUB-BA *'" „ ina zumri-su li-is-suh-ma ina ri-su-su lu'U-ka-a-a-an TU - DUG - GA DINGIR - NIN - A - HA - KUD - DU - GE
I
ina
»
e^ sa
Hit
JJ
NAM -
SUB
NUN -
KI -
GA -
GE
75.
ina
sip -
// sa
E
ri -
du
ZU-AB NUN-KI-GA TU-MAH NA-AN-GE-GE KAN-PA ina [s{\-pat ap-si-i u E-ri-du sir-ti^ la tar-su (?) lik-ka-bi
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." I99
(Plate XLVI.)
The hero sent unto his comrade, ** Let the Fire God stand up against his demons, 160. ** That he may remove the evil of those seven, and drive them forth from his body, *'(For) a fiend unarmed (?) is a raging tempest. *' May the Fire God, supreme of power, turn it
back ; '' May Ereshkigal, the wife of Ninazu, turn her
face elsewhere. *' Headache, shivering, heartache, ? . . . ^ cold, 170. *' May Nin-akha-kuddu remove them from his body, '' And stand continually at the sick man's head. *' With the spell of Nin-aha-kuddu, 175. '' And the Incantation of Eridu,
**With the Incantation of the Ocean Deep and
Eridu " Mighty (and) unconquerable let it be uttered ;
^ K. 4,626 and 4,905, na for e-ne.
^ K. 4,626 and 4,905, gis-bar ana for „ a-na^
^ K. 5,120, Tu du ki . . . for „-^.
* K. 5,120, sip-ti sir-tim sa ap-si-i u "^'*\Eridi\.
200 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
DINGIR-PA-SAG-GA LIGIR-GAL MASKIM-MAH DINGIR-
RI-E-NE-GE SAG-GA-NA GUB-BA GIG EN-
NUN-MU-HE-A^
*^'* I -sum na-gir^ ra-bu-u ra-bi-si si-i-ri sa ildni ^^ ina
1 80. ri-si-su li-iz-zi-iz^ -ma ina mu-si lu-u-na-sir-su
GIG-UD-DA AN-BABBAR-RA SU-* SIG-GA HA-BA-RA- AN-GA-GA mu-si^ u^ ur-ra a-7ta^ katd^^ '^" Sainsi dani-ka-a-ti lu-pa-kid TU EN
7 ,
EN NUN-KI GIS-KIN-GIG-E^ KI-EL-TA SIR-A
ina E-ri-du ^ kis-ka-nu-u sal-niu ir-bi ina as-ri ^^ el-lu ib-ba-ni 185. SUH- ME- BI SI-ZAGIN-A ZU - AB - TA ^^LAL-E zi-inu-su uk-nU'U ib-bi sa a-na ap-si-i tar-su DINGIR-KI-GE ^'^ Ql^-QY^-K-TK NUN-KI-GA HE-GAL ' * SIG-GA-A-AN 13 sa *^" E-a^^ tal-lak-ta-su ina E-ri-du^^ hegalli ma-la-a-ti
^ K. 5,120, HE-EN-GUB-BA after NA.
^ K. 5,120, gi-ru, ^ K. 5,120, ziz for zi-iz.
* K. 5,120, j«. * K. 5,120 omits.
® K. 5,120, ana.
' This line is replaced by inim-inim-ma gis-ma-nu sag . . . on K. 5,120.
® 55'479» e-a. ^ K. 5,T2o and 55,4.79, ''^"^n'.;///.
*° 55,608 . . . ba a-sar for ina as-ri. " 55,608 inserts Nr.
^^ 55j479 inserts ki. ^^ 5 5, 608 . . . su-su-ga-a.
" 55,479» NAKBU. ^^ 55.479^ "'" \_Endu'].
» Kiskanu. From the description of the kiskanu salmu in these lines it may be inferred that it grew wild (it "springeth forth in a place undefiled "), it was of thick or dense growth (" bountiful in luxuriance," *' like a forest grove"), its locality was the river bank ("where earth is, there is its place, and the Couch of the Goddess Id (the River Goddess) its home"). It occurs in the grammatical lists
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K.' 201
*' May Ishum, the great overseer, *' The potent sprite of the Gods, 1 80. "Stand at his head and guard him through the night. *' Unto the kindly hands of Shamash " Night and day may he commend him."
Exorcism, incantation.
Incantation : —
In Eridu groweth the dark kiskanu * r/ '
That springeth forth in a place undefiled, 185. Whereof the brilliance is shining lapis Which reacheth unto Ocean ; From Ea its way in Eridu Is bountiful in luxuriance,
{W.A.L, ii, 45, 4, 1. 52 ff.), where three kinds are mentioned, //^m (" white "), salmi {'' dark "), and sdmt ('* brown " ?), and a few lines below several kinds of vine are explained. The determinative in Sumerian is Gis, " wood," and not u, " plant," or sar (postpositive), and it does not occur in the plant lists still extant (see Cun. Texts, part xiv), or in the list of vegetables, etc., in Merodach Baladan's Garden (ibid., pi. 50) ; and since three varieties are known (white, blue (.?), and brown), kiskanu must therefore be the name of several species of tree or shrub bearing different coloured flowers, berries, or fruit. From the first line of this incantation we know that it grew in Eridu (i.e. Southern Babylonia). Everything points to its being a real shrub or tree and not a mythical one, and Mr. H. H. W. Pearson, of the Royal Gardens at Kew, has kindly suggested to me that the astfagalus, of which there are more than thirty varieties (v. also Mr. Pearson's article on Palestinian Flora in Encyclopaedia Biblica, under Palestine), agrees with the description given above. On the possibility of its being one of the tragacanth- bearing varieties, and the various explanations of this text, see Introduction.
KI - SI -
KUR - A
- AN
sar w -
si - tun
ma
DINGIR -
ID - A -
AN
u^ sa
ihc
IR GIS-MI
LAL-E
SA-BI
202 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
KI - TUS - A - NA 190. su - bat - sii a
KI - NA - A ?
ki-is-su-su ma-a-a-lu ^
E-AZAG-GA-A-NI-TA Gj
MULU NU-MU-UN-DU-TU-TU-NE [/] -na'^ biti el- lu sa ki-ina kis - ti^ sil- la - su tar-su ana lib-bi-su man-ma la ir-ru-bu 195. SA DINGIR - BABBAR [DINGIR] - DAGAL - GAL - BUR - AN - NA - GE ina ki - ri - bi - su '^" Samsu '^" Dumu - zi
(Plate XLVIL)
RI - BA - AN - NA ID KA - II - A - TA
ina bi - rit * pi -i na-ra-[^a- ti] ki - lal -la- an
DINGIR-KA-HE-GAL DINGIR-IGI-DU-GAL DINGIR ....
200. GIS-KIN-BI SU-IM-MA-AN-HU MUH-[MULU]
,v. ^^ inc ^^ iiu ^^ ^^ -''^Eridi kis-ka-nu-u su-\a-tu is-bu-su-ma eli ameli^
si-pat ap-si-i id-\du-u'\ . . . SAG MULU - GISGAL - LU - PAP - HAL - LA - GE
BA - NI - IN - GAR - [RA] ina ri - es ameli mut - tal - li - kit is-ku-\nii\
205. MULU-GISGAL-LU DU DINGIR-RA-NA UTUG-*SIG-GA ALAD- * SIG-GA HE-EN-LAH-LAH-[GI-ES] sa ameli mar ili-su se-id dum-ki la-mas-si du-un-ku ^ i-da-a-su lu-ka-a-[a]-an
. . . LAL - GE SU ^ - DIB - BA IGI - BI SA - BI
NU - MU ^ - UN - TAR - RA . . . -lu (?)-ti-i sa-bit ka-ti sa pa-ni-su a-na
kir-bi^ -su la surn'mu
k
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 203
Where earth Is, there is its place, 90. And the Couch of the Goddess Id its home. In an undefiled dwelling like a forest grove
Its shade spreadeth abroad, and none may enter in. 195. In its depths (are) Shamash and Tammuz.
(Plate XLVIL)
At the confluence of two ^ streams
200. The gods Ka-Hegal, Shi-Dugal, (and) . . . of Eridu
[Have gathered] this kiskanu, [and over the man]
Have performed the Incantation of the Deep, (And) at the head of the wanderer have set (it). 205. That a kindly Guardian, a kindly Spirit
May stand at the side of the man, the son of his
god. The . . . which seizeth on the hand Of him whose face hath not been turned towards it
' 55.479, -al-lum{}). 2 55,^yg, ina.
' 55.479» ^«^- ^ K. 5,183, ri'la.
^ K. 5,183, dum-kt.
^ Thus, and not ba as in the text.
' K. 5,183 omits. « K ^,\%i, ana ki-rih.
» Literally "between the mouths of two (or both) streams." On the meaning of sabdsu, see Introduction.
204
DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
210.
LAL - E GIR - BI 1 HA - BA - AN - KUD
it - te- ni -^ - lu -u se- ip - su li - ip - ru - us , . HUL BAR - KU HE - IM - TA - GUB
. . -/ja (?) li-mut-ti ina a-ha-a-ti li-iz-ziz . AN-NA KA(?) LUGAL-LA-GE GIR-A-AN HU-MU-UN-DA-AN-GUB . . . -e{})-ri{}) sa pi sar-ri ina ur-hu lik-lis 215. [NIN - GAL] ZU AZAG DINGIR - NINNI - GE E-A HU - MU ^ - DA - AN - KUD \be-er\-ti rabt-ti uiu-du-ti el-lit ^ ''"Is-tar ina biti lip-ru-us-su '^[utug-hul] a-la-hul gidim-hul mulla-hul
DINGIR- HUL MASKIM-HUL
^Zl [an] - NA KAN - PA ZI KI - A KAN - PA
MULU - GISGAL - [lu] a - me - lu ma?- Hi- hi : DU
DINGIR - RA - NA
220. UTUG-HUL DIB-BA-A-NI BAR-KU HE-IM-TA-GUB
u-tuk-ku lim-nu ka-mu-su ina a-ha-a-ti li-iz-ziz
UTUG - [* SIG] - GA SAG - GA - NA HE - EN - GUB - BA
\se - e- du da'\m - ku ina ri - si - su li - iz - ziz
ALAD-[*SIG-GA ID - Bl] HU-MU-UN-DA-AN-GUB
225. la-jnas-\si dam-ku i-d^i-a-su lu-u-ka-a-a-an
DINGIR - RA HE - EN - GUB - BA^
''" li-iz - ziz
DINGIR - EN - [KI - GA?] HE - I - I
''"[£■ -^?] lit'ta-'-id
230. MULU - [GISGAL - LU - Bl] . . . ME UR HE - I - I \antelu su - u] lit - ta -' - id
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 205
[From where] he lieth, may it retard its foot. 10. May an evil . . . stand aside therefrom, May . . . from the mouth of the king restrain it on the way. 15. May Ishtar, [the Lady] mighty, wise, and pure, From the dwelling-place cut it off [O evil Spirit], evil Demon, evil Ghost, evil
Devil, evil God, evil Fiend ! By Heaven be ye exorcised ! By Earth be ye
exorcised ! The man, the son of his god, 220. May the evil Spirit that hath seized him stand aside ! May a kindly Guardian stand at his head, 225. May a kindly Spirit stand continually at his side.
May stand,
Let [this man ?] praise Ea (?) 230. Let [this man?] praise ...
^ K. 5,183, Ni. ^ K. 3,235 inserts UN.
3 K. 3,235, li-ti.
* K. 3,235 translates (a) . . . e-kim-mu lim-nu^ (b) . . . ra-bi su lim-nu.
^ K. 3,235 translates . . . irsitimitim) lu-u-ta-mat \ K. 4,626 translates nil ....
® K. 3,235 inserts the ends of two lines, (a) . . . da-an-gub-ba, (b) . . . -^« li-iz-ziz after 1. 225.
206 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
I [DINGIR - EN - KI - GE PA] - HE - E - A - GE
[a - 7na^ ^^"E - a] lis - te - pi
[DINGIR - DAM - GAL - NUN - NA HE - EN] - SI - DI - E
235. \^^"Dam - ki - nd\ lis - te - sir
[dingir-silig-elim-nun-na du-sag zu-ab-ge
sag-g]a tag-tag-bi za-a-kan
(Plate XLVIIL)
GA - GA - DA - GE
Ends of lines 238-251 : — (238) . . . SAR-TA GAR-RA, (239) . . . \i'ik-sa ?]-a-ti sak-nu, (240) . . . GIS- BANSUR-GE, (241) . . . pa-as-su-ri, (242) . . . NAM- LUGAL-LA-GE, (243) . . . -mat sar-ru-ii, (244) . . Zl(?) UR-SAG-GA-GE, (245) . . . kar-da-a-ti, (246) . . . GUB-BA, (247) . . . izza-az, (248) . . . US-SA, (249) . . . en-da, (250) . . . NA-GE, (251) . . . -te.
[Hiatus of about nine lines.]
kis
SAG - GA - NA BA - NI - IN - GAR
. . . . sa '^"A-nim ina ri-si-su is-ku-un-ma 255. [UTUG-*SIG-GA] ALAD-*SIG-GA DINGIR-SAG-GA(>iiA-GIM [SAG]-GA-NA HE-EN-LAH-LAH-GI-ES „ „ kima Hi ba-ni-su ina ri-si-su lu-u-ka-a-a-an SAG GAR-* SIG-GA-A-NI HE-EN-TUK-TUK-E-NE
ri - is - su ana da - me - ik - ti li - kil - lu 260. UTUG-HUL A-LA-HUL GIDIM-HUL MULLA-HUL
DINGIR-HUL MASKIM-HUL DINGIR-RAB-KAN-ME DINGIR-RAB-KAN-ME-A DINGIR- RAB-KAN-ME-KIL
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 20/
May [the word of Ea] make clear !
235; May [Damklna] direct aright !
[O Marduk, eldest son of the Ocean Deep !] Thine is the power [to brighten] and bless.*
(Plate XLVIII.)
[Incantation]
[Ends of II. 238-251 remaining.] [Hiatus of about five lines.]
He hath put the [potent meteorite ?] of heaven at his head,
255. That a kindly Spirit (and) a kindly Guardian,
Like the God that created him.
May stand at his head continually.
To exalt his head to favour, 260. Whether it be an evil Spirit or an evil Demon,
Or an evil Ghost or an evil Devil,
Or an evil God or an evil Fiend,
Or a Hag-demon,
Or a Ghoul,
* These lines are restored from Cun. Texis, part xvii, pi. i, 11. 30 ff., and pi. 26, 11. 80 ff.
208 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
MULU-LIL-LA KI-EL-LIL-LA KI-EL-UD-DA KAR-RA
UH(?)-HUL UH(?)-ZU UH (?)-RI-A GAR-SA-A GAR-HUL-
GIM-MA
BAR - KU HE - IM - TA - GUB
265. UTUG-*SIG-GA [ALAD]- * SIG-GA HE-EN-DA- LAH-
LAH-GI-ES
INIM-INIM-MA . . . MULU-TUR-RA IN . . . GIS-KIR .
EN
. . KQ SAL-* SIG-GA BUR - SU - MA - TA . . . 270. [ID]-ZI-DA-KU MU-UN-KESDA ID-KAB-BU . . .
. . . sin-nis-tu da-rne-ik-tu pur-su-[iiin-tu] . . .
. . . ' tu ru -' - tu sa ^^" Is - tar [ana im - m]
[/i - zr - ku - u\s - ma ana su - me - li
. . . . Bl ID - SU - GIR - BI U - ME - [NI - KESDA] 275. [NAM - sub] nun - KI - GA U - ME - [NI - SUM]
BI - A U - ME - [NI] . . .
(Plate XLIX.)
- tu me - e
[GAR - NA Gl] - BIL - LA
[GI] - BIL - LA
[Small hiatus,]
280.
. UTUG - HUL SIG(?) . ZU MULU - TUR - RA ID
. . GIG - GA KI - A
■ru-ru-tu mur - sa ana ma-a-ti id-ku
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 209
Or a Robber-sprite, Or a Phantom of Night, Or a Wraith of Night, Or the Handmaid of the Phantom, Or evil spell, witchcraft, sorcery, Enchantment or any evil, May it stand aside ! 265. May a kindly Spirit (and) a kindly Guardian Be present.
Incantation .... the sick man .
Incantation
270. Let a woman pure and aged
Bind on his right the . . . spittle of Ishtar,
And on his left
[Of that man] do thou [bind] his limbs, 275. [Perform the Incantation] of Eridu,
water
(Plate XLIX.)
[Bring unto him a censer] and a torch,
. . . a censer
[Small hiatus.]
[Incantation] : —
, . . [casteth ?] disease upon the land,
210 DEVILS AND EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
285 [g]I - NA NAM - MULU - GISGAL - LU - GE
sa a - me - lu - ti
GIG-GA MULU-RA MU-UN-NA-AN-GAR
i - sa - ti i - ha - am - ma - tu
it - tas - kin
290 , . . . E SAG - GA - NA GUB - BA
. . . . . . [ina ri - si^ ameli ka - a - a - nu
[sag] - GA - NA GUB - BA
sa ina ri - es ameli is - za - zu
. . . DINGIR-BABBAR-GE UH(?) MULU-RA SU-SU
295. [sa] '^"Sin u '^" Samsi iin-tum amelu is-sa-an
[DINGIR]-DINGIR-NINNI-GE UH (?) MULU-RA Tu-SU
sa *'" // - tar ini - turn amelu is - sa - a7i
UTUG DINGIR-RAB-KAN-ME UH (?) MULU-RA SU-SU
sa se - e - di u la - bar - ti iin - turn is - sa - an
300. DINGIR-NIN-A-ZU LUGAL GIS-KU-GE UH (?) MULU-RA
SU-SU
sa '^" „ sar kak-ki im-tiim amelu is-sa-an
DINGIR-LUGAL DINGIR SILA-A-* SIG-GA-GE UH (.?)
MULU-RA-SU-SU
sa '"'" „ il su-ki sa-ku-um-me im-tum amelu is-[sa-an]
DINGIR-PA-SAG-GA LIGIR GIG U NA
305. [sa ''" J]-sum na-gir mti-si
[Hiatus.]
U-ZAG-HI-LI-SAR
lil-lu-u . ' . . . EL
, . , el . . 310
INCANTATION OF A SIMILAR SERIES, TABLET " K." 211
290.
285 of mankind,
. that burneth [like] fire sick . . hath settled on the man, . at the head of the man standeth continually, The . . . which at the head of the man standeth,
295. From Sin and Shamash hath filled the man with venom. From Ishtar hath filled the man with venom. From Spirit and Hag-demon hath filled the man with venom, 300. From Ninazu, king of the sword, hath filled the man with venom, From Sharru, the god of foul streets, hath filled the man with venom, 305. From Ishum, overseer of night . . [hath filled
the man with venom]. 310
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