​APPENDIX O: 5+ WORD FORMULAS

ĝá-e tit-me-en lil-me-en kur šà-ĝá-a ga-àm-è (6)

I am clay, I am phantom, KUR is my interior, I emerge.

dNIN.LIL₂ šu-ni šu-ĝá-a lil-la-ni šà-ĝá-a hé-en-da-gub-bu (6)

Ninlil, her hand in my hand, her phantom in my heart, stand with me

dNIN.LIL₂ mūši-a igi-ĝá-a hé-pa₃ hé-am₃ (5)

Ninlil, at night, before my eyes, appear, so be it.

asag kur-ra lú-hul-ĝá-a šà-bi ba-gul (5)

Asag of KUR, my enemy, his heart, destroy.

dNIN.LIL₂ kur-ra dumu ì-tu-ud gub (5)

Ninlil, in KUR, a child she bore, stands.

girra māmītu ì-kú du₈ ga-àm-è (5)

Girra consumed the oath, released, I emerge.

ḫu-rí-in mūši-a gù dé-a lil-àm (5)

Owl of the night crying, it is phantom.

kaššāptu šu-ni im-àm gù-ni lil-àm (5)

The witch, her hand is clay, her voice is phantom.

a-abzu šu-ĝá-a ì-du ùš-ĝá-a hé-zi (5)

Abzu water came to my hand, in my blood, awaken.

edin-na gig-ga-àm izi nu-ĝál lil zi-ga (6)

The steppe is dark, fire absent, the phantom rises.

dNIN.LIL₂ lil-la-ni šà-ĝá-a è hé-am₃ (5)

Ninlil, her phantom, into my heart, enter, so be it.

ká-gal kur-ra-ka šu bar-ra ga-àm-ĝen (5)

At the great gate of KUR, hand open, I go.

udug hul é-a-ka è šà-bi hé-hul (6)

Evil udug, into the house, enter, his heart, be charged.

ki-sikil-líl-lá giš-bi-a é ì-dú hé-am₃ (5)

The phantom maiden built her house in the wood, so be it.

dNIN.LIL₂ ùš-ĝá-a me-ni hé-zi hé-am₃ (5)

Ninlil, in my blood, her power, awaken, so be it.

iti ba-ra-è dNIN.LIL₂ lil-la-ni gub (5)

The moon departed, Ninlil, her phantom, stands.

girra im-du₇ ì-kú lá-bi ba-gul (5)

Girra consumed the figurine, its binding destroyed.

ušumgal kur-ra-ka ĝá-e ùr-bi-da ga-àm-ĝen (5)

Great dragon of KUR, I, alongside its body, I go.

dNIN.LIL₂ bar-ra-ĝu₁₀ hé-du₃ šà-ĝu₁₀ hé-gar (5)

Ninlil, build my outside, set my inside.

kur-šè ga-àm-ĝen kur-šè ga-àm-ĝen hé-am₃ (5)

Toward KUR I go, toward KUR I go, so be it.

dNIN.LIL₂ ama-ĝu₁₀ an-ta bar-šè hé-gub (5)

Ninlil, my Mother, from above, outward, stand.

dNIN.LIL₂ nin ki-ta bar-šè hé-ĝál (5)

Ninlil, Lady, from below, outward, be present.

dNIN.LIL₂ kur-ra ki-ta bar-šè è (5)

Ninlil, in KUR, from below, outward, come out.

gidim hul an-ta bar-šè è (5)

Evil ghost, from above, outward, come out.

dereš-ki-gal kur-ra bar-šè zi-ga gub (5)

Ereshkigal, in KUR, outward, rise, stand.

kallatu mūši kaššāptu bar-šè gub (5)

Bride of night, witch, outward, stand.

kaššāptu ša epēšu lemnūti idû (5)

The witch who knows evil doing.