Incantation against Snakebite

The mother of the stallion, the mare, daughter of the spring, daughter of the stone, daughter of heaven and the deep,
calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to⁠a
El at the source of the two rivers, at the meeting of the two deeps:
My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake
[…]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake […],
sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message
to Baal on the heights of Sapan: My spell for the bite
of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it
let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Dagan in Tuttul: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it
let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds
the snake […], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Anat and Athtart in Inbubu: My spell for the bite
of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the
charmer destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mo[ther], carry [my message] to
Yarih in Larugatu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Rashap in Bibitu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake […],
sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Zizzu and Kamathu in Hurriyatu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous
snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it
let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Milku in Athtarat: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Kothar-wa-Hasis in Caphtor: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy,
from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake,
feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Shahar and Shalim in the heavens: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer
destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out
a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message
to Horon in […]: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer
destroy, from it let him cast out the venom."
Toward Horon she turns her face, for she is losing
her offspring. […] the city of the east.
Then he sets his face toward great Arashih
and […] Arashih. He casts a tamarisk from among the trees,
and from among the shrubs the tree of death. With the tamarisk he shakes it off,
with the date cluster he drives it away, with […] he removes it, […]
[…] he carries it off. Horon arrives at his house and
goes to his court. The venom […] like a stream,
it runs off like a channel.
Behind her is the house of the spell, behind her the house is shut,
behind her the bronze is set. "Open the house of the spell,
open the house so I may enter, the palace so I may go in."
"Give snakes, give poisonous lizards as
my bride-price, and the young of the serpent as my gift."
"I give snakes as your bride-price, the young of the serpent
as your gift."
After Rashap, Athtart:
to Athtart in Mari:
My spell for the bite of the snake.