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> Yet another Google farmer. May his crop dry up and wither away.
I can think of something more personal that ought to dry up and wither
away.
Perhaps then he woud lreturnto this forum in earnest!!
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> Yet another Google farmer. May his crop dry up and wither away.
Not only that, but may Bel, the lord, who fixeth destiny, whose command can
not be altered, who has made my kingdom great, order a rebellion which his
hand can not control; may he let the wind of the overthrow of his habitation
blow, may he ordain the years of his rule in groaning, years of scarcity,
years of famine, darkness without light, death with seeing eyes be fated to
him; may he (Bel) order with his potent mouth the destruction of his city,
the dispersion of his subjects, the cutting off of his rule, the removal of
his name and memory from the land.
May Belit, the great Mother, whose command is potent in E-Kur (the Babylonian
Olympus), the Mistress, who harkens graciously to my petitions, in the seat
of judgment and decision (where Bel fixes destiny), turn his affairs evil
before Bel, and put the devastation of his land, the destruction of his
subjects, the pouring out of his life like water into the mouth of King Bel.
May Ea, the great ruler, whose fated decrees come to pass, the thinker of the
gods, the omniscient, who maketh long the days of my life, withdraw
understanding and wisdom from him, lead him to forgetfulness, shut up his
rivers at their sources, and not allow corn or sustenance for man to grow in
his land.
May Shamash, the great Judge of heaven and earth, who supporteth all means of
livelihood, Lord of life-courage, shatter his dominion, annul his law,
destroy his way, make vain the march of his troops, send him in his visions
forecasts of the uprooting of the foundations of his throne and of the
destruction of his land. May the condemnation of Shamash overtake him
forthwith; may he be deprived of water above among the living, and his spirit
below in the earth.
May Sin (the Moon-god), the Lord of Heaven, the divine father, whose crescent
gives light among the gods, take away the crown and regal throne from him;
may he put upon him heavy guilt, great decay, that nothing may be lower than
he. May he destine him as fated, days, months and years of dominion filled
with sighing and tears, increase of the burden of dominion, a life that is
like unto death.
May Adad, the lord of fruitfulness, ruler of heaven and earth, my helper,
withhold from him rain from heaven, and the flood of water from the springs,
destroying his land by famine and want; may he rage mightily over his city,
and make his land into flood-hills (heaps of ruined cities).
May Zamama, the great warrior, the first-born son of E-Kur, who goeth at my
right hand, shatter his weapons on the field of battle, turn day into night
for him, and let his foe triumph over him.
May Ishtar, the goddess of fighting and war, who unfetters my weapons, my
gracious protecting spirit, who loveth my dominion, curse his kingdom in her
angry heart; in her great wrath, change his grace into evil, and shatter his
weapons on the place of fighting and war. May she create disorder and
sedition for him, strike down his warriors, that the earth may drink their
blood, and throw down the piles of corpses of his warriors on the field; may
she not grant him a life of mercy, deliver him into the hands of his enemies,
and imprison him in the land of his enemies.
May Nergal, the might among the gods, whose contest is irresistible, who
grants me victory, in his great might burn up his subjects like a slender
reedstalk, cut off his limbs with his mighty weapons, and shatter him like an
earthen image.
May Nin-tu, the sublime mistress of the lands, the fruitful mother, deny him
a son, vouchsafe him no name, give him no successor among men.
May Nin-karak, the daughter of Anu, who adjudges grace to me, cause to come
upon his members in E-kur high fever, severe wounds, that can not be healed,
whose nature the physician does not understand, which he can not treat with
dressing, which, like the bite of death, can not be removed, until they have
sapped away his life.
May he lament the loss of his life-power, and may the great gods of heaven
and earth, the Anunaki, altogether inflict a curse and evil upon the confines
of the temple, the walls of this E-barra (the Sun temple of Sippara), upon
his dominion, his land, his warriors, his subjects, and his troops. May Bel
curse him with the potent curses of his mouth that can not be altered, and
may they come upon him forthwith.
I should think that would do it.

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Alan Meyer - 09 Aug 2006 04:50 GMT
> ... <imprecations elided> ...
> I should think that would do it.
That should indeed.
Is that from Gilgamesh? Or where?
Alan
Glowing in the Dark - 09 Aug 2006 10:06 GMT
>> ... <imprecations elided> ...
>> I should think that would do it.
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> Alan
The Code of Hammurabi (Prologue).

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