The Oldest Spell in the World

This spell is perhaps one of the oldest ever found. It was discovered at the site of the ancient city of Kish, in 1930. That year an English expedition lead by Ernest Mackay discovered a small cache of tablets in a layer of the city dating from around 2800 - 2600 b.c.e., a period known historically as the First Dynasty of Kish. These tablets revealed the earliest examples of the Akkadian language (known as "Old Akkadian"), as well as affording the most ancient example of any type of magical spell. This small tablet, measuring 87 x 46 x 11 mm, is almost perfectly preserved, and is an incantation for love.

Ea loves
Ir'emum,
Ir'emum, Ištar's child,
Sitting in her lap
in the sap of the Kanaktu-tree
You, N., beautiful girls,
You are sweet, ........
You go down to the garden,
You go into the garden,
You collected the sap of the Kanaktu-tree.
May you please your lover!
I seized your luscious mouth,
I seized your colorful
Eyes,
I seized your vulva
Moistening.
I jumped into the garden
Of Sin, the Moon-God
I cut off branches
For her day.
You shall surround me among my boxwoods,
Like a shepherd circles his flock,
The she-goat her kid, the ewe her lamb,
The jenny her foal.
His arms are covered with jewels,
Like oil and tibuttum-plants
Are his lips;
A cruse of oil is in his hand,
A cruse of oil is on his shoulder
The Ir'emu have bewitched her
And made her love-sick.
I've seized your mouth of love
By Ištar and Išhara
I conjure you:
As long as his neck
And your neck
Are not entwined,
You shall find no peace!

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