The magic of life is thine;
The spittle of life is thine;
The pure incantation of the ocean is thine.
In a Nusku magical text No. 3 Nusku is addressed as:
Mighty in battle, whose attack is powerful,
Nusku, who burns up and conquers the fire
and there follows in the petition:
Burn the sorcerer and the sorceress;
May the life of my sorcerer and my sorceress be destroyed.
In Sin No. 4 the suppliant is one with whom his god and goddess were angry, upon whom destruction and ruin had come, whose heart was darkened and soul troubled. It is appropriate that he should say to his god,