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N 1545 (P276673)
CANONICAL > Lexicography > Thematic Word Lists > Ura; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian, Nippur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | N 1545 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276673 |
| Museum no. | N 1545 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Lexicography > Thematic Word Lists > Ura; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul; CANONICAL > School Tablet |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 6' | (gloss: new break) |
| obverse 2 | ... the evil udug, the evil ala, the evil reed, the evil ghost, the evil reed, the evil digir, the evil bailiff, the evil bailiff |
| reverse 8' | "Gunnushu" means "Gunnushu." |
| obverse 9 | You are the one who resides in the quay of the river. |
| obverse 6 | The tablet is in my presence. From the house of i |
| obverse 7 | I am the one who falls into the plain |
| obverse 1 | May the good udug and good lama deity stand(?) |
| obverse 4 | ... may...., may..., may..., may... be praised, may a evil curse |
| obverse 8 | May you be the one who destroys the canal |
| obverse 19 | faithfully ubia wife of Namtar |
| reverse 7' | rahashu means : to smite |
| reverse 4' | na'butu (means) : to strew. |
| obverse 12 | You are the one who to the water of death |
| obverse 18 | The greatness of ditto Atu, who(?) in the earth(?) |
| reverse 3' | I am a pig |
| obverse 14 | ......... |
| obverse 10 | you : |
| obverse 11 | may you be the father who begot me |
| reverse 5' | to slander (means) : to slander. |
| obverse 21 | he brought out from the house |
| obverse 5 | from the... of my eyes went out from the house |
| obverse 17 | be exorcised by NEdu, the chief doorman of the nether world! |
| obverse 13 | be exorcised by Ningizida, the throne of the nether world |
| obverse 3 | In the future, may the Asag demons and the evil Asag demons and the evil Asag demons and the evil Asag demons |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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