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N 1690 (P276811)
CANONICAL > Lexicography > Thematic Word Lists > Ura; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saĝba; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 1690 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276811 |
| Museum no. | N 1690 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Lexicography > Thematic Word Lists > Ura; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saĝba; 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4' | .......... |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| obverse 5' | rising like a floodstorm |
| obverse 9' | ... Ala |
| obverse 3' | ... a guardian who goes at the supplication. |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | may he not change the divine plans |
| reverse 3' | ... your... |
| obverse 8' | ... of the earth, |
| obverse 6' | ... as if it were a flood, |
| reverse 2' | ... is a pilû-demon(?) that is to be smitten(?) |
| obverse 7' | good quality... |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| reverse 1' | ..... let me see... |
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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