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CT 51, 186 (P286047)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286047 |
| Museum no. | BM 128074 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 8' | May the uhluh rites of the day and day be praised! |
| obverse 1' | he swore against him, and he swore to his left. |
| reverse 10' | the hand of ama, the foremost of the gods |
| obverse 12' | In order to give birth to a man, in order to give birth to a man, in order to give birth to a man, |
| obverse 5' | he smote him, and he smote the Amorite. |
| reverse 7' | he will pay back the money tenfold. |
| obverse 3' | he smote his hand, he smote his work, he smote |
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| obverse 10' | ... of the adibba reed |
| obverse 7' | The curse... has smashed his neck. |
| reverse 1' | And you, Marduk, merciful lord, who loves life, |
| reverse 8' | he made the bur-inunnagin vessel stand there. |
| obverse 11' | ... he filled his mouth with awe-inspiring brilliance. |
| reverse 6' | like a jug of juniper he purifies |
| reverse 2' | When you are to strew the scepter of life for me, the scepter of justice for me |
| reverse 3' | By your exalted command, whose life is long, may you write me and |
| reverse 4' | May a man's son be holy, may he be pure, may he be pure. |
| reverse 9' | 'Let me make a libation bowl of mtu-juniper,...; |
| obverse 6' | to bind its corpses |
| reverse 5' | May a man, the son of his god, be happy, may he be happy. |
| obverse 9' | ...... he made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 4' | he smote him, he smote him from his body. |
| obverse 2' | in his hand the liars, the girdle, the figs |
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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