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CT 51, 187 (P286048)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286048 |
| Museum no. | BM 128018 + frag. |
| 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 col 1 6' | ... incantation... |
| obverse col 2 9' | He made a kudurru-offering that is not true...... |
| obverse col 2 10' | The base of the 'finger' and the 'finger'... |
| reverse col 3 12' | ... the boat and the...-wood |
| reverse col 3 4' | On the neck, he has sinned. |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... may he live. |
| obverse col 2 4' | without number... |
| reverse col 3 11' | ...... ditto in... |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... supplications... in the fire... |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... may he see... |
| obverse col 1 5' | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse col 3 1' | ... a bed |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... a tablet ditto in a bow... |
| reverse col 3 13' | ... ama |
| obverse col 2 7' | The money is not paid completely....... |
| obverse col 2 8' | He sat down on the throne...... |
| obverse col 2 5' | She spoke to her..., |
| obverse col 2 13' | the blood of his robbery... |
| obverse col 2 12' | for his work... |
| reverse col 3 6' | On the throne ditto, on the table |
| obverse col 2 1' | In... |
| reverse col 3 10' | ... a plant ditto in...... |
| obverse col 2 11' | to the house of his companions... |
| reverse col 3 3' | He has sworn by the table. |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... may they establish. |
| obverse col 2 14' | ... his companion... |
| obverse col 2 6' | The ziggurat |
| obverse col 2 2' | For me... |
| obverse col 2 15' | his family...... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... may... be present. |
| reverse col 3 5' | Ditto in the bed |
| obverse col 2 3' | to there... |
| reverse col 3 2' | on the throne you saw... |
| reverse col 3 7' | in the setting of a neck-stock, ditto in the setting...... |
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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