ABL 0024 (P333976)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333976 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | The crown prince is well; Šamaš-šumu-ukin is well. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Concerning the rites accompanying the incantation "Verily You are Evil" about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, they are performed to drive out the evil demon and epilepsy. |
| Obverse [9:24] o 1010– | As soon as something has afflicted him (= the patient), the exorcist rises and hangs a mouse and a shoot of a thornbush on the vault of the (patient's) door. The exorcist dresses in a red garment and puts on a red cloak. He (holds) a ra[ven on] his right, a falcon on [his left], and po[urs ...] on the censer of the '7 gates,' grasps a [...], holds a t[orch in his han]d, stri[kes] with a [w]hip and recites [the incantation] "Verily You are [Evil]. |
| Reverse [4:10] r 55–r 1010 | [After] he has finished, he makes another exorcist go around the bed of the patient, followed by a censer and a torch, recites the incantation "Begone Evil hultuppu" (going) as far as to the door and (then) conjures the door. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Until (the demon) is driven out, he does (this) (every) morning and evening. |
| Reverse [12:20] r 1313–r 2020 | Concerning (the fact) that on the 13th instant the moon and sun were seen together, there is a ritual to be performed against it. Let Nabû-gamil come and perform it according to my instructions; [he] should also perform (the ritual) for Urad-Ea. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu DI-mu a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 6 | DI-mu a-na {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 7 | ina UGU ne₂-pe-še ša₂ EN₂ HUL.GAL₂ HE₂.ME.EN | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 9 | a-na a-lu-u lem-nu u AN.TA.ŠUB.BA | |
| 10 | na-sa-hi ep-pu-šu ki-ma mi-i-nu | |
| 11 | il-ta-pat-su {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ i-tab-bi | |
| 12 | PEŠ₂.QA.GAZ NUNUZ {giš}NIM | |
| 13 | ina šib-še-ti ša KA₂ eʾ-i-la | |
| 14 | {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ TUG₂ SA₅ il-lab-biš | |
| 15 | {⸢tug₂⸣}DUL₃ SA₅ iš-šak-kan a-[ri-bu{mušen]} | |
| 16 | [ina] ⸢ZAG⸣-šu₂ ŠUR₂.DU₃{mušen} ⸢ina⸣ [KAB-šu₂] | |
| 17 | [NIG₂].⸢NA⸣ ša 07 KA₂-MEŠ [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi i-kar-[ra-ar] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x i]-ṣa-bat ⸢zi⸣-[iq-tu] | |
| 2 | [ina ŠU].2 u₂-kal-⸢la⸣ | |
| 3 | [ina qi]-na-zi i-mah-[haṣ] | |
| 4 | [EN₂ HUL].⸢GAL₂⸣ HE₂.ME.EN ŠID-nu | |
| 5 | [ki-ma] ⸢ug⸣-da-mir {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 6 | 02-i NIG₂.NA GI.IZI.LA₂ | |
| 7 | i—da-tu-uš-šu-nu i—da-tu-uš-šu-nu TA@v {giš}NA₂ | |
| 8 | ša mar-ṣi u₂-šal-ba-a | |
| 9 | EN₂ HUL.DUB₂ E₃.BA.RA | |
| 10 | a-di KA₂ ŠID-nu KA₂ u₂-tam-ma | |
| 11 | a-di in-na-as-sa-hu-ni | |
| 12 | ši-a-ru nu-bat-tu₂ ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 13 | ina UGU ša UD 13-KAM₂\t an-ni-i | |
| 14 | {d}30 {d}UTU is-sa-he-ʾi-iš | |
| 15 | in-na-me-ru-u-ni dul-lu-šu₂ | |
| 16 | ša e-pa-a-še i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 17 | {1}{d}PA—ga-mil lil-li-ka | |
| 18 | lu-sah-ki-im-šu₂ | |
| 19 | le-pu-uš | |
| 20 | u₃ a-na {1}ARAD—{d}60 | |
| 21 | [šu-tu]-u₂-ma le-pu-uš | |
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