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STT 2, 251 (P338570)
Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338570 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
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 2' | The king's army is strong on the enemy. |
| reverse 34' | May my anger be scattered, may he cross the river, may he cross over the mountain, |
| obverse 10' | ILuntu-garment, a turban, |
| obverse 12' | (If) a lightning flashes in their middle: they will die. |
| obverse 9' | (If) they stand in their right hand, they stand in their left hand. |
| obverse 13' | You put 2 reeds in front of the Wagon. |
| reverse 36' | May he not return to his place, may he not return to his place. May he give me an incantation. |
| reverse 28' | In the heavens of Anu, you (are) the one who decrees fates. |
| obverse 11' | The turban, the fourth day, their yoke, |
| reverse 24' | You libate first-rate beer. |
| obverse 20' | May the evil-doer take away that evil. |
| reverse 22' | For Ea, ama and Asalluhi, you set up 3 reed baskets. |
| obverse 17' | If in Nisannu (Month I), from the 1st to the 30th day a baby gives birth to a child: his father's house will be scattered. |
| reverse 38' | May her evil be released, the day of well-being, month and year be favourable. |
| reverse 39' | May day and night be filled with evil! |
| obverse 1' | (If) a king sees him and he is well: the king and the army will be well. |
| reverse 29' | You have made the beams of life. |
| obverse 7' | Its ritual: you recite the incantation. |
| obverse 15' | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| reverse 37' | May he bring the river into the earth, may he give me an aura, and |
| obverse 14' | You strew flour. You strew flour, honey and butter. |
| reverse 25' | You recite the incantations (and) libations. |
| obverse 18' | (If) his father or his mother is sick and a god - a king will conquer. |
| obverse 16' | You recite the incantation 7 times over them. |
| reverse 23' | You strew flour. You set up a censer of juniper. |
| obverse 6' | Incantation formula: (gloss: new break) |
| reverse 31' | 'I want to bind you, I want to bind you, |
| obverse 4' | ............ |
| obverse 5' | ... I did not know. The lower part is elevated. |
| reverse 30' | Will he live, will he live, will he live? |
| reverse 33' | May the evil not approach me, may it not approach me, may it not approach me. |
| reverse 32' | Because of the child who gives birth in Nisannu I, I am afraid and I am afraid. |
| obverse 21' | Its ritual: You recite the incantation in the steppe, the earth, and the pure water. |
| reverse 26' | Ea, ama and Asalluhi, the great gods, |
| obverse 8' | It is a tagariu-drum. The 2 figures of 1 ubbannu-plant are present. |
| reverse 35' | In my body may he live like a lion. May he live in the heavens like a tamarisk. |
| obverse 19' | Its apotropaic ritual: evil of that young man. |
| obverse 3' | Incantation:... holy An, filled with awe, plant of |
| reverse 27' | who decrees fates, who safeguards the sanctuaries, |
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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