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4R2 59 (66), 1 (P393744)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 59 (66), 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393744 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | [šum₄-ma kiš-pu ru-ḫu-u₂] ⸢ru⸣-su-u₂ up-ša₂-šu-u₂ | If witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 2 | [lem-nu-tu up-ša-še]-⸢e⸣ ZI.KU₅.RU.DE₃ it-tan-ma-ru | Evil machinations (and) sorcery have been seen. |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ZI₃⸣ ŠE.MUŠ₅ pi₂-lu-ur-tu₂ te-ṣer | ... ēšû-plant (a kind of sulphur) you scatter (it) in the open country |
| 4 | [... ZI.KU₅].RU.DA-a u UDUG ḪUL.A ŠID-nu | '. . a ritual assemblage and a šangû-vessel are cast. |
| 5 | [... {dug}A].⸢GUB₂⸣.BA I₃.GID₂ UR₃ ta-ša₂-biṭ ta-ša₂-laḫ | You pour a bowl of filtered oil on the roof (and) you wipe it clean. |
| 6 | [...] {gi}ŠUTUG tu-ka-an | You set up a reed mat |
| 7 | [... ta-sa-aḫ-ḫa]-ap ina mu-uḫ-ḫi-šu₂ 6 SILA₃ NINDA | you will rub (them), on top of it you will pour 6 qû of bread |
| 8 | [...] ⸢KA⸣.DU NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A ZU₂.LUM.MA | ... ēkādu-tree, dates-cake |
| 9 | [... I₃].⸢GIŠ⸣ I₃.SAG ... {giš}GEŠTIN ŠUR.RA | , sesame oil, ēsag-beer, , red wine |
| 10 | [... {dug}LA].ḪA.AN GIN-an NIG₂.NA {šim}LI tara₃-kas₂ | You set up a laḫtu-vessel. You set out a censer of juniper. |
| 11 | [... qa₂]-⸢du⸣ GIŠ.RIN₂.NA SUM{sar} ŠU.SAR ZU₂.LUM.MA | ... tamarisk, šunû-tree, dates |
| 12 | [...] me-e el-lu-ti | ... I am pure me |
| 13 | [...] me-e {d}UTU-ši | ... I, Šamaš |
| 14 | [...] at-ta | ... you |
| 15 | ⸢muš⸣-[te-šer₃ ...] ⸢na⸣-piš-ti at-ta | You are the emuštešer-plant |
| 16 | mi-⸢ta⸣ [... DU₈]-⸢ru⸣ KI-ka i-ba-aš-ši | “If he slips through ..., there will be reconciliation with you. |
| 17 | ša ⸢u₂⸣-[pi₂-šu ... us]-su-lu-šu | of epišu he made complete |
| 18 | kiš-pu ⸢u₂-ka-su⸣-[šu ...] ⸢KI⸣-ka I₃.GAL₂ | The witchcraft of ekasu-ešû-plant ... your Eki-e23-plant will prosper. |
| 19 | {d}UTU ina A ⸢na⸣-[qe₂-e ina] ⸢maḫ⸣-ri-ka | Šamaš, in the water of the ēna’eqê-tree, in your great temple |
| 20 | ki-iš-pi ru-ḫe-e [... ZI.KU₅.RU].⸢DA⸣-e | “The witchcraft of the ruḫbê-demon, ..., and the ritual assemblages |
| 21 | a-na MIN A MIN ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ [...] ⸢MIN⸣-tu₂ | For DITTO (= Šumma Izbu XIV unknown) |
| 22 | ep-šu bu-us-su-[ru ... da-a]-ni | Good deeds, ... mighty |
| 23 | pu-ru-se-e-šu [... pa-ra-a]-⸢si⸣ | His scepter ... the parasīsî-priest |
| 24 | {d}e₂-a be-li₂ ra-bu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | Ea, great lord |
| 25 | ša₂ {d}e₂-a u₂-wa-i-ra-an-ni [...] | whom Ea had entrusted to me |
| 26 | {d}UTU MIN A MIN ša kiš-pu zi-ku₅-ru-⸢du-u₂⸣ ep-⸢šu₂-šu₂⸣ | Šamaš ditto, son of DITTO, who the witchcraft of Zikurû-ēdu performed |
| 27 | a-na ba-la-aṭ na-piš-ti-šu ⸢u₂-pi⸣-ši-šu pu-uš-šu-⸢ru⸣ | For the life of his life he (Nabû-šumu-ukīn) gave to him. |
| 28 | di-ni-šu da-a-ni pu-ru-us-se-e-šu pa-ra-a-si | Judge his case, render his verdict! |
| 29 | [...] ⸢ik-ri⸣-bi u te-es₃-li-ti iz-za-az₂-ku | ... its ikrī-vessels and the tēliŋšû-festival he set up. |
| 30 | [...] ⸢qi₂⸣-biti-ka DINGIR-šu li-iz-ziz tes₂-lit-su liq-bi-ku | ... may his (personal) god stand (in prayer) before you, may his prayer be heard. |
| 31 | {[d}15-šu li-iz-ziz-ma a-ḫu-la-bi-šu liq-bi-ku | May Ištar stand and speak his praises. |
| 32 | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ pu-uš-šu-ru u₂-pi-šu u ZI.KU₅.RU.DA KI-ka i-ba-aš-ši | Šamaš, there is a lawsuit, lawsuit, and litigation against you. |
| 33 | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ be-li₂ EN GAL-u₂ ⸢pa⸣-ri-is di-ni DINGIR u LU₂ at-ta | O Šamaš, great lord, you are the judge of god and man. |
| 34 | [kiš]-⸢pu⸣ ru-ḫu-u₂ ⸢ru-su-u₂⸣ lem-nu-ti u ZI.KU₅.RU.DE₃ | The evil kišpû-demon, the ruḫu-disease, the evil ērūssu-demon, and the ‘cutting of the throat’ magic |
| 35 | [...] A MIN ep-⸢šu⸣ [e-pi-šu e]-⸢piš⸣-tu kaš-ša₂-pu kaš-ša₂-ap-tum | ... ditto (is a synonym of) “ditto (and) ēpišû-disease,‘disappearance’ (a kind of sulphur), kasu-salt, aptum |
| 36 | ⸢sa-ḫi-ru sa-ḫir⸣-[tum {d]}⸢UTU⸣ ša₂ at-ta ti-du-šu-nu-ti-ma | “Sahbiru, Sahbirtum, Šamaš, you know them, and |
| 37 | ma-am-⸢ma⸣-[an DINGIR la i-du-u₂] ⸢is⸣-ḫu-ru ((šâšu)) iš-te-u₂ | No god knows it. This is an ešḫuru prayer. |
| 38 | i-na ⸢a-ka⸣-[li ...] {giš}KIRI₆ u₂-ša₂-ki-lu-šu₂ | In the “house of the gods, ... the orchard, they shall make him dwell. |
| 39 | ina KAŠ.⸢SAG⸣ [lū išqûšu ...] lu u₂-ra-mi₃-ku-šu | May he drink it in prime-quality beer, may he curse him |
| 40 | ina I₃.⸢GIŠ⸣ [lū ipšušūšu] ⸢NU⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ lu uš-ni-il-<lu> | In the oil of the ēšû-tree, may the ‘heals-a-thousand’ ritual be performed against him. |
| 41 | ZI.KU₅.[RU.DA-a lu] i-pu-šu₂-šu₂ | may my ritual assemblage be performed. |
| 42 | mim-ma ⸢DU₃⸣ [... ša₂ LU₂.MEŠ]-⸢te⸣ lu-u₂ DU₃.DU₃-šu₂ | Whatever eštētu-vessel ... of the temple workers or its construction |
| 43 | ina u₄-⸢mi⸣ [...] ⸢e⸣-il-ta-šu pu-ṭur | On the day that he enters the temple, he will be released |
| 44 | DINGIR-⸢šu⸣ [x-x-x-x da₃-li₂]-⸢li₂⸣-ka lid-lul | May my (personal) god sing your praises. |
| 45 | NENNI x [... nam]-⸢riš⸣ lit-tal-lak | So-and-so, ..., may he go forth in a joyful way |
| 46 | ana-⸢ku⸣ [... da₃-li₂-li₂]-ka lud-lul | I want to go up to you, I want [to sing] your praises. |
| 47 | ki-[ma ... KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ ip-ṭi-ri-šu i-na-aš-ši-ma | He opened his mouth like ... of silver and |
| 48 | ⸢SUM⸣{sar} [...] i-ša₂-ḫaṭ | The ēšum-plant he will eat |
| 49 | {⸢d⸣}[UTU ki-ma an-nu-u₂ (x-x-x)] iš-ša₂-ḫa-ṭu | 'Šamaš, like this ... is swollen. |
| 50 | ⸢kiš⸣-[pu x-x-x-x-x x-x-x-x-(x)]-⸢tu₂⸣ NU DU₁₀-tu₂ ZI.KU₅.RU.DA | “Ekiš-epu-plant, ..., not good, zikurruda-plant |
| 51 | ina ⸢URU-ia URU LUGAL URU DINGIR u₃ {d⸣}15 ⸢LUGAL⸣ li-it-ta-ak-ke-er | In my city, the city of the king, city of god and E-Ištar, the royal house may he not abandon. |
| 52 | KU₃.BABBAR ip-ṭi-ri-ia maḫ-ra-a-ta ZI-ti qi₂-šam | The silver that he opened for me is the life of the hand. |
| 53 | an-ni-a-am DU₁₁.GA-ma {d}UTU iš-ši-ir | Speak this, and Šamaš will receive it. |
| 54 | ⸢ki⸣-ma me-e {d}UTU-ši it-ta-na-qu₂(šu-)u TA UR₃ ina a-ra-di-šu | In E’ema, the water of Šamaš has been poured out, from the roof on his back |
| 55 | ⸢u₂⸣-pi-šu ša₂ ina E₂ NA in-nam-ru u šu-šu-ra-at E₂ | (If) a sore's appearance is seen in a man's house and it is swollen: the house will be plundered. |
| 56 | [ina] {gi}DUSU GAR-an ana UGU A IM.BABBAR A.GEŠTIN.NA GEŠTIN ŠUR.RA ULUŠIN ta-naq-qi₂ | You set up (them) on a reed mat. You pour water, gypsum, vinegar, wine (and) cypress juice. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] {dug}NIG₂.ŠU.LUḪ.ḪA ta-ka-at-tam ina GIR₃{ii} ka-ma-si₂ | You knead it in a suppository, you put it on the feet. |
| 2 | [ana] {⸢d⸣}UTU.ŠU₂.A ... ana ID₂ in-na-du-u₂ LU₂ BI ša₂ IL₂-u₂ | to Šamaš they will go down to the river. That man will be raised. |
| 3 | [ina U₄ 1.KAM ana E₂ NU i-ru-ub ina ša-ne₂-e u₄-me | (If) he does not enter the house on the first day, in the middle of the day |
| 4 | ina {dug}A.GUB₂.BA {giš}bi-ni {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ GI.ŠUL.ḪI {giš}GIŠIMMAR.TUR | In a bowl, tamarisk, maštakal-plant, šulḫu-plant (and) small date palm |
| 5 | KUŠ.GU₄.GAL-u₂ {urudu}NIG₂.KALA.GA GI.IZI.LA₂ {giš}MA.NU | a leather harness, a fat-tailed sheep, an axe, tamarisk |
| 6 | {giš}PEŠ.GIŠIMMAR ... ŠE.BIR.BIR.RE.DA E₂ tu-lal ZAG.DU₈ E₂ DU₃.A.BI | a date palm . ŠE.BIR.RE.DA (means) house. You remove the front of the house. |
| 7 | ESIR IM.BABBAR I₃.GIŠ {giš}EREN TAG.TAG | You dry, crush (and) sieve gypsum, sesame oil, cedar oil. |
| 8 | e-ma KA₂.AN.AŠ.A.AN ... NIG₂.NA {šim}LI u {giš}EREN GAR.GAR | Wherever the gate of Anšan , a censer of juniper and cedar is placed. |
| 9 | LU₂ BI A.MEŠ ta(i-)sa-la-aḫ-ma LU₂ ša ša-ak-nu-<šu-um> | That man you will wash with water and that man will become poor. |
| 10 | EN.NA U₄.DA AL.TI.LA mim-ma ana NA NU TE-ḫe | (If) the term has passed, nothing will approach a man. |
| 11 | EN₂ ša {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.MU GAZ KEŠ₂-sa | Incantation: “You kill my woman, destroy her bond! |
| 12 | ša e-le-ni-ti-ia₅ su-pi-ḫi INIM.MEŠ-ša₂ | Whose upper limbs are shattered, his words |
| 13 | ter-ra kiš-pi-ša₂ a-na me-ḫe-e INIM.MEŠ-ša₂ ana IM | Its witchcraft against the storm, its words against the wind |
| 14 | mim-ma te-pu-ša tu-uš-te-pi-ša lu-bil IM | May I carry off whatever you have done (and) what you have made. |
| 15 | ina ku-u₂-ru u ni-is-sa-ti lu-⸢bil⸣ u₄-um-ša₂ | May I be sated with joy and rejoicing daily. |
| 16 | ina ḫu-uṣ-ṣi u GAZ lib₃-bi li-qat-⸢ta⸣-a MU.AN.NA.MEŠ-ša₂ | May my heart be satisfied with joy and wrath for all years! |
| 17 | ši-i li-mut-ma ana-ku lu-ub₂-luṭ | May he die, and may I live. |
| 18 | kiš-pu-ša₂ ru-ḫu-ša₂ ru-su-ša₂ lu BUR₂-ru | May witchcraft, magic, sorcery be undone. |
| 19 | ina qi₂-bit {d}e₂-a {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU | By the command of Ea, Šamaš, and Marduk |
| 20 | u ru-ba-ti {d}be-let-i₃-li₂ TU₆ EN₂ | and the princess Bēlet-ilī. Incantation formula. |
| 21 | KA.INIM.MA šum₄-ma up-ša₂-še-e ina E₂ NA it-ta-na-an-ma-ru | Wording (of an incantation) to undo evil in a man's house. |
| 22 | ina A.MEŠ LUḪ-si KI tuḫ-ḫi tu-sa-maḫ GU₄ GE₆ tu-ša₂-kal | You wash (them) in water, you rub (the mixture) with it, (and) you let it cool. You keep watch over the black ox. |
| 23 | EN₂ an-ni-tu₂ 7-šu₂ ŠID-ma kiš-pu pa-aš₂-ru | You recite this incantation seven times and the witchcraft is undone. |
| 24 | a-na UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA ... ša₂ ina E₂ NA in-nam-ru SAḪAR E.SIR₂.KA.LIM₂.MA | For the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic that occurs in a man's house: ... Esirkalima |
| 25 | ⸢LIBIR.RA⸣.BI.GIM ... AB.SAR.AM₃ BA.AN.E₃ | It is an elibrītu-plant (and) ebigig-plant, written in the same way. |
| 26 | E₂.⸢GAL⸣ {[m}AN].⸢ŠAR₂-DU₃⸣-A MAN ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | The palace of Anu-mukin-apli, king of the world, King of Assyria. |
| 27 | ša a-[na Aššur u Mullilti tak-lu]-⸢ma⸣ | who trusts in Assur and Mullil |
| 28 | ša {d}⸢AG⸣ [u Tašmētu uznu rapaštu iš-ru]-ku-uš | of Ea, Ea and Tašmētu, a wide understanding he established |
| 29 | ⸢a-na⸣ [taḫsisti ši-ta-as]-si-šu₂ | “If he slips through the window, |
| 30 | [išṭur-ma ibri qereb ēkallīšu] u₂-kin | he smote, and the perimeter of his house he established |
| 31 | [mannu ša itabbalu ū lū šumšu itti MU]-⸢ia⸣ i-šaṭ-ṭa-ru | Whoever breaks the contract, whether that man with my name |
| 32 | [Aššur u Mulliltu aggiš ez-zi]-⸢iš⸣ lis-ki-pu-šu-ma | May Ashur and Mullil, the aggišu-priestess, extinguish him and |
| 33 | [šumšu zēršu ina māti] li-ḫal-liq-qu | If a man is angry in the land, may it be dispelled |
| 34 | [tākilka ul ibâš] ⸢LUGAL⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ | “It is not yours, king of the gods, Anšar |
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