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CT 17, pl. 29-30, K 1284 (P393877)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Alan niŋ saŋ ila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 29-30, K 1284 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393877 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Alan niŋ saŋ ila |
| 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 31 | It is a reed hut |
| obverse 30 | he smote from the abzu. |
| obverse 7 | as if it were an evil fate, he ascended it. |
| obverse 29 | to look at Asalluhi |
| obverse 5 | the fate of the plain like a lullaby |
| reverse 8 | Set his face in front of ama and |
| obverse 10 | ... who like a liar... |
| reverse 18 | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who provides for you, as many as there are |
| obverse 9 | as if it were a namtar priestess who had sinned against the man |
| obverse 6 | The one who in the morning, like a zaqiqû-demon, constantly seeks out |
| reverse 4 | After you have made the foundations of the throne firm (against it) |
| obverse 2 | 'the evil curse of the land' slanders like a flood. |
| reverse 13 | Tablet of Alamni-saila. |
| reverse 12 | the temple of the god Namtar, the furious storm, all of it |
| obverse 15 | he made the jegi-en-gina secure. |
| reverse 5 | Written and checked in the morning. |
| reverse 1 | he fashioned for him a statue of himself adorned with radiance. |
| reverse 7 | before ama he set up his eyes. |
| obverse 22 | He has a good reputation..., |
| obverse 27 | his mother, he made him stand by him. |
| reverse 11 | Incantation formula: The statue of awe-inspiring splendor |
| obverse 12 | Whoever does not have a hand, who goes at night, |
| obverse 23 | Paphalae seized |
| obverse 13 | The fate of a man who was born like a saga tree |
| obverse 19 | that he would not be able to sleep in the bedchamber |
| obverse 4 | who, like an asakku-demon, has sinned against a man |
| obverse 14 | he is sick like a sick man; |
| reverse 9 | May he stand before him in his utterance of evil. |
| obverse 26 | his (personal) god has reconciled... |
| reverse 20 | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| obverse 20 | He will not be sated in the evening. |
| reverse 3 | at the base of the Lu-tu-ra temple, in the nighttime, he set it up. |
| obverse 8 | who, like an evil man, appoints a man |
| reverse 23 | May his name and his seed disappear from the land. |
| obverse 18 | his life he raised as high as a mountain. |
| obverse 3 | as if it were the asag weapon of a man |
| reverse 10 | May he stand in battle with him in a bitter rage. |
| obverse 25 | Its arms were loosened. |
| obverse 11 | who does not have a hand, does not have a knife, does not have a man in a prison, |
| reverse 6 | the namub priesthood of Eridu he established for him. |
| obverse 21 | he smote his good image on his neck. |
| reverse 21 | Whoever breaks the contract or his name with my name, |
| reverse 17 | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his son or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| obverse 17 | he made it shine like the sun. |
| obverse 16 | he made his creations. |
| reverse 15 | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Namtar, evildoer of the land, set on fire like fire |
| obverse 28 | (and) his goddess stole from his body |
| reverse 19 | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 24 | He seizes his body... |
| reverse 14 | The palace of Assurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria... |
| reverse 22 | May Aur and Ninlil overthrow him with fierce rage. |
| reverse 2 | he created a statue of himself, and |
| reverse 16 | They rejoiced. Witnesses: awe-inspiring brilliance, awe-inspiring brilliance. |
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- 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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