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K 01289 (P393878)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Ušburruda; CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Therapeutic > Ušburruda, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 01289 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393878 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Ušburruda; CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Therapeutic > Ušburruda |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [en₂] ⸢munus-uš₁₁⸣-zu an-ta la₂-še₃ alan bi₂-in-⸢dim₂ ; kaš⸣-šap-tum a-na tap-pe-e ub-bu-ri ṣa-lam ib-ni | Incantation: “A woman has fashioned a statue from the sky, she has presented a libation of beer to a friend, and she has made a figurine of herself. |
| 2 | [eme]-⸢ni⸣ hamanzerₓ(|SIK₂.SAG.ŠAB|) in-ŋar-ra a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-bi in-keš₂-keš₂-re ; ⸢li⸣-ša₂-an-šu mu-ša₂-ṭu u₂-ka-rik meš-re-tu-šu₂ uk-te-si | (Sum) The emešnî-demon opened the hamanzer-vessel (Akk) Its aces have been bound(?) |
| 3 | [ka]-bi ba-an-dab ka-bi nu-bad-da ; [pi]-⸢i⸣-šu₂ iṣ-bat-ma pi-i-šu₂ ul i-pet-ti | Its mouth was seized, its mouth could not be opened. Its nose seized it and its mouth did not open. |
| 4 | [eme-bi] ba-an-keš₂ du₁₁-du₁₁ nu-mu-un-da-gi₄-gi₄ ; ⸢li⸣-ša₂-an-šu ik-ṣur-ma at-ma-a ul u₂-tar-ra | Its tongue was bound, it could not be answered. Its elišānšu was seized and I did not return it. |
| 5 | [lu₂]-⸢u₁₈⸣-lu-bi u₈-a u₃-a a-nir-ra ab-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ; [a]-⸢me⸣-lum šu-u₂ ina u₂-a u a-a ta-ni-ḫu iš-ta-na-kan | Its priestess, oh woe, woe! A lament is uttered in the midst of heaven and earth. |
| 6 | {[d]}⸢asal⸣-lu₂-ḫi igi im-ma-an-si₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ip-pa-lis-su-ma | Marduk looked at him, and |
| 7 | ⸢tu₆⸣ ku₃-ga-a-ni u₃-me-ni-šum₂ ši-pat-su KU₃-tim i-di-ma | His holy ešû-vessel he fashioned, his pure scepter he gave, and |
| 8 | [a₂]-⸢šu-ŋiri₃⸣-bi ba-an-du₈ ba-ni-ib₂-du-du ; [meš-re]-⸢te-šu₂⸣ ip-ṭur-ma it-ta-na-al-lak | Its gatekeepers were gathered, they were piled up. They opened their gates and went. |
| 9 | [... ba]-⸢an⸣-bad du₁₁-du₁₁ ba-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ ; [...] ⸢ip⸣-te-ma at-ma-a u₂-tar-ra | (Sum) ... was destroyed, he was returned to its place. (Akk) The ... had been destroyed, the utterances were returned to it. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... ib₂]-⸢ba⸣-an-bur₂ inim ba-ni-ib₂-du₁₁-ga ; [...] ip-šur-ma a-ma-tum i-qab-bi | ... he smote and spoke a word to him |
| 2 | [... su]-a-ni ŋal₂-la su-ni-ta ba-an-zi ; [up-ša₂-še]-⸢e⸣ ša₂ ina zu-um-ri-šu₂ ba-šu-u₂ ina SU-šu₂ is-suḫ | (Sum) ... he raised up his body (Akk) The ... of his body was raised up by his body |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ḫe₂⸣-em-ma-an-bur₂-re ina a-mat {d}e₂-a lip-pa-šir | ... may the eḫbê-emmānbur-plant be released by the word of Ea |
| 4 | {[d}asar-alim-nun]-⸢na⸣ dumu-saŋ abzu-ke₄ sa₁₃-ga zil₂-zil₂-bi za-a-kam ; [... reš]-⸢tu⸣-u ša₂ ABZU bu-un-nu-u du-um-mu-qu ku-um-ma TU₆ EN₂ | Asar-alim-nun-ešub, the daughter of the Abzu, whose radiance is praiseworthy, is yours. The first-fruit offering of the Apsu, full of abundance. Incantation formula. |
| 5 | [... nu-bat]-tum a-ḫa-at {d}AMAR.UTU | ... in the evening, the assembly of Marduk |
| 6 | [... e]-⸢ra⸣-an-ni ba-lu u₂-lid-an-ni | ... he brought me out, he carried me away. |
| 7 | [...] ⸢li⸣-qu-ti il-qa-an-ni | ... he took me |
| 8 | [... ŠU.SI.MEŠ]-⸢ia⸣ ina bi-rit za-ap-pi u ba-li a-ša₂-kan | ... my fingers I shall place between the ear and the mouth. |
| 9 | [... pa-ni]-⸢ia⸣ {d}iš-tar be-el-tu₂ a-pi-lat ku-mu-u₂-a | ... before me, O Ištar, lady, daughter of Kumua |
| 10 | [... ša]-⸢pat-tum⸣ AD ITI it-ti-ia lip-šu-ru ka-la ta-ma-te | May the ša-ēpattû-priestess, the father of the month, be reconciled with me; may all the signs be released. |
| 11 | [...] ⸢tu⸣-qar-⸢ra⸣-ba reme₂-nu-u₂ {d}AMAR.UTU | ... merciful Marduk |
| 12 | [EN₂.MEŠ an-na]-a-te ina UGU U₂ UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA 3.TA.AM₃ ŠID-nu | These incantations are imposed upon the plant. They are recited three times. |
| 13 | [lu ina A] ⸢lu⸣ ina GEŠTIN lu ina KAŠ lu ina GA NAG ina NINDA.MEŠ GU₇ ina ⸢I₃⸣ [ŠEŠ₂]-⸢ma⸣ | He drinks it either in filtered water, in wine or in beer or in milk, (and) eats it in bread. It is diluted in oil. |
| t.e. | ||
| u_e_1 | [kiš-pu] ⸢pa⸣-aš₂-ru di-ʾu u di-lip-tu₂ ina SU LU₂ ip-pa-⸢šer⸣ | witchcraft, spittle, diaphragm, and diliptu-disease will be released from the body of the man. |
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- 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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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