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K 01452 (P393895)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 01452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393895 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
| 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 11 | for Anmae, for Kimae; |
| reverse 1 | Incantation: Incantation of red hyena |
| reverse 12 | You set up 14 ritual assemblages, whatever the assemblage is. |
| reverse 20 | .... his arms |
| reverse 16 | Incantation: O urdû-demon, you strew blood in the fog. |
| reverse 5 | to Nanna the Stars from the mountains |
| obverse 17 | You strew the water of the river to its head. |
| obverse 3 | If the opening of the lung is located on the mouth of the lung: his attack will take place. |
| reverse 15 | You recite the incantation 7 times over the incantation. |
| obverse 23 | (If) in a burashu-vessel: red wool, white wool; 17 kurru-offerings....... |
| obverse 4 | ... seed, ninnuu-plant, wool, juniper, (and) juniper are present in the gate. |
| reverse 13 | You pound a censer of juniper. You recite the incantation three times over (the incantation) to the mouth of his lung. |
| obverse 6 | (If) a ewe gives birth to a yellow dog: he will die in the brickwork. |
| reverse 3 | ama, the star of the horizon, red, of the horizon |
| reverse 7 | to the land of Nudada, Gibil, the Stars from the mountains |
| obverse 14 | pomegranates, emmer flour, emmer flour |
| obverse 24 | You recite the incantation 7 times... |
| reverse 23 | ... life |
| reverse 4 | Gibil, the star of the horizon, red, of the horizon |
| reverse 21 | ... his arms(?) |
| reverse 6 | Utu, the Stars from the mountains |
| obverse 7 | (If) the horn of the halo is small: he will die. |
| obverse 10 | Incantation: Incantation of Anmae and Kimae. |
| reverse 14 | seeds of incense-plant,... from a cedar tree |
| obverse 12 | ... like a destructive plant |
| obverse 5 | Seed of ninnuu-plant is present in a green wool. |
| reverse 2 | The star of Nanna is red, the horizon is red |
| obverse 16 | Its ritual: you recite the incantation. |
| reverse 19 | ... his arms(?) |
| obverse 2 | If the opening of his right lung is located towards the opening of his left lung |
| reverse 17 | like... they will give him. |
| obverse 9 | You recite to him the cold water(?) in front of... |
| obverse 8 | If a man is surrounded by a fog: he will go to... in the wind. |
| obverse 20 | whose heart is praised by a good word |
| obverse 18 | Incantation: Incantation of good fortune |
| obverse 22 | Its ritual: lapis lazuli, carnelian,... of 7 talents |
| reverse 8 | by the command of Nanna, the nadtu of heaven and earth |
| obverse 19 | ......,...,... |
| obverse 13 | emmer flour |
| reverse 18 | like... did not... |
| obverse 15 | barley, ghee,......... |
| reverse 11 | Its ritual: You mix white wool, nindanu-juniper, carnelian, black nindanu-stone |
| reverse 10 | spoken by the divine powers and the great gods |
| obverse 21 | Amartu from above (is) the incantation priest |
| obverse 1 | ... it is surrounded by a yellow-green halo, it is located at the mouth of its star |
| reverse 9 | by the command of Utu, the dragon of the Ekur |
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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