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CT 17, pl. 02, K 2503+ (P394384)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Asaggiga, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 02, K 2503+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394384 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Asaggiga |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 7' | May the good udug resound with him |
| obverse 2 | The udug demon that... the street |
| obverse 13 | seven of them, the evil-doer |
| obverse 17 | they are able to seize the bitumen |
| reverse 18' | Whoever in the future, at any time, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| reverse 6' | May the evil demon stand outside |
| reverse 23' | May his name and his seed disappear from the land. |
| obverse 23 | ... his hand(?)... he... |
| obverse 33 | ...... |
| obverse 10 | seven rams, evil rams |
| obverse 16 | he will be able to cross over the urra-vessel |
| obverse 21 | Their hands were set on fire by fire. |
| reverse 1' | ... house |
| obverse 18 | They stand at the ubtu-vessel. |
| obverse 1 | enuru priestess |
| obverse 19 | From the right to the left they sank. |
| obverse 20 | ... he brought down a man, the son of his divinity |
| reverse 8' | May the good lamassu stand with him |
| reverse 3' | May the evil ala-demon stand outside |
| reverse 9' | They shall be able to smite the good alad |
| obverse 32 | ... fell |
| obverse 28 | is dead, he eats |
| obverse 30 | ... fell |
| reverse 17' | They rejoiced over me, the eyes were full of scepter. |
| reverse 15' | Incantation: You are the one who... your bitter Asag curse. |
| reverse 4' | May the evil-doer stand outside |
| obverse 22 | They smashed his feet with fire. |
| obverse 3 | ... the evil ala drums of the street |
| reverse 19' | I wrote the word of Nabû (and) the sand dunes as many as there are. I wrote (and) collated it. |
| obverse 5 | the evil demon of the street... |
| obverse 24 | ... he made them stand(?) |
| obverse 31 | ... fell |
| reverse 10' | They shall be able to smite good things with me. |
| reverse 11' | May that man be holy, may he be pure, may he be purified... |
| obverse 29 | ... at night |
| reverse 2' | May the evil tongue stand outside |
| obverse 26 | A good food does not eat good water, good water does not eat good water |
| obverse 14 | seven..., evil demons |
| obverse 15 | they were seven in number from the river of the abzu |
| obverse 25 | ... the man, the son of his god, with a bitter illness |
| obverse 7 | to slaughter oxen |
| obverse 9 | herald of humanity |
| obverse 8 | sheep |
| obverse 6 | to destroy the people |
| obverse 27 | The one who does not dwell in the throne, the one who does not dwell in the throne |
| reverse 20' | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| reverse 13' | Wording of a siskur offering, a copy of a small pig |
| reverse 14' | Incantation: The evil udug creature of the sweet street, |
| reverse 12' | to his good hand, to his divinity, to return that man |
| reverse 22' | May Aur and Ninlil overthrow him in fierce rage. |
| obverse 11 | seven... evil |
| reverse 16' | The palace of Assurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, which Nabû and Nusku gave wide understanding |
| reverse 5' | May the evil ghost stand outside |
| obverse 4 | ... the evil alad demon in the street |
| reverse 21' | Whoever carries this tablet off or writes his name with my name, |
| obverse 12 | seven of them, evil alas, |
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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
- 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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