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BAM 7, 045 (P394428)
Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394428 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | u2#? [...] | ... plants(?) |
| 2' | ina x [...] | in ... |
| 3' | _DISZ na sig7# [... x]-szu2 | If a man is yellow-green: ... his ... |
| 4' | _{gesz}szu ku# [... x]-ma# | a hand ... and |
| 5' | _pa {gesz}nam-[tar ... ta]-sak3 | You pound ... namtar-wood |
| 6' | ina _{im}szu-[rin-na_ te-sek-ker ... _{szim}]buluh#_ | You crush (and) sieve with šurinnu-plant, buluḫ-aromatic |
| 7' | ina _sza3_ ra x [... x]-su | in ... his ... |
| 8' | _DISZ na_ masz-ka#-[x ... x]-a-bi_ | If a man ... ... |
| 9' | _gazi{sar} {gesz}szinig#_ [...] u5# | ... mustard, tamarisk ... oil |
| 10' | _suhusz {gesz}dih3 suhusz# [...] _gesztin#_ | foundation of a diḫu-tree, foundation of wine |
| 11' | _esir_ ina _nindu usz2-[x ... x]-as,# | You soak a bit of esir-wood in a piece of bread ... ... |
| 12' | _DISZ na_ masz-ka-da _dab#_-[su ...] | If a man is seized by gazelle droppings .... |
| 13' | _{u2}hab_ {gesz}bi-nu [...] | ḫašû-plant, tamarisk |
| 14' | _suhusz_ {gesz}szu-sze# [...] | the foundation of a cypress tree |
| 15' | tu-la-ap#-[pat ...] | You smear ... |
| 16' | _e11-a_ x [...] | came out ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x x | |
| 2' | _[ka-inim-ma]_ masz#-ka-du | Incantation for maszkadu-disease. |
| 3' | [...] la _szu-ti_ szum-ma _giri3 lu2_ sza2 1(u) 5(disz) | ... is not his. If the foot of a man who 15 |
| 4' | [...] _szu-ti_ szum-ma _giri3 lu2_ sza2 _gub3_ | ... he will receive. If the foot of a man who stands |
| 5' | _u2 nam-ti#-[la_ ...] _szu-ti ki sig2 {munus}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-zu_ | food for life ... hand, wool of a female kid that does not know a goat |
| 6' | _nu-nu en2 7(disz)-kam#? [szid]_-nu# ina _ur2_-szu2 _kesz2_-ma _ti_ la-at-ki | You recite the incantation 7 times, you tie it to his hips, and then he will recover. |
| 7' | _DISZ na_ masz-sil7-la2 _dab#_-su# _{u2}kur-gi-rin2-na sud2_ | If a man is seized by gazelle droppings: you pound kurgirinnu-plant |
| 8' | ina _i3-gesz szesz2-szesz2#_-su-ma _ti_ | you rub him repeatedly with oil, and then he will recover. |
| 9' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}eme#-zal-la2 buluh_ ina _i3 du10-ga szesz2_-su | If ditto: you anoint him with emesallu-plant, (and) he drinks it in good oil. |
| 10' | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}kur-ka-nam ina# _i3 szesz2_-su!(ME)-ma ina-esz | If DITTO, you anoint him with kurkanû-plant in oil, and then he will get better. |
| 11' | _en2_ masz-ka-du masz-ka-du# [man-za]-as#-su nar-ba-as-su | Incantation: “The maszkadu-demon is the mashkadu. Its armassu-disease is its narbassu. |
| 12' | man!(KUR)-za-az _ansze_ man-za-as-su# [...] x-ma _en ti-la en dingir_ | “If a donkey ... its position ... and the lord of life, the god, |
| 13' | iz-za-az e-li-szu [ir-ru]-ub# masz-ka-du | He stood up and entered over him. The maškadu priest |
| 14' | ar-ki bu-lim [lam] ik#-szu-du-nik-ka | After they had gathered the harvest, |
| 15' | _{na4}zu2_ u _gir2# szu#-i#_ [sza2 {d}gu]-la _tu6-en2_ | Zu stone and fingernail of Gula. Incantation formula. |
| 16' | _ka-inim#-[ma masz-ka]-da#-kam2_ | It is the wording of a maszkada prayer. |
| 17' | _kid3-kid3#-bi# sahar szub#_ [...] hu-szah ta-szab-ba-asz | Its ritual: you sweep the ground ... and bury the dust. |
| 18' | ana _sza3 na4# i3#-bur szub_-di en2_ ana _sza3 szid#_-nu#-[ma mu-qal] pi#-ti!(GI)# tu#-masz-sza2-'-szu2 | You cast the incantation into the inside of the stone, and then you recite the opening. |
| 19' | _en2_ lib-li {d}girra li-[nu-uh qab]-li# | Incantation: May the heart of Girra calm down the heart |
| 20' | ka-szu-usz-ta? li-s,i [sza2 _szu_-ka] _en2#_ | May the kasushtu-demon go out from your hand. Incantation formula. |
| 21' | _en2 en en2 umun ti-la {d}e2-a [lugal abzu]_ | Incantation: O lord, life of Ea, king of the Apsu |
| 22' | lid-di-ka ti-a-szu2 sza2 _ti-la {d}marduk masz-masz dingir-mesz_ [szi-pat _ti-la_ lid-di-ka] | May Marduk, the exorcist of the gods, decree the course of life for you. |
| 23' | _min ka-inim-ma_ masz-ka-du : _kid3-kid3-bi i3#-gesz#_ muq-qal-[pi-ti tu-masz-sza2-'a-szu2] | Ditto, the invocation for maszkadu-disease. : Its ritual: you anoint him with oil from a muqqalputu-vessel. |
| 24' | _DISZ na_ masz-ka-du _gig {u2}ukusz2-ti-gil-la_ [...] | If a man suffers from maškadu-disease, mucus (and) tiglātu-plant |
| 25' | _u2 babbar had2-ra2 sud2_ ina _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal# [...] | You pound white plant, you stir it into a paste in prime-quality beer ... |
| 26' | _DISZ ki#-[min_ ...] | If ditto: .... |
| 27' | _DISZ ki#-[min_ ...] | If ditto: .... |
| 28' | gesz [...] | ... tree |
| 29' | _DISZ_ [...] | If .... |
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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