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K 02467 + 1880-07-19, 0116 (P394451)
CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02467 + 1880-07-19, 0116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394451 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x ⸢la su⸣ x-[x-x] | ... the elalu-plant |
| 2' | [...] ⸢A₂⸣.MEŠ GISKIM.MEŠ NU ⸢DU₁₀⸣.[GA.MEŠ] | ... ēšu-plants, signs (and) not E’abu-egâms |
| 3' | [...] DINGIR pu-šu-ur₂ an-[ni] | ... of the god, the foundation of this |
| 4' | [...] ⸢pu⸣-ṭur iʾ-il-[ti] | “... the epūṭbur-plant, the ialilti-plant |
| 5' | [... ma-ma]-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ at-tam-mu-u kal u₄-[mi] | “... you are the one who sees all day |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ḪUL⸣.MEŠ ša₂ at-ta-ṭa-lu kal ⸢mu⸣-[ši] | ... ēšu-plant, which I love, all the emû-plants |
| 7' | [... {lu₂]}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU.MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.⸢MU⸣ | “... a man and a woman |
| 8' | [...] ⸢ru⸣-ḫe-šu₂-nu ḪUL.⸢MEŠ⸣ | ... their ešû-plants are destroyed |
| 9' | [...] ⸢U₄⸣.NA₂.AM₃ ina IGI {d}30 u {⸢d⸣}[UTU] | ... ešūtu-festival in front of Sîn and E23 |
| 10' | [...] ⸢KU₃⸣.SI₂₂ lu-⸢bi⸣-[ib] | ... eškû-plant, let me plant |
| 11' | [pa-ni lit]-⸢tan⸣-bi-iṭ-ma TI.LA ⸢lu⸣-mur ⸢TU₆⸣ [EN₂] | May his face be pacified to me, and may he live!” E-lu-e-mur E-TU-E Incantation formula. |
| 12' | [EN₂ ak-tab-sa]-ka ša₂-ad-da-ak-ka {giš}⸢ŠINIG⸣ | Incantation: “I have smashed you, I have crushed you, tamarisk |
| 13' | [... {u₂]}⸢IN⸣.NU.UŠ {giš}ŠA₃.⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ | ēšāru-plant, ṣumlalû-plant |
| 14' | [... ta]-⸢ni⸣-ḫi-ia ta-di-ra-ti-[ia] | ... my supplications, my prayer(s) |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | u₄-mu ⸢ITI⸣ [MU.AN.NA ...] | On the day of the month of Nisannu, the year |
| 2 | KIMIN ... ša₂ ⸢ir⸣-[ru-bu-nim TI].⸢LA⸣ [... TU₆ EN₂] | Ditto: ... of errûnu-plant, he will recover. ... Incantation formula. |
| 3 | EN₂ DU₃-uš {⸢d⸣}[e₂]-⸢a⸣ ip-⸢šur {d⸣}[e₂-a] | Incantation: O Ea, who created Ea |
| 4 | pa-ṭar lum-ni ⸢šup-šu⸣-uḫ uz-[zu] | The evil one, the evildoer, the uzzu-demon |
| 5 | pa-sa-su ki-⸢ṣir⸣ [...] ⸢ša₂⸣-kan dum-qi₂ {d}DIŠ it-⸢ti⸣-[ka-ma] | The ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual of the ki-ešībi temple ... the e-kan temple, the well-being of Enlil, is with you. |
| 6 | {giš}⸢ŠINIG⸣ [...] lu-u₂ pa-aš₂-ra-⸢an⸣-[ni] | May ēšû-juniper(?) be his substitute |
| 7 | [...] lu-u₂ pa-as-sa-⸢an⸣-[ni] | ... may he be his supplication |
| 8 | [... ar]-⸢nu⸣ šer₃-tu₂ gil₂-la-tu₂ ḫi-ṭi-[tu₂] | (Sum) ..., the scepter of good fortune, the cursed one(?) (Akk) The ... of the arenu-priestess, the terrible curse, the evil one |
| 9 | [... SU].⸢MU⸣ li-is-su-ḫu DINGIR.MEŠ [...] | May the gods remove ... from my body |
| 10 | [EN₂ at-tu-nu A.MEŠ ša₂] ⸢DU⸣.DU-ka kal KUR.⸢KUR⸣ | Incantation: “You are the water of your ēdu-vessel, all the lands |
| 11 | [(ša₂) ta-at-ta-nab-lak]-⸢ka⸣-ta kal KUR.[MEŠ-ni] | You are the one who keeps watch over all of the lands. |
| 12 | [tu-ḫap-pa-a ka-ra] ⸢tu⸣-šab-bi-ra {giš}[MA₂] | “You are the one who opens the door of the boat. |
| 13 | [A.MEŠ ID₂ ālikūti A.MEŠ {id₂]}⸢IDIGNA⸣ u {id₂}⸢BURANUN⸣{ki} | the waters of the Euphrates River, the water of the Tigris River and the Ēštu River |
| 14 | [A.MEŠ a-ab-ba ta-ma]-⸢ti⸣ ra-[pa-aš₂-ti] | the waters of the sea, the vast sea |
| 15 | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x-x [x-x-x-(x)] | |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | [... x]-ni | ... his ... |
| 2 | [...] KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 3 | [...] KIMIN | ... ditto |
| 4 | [... x]-⸢pa⸣-a-ti | ... my ... |
| 5 | [...] x-tu-um-ma | ... ... and |
| 6 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣ u LUGAL | ... god and king |
| 7 | [...] ⸢EN⸣ a-ma-ti-ia | ... my words |
| 8 | [...] ⸢pa⸣-ni-ia | ... my supplication |
| 9 | [...] x-x | |
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
- 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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