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K 02468 (P394452)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02468 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394452 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic |
| 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 20' | (If) a man's illness does not approach him: a curse. |
| obverse 8' | seeds of...-plant, seeds of |
| obverse 25' | ............... |
| obverse 31' | ........................ |
| reverse 4 | The man will destroy his house by the mouth of curses. |
| obverse 13' | a plant, a... plant |
| obverse 11' | (Possessor of) a sighing (and) a sighing (of) illness(?) |
| obverse 26' | ............ |
| reverse 3 | If there are snakes, an ox, a sheep, a donkey, a pig, a pig, a pig, and a satrap are present: they will be satisfied. |
| obverse 6' | illness, di'u-disease |
| obverse 4' | (If) he is stricken like a lion... in a lard.... |
| reverse 17 | This is what he said. At that time Alapa and the destruction of the people |
| reverse 11 | If he does not find out, he will recover. |
| reverse 24 | In the house of the prince |
| obverse 10' | In the water of the foundation of the pig's ewe,... to |
| reverse 16 | The god of this temple, who designs the evil god (and) the evil goddess, |
| reverse 12 | May this divine lord, the great gods, rejoice over you. |
| obverse 12' | The demons(?)... the dead(?) |
| obverse 22' | seeds of tamarisk, seeds of cypress, harlum-plant |
| reverse 25 | Incantation: ama, lord of the upper and lower regions(?) |
| reverse 5 | The oxen leather pouches of NIG-kalag, the ginnû-aromatic, the ginnû-aromatic, the ginnû-aromatic, he will perform. |
| reverse 2 | Incantation formula:.... |
| reverse 1 | ... a man... barley |
| obverse 29' | Incantation:............ |
| reverse 27 | Lord,... garment |
| obverse 24' | Incantation:............. |
| reverse 10 | You wipe clean the kamanatu-vessel, pour (it) in front of the riksu-vessel |
| obverse 21' | (If) he does not approach a man's house:... seed of juniper |
| reverse 22 | Concerning the property,... |
| reverse 26 | ... a decision concerning sin and famine... |
| obverse 16' | To(?) a man(?) that does not approach(?) |
| obverse 30' | ......... the sea... |
| reverse 8 | You pour (the mixture) into a libation bowl of 1 qû of mhu-flour and you take 3 kamanatu-flour. |
| obverse 2' | ... sick person... |
| reverse 20 | Its ritual: you pound in a thornbush... 7 which I set up. 7 of barley on top. |
| obverse 33' | Incantation: "Utanu, Utanu, Apsu, Utanu, Ilu-gi.gi. |
| reverse 13 | to me and the people is set up. |
| obverse 19' | To a man, he will not approach a man. |
| obverse 15' | ... sickness, di'u-disease......... evil does not approach him. |
| reverse 19 | If there are deaths... oxen and rams |
| obverse 7' | (If) he is ill, he is ill, he is ill... |
| reverse 6 | emerges: the sheep will not come out; it will not come out. |
| reverse 18 | You put (them) in a box of white and red wool and you put (them) on the neck of the people. |
| obverse 14' | Its ritual:... |
| obverse 5' | At the gate(?) which in |
| obverse 18' | ... until the day he guards him |
| obverse 17' | ... is covered in...: he will die and he will not approach a man. |
| obverse 9' | seeds of gipsum, seeds of zalû-plant |
| obverse 3' | Seed of hound's-tooth grass |
| obverse 27' | The oath of the god, the sagulhû-demon, the sick, the zaa...-demon, |
| reverse 7 | May he remove your fear and make the people rejoice like this. |
| reverse 23 | on the bank of the river on |
| reverse 15 | If... sheep..., he will set up a libation bowl. |
| obverse 28' | By the command of Asalluhi, may it not approach him, may it not approach him, may it not approach him. |
| reverse 28 | Incantation: ama |
| reverse 21 | You set up a dagkur-vessel... |
| obverse 32' | ... Asalluhi, may he not approach him, may he not approach him. |
| obverse 23' | (If) he does not approach the di'u-disease: he will recover. |
| reverse 9 | When you are to strew kalû-plant, you set up a kamanatu-plant and recite the incantation 'Ura': you recite the incantation 'Ura' and 'Ura'. |
| reverse 14 | This is what is said on that day: you make a sacrifice to the god of the temple. |
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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