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K 02559 (P394512)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02559 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394512 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1 | ... stands(?) |
| reverse 2 | ... watch |
| obverse 17' | Let me bring the fish to the Apsu. |
| reverse 13 | ... the four, the bird of Marduk seizes |
| obverse 18' | ... his body |
| obverse 7' | ... he smote |
| reverse 7 | ... his... will not return behind him. |
| obverse 13' | ... he made |
| obverse 10' | ... their.. |
| reverse 20 | ... Nergal(?) |
| reverse 17 | ... speak to Nergal |
| obverse 9' | ... you bind... |
| obverse 6' | ... ghee to the Apsu |
| reverse 9 | ... they placed them. |
| reverse 14 | The... bird is favourable to Marduk and |
| obverse 15' | ...... ditto, ditto. |
| reverse 8 | his... in the leather bag of the royal extispicy |
| reverse 19 | Let me bring back the fish to the Apsu. |
| obverse 1' | ... my decision |
| reverse 6 | ... may... be as bright as the sky. |
| obverse 4' | Its ritual:... you sweep. |
| reverse 4 | May he bring bird(s) to the heavens |
| reverse 15 | ... mntu(?) illness |
| obverse 5' | ... of mihha, you libate wine. |
| reverse 11 | ......: he will seize a pig on them. |
| obverse 14' | ... clay... |
| obverse 12' | ... you take... |
| reverse 16 | ....... I am the evil of his enemy. |
| reverse 3 | ... into the hand of ama |
| obverse 11' | ... their |
| obverse 16' | ... gave |
| reverse 12 | ... you set up..., you libate first-rate beer. |
| reverse 5 | ...... which in his body |
| obverse 8' | It is favourable... 3 times and |
| reverse 10 | You set up a censer of juniper. Nusku, king of the night, |
| reverse 18 | .... may he make................................ may he make his name |
| obverse 3' | Let me sing your praises |
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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