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CT 17, pl. 09-11, K 2770 (P394665)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Asaggiga, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 09-11, K 2770 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394665 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11 | ... did not..., its city did not pass by |
| obverse 7 | The alzu-limmu tree spreads its branches like a tree |
| reverse 8' | May his name and his offspring disappear from the land. |
| obverse 16 | ......... |
| obverse 14 | ... him |
| reverse 0 | They rejoiced over me, the eyes were full of scribal art. |
| obverse 15 | ...... may he do. |
| obverse 2 | I appoint a prostitute to a man like a shiru-demon, and |
| obverse 8 | ... like a tinnu-sheep, he restored it to its place. |
| reverse 3' | I wrote, collated, and checked it on a tablet. |
| reverse 2' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| obverse 12 | ... did not return? |
| obverse 17 | ... reed |
| obverse 13 | ...... did not seize |
| reverse 7' | may Aur and Ninlil overthrow him with fierce rage. |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Asag, he made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 4 | ... he struck, and his body he threw. |
| obverse 3 | he..., and its sati(?) he washed. |
| obverse 18 | ... he will stand. |
| obverse 5 | ... he smote its neck. |
| reverse 6' | Whoever breaks the contract or writes his name with my name, |
| reverse 5' | Its ritual: you do not obey. |
| obverse 10 | ... his mouth has changed to the west; he is not good. |
| reverse 1' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, |
| obverse 6 | ... his... he fell, but he did not pay attention. |
| obverse 9 | into his mouth he entered, but he did not drink water from it |
| reverse 4' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
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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