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JNES 15, 149 (P394780)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Lipšur litany, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JNES 15, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394780 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Lipšur litany |
| 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 23 | ... may...................... may my evil be released. |
| obverse 26' | I am the one who does not make a decision, |
| obverse 21' | May he be able to(?)... a tamarisk for me |
| obverse 24' | May the street be seen in my body. |
| obverse 27' | May the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal art, the scribal |
| reverse 6 | Who makes these things good, who makes my faults great, |
| obverse 10' | The curse related to a cursed person's speech is placed in the meadow. |
| reverse 13 | These are my sins, my sins, which are like a robbery, and which are set against them. |
| reverse 3 | May it be written upon them, may it be recited, |
| obverse 15' | May the oath be released as if it were a waste land. |
| obverse 23' | ama, you are the judge of heaven and earth. |
| reverse 17 | You recite the incantation 'Let the haruspex come before me'. |
| reverse 22 | May my (personal) god (and) my (personal) goddess tear out my place (and) set my foot upon my feet. |
| reverse 5 | 'whether we will go up and down' |
| obverse 14' | The curse like a jar of a man's saliva: may it not return to his place. |
| obverse 19' | The curse like the sky, may it not return to its place. |
| obverse 11' | The oath is as unfavourable as the heart's desire. May the oath be as unfavourable as the heart's desire. |
| obverse 18' | The curse related to a date palm..., may it not return to its place. |
| obverse 16' | The curse (related to) silver (and) gold, (as if) it was a curse, (or) it was a curse, (or) it was a curse, |
| reverse 4 | May ama be in your presence, may he be negligent, may he be negligent, may he be negligent. |
| reverse 2 | The skin is shaved off, the garments are shaved off. |
| obverse 12' | May the oath be given as an answer. |
| reverse 16 | 'May our...s and our...s and our...s and our...s |
| obverse 7' | May a bird go out to the heavens. May a fish go out of the Apsu. |
| obverse 3' | If iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron (or) iron, |
| reverse 19 | ama, in your presence, may your case be favorable. |
| reverse 7 | May he see the fearless of his god and his goddess in my hands. |
| obverse 5' | (If) he is sick like a pig: he will not return to his place. |
| reverse 18 | All the men who establish the rites before me, |
| obverse 8' | The oath should be as clear as the sky. |
| obverse 6' | The curse like heaven and earth, may it not return to its place. |
| reverse 8 | Whoever carries (this tablet) off to his god, his goddess, has sinned, (or) has sinned |
| obverse 25' | (If) he is a suckling male equid, |
| reverse 10 | He made an unceasing one, unfavorable one in my mouth, and did not speak a word to me. |
| reverse 11 | I am an ox, I am an ox, I am an ox, I am an ox, I am an ox. |
| reverse 20 | My sins, my sins, my sins, my sins, my sins, my sins, my sins, |
| reverse 24 | ...... |
| obverse 22' | May the water of the pure river rip out my guilt. |
| obverse 2' | The curse (related to) silver (and) gold which he had fashioned from a mountain(?), may it not return to its place. |
| obverse 17' | The curse like a scorpion, may it not approach it, may it not approach it. |
| obverse 13' | May the curse be dissolved like dates. |
| reverse 12 | The awe-inspiring brilliance over her head is greatly diminished. |
| obverse 4' | If the water of the river is good, may it not return to its place. |
| obverse 1' | May my supplication be as clear as a supplication. |
| reverse 1 | (If) he is surrounded by a leather bag, he is a lioness |
| obverse 20' | The curse related to a bird's nest to the heavens may the curse be removed. |
| reverse 21 | My..., by your command, ama, I will die. |
| reverse 15 | If he is a thief, he is a thief, and he is a thief in the ground(?) |
| reverse 9 | I said, and he swore that he was not sold. |
| reverse 14 | [or] our..., |
| obverse 9' | The curse related to water, may it tear out in the body of the son of his god. |
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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