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CT 17, pl. 14, K 3128+ (P394822)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 14, K 3128+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394822 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš |
| 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 5' | he binds together 3 times |
| reverse 21' | who Nabu and Tashmetu gave greatness to him |
| reverse 11' | the head of a tiara he made secure |
| reverse 9' | the strength of Eridukuga |
| reverse 15' | May the good udug and good alad-flour stand with him. |
| reverse 19' | Month VII, eponym year of the palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 23' | which one of the kings who came before me |
| reverse 13' | May the udug-hul adolescent, the evil ala priest stand. |
| reverse 20' | who trusts in Aur and Ninlil |
| reverse 14' | May the evildoer, the evildoer, march at his side. |
| reverse 10' | he determined the fate of the city and |
| reverse 25' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| reverse 2' | ... your heart... may he take... and |
| reverse 6' | It is a perfect scepter, it is one report. |
| reverse 17' | Incantation formula: a a a a a a a |
| reverse 12' | It is a 'quarrel' in the middle of the street. |
| reverse 22' | They rejoiced. Witnesses: bright, scepter of scribal art. |
| reverse 18' | Incantation: I am well; you can be glad. |
| reverse 8' | It is a sealed document, as long as it is a sealed document, |
| reverse 24' | Anyone in the future who comes forward should not make any claim against this document. |
| reverse 3' | a lamb standing in a hem, a hem |
| reverse 1' | ... rams, reeds, and reeds |
| reverse 4' | he will recover. May he take away the debt of Hurapi, and |
| reverse 16' | May he establish good fortune and good fortune for him. |
| reverse 7' | 7 times three are two. |
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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