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K 03270 + K 07829 + K 08151 (P394909)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Zuburudabeda, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03270 + K 07829 + K 08151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394909 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Zuburudabeda |
| 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 col 4 13' | When you are to... to Ninkilim |
| obverse col 1 2' | For the god |
| reverse col 4 27' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his son or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| reverse col 3 6' | The ai-il, the potter of the land |
| reverse col 4 21' | Incantation: Ninkilim. Incantation: O Ninkilim. Incantation: Oath in the ground, creator of everything. |
| reverse col 3 29' | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to the enemy. |
| reverse col 3 28' | By the command of Ninurta, foremost in the Ekur |
| obverse col 1 5' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 18' | The great dogs of Ninkilim |
| reverse col 4 9' | ...... the upper and lower fields |
| reverse col 4 26' | They rejoiced, the eyes(?) were full of joy, the scepter of the scribal art |
| reverse col 3 20' | The hairû-demons of their mouth, the flood, |
| reverse col 4 10' | If he...s barley, silver... he carries, he will pay back one share. |
| reverse col 4 14' | when the Old Man rises |
| reverse col 3 48' | a flood whose mouth is a flood, |
| reverse col 3 23' | their hands, the capture of their hands |
| reverse col 3 52' | I seized their hand and took their hands. |
| reverse col 4 1' | By the command of Adad, king of abundance |
| reverse col 4 11' | You set up a censer of honey and butter. |
| reverse col 3 41' | before Marduk, Adad, Ninurta, the great gods |
| obverse col 1 4' | captured(?) |
| reverse col 4 22' | It is the second tablet (of the series). |
| reverse col 3 45' | Who... Marduk |
| reverse col 3 1' | By the command of Ninurta, foremost in the Ekur |
| reverse col 4 29' | I wrote, collated, and collated it on tablets. |
| reverse col 3 8' | the seller of the goods to...... |
| reverse col 3 4' | Great strength... |
| reverse col 4 6' | You are your first-fruits offerings. |
| reverse col 4 31' | The king of the gods will not listen to his prayers. |
| reverse col 4 33' | may Ashur and Ninlil overthrow him fiercely, and |
| reverse col 3 24' | For the ruin of the heavens,... |
| obverse col 1 3' | he... |
| reverse col 3 3' | Incantation: (If) he sees a storm, he will die. |
| reverse col 4 8' | Its ritual: The 'farmer'... will live and if he strews the field |
| reverse col 3 15' | Nisannu, silver, gold, |
| reverse col 4 24' | who trusts in Aur and Ninlil |
| reverse col 4 4' | Incantation: O Tutu'ana, the hoe, |
| reverse col 3 10' | Son of Enlil, most exalted |
| reverse col 4 32' | Whoever carries this tablet off or writes his name with my name, |
| reverse col 4 19' | Like this, the farmer is suitable for Ninkilim |
| reverse col 3 5' | he..., he..., |
| reverse col 3 25' | their destinies... |
| reverse col 3 13' | before Marduk, Adad, Ninurta, the great gods |
| reverse col 3 17' | A good weapon, a itu-demon, |
| reverse col 4 23' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse col 4 7' | Wording of a name on the field of ulî |
| reverse col 3 11' | I, the incantation priest of Anu and Asalluhi, come to you. |
| reverse col 4 20' | The aipu-official is good for Ninkilim. |
| reverse col 3 42' | I spoke to you, the utterance of your divinity, |
| reverse col 4 5' | The great dogs of Ninkilim |
| reverse col 4 17' | by Ninkilim in the first place |
| reverse col 3 47' | The great lions of Ninkilim |
| reverse col 4 30' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| reverse col 3 39' | I, the exorcist of Anu and Asalluhi, am with you. |
| reverse col 3 44' | Its ritual: gold(?) |
| reverse col 4 2' | By the command of Ninurta, foremost in the Ekur |
| reverse col 4 25' | which Nabû and ama gave wide understanding |
| reverse col 3 46' | a good thing, a good thing to me, |
| reverse col 4 15' | (If) he does not eat bread, his head will be loosened. |
| reverse col 4 0 | By the command of Marduk, the lord who engendered me |
| reverse col 4 12' | (If) the throne of Ninkilim does not stand in the middle of the 'finger' and he will die. |
| reverse col 4 34' | May his name (and) his seed disappear from the land. |
| reverse col 3 50' | On the field in the threshing floor is a reed hut |
| reverse col 3 16' | who traverses the Euphrates, destroys the riu-tree |
| reverse col 4 28' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| reverse col 3 9' | Great mountain range and(?) |
| reverse col 3 2' | Incantation formula: uillakku-prayer to the horns |
| reverse col 3 12' | On the day that your brother is satisfied, he will give you a pure offering, a pure offering, and you will see your face. |
| reverse col 3 40' | At the time of your brother, you libate pure beer, sacrificial sheep, and gold in your presence. |
| reverse col 3 7' | The shepherd, the radiance of GIR3 |
| reverse col 4 18' | Your dogs are frightened and you are frightened. |
| reverse col 3 14' | I spoke to you, the utterance of your divinity, |
| reverse col 4 3' | Wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Amurru. |
| reverse col 3 54' | ... their hearts... |
| reverse col 3 43' | Its ritual: silver(?) |
| reverse col 3 22' | ... their lords |
| reverse col 4 16' | (If) his breast is small and weak |
| reverse col 3 27' | By the command of Adad, king of abundance |
| reverse col 3 49' | The slander of their mouth is a flood. |
| reverse col 3 19' | “Enter, whose mouth is a flood, |
| reverse col 3 53' | For the rejoicing of the heavens... |
| reverse col 3 26' | By the command of Marduk, the lord who engendered me |
| reverse col 3 51' | ... their hearts... |
| reverse col 3 30' | Incantation: O Amurru... |
| reverse col 3 21' | On the field of the Agar, this is a reed |
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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