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AfO 18, 288 pl. 13 (P394963)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 18, 288 pl. 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394963 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢DUḪ.LAL₃⸣ | ... ēru-tree |
| 1 | šum-ma LU₂ ⸢kiš⸣-[pi ...] | If a man's sandal |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ŠUB⸣-di | ... the ešub-vessel |
| 2 | lu-u NU.MEŠ-šu₂ ana gul-⸢gul⸣-[li₃ ...] | or his offspring to destroy |
| 3 | lu-u NU.MEŠ-šu₂ ina KI-⸢tim⸣ [...] | or his offspring in the midst of the netherworld |
| 3' | [... tu-na-aḫ-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣-ti | ... you have smeared |
| 4' | [... ta]-⸢na⸣-suk | ... you will harness for him. |
| 4 | lu-u ina NINDA.ḪI.A šu-⸢kul⸣ [...] | or with a šu'ekullu-bread |
| 5 | ⸢lu⸣-u ina šu-bu-⸢la⸣-[ti ...] | The elû-demon in my hand |
| 6 | ⸢kiš-pi⸣ [...] | The ekišpu-plant |
| 5' | [...] {⸢tug₂⸣}GU₂.⸢E₃⸣ [...] ⸢ŠID⸣-nu | ... a turban |
| 6' | ⸢kiš⸣-pi [... TE].⸢MEŠ⸣-u gir₂ | (If) a lizard approaches a house: a knife. |
| 7' | ⸢EN₂⸣ aš₂-ḫu-⸢uṭ⸣ [MIN] MIN ... | Incantation: “Ašḫuṭu-e23 |
| 8' | ⸢im⸣-ṭi₂-ia ⸢ta⸣-[ni-ḫi-ia u ta]-⸢di⸣-ra-ti-ia | my limbs, my legs, and my knees |
| 9' | ⸢uʾ₃⸣-a a-a mim-⸢ma⸣ [... SA].⸢MEŠ⸣-MU GAL₂-u₂ | May my (personal) god not be able to comprehend (this)! |
| 10' | ⸢ina⸣ muḫ-ḫi-⸢ku⸣-[nu aš₂]-ḫu-uṭ | I have plundered the e’ina-e23 plants |
| 11' | ⸢aš₂⸣-ḫu-uṭ ⸢ša₂⸣ [SU-MU ina] ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫi-ku-nu | My body in the ešuḫuṭu plant |
| 12' | ⸢aš₂⸣-ḫu-uṭ ⸢ša₂⸣ [UZU.MEŠ-MU ina] ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫi-ku-nu | I have strewn my flesh in the mukḫu-vessel. |
| 13' | aš₂-ḫu-uṭ ša₂ ⸢SA.MEŠ-MU ina⸣ muḫ-ḫi-ku-nu | As for the one who removes my inscriptions from you |
| 14' | ⸢aš₂⸣-ḫu-uṭ ša₂ meš-re-⸢ti⸣-[ia₅] ina muḫ-ḫi-ku-nu | “Aš-eḫuṭ (means) of Mešrātiya on your account |
| 15' | ⸢EN₂⸣ {d}UTU an-nu-tum e-piš-u₂-a | Incantation: O Šamaš, these are my deeds |
| 16' | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ an-nu-tum muš-te-piš-u₂-a | “Šamaš, this is what I have done. |
| 17' | [... kaš]-⸢šap⸣-ia u kaš-šap-ti-ia | my beer and my beer |
| 18' | [... e-piš]-⸢ia⸣ u e-piš-ti-ia | ... my sorcery and sorceries |
| 19' | [... ra-ḫi]-⸢ia⸣ u ra-ḫi-ti-ia | ... of my raḫbītu-priestess and of my heroism |
| 20' | [...] u NIN ik-ki-ia | ... and the lady seized me. |
| 21' | [...] u NIN ṣer-ri-ia | ... and the lady of my north |
| 22' | [...] ⸢u⸣ NIN ri-di-ia | ... the lady who loves me |
| 23' | [...] NIN di-ni-ia | ... my case |
| 24' | [...] NIN INIM-ia | ..., my lady, my word |
| 25' | [...] ⸢NIN⸣ DU₁₁.DU₁₁-ia | ... the lady who speaks to me |
| 26' | [...] ⸢NIN⸣ INIM.GAR-ia | ... my word |
| 27' | [...] ⸢NIN⸣ ḪUL-ti-ia | ... my evil witch |
| 28' | [...] ⸢GAZ⸣-ia | ... my Egaš temple |
| 29' | [... u₂]-ša₂-as-ḫi-ra | ... he shall remove |
| 30' | [...] ⸢iq⸣-bu-u | ... they say |
| 31' | [...] ⸢iq⸣-bu-u | ... they say |
| 32' | [... NU.MEŠ]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ | ..., the nušunu-priests |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... iš-ru]-⸢pu⸣ | ... he smote |
| 2' | [... iq-lu]-⸢u₂⸣ | Iqlû-ē23 |
| 3' | [... iq-lu]-u₂ | ... they slaughtered |
| 4' | [... iq-lu]-u₂ | ... they slaughtered |
| 5' | [... it-mi₃]-⸢ru⸣ | ... came forth. |
| 6' | [... u₂-tam-mi₃]-⸢ru⸣ | ... he made appear. |
| 7' | [... it-mi₃]-ru | ... they saw |
| 8' | [...]-x-ḫu | ...-ḫbu |
| 9' | [... u₂-še-ri]-du | ... they brought down |
| 10' | [... u₂-la]-⸢ʾi⸣-bu | ... they will leave. |
| 11' | [... {id₂]}ḫu-bur ; [u₂-še-bi]-ru | ... the Euphrates they brought in. |
| 12' | [... uš-x]-⸢du⸣-u₂ | ... weeps |
| 13' | [...] BAL-u₂ | ... will change. |
| 14' | [...]-ru | ...-ru |
| 15' | [...]-ku | ...-ku |
| 16' | [... u₂-šal-pi]-tu | “... the reedbeds |
| 17' | [... ip-qi₂]-⸢du⸣ | ... he appointed. |
| 18' | [... it-mi₃]-⸢ru⸣ | ... came forth. |
| 19' | [... it-mi₃]-⸢ru⸣ | ... came forth. |
| 20' | [...]-x-u₂ | ...-u |
| 21' | [... it]-⸢mi₃⸣-ru | ... he entered. |
| 22' | {[d}UTU ...] ⸢at⸣-ta | Šamaš, from the E-at-E- |
| 23' | [...] ⸢at⸣-ta-ma | ... from the east |
| 24' | [DI].KU₅ {⸢d}a⸣-[nun-na-ki muš]-⸢ta⸣-lum | Judge of the Enunnaki, the muštālum |
| 25' | {[d]}UTU ša₂ kaš-šap-ia u kaš-⸢šap⸣-[ti-ia ...] ⸢muš⸣-te-⸢piš⸣-ti-ia | May Šamaš, who my beer and my beer ... my emušēte’s beer |
| 26' | ⸢kiš-pu⸣-šu₂-nu ru-ḫu-šu₂-nu ru-⸢su⸣-[šu₂-nu ḪUL].⸢MEŠ⸣ NU DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣.MEŠ | Their ritual assemblages, their ruḫušu-shapes and their reed huts are evil (and) not good |
| 27' | lib-bal-kit-šu₂-nu-ti a-na ⸢muḫ⸣-[ḫi-šu₂-nu ...] ⸢la⸣-ni-šu₂-nu lil-⸢li⸣-ku | May they rebel against them. To their emuḫb-vessels ... may they be able to elude them. |
| 28' | {⸢d}UTU⸣ {d}gira₂ tap-pu-ka ⸢li⸣-tal-lil A₂{⸢ii⸣}[a]-a | Šamaš, Gira, your companion, elī-etallil, my companion |
| 29' | {⸢d}UTU⸣ {d}gira₂ qa-mu-u₂ liq-mi-šu₂-⸢nu-ti⸣ | May Šamaš, Gira, (and all) the gods of heaven and earth bless them. |
| 30' | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ lik-kel-me-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ liš-ru-up-šu₂-⸢nu-ti⸣ | May Egira bless them, may Gira greatly bless them. |
| 31' | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ liš-ḫar-miṭ-su-nu-ti {d}gira₂ li-⸢ṣar⸣-rip-šu₂-[nu]-⸢ti⸣ | May Gira release them, may Gira let them release them. |
| 32' | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ li-kab-bi-ib-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ag-giš ⸢UGU⸣-šu₂-[nu lil]-⸢si⸣ | May Egira’e make them weak. May Gira, the agish-priestess, make them strong. |
| 33' | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ ZI-šu₂-nu GIM A.MEŠ lit-[bu]-⸢uk⸣ | May Egirae kill them like water. |
| 34' | {⸢d}gira₂⸣ ana kur-nu-gi₄-a li-še-rid-⸢su⸣-[nu]-⸢ti⸣ | may Gira return to Kurnugia. |
| 35' | {⸢d⸣}gira₂ mu-nam-mer uk-li ek-le-ti pa-ni-šu₂ [x x] x | “Egira, who lights up the darkened darkness, his face |
| 36' | {d}gira₂ ana {d}nam-tar SUKKAL KI-tim lip-⸢qid⸣-[su-nu]-⸢ti⸣ | May Gira entrust them to Namtar, the vizier of the netherworld. |
| 37' | {d}UTU ša₂ kiš-pi ru-ḫe-e ru-se-e up-ša₂-še-e ⸢ḪUL⸣.[MEŠ īpušūni] | Šamaš, who has performed witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations against me |
| 38' | DINGIR LUGAL IDIM NUN ne₂-kel-⸢mu⸣-[in]-⸢ni⸣ | May god, king, nobleman, prince, never abandon him. |
| 39' | KI DINGIR u {d}15 u₂-ze-nu-in-ni u₂-⸢lam⸣-[mi-nu-in]-⸢ni⸣ | When god and Ištar swore against me, I made them swear against me. |
| 40' | ina E₂ ṣal-tu₂ ina SILA pu-uḫ₂-pu-uḫ-ḫu ⸢iš⸣-[ku-nu-nim-ma] | In a house of rebellion, in a street, you are torn apart, and |
| 41' | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-tu₂ ZU-u₂ DINGIR a-a-um-ma NU ZU-u₂ at-⸢ta⸣-[ma ... ZU]-⸢u₂⸣ | Your great divinity knows it, no god knows it. You know it and you know it. |
| 42' | ša {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU ša e-⸢piš⸣-[ia₅ ...] | Of my enemy, of my enemy |
| 43' | ša ra-ḫi-ia u ra-ḫi-ti-ia kiš-pi-šu₂-nu ina KI.TA-ka ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | The witchcraft of my raḫbītu and my rapḥbitu are on your lower thigh. |
| 44' | a-na ša₂-šu-nu ⸢li⸣-[ba-ru-šu₂-nu-ti] | to them, eli-ebarušunuti |
| 45' | {⸢d⸣}UTU U₄-ka ez-zu lik-⸢šu⸣-[ud-su-nu-ti] | May Ea and Šamaš make them angry on your day. |
| 46' | [...] {⸢dug⸣}UTUL₂ ḫu-bu-⸢su⸣-[nu]-⸢ti GIM ti⸣-nuri [...] | ... a large bowl filled with sulphur like the Tīnuri-plant |
| 47' | [li]-⸢ḫu⸣-lu [li]-⸢zu⸣-bu [...] | May they rise up high, may they rise high |
| 48' | [na]-⸢piš⸣-ta-šu₂-nu [...] ⸢A⸣.MEŠ [na-a-di liq]-⸢ti⸣ | Their extispicies ... the ēšu-priests ... may he pass. |
| 49' | [šu]-⸢nu⸣ li-mu-tu-⸢ma ana⸣-[ku lub]-⸢luṭ⸣ | May they be released, so that I may be pure. |
| 50' | [šu]-⸢nu⸣ li-ni-šu₂-ma ⸢ana⸣-[ku ...] | May he be his friend, and may I be my friend |
| 51' | [šu]-⸢nu⸣ lik-ta-su-ma ⸢ana⸣-[ku ...] | May he speak to him, so that I may speak . |
| 52' | [šu]-⸢nu⸣ li-ṣab-tu-ma ⸢ana⸣-[ku ...] | May he speak to me, so that I may speak to you |
| 53' | [... qi₂-bi]-⸢ti⸣-ka ṣir-ti ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | ... your command, the intercession of ... |
| 54' | [... an]-ni-ka ki-nim ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | ... your firm affirmation |
| 55' | [...] ⸢IR₃-ka⸣ | ... of the courtyard |
| 56' | [...] ⸢lu⸣-uš-lim-ma nar₃-bi-ka lu-ša₂-pi ⸢da₃⸣-[li₂-li₂-ka] | ... Elû-eušlima, may I proclaim your greatness (and) praise your glory! |
| 57' | a-⸢na⸣ [UN].⸢MEŠ⸣ ṣal-mat SAG.DU [...] | “Alas, the people, the rebellion, the captivity of |
| 58' | {d}[UTU ... a-ši]-⸢pu⸣-ti ša₂ ABGAL DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | Šamaš, the sage of the gods, |
| 59' | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA ...] ša₂ kiš-pi ma-aʾ-⸢du⸣-[ti ...] | Incantation formula: ... of witchcraft, awe-inspiring . |
| 60' | NIGIN-ma ⸢DAB⸣ [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ [ru]-⸢ḫe-e DU₃⸣-[ša₂ ...] | It is surrounded by a ēšû-tree and ... the ru’eḫbe—it is built . |
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