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CT 17, pl. 30, K 3518 (P395060)
CANONICAL; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Alan niŋ saŋ ila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 30, K 3518 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395060 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Alan niŋ saŋ ila |
| 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 13 | The fate of a man who has come to an end(?) |
| reverse 5' | white wool, white wool, black wool |
| obverse 11 | who does not have a hand, does not have a knife, does not have a man like a black eagle |
| obverse 10 | Whom an oath is like an oath is like an oath, |
| reverse 3' | he fashioned his statue |
| reverse 7' | the flesh of a tavern shall return. |
| obverse 15 | he binds the jigi-en-gina |
| obverse 14 | he has become ill like a pig. |
| obverse 2 | 'the evil curse of the land, like a curse, will seize him.' |
| reverse 1' | to look at Asalluhi |
| reverse 18' | Your greatness is unrivaled. |
| reverse 15' | Incantation: "The evil udug creature of the steppe... |
| reverse 4' | Its image is black and.... |
| obverse 7 | as if it were an evil fate, he had it brought. |
| reverse 10' | May his evil udug prayer stand outside |
| obverse 9 | as if it were a namtar demon who had sinned against the man |
| reverse 14' | Incantation formula: The statue of awe-inspiring splendor |
| reverse 16' | He is capable of performing the ritual... |
| reverse 11' | utukku-offering> of his body |
| obverse 20 | He will not be sated in the evening. |
| obverse 12 | The one who does not have a hand, the one who goes at night |
| obverse 18 | Ilashu, like a dog, has grown up. |
| obverse 19 | The bed of the night did not sleep |
| reverse 2' | he smote from the Abzu. |
| obverse 8 | Whom an evil man has afflicted, |
| reverse 12' | May his word of evil-doings be set aside |
| reverse 8' | the incantation of Enki entrusted |
| obverse 6 | The one who in the morning, like a zaqiqi-demon, constantly seeks out |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Namtar, evildoer, all of it, like fire, |
| reverse 13' | May he stand in battle with him in a bitter rage. |
| obverse 16 | his creation he made bow down. |
| reverse 17' | Tablet of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, who to Nabû is assiduous |
| obverse 3 | as if he were the Asag demon of a man |
| reverse 9' | before ama he set his eyes upon him. |
| obverse 17 | he made it shine like a long-haired eagle |
| reverse 6' | (a kind of profession)... in the middle of... |
| obverse 5 | The fate of the plain was carried off. |
| obverse 4 | who, like the asakku-demon, has sinned against a man |
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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