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K 03661 (P395157)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03661 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395157 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | DIŠ NA lu ŠA₃-šu₂ lu [...] | If a man, either his hand or |
| 3' | ŠA₃.MEŠ-šu₂ MU₂.⸢MU₂⸣ [...] | His hands (are) a šumû-demon |
| 4' | u BUN₂-šu₂ it-⸢ta⸣ [...] | and his excrement ... |
| 5' | A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.DA₃ ⸢ŠIKA⸣ [...] | A.GAR, MASDA, ešika-e23-plant |
| 6' | ina KAŠ ta-la-[aš ...] | You libate in beer ... |
| 7' | ka-la ⸢UZU⸣ [...] | all the meat |
| 8' | NU pa-tan ⸢NAG⸣ [...] | Without (the permission of) E-NAG-e-23 |
| 9' | KA A.AB.⸢BA⸣ [...] | The mouth of the Apsu |
| 10' | x x x [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢ina IGI {d}UTU tu-sa₂-az-za-az⸣ {[u₂}tar-muš ina KA-šu₂ {u₂}IGI-20 | You set up in front of Šamaš a tarmus plant. In his mouth you sprinkle imhur-ešra-plant. |
| 2' | ina GUB₃-šu₂ KAŠ ina ZAG-šu₂ tu-ša₃-⸢aš⸣-[ša-šu₂ ina {d}UTU.E₃.A] {d}UTU.E₃.A] | On his left you pour beer on his right. On Šamaš-ea, Ṣalam-Ea |
| 3' | ina UGU {na₄}AD.BAR iz-za-az-ma A ⸢ka⸣-[ṣu-ti BAL-qi₂] | On top of the agate he stands and you libate water from the eka’ešbûtu-house. |
| 4' | ana IGI {d}UTU ka-am i-qab-bi {d}UTU ina a-⸢ṣe-ka⸣ [A ka-ṣu-ti lim-hu-ru-ka] | In the presence of Šamaš he says: May the sun in your womb (and) the son of the storm accept you. |
| 5' | DINGIR.MEŠ ša KUR lik-ru-bu-ka {d}UTU {⸢u₂⸣}[tar-muš ina KA-ia] | May the gods of the land bless you, Šamaš, (and) Etarmus in my mouth. |
| 6' | {u₂}im-hur-aš-ra ina GUB₃-ia {d}SIRIS ⸢pa-ši⸣-[ru ina 15ia na-ša-ku] | Imḫur-ašra-plant in my left (hand) is Sîn's. It is planted on my right (hand). |
| 7' | ina UGU {na₄}AD.BAR KUR el-li ⸢az⸣-za-az-ku {⸢d⸣}[UTU ša₂ (ana) ia-a-ši] | On top of the stone of the pure mountain, the azazku-vessel of Šamaš, which to me |
| 8' | A₂ HUL-ti iz-zi-za ⸢kiš-pi⸣ ru-he-e ⸢ru⸣-[še-e (NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ) DU₃-ša₂] | He stands on the side of evil. He performs ekišpi-plant, ruḫê-plant (and) eruše-plant. |
| 9' | is-hu-ra lu NITA lu ⸢MUNUS lu UŠ₂ lu TI⸣.[LA ki-ma {giš}ŠINIG ZI] | “(If) a man or a woman, whether long or short: he will recover like tamarisk. |
| 10' | ana aš-ri-šu₂ a-a i-tur 3⸢šu₂⸣ [i-qab-bi]-⸢ma⸣ [...] | May he not return to his place. He will say to me “May it not come back to me’ |
| 11' | ⸢GIG⸣-ka aš₂-⸢haṭ tu⸣-ša₂-aq-ba ki-x-[...] | (Sum) You are the one who screams at your temple (Akk) Your temple is the one that shouts at you(?) |
| 12' | A ša ŠU-šu₂ ⸢i⸣-[leq]-⸢qe₂⸣ u₃ KAŠ x [...] | son of Hand of E’elqê and beer |
| 13' | {u₂}tar-⸢muš⸣ [ina] ⸢KA⸣-šu₂ {u₂}⸢im-hur⸣-[aš-ra ina GUB₃-šu₂ (...)] | Atar-mušu-ēde in his temple, Imḫura in his left (hand) |
| 14' | ša UGU {giš}x [(x)] ⸢GAR⸣-ma i-na NE {giš}⸢GIR₂⸣ [tu-qat-tar ...] | that on top of the ...-tree and in the month of Abu, the ešēpi guardian(?) you will praise |
| 15' | DU₈-ma ⸢TUG₂-su u-na⸣-kar til-li-šu₂ [...] | He releases his ešû-demon, he removes his tillītu-disease |
| 16' | TUG₂ ša-⸢nam-ma za⸣-ka-a [...] | (Sum) You are the one who ... garments for me(?) (Akk) The garment that you are, your garment(?) |
| 17' | DIŠ NA ⸢ELLAG₂-su GU₇⸣-šu₂ lu ŠU.⸢DINGIR⸣ [... lu ŠU.GIDIM ...] DAB-su | If a man's kidney hurts him either by Hand of a God ... or Hand of Ghost ... seized him |
| 18' | DUB.8.KAM₂⸣ [DIŠ NA] ⸢SAG⸣ ŠA₃-šu₂ na-ši | 8th tablet of 'If a man's head is taken away'. |
| 19' | [E₂.GAL {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ŠU₂ MAN KUR] ⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣{ki} | Palace of Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King [of the Lands, king of Assyria] |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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