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JNES 15, 149 (P395353)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Lipšur litany, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JNES 15, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395353 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Lipšur litany |
| 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 col 2 15 | the upper sea, the lower sea... |
| obverse col 2 14 | May pure gods be established with them. |
| reverse 1' | ... the tablet(?) |
| obverse col 1 19 | May the land ana overthrow the land of Sumer. |
| obverse col 1 3 | May the land prosper! May the land of Adad |
| obverse col 2 18 | May his evil-doer, his evil-doer, be released. |
| obverse col 1 11 | (and) the land Arandu may he overthrow. |
| obverse col 1 16 | the land of the rain, lipur, the land of his hoe |
| obverse col 1 10 | (and) the land Adilur may he overthrow, the land of threshing floor |
| obverse col 1 18 | May the land of the A'u overthrow the land of Sumer. |
| obverse col 1 7 | May Assyria overthrow the land of Erini |
| obverse col 2 4 | the Ulaya canal may he not open for a second time. |
| obverse col 2 6 | let the bird's canal irrigate. |
| obverse col 1 5 | May the land amnu overthrow Erini |
| obverse col 2 3 | The Mekalkal canal may he release, the one who saves life, |
| obverse col 1 4 | May the land of Bududug release, to Aya |
| obverse col 1 8 | May the land Sirara overthrow Erini |
| obverse col 2 8 | May the canal Ninisina be restored. |
| obverse col 2 10 | May the egal canal release, may the canal bring abundance. |
| reverse 2' | ... I |
| obverse col 2 7 | may the snake's canal irrigate |
| obverse col 2 16 | Acceptance.... |
| obverse col 1 9 | May Labnanu overthrow the land of arrn |
| obverse col 1 14 | the land of Dabar, lipur, (and) the land of arrn |
| obverse col 2 12 | The canals, the tru-vessels, the reeds, and the forest are irrigated. |
| obverse col 2 2 | the Daban canal may Aur, the canal manager of Tipak |
| obverse col 2 17 | To the angry (personal) goddess, the angry (personal) goddess, |
| obverse col 1 6 | May the land of abur release, the land of Erini |
| obverse col 1 17 | The land will be destroyed, his hoe will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 1 | the Duran canal may the mother of the canals |
| obverse col 1 13 | the land of dibar, lipur, the land of a large tree |
| obverse col 2 5 | May the fish eat the canal. |
| obverse col 1 2 | May the enemy overthrow the land, dwelling of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 20 | May he overthrow the mountain, destroy the land. |
| obverse col 2 13 | a bowl of kalû-beer, a bowl of ghee |
| obverse col 1 1 | May the rebellious land overthrow Enlil |
| obverse col 1 12 | (and) the land of dikurru (and) the land of Takarin |
| obverse col 2 9 | The Tutu canal may he release. The canal Marduk |
| obverse col 1 15 | (and) the land of Ingina may he restore. |
| obverse col 2 19 | ...... |
| obverse col 2 11 | the ama canal |
| obverse col 1 21 | May the land of Arallu overthrow the gold land |
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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