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K 04639 + K 15432 (P395676)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04639 + K 15432 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395676 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu |
| 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 14 | (As for) ditto, the name of the creation of life |
| obverse 3 | by Nintinuga the great mother |
| obverse 15 | by Tunenintusaga, the exalted vizier of the Egalmah |
| obverse 5 | to Babu, the one who sat on the throne of life and the bitter heart |
| obverse 17 | flax, famine, famine |
| obverse 7 | by Damu, the cut off man |
| reverse 4' | They rejoiced. The eyewitnesses |
| obverse 27 | may the word of Enki be resplendent |
| obverse 9 | for Gunura, the overseer of the land |
| obverse 26 | May he slay him in his hand. |
| obverse 22 | ... curse, sin, famine, or any evil deed. |
| reverse 6' | which among the kings who came before me |
| obverse 20 | ... the one who strikes enemies,..., the one who strikes enemies,... |
| obverse 24 | May he overthrow him in the great... |
| obverse 25 | they shall erase his sin. |
| reverse 7' | anything else he did not know, |
| obverse 16 | (and) ditto, the exalted vizier who is inside the Ekallamah |
| obverse 6 | (and) ditto, the one who loves my life, |
| obverse 29 | may Damgalnuna be straightened. |
| reverse 5' | Nisiq, the scribe. |
| obverse 23 | may his great gifts be presented to him. |
| obverse 10 | ditto, overseer of the land |
| obverse 18 | (If) he is a lion: ditto. Ditto. You recite the incantation ditto. |
| obverse 21 | When he constantly seeks out a place of joy, who rejoices in his mind |
| obverse 19 | the Igigigu, the Asag demon, the child of Lugalura |
| obverse 12 | ditto, heir of Ekur |
| obverse 1 | by Nininsina, the mother of the land |
| obverse 28 | the word of Ea may he write. |
| obverse 13 | by Amaualbi the great mother |
| obverse 30 | May Amkina restore it. |
| obverse 4 | ditto, thus the black-headed people |
| obverse 11 | by Amau-ma, the agrig of the Ekur temple |
| obverse 31 | It is the responsibility of Asar-alimnuna, the first-born son of Abzu, to be praised. |
| obverse 8 | (If) ditto that of the iranu-demon they will guard. |
| obverse 2 | Ningarakka(?) the mother |
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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