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MC 24, no. 235 (P395737)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 235 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395737 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; 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 col 1 6' | a torch, a torch, a torch, a torch, |
| obverse col 1 1' | he looked at him |
| obverse col 1 2' | he smashed(?) |
| obverse col 1 5' | The 'increment' is the 'increment' of the heart. |
| obverse col 2 16' | Ea, at your command, created mankind |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... of Ammaki, you strew flesh. |
| obverse col 2 2' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 16' | heir of Damu and Gula |
| obverse col 2 22' | The uhhanu-disease is as if it were my case. |
| obverse col 1 12' | Do not turn back to your yoke! |
| obverse col 2 19' | I want to speak; incantation: |
| obverse col 1 13' | As if it were a liar, it was a liar, it was a liar. |
| obverse col 2 5' | ... may they afflict you with a curse. |
| obverse col 2 28' | he approached heaven, he did not... barley. |
| obverse col 2 12' | he seized the heart of the nakku-demon, the seat of his heart he made secure. |
| obverse col 2 27' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint... |
| obverse col 2 6' | ...... in the halo |
| obverse col 1 14' | reed of the warriors, lord, to the heavens of Anu |
| obverse col 2 10' | May Ea reconcile with you. |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... will hear your prayer. |
| obverse col 1 18 | Incantation: "If fire, fire, mehû, fire in the middle." |
| obverse col 1 8' | May Asalluhi send you. |
| obverse col 2 4' | ... you wipe clean. |
| obverse col 2 9' | ... may.. bless you. |
| obverse col 2 20' | I saw the storm, I saw the storm. |
| obverse col 2 11' | Incantation: "It is fire, it is fire, it has seized the man." |
| obverse col 2 23' | Incantation: O Blet-il, king of the four world quarters. |
| obverse col 2 26' | ... fire(?)... |
| obverse col 1 19 | From the work of my hand he went out and |
| obverse col 2 18' | By your great command, you are the one who listens to them. |
| obverse col 2 15' | Belet-ili went before Ea, king |
| obverse col 1 20 | May he not stand before the mountain. |
| obverse col 1 4' | Incantation: "Ishtum and Ishtum |
| obverse col 1 9' | O Anu, your father, O Antu, your mother! |
| obverse col 2 7' | ... a ram in the street. |
| obverse col 2 25' | ... angry, angry, angry,..., |
| obverse col 1 11' | reed of a pigeon in your audience |
| obverse col 2 13' | I made secure the foundations of the heavens. |
| obverse col 1 3' | May he live and live |
| obverse col 2 21' | His eyes are like a lion |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... like a snake in your asurru |
| obverse col 2 24' | Incantation: O fierce fire,... fire, |
| obverse col 2 14' | he became frightened and Belet-ili became frightened. |
| obverse col 1 17 | Written by Ningirim, mistress of the work |
| obverse col 2 29' | He went up to the heavens and he did not... |
| obverse col 2 17' | You sit down and, in the midst of the Apsu, you strew their clay. |
| obverse col 1 7' | 'and you have been snatched up, you have not been snatched up.' |
| obverse col 1 15' | the work or the work of Ea and Asalluhi |
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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