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K 04868 + K 09417 + K 12931 (P395758)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04868 + K 09417 + K 12931 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395758 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 22 | They said......... |
| reverse 4 | Ditto by Enki, Ninki, Enmul, Ninmul, Enlu, NinLU, Enar and Ninar |
| obverse 3' | The extispicy of Itar..... |
| reverse 16 | Seal of the Apsu, seal of Eridu, not to touch...... |
| obverse 4' | With the incantation of Ea, the warrior, and the utterance of Asalluhi, the exorcist of the gods, son of Ea, the princes, I made the temple fitting for the ground. |
| obverse 6' | ... by the oath of the great gods |
| reverse 13 | the guardian of Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse 17' | anything evil, anything unfavourable, of the house of the uu-priest to the gate? |
| reverse 21 | Incantation:... lord not |
| obverse 5' | The water of... is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 2' | arru-uur and Latarak have gathered in the halo |
| reverse 15 | ............... |
| obverse 9' | the mighty ukurtu-reeds of Ningizida, the throne of the wide earth, |
| obverse 13' | the holy messengers of Tipak and Nergal |
| obverse 8' | the great beams of Ea, lord of Eridu |
| obverse 16' | You do not perform an evil deed..., you return... to the gate. |
| reverse 10 | I have called out to you. The beams of the Apsu of Ea, the lord of Eridu |
| reverse 17 | The mighty uida reed of Ningiida, the throne of the wide earth, cannot be changed(?) |
| obverse 14' | au of Ium, the scepter of Ningirim, lady of the incantation. |
| obverse 15' | The pure house of Nisaba, the dwelling of the Apsu of Eridu |
| reverse 19 | Incantation: I am not a novice. The work of Ea and Asalluhi... |
| reverse 5 | Endukuga, Nindukuga, Enutila, Ninutila, Enmearra and Ninmearra |
| obverse 12' | The kidinnu-house of En- |
| reverse 14 | Do not... him, do not... him, do not... him, |
| reverse 6 | Enamaya and Enlil |
| reverse 7 | I have sworn to you. |
| obverse 10' | Bring out a house, bring out a..., bring out a..., bring out a hargullu vessel |
| reverse 12 | I surrounded you with the meadows, canals, paths, and villages. |
| obverse 1' | Ninurta, guard |
| reverse 18 | May the king, foremost king, warrior Ninurta, son of Enlil |
| reverse 20 | Incantation: O Damu... the hero Ninurta, who does not have... |
| reverse 2 | he brought to you. The heavens, the earth and Anu, Antu, Ea and Ninlil |
| reverse 9 | I have sworn to you. A sealed document, a standing-place, a residence, and a cult center |
| obverse 7' | The Anuna, the pure gods |
| reverse 1 | (If) he is a..., he is a great..., an evil ghost, an evil ghost, a... of the house, to the gate(?) |
| obverse 11' | (If) they are covered in flour and tummû-seeds:. |
| reverse 8 | he brought to you, gold warriors and Nisaba |
| reverse 11 | I made you rejoice. Asalluhi, the scepter of evil, |
| reverse 3 | Ditto: Duri, Dari, Lahma, Lahama, Engur, Gara, Alala and Belili. |
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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