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K 04918 + K 05004 + K 05029 + K 05125 + K 05145 + K 05233 + K 05275 + K 05342 + K 06046 + K 08417 + K 13426 + K 13519 + K 13556 + K 17835 + K 21847 (P395788)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04918 + K 05004 + K 05029 + K 05125 + K 05145 + K 05233 + K 05275 + K 05342 + K 06046 + K 08417 + K 13426 + K 13519 + K 13556 + K 17835 + K 21847 |
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| ID | P395788 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 19 | who rises with evil deeds |
| obverse 25 | by the hand of Urnunsia the evildoer |
| obverse 3 | to the Ilum-rugu, the one who carries out the cold |
| obverse 5 | by Asalluhi, the lord who loves his heart’s desire, |
| obverse 11 | Asar-alim-nuna, I give you long-lasting life! |
| reverse 22 | In their hands may my utterances be heard. |
| obverse 27 | The holy Lamatu priestess of the holy lu’erimma priestess(?) |
| obverse 6 | Marduk, merciful shepherd, who restores the dead, |
| reverse 20 | May they overthrow you in a evil wrath. |
| obverse 16 | Marduk, who in his holy libation libates in a ruu-vessel |
| obverse 17 | by azu, the vizier of the enemy |
| reverse 23 | they will return your... to its place. |
| reverse 8 | ... the sattu-disease,... |
| reverse 35 | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, |
| obverse 20 | Marduk, who restores the wrath of evil |
| obverse 10 | Marduk, whose hand is furious |
| reverse 25 | They shall make your mouth sweet with bread |
| reverse 14 | Establish a favorable destiny for ulak, rule over the heavens! |
| obverse 14 | Marduk, who in his work is frightened |
| reverse 24 | May your creations return to its place. |
| obverse 31 | the great wisdom of the Abzu, fitting thing |
| reverse 6 | ... the one who cleanses the ground, ditto....,..., |
| obverse 26 | (If) ditto he is a frightened man... |
| obverse 7 | by the command of Asar |
| obverse 13 | to Marduk for his iibbni ritual he raised up. |
| reverse 31 | Incantation: O evil ram lying in the steppe. |
| obverse 23 | for Nane, to.... |
| reverse 37 | I wrote, collated, and checked it. |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Enki, lord of life, |
| reverse 29 | may they bring him to his good hand, for the life of his god. |
| reverse 11 | whose hands are adorned with bright sunlight, |
| reverse 26 | May water and water be released from your mouth. |
| reverse 5 | my head bitter, my head bitter |
| reverse 21 | they shall erase his sin. |
| obverse 24 | Ditto, whose hand...... |
| obverse 4 | the god Itar, the one who removes radiance |
| obverse 18 | Marduk, lord of the enemies, |
| reverse 38 | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| obverse 9 | by Asar-alim the joy of the hireling |
| obverse 29 | Apsu, his mouth |
| obverse 2 | Ea, lord of the creation of life |
| reverse 3 | of Ningirim, the lady of the agubba shrine |
| obverse 12 | Marduk, the one who gives life, |
| obverse 30 | Papsukkal, who by his command |
| reverse 7 | provider of the grass that has been planted(?) |
| reverse 16 | I have heard the news of the illness, as much as there is, |
| obverse 19 | by Enbilulu, the evil-doer who has engendered me |
| reverse 2 | (As for) Usmû, who gives advice and advice, |
| reverse 9 | Azud, year: “The plant of the eda-flour.” |
| reverse 10 | ... the ekurtu-offerings of the hurbashu-festival are plentiful. |
| reverse 13 | ... of the udug reeds that Lugal-ura gave to you |
| obverse 15 | In the presence of Tutu, I will release its holy songs. |
| reverse 28 | In the course of the life, may he stand and stand. |
| reverse 1 | who perfects the wisdom ofara |
| reverse 4 | Ditto, mistress of the agubbû-priests, pure |
| reverse 27 | In order to stand at your feet at the place of life |
| obverse 8 | Marduk, who loves his life, is well. |
| reverse 17 | The snake eating meat is present in the body of a man |
| reverse 33 | which Nabu (and) Nusku gave great wisdom, |
| obverse 28 | O Muallim, who makes the enemy rejoice |
| reverse 34 | They rejoiced over you, the eyes were full of scepter. |
| obverse 32 | ......... |
| reverse 32 | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, governor of Assyria. |
| reverse 15 | that the udug and ghost’s reeds should be there for you |
| obverse 22 | (If) ditto, who strews in the hand of Namtaru |
| reverse 18 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, |
| reverse 36 | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| reverse 30 | May the good omens of your divinity be presented to you for well-being and happiness. |
| reverse 12 | May my sins, my supplications, and my supplication be removed. |
| obverse 21 | by Abta and Namtar |
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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