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BID pl. 5-6 (P395826)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BID pl. 5-6 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395826 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 29' | The ruhû-demon, the ruhû-demon, the ruû-demon, the evil-doer |
| reverse 14 | Asalluhi, son of Eridu, did not cast the incantation. |
| reverse 21 | he did not know a kid who had no scepter |
| obverse 19' | uu-disease of anything evil, anything unfavorable, |
| reverse 11 | He took (it) into the middle of the 'finger.' He smote the 'increment,' but he was not negligent. |
| reverse 9 | May ditto, ditto, give you gold in his hand. |
| obverse 31' | Wherever they are, may he revive the illness of his body. |
| reverse 1 | You recite this incantation three times. |
| obverse 9' | I, your servant, who gives me advice, |
| reverse 23 | Asalluhi, son of Eridug, did not let him enter. |
| obverse 27' | On this day I killed an Assyrian woman. |
| obverse 11' | I have sent you the exorcist before you. |
| obverse 28' | Anything evil, anything unfavorable, |
| obverse 1' | You set up a pure ritual assemblage, a censer of juniper, (and) a sweet fragrance. |
| obverse 25' | May Anu, Anu, Enlil, and Anu bless your great divinity! |
| reverse 12 | Kusu, the chief temple administrator of Enlil, eats his pure hands |
| reverse 24 | Ningirim, lady of the agubbû-vessel, he made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 5' | Aua, your heart, |
| obverse 26' | May the gods of heaven and earth rejoice in your heart. |
| reverse 8 | They gave him milk and milk of the uzga shepherd as his pure hand. |
| reverse 22 | He is a fugitive, he is a fugitive, he is a fugitive. |
| obverse 22' | When a sick man has recited this in front of Itar, |
| reverse 5 | For a second time and for the work, this illness will be good. |
| obverse 15' | May my illness be brought to me, may my nose be cut off. |
| obverse 13' | I have come to me. May I see the agubbû-vessel. |
| reverse 7 | The enzi-priestess, the slander that is in the midst of the oath of the shepherd ditto, |
| reverse 20 | May he take away the sin, the sin, the sin, the sin, and the sin. |
| obverse 14' | May Assyria be sated with compassion. |
| obverse 30' | May they stand before you, may they stand, may they stand, |
| reverse 10 | the skin of a female kid that has not mated from its heart |
| obverse 8' | I built a throne for the lubtu-offering of my forehead and my hem for the lubtu-offering. |
| reverse 13 | (If) ditto, ditto, may he bring gold into his hands. |
| obverse 20' | My illness, my lady, does not fear you. |
| reverse 19 | Incantation: Oil of the holy cow, oil of good oil,... |
| reverse 25 | It is the wording of a good oil (and) an agaru-flour. |
| obverse 24' | Incantation: O Itar, queen, great lady, may heaven and earth bless you. |
| reverse 4 | (If) the stone is surrounded by a lion's wine: he will become ill with a wolf's wine and he will experience (it) with a snake's eyes. |
| reverse 6 | Incantation: The yellow uzga creature, the holy cattlepen, the shepherd of Dumuzi, erected. |
| obverse 7' | and he received the evil... |
| obverse 23' | Incantation: O Itar, queen, great lady, three times appointed. |
| reverse 16 | Ningirim, lady of the agubbû-vessel, made it sweet for her |
| reverse 2 | You make a flour/incense-offering to her and enters the gate. You recite the incantation. |
| obverse 6' | Whom an oath the day before her is negligent, |
| obverse 16' | May he be sated, and may he be sated. |
| obverse 4' | I have sinned against you, I have sinned against you. |
| obverse 18' | (If) a illness in my body like a fox |
| obverse 10' | Your great divinity is Itar. |
| reverse 17 | (As for) ditto, lady of the standing-place, he brought him up, |
| reverse 15 | Marduk, son of Eridu, gave the instructions. |
| obverse 2' | I give you pure salt, may your divinity rejoice over you. |
| obverse 17' | May I be a liar, may I live. |
| reverse 3 | You strew a leather bag (for) a female kid in a... and you libate fine oil. |
| obverse 12' | With a censer of juniper, torch and kammanu-tree, |
| obverse 21' | Your servant, Itar, mistress of the lands, |
| reverse 18 | [It is the wording of a favorable omen] and a libation of a cubit of a female kid. |
| reverse 26 | When the incantation he had built from the pure wood |
| obverse 3' | I speak, I speak, I hear, I hear. |
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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