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BA 05, 706 (P395896)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 706 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395896 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 3? 20' | Who is the evildoer? |
| col 3? 14' | May the life of the great gods be established for you. |
| col 3? 12' | the doorkeeper of the house, with bitumen and baked brick, |
| col 3? 13' | The doorjamb of the house has been loosened, it has been loosened. |
| col 3? 19' | who brings out the evil ala drums |
| col 3? 5' | to the... of the temple that does not stand(?) |
| col 3? 11' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Nabû-sharru-ushur or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against..., |
| col 3? 1' | ...... |
| col 3? 17' | to bring out the evil ram |
| col 3? 7' | etub barley, mu barley, emmer, emmer, emmer, big emmer, neck stock, neck stock |
| col 3? 9' | (If) ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, a woman? ditto, you do not return to your place. |
| col 3? 3' | from the pure |
| col 3? 8' | May he not return it to your rear. |
| col 3? 18' | The evil oath is a curse. |
| col 3? 15' | May the great gods praise you! |
| col 3? 4' | ........................ |
| col 3? 6' | In the... of the house not to raise you |
| col 3? 10' | From the fine flour of the house he shall bring it to you. |
| col 3? 2' | ... your |
| col 3? 16' | the incantation of evil coming out |
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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