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K 05161 (P395918)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395918 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation |
| 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 8' | the one who enters the temple |
| obverse 2' | ... he will go to his... |
| obverse 14' | ... you recite... |
| reverse 9' | .... that man will enter. |
| reverse 13' | ... U/shâ, who... the people. |
| reverse 22' | ... the culmination of the moon was like a snare of a ghost's house. The snare which was present in the middle of the night |
| obverse 9' | ... went |
| obverse 8' | ... they will raise a claim over the earth. |
| reverse 16' | ... the man who... his feet |
| obverse 3' | who raises the fierce eye |
| reverse 10' | May your face be established for you |
| obverse 11' | ... of the city I built for him. |
| reverse 6' | ... will enter... |
| reverse 11' | You do not place... in your presence. |
| obverse 5' | ... they made him stand before him. |
| obverse 12' | ... have been released. |
| reverse 12' | may a person not be praised(?) |
| reverse 5' | ... the one who... the incantation... |
| reverse 15' | the... of the bolt |
| obverse 6' | king of the four world quarters, strong king, king of the radiance |
| obverse 7' | ... the midst of the heart |
| reverse 7' | .... your... may you enter. |
| reverse 17' | who goes |
| reverse 14' | ... and of... |
| reverse 20' | to the father and mother |
| obverse 15' | You take his people to the rest. |
| reverse 1' | ... true... |
| obverse 1' | If he does not have a rival |
| obverse 17' | .............................. |
| reverse 21' | the young woman of the house, the young woman, be a..., that which is to be..., |
| reverse 23' | be it a slave of the house, a boatman or a slave of the steppe |
| obverse 13' | When he hews(?) a scepter |
| obverse 4' | ... they have sworn. |
| reverse 3' | ...... the city in its place... |
| reverse 18' | may he return to him. |
| reverse 19' | may he return to him. |
| obverse 10' | ... his... a radiance. |
| obverse 16' | ... its bricks piled up |
| reverse 4' | ... the Tutu |
| obverse 18' | the great saggish priestess |
| reverse 2' | to its place |
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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