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CT 16, pl. 39, K 05179 (P395924)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 16, pl. 39, K 05179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395924 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 7' | may he not enter into the midst of the storm. |
| obverse col 1 13' | The evil will be kept away from the house; your eyesight... |
| reverse col 4 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... pure...... pure...... |
| obverse col 1 15' | You strew the barley of..., you strew it. At my arrival, you strew it from the threshing floor to the threshing floor. |
| obverse col 1 3' | the evil of..., the evil of a demon, the evil of a god, the evil of a bailiff |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... of Marduk, the incantation of the heavens and earth, |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... of the temple,... of the temple,... of the temple |
| obverse col 1 7' | the lamma protective spirit of the house has seized : the lamassu protective spirit of the house has seized |
| obverse col 1 6' | The gods of the house have given birth to the house. |
| reverse col 4 10' | You shall not return and you shall not return. |
| obverse col 1 20' | After he entered the house, he went to the street |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... a house(?) in... a house(?) in the street of a house does not touch him |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... sat together in the temple |
| reverse col 4 6' | may he not enter with him. |
| obverse col 1 18' | to the side of the street |
| reverse col 4 5' | You should not smite a censer with a censer. |
| obverse col 1 10' | The messengers of Asalluhi, the one who seized the incantations of heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 17' | You stand in my supplication, from the threshing floor... |
| obverse col 1 21' | ... who enters..... |
| obverse col 1 14' | when the udug(?) stood in the street, from the street to the street |
| obverse col 1 5' | from the... of evil to the foot of a DUDUa-demon |
| reverse col 4 12' | May the... of heaven and earth make you dwell in your abode. |
| reverse col 4 14' | Tablet 9 of the evil ram |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... city, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, |
| reverse col 4 2' | ..... do not abandon him. |
| obverse col 1 9' | .............. he will determine the great fates of the house. |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... the suqû-offering of the sun, the suqû-offering of the sun, the entry of the sun |
| obverse col 1 1' | I am the one who has sinned against you |
| reverse col 4 13' | Incantation: O lord, who gives birth to a child |
| obverse col 1 16' | When you stand by the udug(?), when you stand by the gumu(?), from the street to the street |
| reverse col 4 11' | he will be praised for you by Zi’ankida. |
| reverse col 4 9' | So that they do not return (to their places) |
| obverse col 1 12' | Your reed bundles that fall from the house are torn out, your breast is torn out. |
| reverse col 4 8' | You should not stand in agreement : you should not stand in agreement : |
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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