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K 05919 (P396260)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05919 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396260 |
| 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? col 1' 6' | like a bird, you return to your midst. |
| reverse? col 2' 2' | ... wood |
| reverse? col 1' 7' | Ekur,..., Eumea |
| reverse? col 1' 10' | May he remove you from his body... |
| reverse? col 1' 4' | May the deeds of you be our..., may it return to you. |
| reverse? col 2' 1' | .......... |
| reverse? col 1' 1' | May evil not approach him; may evil not approach him; may evil not approach him. |
| reverse? col 1' 5' | Just as an ox reaches your belly, the reed of the ram to your father. |
| reverse? col 1' 8' | In the house of Ninurta, whatever evil is to be brought in |
| reverse? col 1' 3' | 'Let me purify, let me purify, and let me... the work.' |
| reverse? col 1' 2' | (If) he is ill with his body |
| reverse? col 1' 9' | ... the shakin-prayer, your shakin-prayer. |
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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