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K 06057 + K 07928 + K 07954 + 1882-05-22, 0539 + 1882-03-23, 0047 + 1883-01-18, 0506 (P396340)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06057 + K 07928 + K 07954 + 1882-05-22, 0539 + 1882-03-23, 0047 + 1883-01-18, 0506 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396340 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 9' | (If) they become ill with reeds: |
| reverse col 3 13' | many...... |
| obverse col 1 22 | the abnu-official, the adi-ahzu-official |
| obverse col 1 13 | May the god Sîn, the warrior |
| obverse col 2 41 | Incantation: “They have not yet come out!” Incantation: Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse col 1 10 | Be satisfied, O Ninurta! |
| reverse col 3 4' | When he sees the samanu-demon, his samanu-demon, the samanu-demon, the samanu-demon, the incantation priest, |
| obverse col 2 22 | May... not come close to you... |
| obverse col 2 11 | May he be as high as the sky... |
| obverse col 1 1 | Incantation: It is very good that their name does not know. |
| reverse col 3 18' | The water of my body |
| reverse col 3 3' | According to the wording of a gazelle, a reed-bed he will die. |
| reverse col 3 6' | and anything evil that seized me, |
| obverse col 2 4 | I saw... |
| obverse col 1 4 | Now Ea, my lord |
| obverse col 1 12 | You recite the incantation 'Let your bow...'. |
| reverse col 3 7' | Now Asalluhi is his helper for the life |
| reverse col 3 5' | a perfume ingredient, a perfume ingredient, a perfume ingredient |
| obverse col 2 3 | ... famine |
| obverse col 1 5 | or your life |
| obverse col 1 24 | they are frightened...... |
| obverse col 2 40 | ...... may he return. |
| obverse col 1 17 | a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, |
| obverse col 2 38 | ... his feet are swollen and they are frightened. |
| obverse col 2 44 | ... his...., the awe-inspiring, |
| obverse col 2 16 | he sat down, and... |
| obverse col 2 34 | ... I surrounded, like a flood |
| reverse col 3 19' | like... and reed(?) |
| obverse col 1 20 | He is a girgishu-demon, a makadu-demon |
| obverse col 1 23 | The curse (related to) putting in order (against) the saau-demon |
| obverse col 2 15 | Incantation: O pure.... |
| reverse col 3 15' | uani like a case |
| obverse col 2 45 | ...... there is |
| obverse col 2 2 | ... barley |
| obverse col 1 8 | Asalluhi, the builder of Eridu, |
| reverse col 3 1' | ... Gula... |
| obverse col 2 18 | before and |
| obverse col 1 7 | or your utterance that you have entrusted |
| reverse col 3 24' | Incantation: Damu and Gula. |
| obverse col 1 21 | May he be a li'bu-demon, a li'bu-demon, a samanu-demon, |
| obverse col 2 29 | Incantation: When Anu became angry with the heavens |
| obverse col 2 32 | Gula, the azugalatu priest(ess) |
| obverse col 2 14 | Tutu, Ningirim |
| obverse col 1 9 | the powerful prince of Ea, I |
| obverse col 2 9 | May ama in his cella |
| reverse col 3 16' | in his mouth...... |
| obverse col 1 14 | May he establish a well-being in my body. |
| reverse col 3 28' | Incantation: "....... |
| obverse col 2 43 | ...... said: "He is a thief." |
| obverse col 2 28 | They swore, and I called out to me. |
| obverse col 1 18 | lion?, sahsahhu-disease, sheep and goats, |
| obverse col 2 19 | I saw him and... |
| obverse col 2 33 | no one knows their name. |
| reverse col 3 11' | You did not sit in front of him, did not dwell in his flesh. |
| obverse col 2 6 | ... a flood, a flood... |
| reverse col 3 17' | like water...... |
| obverse col 2 42 | Incantation:..., alternatively, it is yellow-green. |
| obverse col 2 17 | like work |
| obverse col 2 26 | Incantation: Ea and Asalluhi. |
| reverse col 3 2' | 'The liar is smashed, and the illness is swollen... |
| obverse col 2 35 | ... like a lightning |
| obverse col 2 37 | ......... as if it were true |
| obverse col 2 30 | who determines the fates of the land |
| reverse col 3 14' | has been seized...... |
| obverse col 2 39 | ............ |
| obverse col 1 25 | slaughter...... |
| obverse col 2 46 | ...... he does not have... at the gate and the gate |
| reverse col 3 21' | ... like a flood... |
| obverse col 2 5 | The young man... |
| obverse col 1 16 | The sick one, the sick one, the sick one, |
| obverse col 1 2 | ... many of them did not know. |
| reverse col 3 8' | Gula has sworn by the hands of her utterance. |
| obverse col 1 6 | or your hands, |
| obverse col 2 12 | Incantation: They will not give birth to one another. |
| obverse col 2 1 | ...... |
| obverse col 1 19 | the one who dwells in the abode, the abode, the abode, |
| obverse col 2 20 | ... pure... |
| reverse col 3 20' | Like a snare of locusts, the land has wailed |
| obverse col 2 24 | ... like a flood may he pluck up... |
| reverse col 3 25' | Incantation: O mongoose....... |
| obverse col 1 15 | before the omen of Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse col 2 8 | who does not have... |
| obverse col 2 31 | ... great...... |
| obverse col 2 27 | Incantation: O Damu and Gula. |
| reverse col 3 23' | Incantation: 'He has not bowed down.' |
| reverse col 3 12' | You should not enter and in his veins |
| obverse col 2 25 | Like the water of a migrû-vessel,... I.SI.SA.M |
| obverse col 2 7 | ... the best of the divine powers,... |
| reverse col 3 22' | he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion...... |
| obverse col 2 21 | To humanity...... |
| obverse col 1 3 | They are very many. They did not know their (?) way. |
| reverse col 3 27' | They gave me, and I made a libation. |
| obverse col 2 23 | May he not approach you, may he not... be praised. |
| obverse col 2 36 | ... like a liar |
| obverse col 1 11 | The day and night they shall give you. |
| reverse col 3 26' | who spoke to the dead, |
| obverse col 2 10 | May he......... |
| obverse col 2 13 | Incantation: Damu and Gula... |
| reverse col 3 10' | I am Amdi-Kunui. |
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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