K 07664 + K 09302 + K 09494 (P397231)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07664 + K 09302 + K 09494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397231 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1'r 1'–r i' 1'r 1' | [(Oath on) the life of] E[a . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 2'2'–r i' 2'2' | [At] the head of so-and-so [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 3'3'–r i' 3'3' | The evil god and . [. . . ] |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 4'4'–r i' 4'4' | The evil demon, the al[û-demon . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 5'5'–r i' 5'5' | Lamashtu, Labat[su . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i' 6'6'–r i' 6'6' | To not return, to not approa[ch . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i' 7'7'–r i' 7'7' | (Oath on) the life of Ea, lord [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i' 8'8'–r i' 8'8' | He seizes your mouth . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i' 9'9'–r i' 9'9' | He sets out bread for you. Ea[t . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i' 10'10'–r i' 10'10' | Pure bread, ea[t . . .] |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i' 11'11'–r i' 11'11' | With . [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i' 12'12'–r i' 12'12' | (Oath on) the life of Shamash . [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i' 13'13'–r i' 13'13' | (Oath on) the life of (some deity) [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [13:14] r i' 14'14'–r i' 14'14' | To the lord, do not tru[st(?) ...] |
| Reverse Column i [19:20] r i' 20'20'–r i' 20'20' | The lilû-demon [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [20:21] r i' 21'21'–r i' 21'21' | Who to . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [21:22] r i' 22'22'–r i' 22'22' | You speak to [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [22:23] r i' 23'23'–r i' 23'23' | Like the dead [. . .] |
| Reverse Column i [23:24] r i' 24'24'–r i' 24'24' | Like (deity?) [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii' 19'19'–r ii' 19'19' | [. . .] . . . in front of the divine Torch. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii' 20'20'–r ii' 20'20' | [. . .] . . and you recite. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii' 21'21'–r ii' 21'21' | [. . .] greet [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii' 22'22'–r ii' 22'22' | Make [. . .] favorable [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii' 23'23'–r ii' 23'23' | Do [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii' 24'24'–r ii' 24'24' | Bid [Mar]duk [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 25'25'–r ii' 25'25' | [... when] you enter [. . .] |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 26'26'–r ii' 26'26' | [. . .] repel the breast of evil, |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii' 27'27'–r ii' 27'27' | [With you may] harmony [ent]er. |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii' 28'28'–r ii' 28'28' | [. . . well-b]eing [. . .]. (Ditto: With you may) dignity (enter). |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii' 29'29'–r ii' 29'29' | [. . .] (Ditto: With you may) fruitfulness (enter). |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii' 30'30'–r ii' 30'30' | [. . .] (Ditto: With you may) abundance (enter). |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii' 31'31'–r ii' 31'31' | [. . .] (Ditto: With you may) amity (enter). |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii' 32'32'–r ii' 32'32' | [. . .]. Calm do[wn. . . .]. Establish favor [. . .] you enter. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii' 33'33'–r ii' 33'33' | [For m]e, assign favor with Shamash and Marduk. |
| Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii' 34'34'–r ii' 34'34' | May the great gods make Marduk's heart [happy]. |
| Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii' 35'35'–r ii' 35'35' | May the name of the Lord, Marduk, endure forever for all. |
| Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii' 36'36'–r ii' 36'36' | Enter, O Divine Lamp. Establish good things. May good things be established with your word (lit. mouth). |
| Reverse Column ii [18:19] r ii' 37'37'–r ii' 37'37' | [. . .]. Greet the house you enter, O Nusku. |
| Reverse Column ii [19:20] r ii' 38'38'–r ii' 38'38' | When you have recited this, the sick man in front of the torch |
| Reverse Column ii [20:21] r ii' 39'39'–r ii' 39'39' | you stretch out, and thus you make him recite: |
| Reverse Column ii [21:22] r ii' 40'40'–r ii' 40'40' | [Incantation: O] Nusku, king of the night, who illuminates the darkness, |
| Reverse Column ii [22:23] r ii' 41'41'–r ii' 41'41' | [You stand] (in the sky) [at] night and observe the peop[le]. |
| Reverse Column ii [23:24] r ii' 42'42'–r ii' 42'42' | [. . .] is not given. |
| Reverse Column ii [24:25] r ii' 43'43'–r ii' 43'43' | [. . .] the lurking-demon, the evil god, |
| Reverse Column ii [25:26] r ii' 44'44'–r ii' 44'44' | [. . . hide themselves in cra]cks and crevices (lit. [in secre]t places and corners). |
| Reverse Column ii [26:27] r ii' 45'45'–r ii' 45'45' | [. . .] the utukku-demon, the evil one. |
| Reverse Column ii [27:28] r ii' 46'46'–r ii' 46'46' | [. . .] whose touch (is) death! |
| Reverse Column ii [28:29] r ii' 47'47'–r ii' 47'47' | [. . .] your divinity. |
| Reverse Column ii [29:30] r ii' 48'48'–r ii' 48'48' | [Est]ablish [. . .] for me! |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [ni-iš] {⸢d}e₂⸣-[a ...] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢SAG NENNI₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢DINGIR⸣ lem-na u ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | UDUG HUL a-⸢lu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 5' | {d}DIM₃.ME {d}⸢DIM₃⸣.[ME.A ...] | |
| 6' | ana NU GUR ana NU ⸢TE⸣{[e} ...] | |
| 7' | ni-iš {d}e₂-⸢a EN⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | KA-ku-nu DIB{bat} ⸢ṭub⸣-[...] | |
| 9' | NINDA GAR-ku-nu-ši a-ku-[ul ...] | |
| 10' | NINDA el-la a-⸢ku⸣-[ul ...] | |
| 11' | it-ti ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | ni-iš {d}UTU ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | ni-iš {d}⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | ana EN NU ⸢NIR⸣.[GAL₂ ...] | |
| 15' | ⸢x x ZI⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [...] | |
| 19' | ⸢iš-ta⸣-[...] | |
| 20' | LIL₂.LA₂ [...] | |
| 21' | ša₂ ana ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 22' | ta-tam-⸢mi⸣ [...] | |
| 23' | GIM UŠ₂ [...] | |
| 24' | GIM DINGIR [...] | |
| 25' | LA LA [...] | |
| 26' | LA LA [...] | |
| 27' | GIŠ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 19' | [...]-⸢x-x⸣-šu₂ ana IGI {d}IZI.GAR | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u ŠID{nu} | |
| 21' | [...] ku-ru-ub | |
| 22' | [...] ⸢du⸣-mi-iq | |
| 23' | [...] ⸢e⸣-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 24' | [... {d}AMAR].UTU ⸢bi-il⸣ | |
| 25' | [... ina e]-⸢re⸣-bi-ka | |
| 26' | [...] ⸢GABA⸣ lem-ni si-kip | |
| 27' | [it-ti-ka KU₄]+{ba} mit-gu-ru | |
| 28' | [... šul]-mu MIN ba-aš-tu₄ | |
| 29' | [...] ⸢MIN⸣ nu-uh-šu | |
| 30' | [...] ⸢MIN⸣ he₂-gal₂-lu₄ | |
| 31' | [...] ⸢MIN⸣ sa-li-mu | |
| 32' | [...] ⸢šup-ši⸣-[ih ...] ⸢ter⸣-ru-bu SIG₅ šu-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 33' | [ia-a]-⸢ši a-na {d⸣}UTU u {⸢d}AMAR.UTU ana SIG₅⸣{ti₃} pi-iq-dan-ni | |
| 34' | [ṭu₂]-⸢ub⸣ lib₃-bi {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ li-pu-uš | |
| 35' | ⸢zi⸣-kir EN {d}AMAR.UTU ana kiš-ša₂-⸢ti⸣ lu da-ri | |
| 36' | ⸢er⸣-ba nu-ru šu-kun ba-ni-tu₂ ina pi-ka liš-ša₂-⸢kin⸣ SIG₅{tu₄} | |
| 37' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ E₂ te-ru-bu ku-ru-ub {d}NUSKA | |
| 38' | ⸢GIM⸣ an-nam ŠID{u₂} {lu₂}GIG ana IGI {d}IZI.GAR | |
| 39' | ⸢ta⸣-tar-ra-aṣ-ma ki-a-am tu-šam-na-šu | |
| 40' | [EN₂ {d]}⸢NUSKA⸣ LUGAL GE₆ mu-na-mer ⸢uk-li⸣ | |
| 41' | [GUB{az} ina] ⸢mu-ši UN⸣-[MEŠ] ⸢ta-bar-ri⸣ | |
| 42' | [...] ⸢ul⸣ SUM{in} | |
| 43' | [...] ⸢MAŠKIM₂⸣ DINGIR lem-nu | |
| 44' | [... im-me-du pu-uz]-⸢ra⸣ u ša₂-ha-tu₂ | |
| 45' | [...] u₂-tuk-ku lem-na | |
| 46' | [...] ⸢TAG⸣{su} UŠ₂ | |
| 47' | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣{ut}ka | |
| 48' | [... šu]-⸢kun UGU-MU⸣ | |
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