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K 08107 (P397493)
CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Ušburruda, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08107 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397493 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Ušburruda |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] kur₂-kur₂ in-ak | ... changed |
| 2 | [... a-qal]-⸢li⸣ nak-ri a-da-ki | ... the enemy I have killed. |
| 3 | [...] {d}gibil₆ šub-ba-gim | ... Gibil is the one in charge |
| 4 | [... a-paq]-⸢qid⸣ ana {d}gibil₆ a-paq-qid | I entrusted (it) to Gibil. |
| 5 | [...] ... zi-ku₅-ru-da-an gur-ra | ... returned the ziggurat |
| 6 | [... zi-ku₅-ru-de]-e-a ana zi-ku₅-ru-de-šu₂ GUR | ... to turn back to its (original) position |
| 7 | [inim {d}en-ki {d}asal]-⸢lu₂⸣-ḫi-me-en ina a-mat {d}e₂-a {d}(AMAR.UTU) TU₆ EN₂ | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫi by the command of Ea and Marduk. Incantation formula. |
| 8 | [KA.INIM.MA] ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-a ana DU₃ GUR | [Wording (of an incantation)] to undo witchcraft: |
| 9 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ina IGI {d}UTU NIG₂].⸢NA⸣ {šim}LI GAR-an KAŠ.SAG BAL-qi₂ 2 NU I₃.UDU 2 NU DUḪ.LAL₃ | Its ritual: In the presence of Šamaš, you set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer. You make two offerings (and) two offerings. |
| 10 | 2 NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 2 NU ESIR DU₃]-⸢uš⸣ MU.NE.NE ina MAŠ.SIL₃ 150-šu₂-nu SAR-ar₂ | 2 (tablets of) "It is not good sesame" (and) 2 ešir (of the series called) “Building a House" (= Iqqur īpuš ). Its name is written on its left (side). |
| 11 | {[giš}DALA₂ {giš}GIŠIMMAR ana UGU-šu₂-nu te]-⸢ret⸣-ti ŠU{ii}šu₂-nu u GIR₃{ii}šu₂-nu ana EGIR-šu₂-nu ta-kas₃-si | You draw a lance and a date palm over them. You tie their hands and feet behind them. |
| 12 | [... x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x ...] x-ma EN₂ {d}UTU an-nu-tum NU.MEŠ e-piš-ia ŠID-nu-ma | ... ... and recite the incantation “Šamaš, these are the nugig priestess(s) of my work. |
| 13 | [...] ⸢SIG₄⸣ DUB-aq NU.MEŠ šu₂-nu-ti | You strew ... bricks (and) these people |
| 14 | [... ta-sa-ḫap]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu-ti ina IM IN.BUBBU KA₂-šu₂-nu BAD-ḫi | ... you will remove them. In the wind they will blow (and) their gates will be shut. |
| 15 | [ina {na₄}KIŠIB (...) KA₂-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ ta-bar-ram še-e-ra AN.BAR₇ u AN.USAN₂ | In the seal of the gate of Šū-Enu’e, you observe the eclipse, and the eclipse. |
| 16 | [...] x ⸢en⸣ {lu₂}GIG KA.⸢LUḪ⸣.U₃.DA ... DU₃-uš | ... ēšû-plant (a kind of juniper) (and) eluḫ-plant you make. |
| 17 | [...]-⸢ak⸣-x-šu-⸢ma LU₂⸣ BI ⸢tuš⸣-ba-aʾ-šu | ... ... that man sits down |
| 18 | [...] ⸢LU₂ BI⸣ [x]-tik GIM ŠID-[u] | ... that man ... like a snake |
| 19 | [...] x ⸢du⸣ E₂ [x (x)] | ... edu’e, temple |
| 20 | [...] x x x x [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 0' | [ēkal Aššur-bāni-apli šar kiššati šar māt Aššur] | I am Assurbanipal, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria] |
| 1' | [ša ana {d}aš]-⸢šur u⸣ {d}NIN.LIL₂ tak-⸢lu⸣ | who trusts in Ashur and Mullissu, |
| 2' | [ša Nabû u Tašmētu rēma] ⸢TUK⸣.MEŠ-šu₂-ma tup-šar-ru-tu₂ ⸢ni-si-iq-šu₂-un⸣ | Of Nabû and Tašmētu, he is the shepherd of the scribal art. |
| 3' | [ana širikti] ⸢iš-ru-ku⸣-uš a-na ta-mar-ti ši-ta-as-si-šu₂ | In order to observe the path of the ešruku-priest, |
| 4' | [qereb] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL-šu₂ u₂-kin man-nu ša TUM₃ ⸢u⸣ MU-šu₂ GIM MU-ia | Whoever removes this inscription from the middle of his palace, as my name |
| 5' | [išaṭṭaru Aššur u {d]}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ ag-giš MIR-iš lis-ki-pu-šu₂-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR | May Aššat-baru, Assur, and Ninurta-Ellil overthrow him, and his name (and) his seed in the land |
| 6' | [liḫalliqū tākilka] NU TEŠ₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ | May your praise not be forgotten, O king of the gods, Ashur! |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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