K 08181 (P397528)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08181 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397528 |
| 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 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . .] evil [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | And as for t[hem, the magical proc]edures of the witch [. . .] |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | O Ea, through your incantation of life anything evil [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | May [they] be put to flight. |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | May [. . .] release the bond of witch and warlock. |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | May the sage of [. . .] release their evil bonds. |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | May [my] lim[bs] be free (of illness). |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | May my members be healthy. [. . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢lem⸣-nu [...] | |
| 3' | u₃ ⸢šu⸣-[nu u₂]-piš {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | {d}e₂-a ina te-ka mim-<ma> lem-nu [...] | |
| 5' | li-ne-ʾ i-rat-[su-un] | |
| 6' | ri-kis {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU DU₈-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | KEŠ₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu HUL-MEŠ li-paṭ-ṭir ⸢ABGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | li-bi-ba mi-⸢na⸣-[tu-u₂-a] | |
| 9' | meš-re-tu-u₂-a UGU-MU [...] | |
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
- 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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