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K 09329 + 1932-12-12, 0589 (P398049)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09329 + 1932-12-12, 0589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398049 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 4 16' | The arbû-demon, the one who makes the arbû-demon rejoice |
| col 4 6' | I am the pure water, I am the pure water |
| col 4 9' | I filled it with splendor... |
| reverse 15' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse 1' | ... Lilla... |
| reverse 16' | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to the king, my lord. |
| col 4 2' | That which from the tablet to Assyria |
| reverse 13' | Be exorcised, be exorcised, be exorcised! |
| reverse 10' | Ninurta, warrior of the gods, entered |
| col 4 8' | The pure water of the Euphrates, the pure water of Asalluhi |
| col 4 7' | I am a warrior, I am a warrior. |
| col 4 19' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ... he crossed... |
| col 4 1' | The water of the river(?) |
| reverse 6' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| reverse 9' | Asalluhi, the exorcist of the gods, entered |
| col 4 4' | Holy Asalluhi, Holy Asalluhi(?) |
| col 4 5' | I am the... of holy water, I am the of holy water of Eridu |
| col 4 18' | LIL-LA2... |
| col 4 10' | Incantation: "Anamdi, the water of Ama... |
| reverse 12' | Be exorcised by the righteous man |
| col 4 12' | After he has sat down in the house |
| col 4 14' | The reed basket, its base,... |
| col 4 17' | (If) he is a sage... |
| reverse 2' | ... evil |
| reverse 5' | May... not.... |
| reverse 14' | May he be exorcised in heaven and on earth, may he be exorcised |
| col 4 13' | I will give you a... |
| reverse 17' | Incantation: O evil demon in... |
| reverse 3' | May he not... |
| reverse 7' | ........., |
| col 4 3' | over the Euphrates, the Euphrates |
| reverse 11' | May it be exorcised, may it be exorcised, may it be exorcised, |
| col 4 15' | ... anything evil,... |
| reverse 8' | I will perform the work of my face... |
| col 4 11' | What...? |
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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