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CT 16, pl. 12-14, K 09405+ (P398093)

CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationCT 16, pl. 12-14, K 09405+
IDP398093
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 7May a man's son, the son of his divinity, come out from his body and return to his body.
reverse 12In order to enter my residence
reverse 13may they not enter my undeveloped plot.
reverse 9may my body not be abandoned.
reverse 5... the evil udug, the evil ala, the evil reed, the evil ghost, the evil reed, the evil digir, the evil reeds, the evil reeds
reverse 8May the man, the son of his god, stand in his body, may he stand in his body.
reverse 3... that is not good on the dais
reverse 11so that I may carry my neck away
reverse 10so that I may enter my house
reverse 1who sees the land, who rises up
reverse 2The ill-wishers of the land will afflict him with sickness.
reverse 4That which is not good for a festival, not good for a festival.
reverse 6the evil man, the evil eye, the evil mouth, the evil tongue

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