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K 09424 (P398107)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09424 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398107 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | Ninurta, slanderer, |
| 11' | The people of Ningud entered the houses |
| 3' | at the gate of the temple of Urgula, who dwells with his strong one |
| 6' | a flour/incense-offering was made, Ningirim the lord of the incantation. |
| 7' | the builder of the house of ulagana |
| 4' | On account of the incantation, I seize Gula, the great physician. |
| 12' | a copper kettledrum whose neck is strong |
| 9' | a leather bag for the exalted radiance of Kusu |
| 13' | the life of Adad, the lord of omens, he made firm and over the house |
| 8' | In the presence of the exorcist Ninagala |
| 1' | At the onset of the house he has left Nusku, the courtyard of the house he has seized. |
| 10' | The evil demon whose eyes are evil |
| 2' | In the opening of the house he has sat down, the praise of Itar |
| 14' | Any evil that is present in this house |
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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