K 11706 + K 13288 (P399407)
CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 11706 + K 13288 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399407 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O Nusku, [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | You stand [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Without you judgment (and) deci[sion . . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The shedu-demon, the alluḫappu-net-demon, the sp[y-demon, . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The utukku-demon, the lilû-storm-demon (and) lilītu-storm-demon hid[e . . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | . . . [. . .] expel the sagḫulḫazu-demon [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [Shu]lak, who roams about at nig[ht, . . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [I look] to you (i.e., Nusku) and turn [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [. . . a guar]dian of well-being and [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [. . ] a protective [spirit] (and) a deity who ma[kes whole . . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [May they guide] me all nig[ht long . . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [O Nus]ku, per[fect one . . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Let me proclai[m your greatness . . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}⸢NUSKA⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | GUB{az} [...] | |
| 3 | ina ba-li-⸢ka šip-ṭu EŠ⸣.[BAR ...] | |
| 4 | še-e-du al-lu-⸢hap⸣-pu ha-a-⸢a⸣-[ṭu ...] | |
| 5 | u₂-tuku-{⸢lu₂}LIL₂⸣.LA₂ {⸢mi₂⸣}LIL₂.LA₂ ⸢im⸣-[me-du ...] | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ x [...] ⸢šu⸣-ṣi SAG.HUL.HA.⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | {[d}šu]-⸢lak⸣ mut-tal-lik ⸢mu⸣-[ši ...] | |
| 8 | [a-mur]-⸢ka⸣-ma as-sa-hur [...] | |
| 9 | [EN.NU].⸢UN⸣ šul-me ⸢u⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [še-e-du] ⸢na⸣-ṣi-⸢ra DINGIR mu⸣-[šal-li-mu ...] | |
| 11 | [lit-tar-ru]-⸢nin⸣-ni kal ⸢mu⸣-[ši ...] | |
| 12 | {[d]}⸢NUSKA⸣ git₂-[ma-lu ...] | |
| 13 | [nar-bi-ka] ⸢lu-ša₂⸣-[pi ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x E₂ DINGIR x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-kun ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ŠAR E₂ [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢a-na x x x x MAN⸣ NI ana ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢MA⸣ [...] | |
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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