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K 14857 (P401038)

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

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DesignationK 14857
IDP401038
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)
obverse col 2 10that man’s son, the son of his god, in his bedchamber, he poured water for him.
obverse col 2 5belonging to Asalluhi, my son
obverse col 2 13the city of Nigkala, the hero of An, with a mighty weapon
obverse col 2 3the Asag and the reed bed he set up.
obverse col 2 12he brought out a censer and torch.
obverse col 2 1Its people were frightened in the hand of his fate.
obverse col 2 2That man has become a frightened in the face of a famine.
obverse col 2 7jug of jugs
obverse col 2 6a pot of dust
obverse col 2 4The asakku-demon has smashed him like a pig.
obverse col 2 11... of a man, son of his (personal) god, to the side of his eru-disease, the water to purify,
obverse col 2 8... I stand...
obverse col 2 9and made the splendor of Eridu shine forth.

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