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K 17291 (P402645)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 17291 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402645 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 3' | For the sake of(?) the life of the great lady(?) |
| reverse col 4 7' | Whoever breaks the contract, who... |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... forever and everlasting love... |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... speaking... |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... the abatu-reed basket |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... in the field...... |
| reverse col 4 8' | he will make the diviner... |
| reverse col 4 1' | For.... |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... in a favorable day... |
| reverse col 4 9' | Incantation: O deeds... and rejoicing... |
| reverse col 4 2' | .... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... a bkannu tree |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... love of thekimtu-priest,... and the salitu-priest... |
| reverse col 4 10' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 11' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... you know... and... |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... a curse, a curse,... |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... you recite... |
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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