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K 19996 (P404741)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 19996 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404741 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4' | The reed-bed is swollen, the guilt is a curse, the sin is a curse. |
| obverse 7' | May Gilgame speak in this day. |
| obverse 3' | The curse related to a small cursed person's life |
| obverse 12' | I did not go to the work of the craftsman. |
| obverse 11' | (If) he does not return to his flesh. |
| obverse 8' | May I see the curse and see the light. |
| obverse 9' | Incantation: You recite this incantation like wool, and you recite this incantation. |
| obverse 5' | The reed that is present in my body, my flesh, and my body. |
| obverse 6' | May the reed of this brickwork be fashioned and |
| obverse 2' | May god and king not approach me as a fugitive. |
| obverse 10' | May Gilgame listen to prayers. |
| obverse 1' | It shall not return to its ram. |
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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