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BM 134774 (P423293)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 134774 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423293 |
| Museum no. | BM 134774 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ at-ta {⸢mul⸣}GAG.SI.SA₂ {d}nin-urta ⸢SAG⸣.[KAL ...] | Incantation: “You, O Sirius, Ninurta, Esaggil |
| 2 | [ša₂ ina] ⸢AN⸣{e} KU₃-MEŠ ne-bu-[u₂ ...] | who in the holy Eana, the nebû-temple |
| 3 | {[d}uta]-⸢u₁₈⸣-lu ša₂ la ma-har [...] | Šamaš-elu, without rival |
| 4 | ⸢IBILA⸣ gaš-ru na-ram ⸢a⸣-bi DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | Powerful heir, beloved of the temple, ... the gods |
| 5 | ⸢ik-ka-ru⸣ ke-e-nu ⸢muš⸣-tap-pi-ik ⸢ka⸣-[re-e] | The true ikkarû-plant, the emuštappik-plant |
| 6 | [mu]-⸢gar⸣-ri-in {d}NISABA ⸢e⸣-ṭi-ir ⸢nap⸣-šat [...] | The one who establishes Nisaba, the one who makes the nap’ešat |
| 7 | [...] ⸢NENNI⸣ A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ NENNI {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂⸣ [NENNI{tu₄]} | ... e’e23-plant, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-too, Ištar, (and) |
| 8 | [am]-⸢hur⸣-ka-ma ⸢a-ta-mar⸣ [...] | “When you enter, I will see ... |
| 9 | [aš₂]-šum₂ gi-mil ⸢dum⸣-qi₂ e-pe-še [...] | As for the one who removes a reed mat, to do |
| 10 | [kiš]-pi ep-šu-⸢nim⸣-ma e-nat [...] | witchcraft has been performed against me and ... |
| 11 | [ru]-⸢su⸣-u sah-ru-in-ni-ma ⸢ku-ri⸣ [...] | “The ru’esû-demon turned to me, and the kurī ... |
| 12 | ⸢HUL⸣.GIG ZI.KU₅.RU.DA [...] | EḫUL.E.GIG ZI.KU₅.RU.DA |
| 13 | [an]-⸢da⸣-na-qu-ta [...] | From the An-e-naqu |
| 14 | [ina IGI] ⸢DINGIR u⸣ MAN šu-uš-ku-na-ku-⸢ma⸣ [...] | In the presence of the god and the king, you are to be sworn by me |
| 15 | [ana mim-ma] ⸢HUL⸣ hi-ra-ku-ma mur-⸢ṣu lem⸣-[nu ...] | For anything evil, I am afraid, and the evil mur-ešbu-demon |
| 16 | [SAG.HUL].⸢HA⸣.ZA DAB-ni-ma ⸢mu⸣-[šu ...] | (If) a curse has seized me and his name |
| 17 | [... sah]-ra-ni-ma GIM ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... is removed and like a ... ... |
| 18 | [... ta]-⸢sa⸣-ah-ha-ru [...] | ... ta’esaḫaru |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ [...] | ... Ashurbanipal, king of the universe |
| 3' | [...] ⸢DAGAL⸣{tu₄} iš-⸢ru⸣-[ku-uš] | ... the Great Oval |
| 4' | [... ṭup-šar-ru]-⸢ti⸣ ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ{[ni} ...] | The scribal art, which among the kings |
| 5' | [...] ⸢la i-hu⸣-[zu ne₂-me]-⸢eq {d}AG ti-kip⸣ sa-an-tak-⸢ki⸣ [...] | ... he has sworn by the command of Nabû, Tikip, Santak, |
| 6' | [... aš]-⸢ṭur⸣ as-[niq] ⸢ab-re-e⸣-ma a-na TI.LA-ia₂ na-ṣir [...] | ... I have cut off the eṭūr ešāru-tree and for my life I have crossed (the river) |
| 7' | [...] ⸢GIG⸣-ia ⸢kun-ni SUHUŠ⸣ {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL{u-ti}[ia ...] | ... my tomb, the foundation of my royal throne |
| 8' | [...] ⸢E₂ {d⸣}AG ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢NINA{ki} EN GAL⸣{e} ⸢EN⸣-[ia ...] | ... the temple of Nabû, which is inside the E-Ninua, the great lord, my (own) en-priestess |
| 9' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-kin ah-ra-⸢taš šip-ru⸣ [šu-a]-⸢ti₃⸣ {d}⸢AG⸣ ha-[diš ...] | ... aḫrātaš, scribal art, hand of Ea, humbly |
| 10' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣-u-ti e-ma a-ša₂-as-⸢su₅-ka⸣ qa-⸢ti⸣ [ṣa-bat] | ... of the kingship wherever you desire, |
| 11' | [ina i-tal-lu]-uk E₂-ka ka-a-a-an u₂-ṣur kib-si-ia la ba-še-e [...] | When he went out of your house, he constantly made my feet tremble |
| 12' | [...] le-ʾu-ti-ia₂ liš-ša-kin₂ šap-tuk-ka e-ma šip-ru šu-[a-tu₂] | ... may ... be established for me. May your lips be open wherever this request |
| 13' | [E₂-uk]-ka šak-nu-ma <kun-nu> ma-har-ka kaq-da₃ nap-lis-ma hi-⸢tas-sa⸣-[sa SIG₅-ti] | Place (it) in your temple and set it up before you. Be present for me and grant me a good reputation. |
| 14' | {[d}taš-me-tu₄] ⸢GAŠAN⸣ GAL{tu₄} hi-ir-⸢tu₂⸣ na-ram-ta-⸢ka DIB{at⸣} ab-bu-[ti ina mah-ri-ka] | Tešmetu, the great horse trainer of Hirtu-E, your beloved companion, passed away, I was seized in your presence. |
| 15' | [ina ma-a-a]-al ⸢tak-ne₂-e⸣ u₄-mi₃-šam-ma la na-par-⸢ka⸣-a li-tir₂-⸢riš-ka⸣ TI.LA ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the place of the taknû-vessel, daily without ceasing, may life ... for you |
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- 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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