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CUA 092b (P423691)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CUA 092b |
|---|---|
| ID | P423691 |
| Museum no. | CUA 092b |
| Collection | Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu |
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 9' | ... sikillu-plant,... by the command of the incantation priest of the gods, sage of the gods, Marduk |
| reverse 5' | ... of heaven and earth, may they release you in their assembly and may they release you... |
| obverse 6 | ... Anzu, the beloved one, the day before Bel, the fearsomeness of his mountain(?) |
| reverse 6' | ... he smote..................... |
| reverse 3' | ...... the evils of humanity, the evils of the black-headed people |
| reverse 4' | ... the flesh of... the evils that are not good to him... |
| obverse 2 | ... may they release you and may they release you |
| obverse 3 | ... merciful one, Marduk, the one who constantly seeks out evil and evil... |
| obverse 4 | ... a scepter of fate,... and treachery... |
| reverse 7' | ... silver, gold, copper, tin,..., carnelian, lapis lazuli, snake |
| reverse 1' | ... not good(?) |
| obverse 1 | ... I am entrusted. I am entrusted to you. Asalluhi, king of the gods, Marduk... |
| obverse 5 | ... I am Lahmu, Mushhu, Ugallu, Ur-idimu |
| obverse 9 | ... lady of Babylon |
| reverse 2' | ... may he... not be pleasing, may he......... |
| obverse 7 | ... Nadin-me-u’i of Marduk ditto |
| reverse 8' | ... lamassu-stone, turturma-stone,...-stone, and...-stone |
| obverse 8 | ... exalted, dwelling of the great gods, the goddess Blet... |
| reverse 10' | ... may... be smitten and may... bring... to you. |
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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