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DT 057 (P424478)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DT 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424478 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu |
| 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 col 1 17' | Written by Ningirim, mistress of the work |
| reverse col 2 12 | your sweet tumuli |
| obverse col 1 10' | like a snake in your asurru |
| obverse col 1 1' | to his destroyed..., the city |
| reverse col 1 2 | Ahu- |
| obverse col 1 20' | to the presence of the land he shall stand. |
| reverse col 2 6 | The lord of strength did not know. |
| obverse col 1 14' | like a wild bull to the heavens of Anu |
| obverse col 1 18' | Incantation: (If) a fire afflicts (it), |
| obverse col 1 7' | You have not been able to bend down, you have not been able to bend down. |
| reverse col 1 4 | ...... |
| obverse col 1 16' | of Damu and Gula |
| obverse col 1 22' | May Ea, the incantation priest, speak the incantation. |
| obverse col 1 15' | the work I did not have, the work of Ea and Asalluhi |
| reverse col 2 4 | The water which was seized did not bring its mouth. |
| obverse col 1 13' | (If) it is swollen like a fog: |
| obverse col 1 8' | May Asalluhi be glad on account of you, may he be glad on account of you. |
| reverse col 2 8 | "Let me take the road to Martakal!" |
| obverse col 1 19' | from the work of my hand he brought out, and |
| reverse col 1 3 | Bu- |
| obverse col 1 21' | [May] you become frightened and frightened. |
| reverse col 1 1 | .... |
| obverse col 1 6' | a fire, a fire, a fire, a fire, a kasitu-demon, |
| reverse col 2 16 | as if it were watered by a river |
| reverse col 2 9 | a thigh, a thigh, and a snare of that man |
| obverse col 1 11' | like a pigeon in your audience |
| obverse col 1 2' | he has smashed its... |
| reverse col 2 1 | from the labor of the credits of the credits of the credits of the credits of the credits |
| reverse col 2 15 | When he rises, he dwells in his own dwelling. |
| obverse col 1 9' | O Anu, your father! O Antu, your mother! |
| obverse col 1 5' | Who carries radiance, who carries out radiance, |
| reverse col 2 13 | Your good deeds he determined, and |
| reverse col 2 14 | Like a thorny ox, you should not be afraid of it. |
| obverse col 1 3' | May... live! |
| reverse col 2 5 | the youth who has no fear |
| obverse col 1 4' | Incantation: "Ishtum and Ishtum |
| obverse col 1 12' | [Let me send you] to your yoke! |
| reverse col 2 7 | tamarisk with mashtakal-plant |
| reverse col 2 17 | Just as the nose of a stela does not... |
| reverse col 2 3 | whose mouth cannot be changed |
| reverse col 2 2 | In the morning he was guarded, he was guarded. |
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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