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MC 24, no. 222 (P424489)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 222 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424489 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation |
| 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? 2' | ... by ditto, the one who smites..., |
| obverse? 9' | Beloved of Nintinuga, who sustains the life of the land, be exorcised! |
| obverse? 6' | May ditto, who is clad in splendor, be praised! |
| obverse? 3' | be exorcised by Ninegal, mother of the troops |
| reverse? 5' | ... reeds(?) |
| obverse? 7' | be exorcised by Ninubur, the chief minister of An |
| obverse? 1' | ... threshing floor |
| obverse? 4' | he swore by the life of Ninegal: “May my army be!” |
| obverse? 11' | Who saves life, who saves life and saves life of the land, |
| obverse? 5' | Be exalted one of Kakka, who perfects the supreme scepter |
| obverse? 8' | the life of Il-arat, the exalted vizier of Anu |
| reverse? 7' | ...... |
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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