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DT 281 (P424560)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DT 281 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424560 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu; 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) |
|---|---|
| fragment Rm.294 18' | ... he will recover. |
| reverse 14' | ... may I be sated. May my word be heard. |
| fragment Rm.294 25' | ... nn was the na na-gauge, the lunar halo |
| reverse 17' | ... who dwells in... |
| fragment Rm.294 26' | ... the curse of the great gods |
| reverse 13' | ... enters |
| fragment Rm.294 15' | ... is wide |
| reverse 18' | ... the azkuppat-house of ditto. |
| fragment Rm.294 11' | At the command of Ea and the command of Asalluhi |
| fragment Rm.294 32' | ... Nisaba |
| fragment DT.281 25' | (If) he is a scepter, he is a scepter, he is a scepter. |
| fragment Rm.294 27' | ... of the pure gods |
| fragment Rm.294 28' | ... lord of Eridu |
| reverse 11' | ... an enemy... |
| reverse 21' | ... the rest of the house. |
| reverse 12' | ...... |
| reverse 20' | ... Idil, the house of the woman; |
| reverse 16' | ... the reed of the god who created him ditto. |
| reverse 23' | ...... house |
| fragment DT.281 3' | .... |
| fragment Rm.294 19' | ... guard |
| fragment DT.281 7' | Gula |
| fragment Rm.294 20' | ... of Latarak, he has seen... in the halo |
| fragment DT.281 1' | Asalluhi |
| fragment DT.281 29' | Be exorcised in heaven, be exorcised in earth, be exorcised |
| fragment DT.281 5' | a reed fence |
| fragment Rm.294 22' | ... Ea, the warrior |
| fragment Rm.294 17' | ... Tipak, bearer of his bow |
| fragment DT.281 28' | from the threshing floor... |
| fragment DT.281 27' | From the giara-anta-priestess the fate of the king, my lord. |
| fragment DT.281 2' | Nisaba |
| fragment DT.281 31' | Palace of Assur-ban-apli |
| fragment Rm.294 21' | ..... he will receive the throne. |
| reverse 22' | ... slander of the house. |
| fragment Rm.294 13' | in the halo of Eridu of Enlil and the gate of Ninurta |
| fragment Rm.294 29' | ... throne bearer of the earth |
| fragment Rm.294 12' | ... Eridu(?) of Enlil and KA of Ninurta |
| fragment DT.281 6' | The king, my lord, should not speak aloud |
| fragment Rm.294 24' | ... fitting for the ground(?) |
| fragment Rm.294 14' | the arqtu-plants of Enlil, the pure cow |
| fragment DT.281 30' | Its ritual:... |
| fragment Rm.294 31' | ... of a... tree |
| fragment Rm.294 30' | ... who brings... to the enemy. |
| fragment DT.281 8' | Sîn, the lord of the lands |
| reverse 1' | ... ditto |
| reverse 2' | ... ditto |
| reverse 3' | ... ditto |
| reverse 4' | ... ditto |
| reverse 5' | ... ditto |
| reverse 6' | ... ditto |
| reverse 24' | ... the house ditto |
| reverse 19' | .... who adorns the house ditto. |
| reverse 15' | ... the life of the god, his creator, ditto. |
| reverse 7' | ... ditto |
| reverse 8' | ... ditto |
| reverse 9' | ... ditto |
| fragment Rm.294 23' | ... Asalluhi, exorcist of the gods, son of Ea, princes |
| fragment Rm.294 33' | ... sah |
| fragment DT.281 26' | By means of the cutting down of the trough, ditto |
| reverse 10' | ... the house ditto. |
| fragment DT.281 4' | reed fence |
| fragment Rm.294 9' | ... water of the tree |
| fragment Rm.294 10' | The evil demon, the evil demon, the evil demon,... |
| fragment Rm.294 16' | ... he stands over them. |
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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