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Rm 0242 (P424657)
CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 0242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424657 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic; 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4' | ........ may I add to you. |
| obverse? 13' | Incantation: Ningirim, lady of the messenger, |
| reverse 6' | You........ |
| reverse 3' | My son, if you do not know, may he treat him as a slave. |
| obverse? 15' | ... meat......... |
| obverse? 10' | reed of the warriors, my lord, to the heavens of Anu |
| obverse? 11' | Incantation: "He has not bowed down." |
| reverse 8' | ... Amurru |
| obverse? 6' | If he does not cultivate corn, he will become a robber. |
| reverse 7' | to Asalluhi |
| reverse 5' | I want to speak with you, and you know how to speak with you |
| reverse 2' | ... may I guard you. |
| obverse? 12' | Incantation: Damu and Gula |
| obverse? 8' | You, do not return? to your position. |
| obverse? 14' | Incantation: "Ishtum, fire, mehû, fire in the middle." |
| obverse? 2' | to the forest and cedar |
| obverse? 4' | akkulu-tree with sweet reed |
| obverse? 9' | ... as if it were a fog, |
| reverse 1' | may he not be afraid. |
| obverse? 3' | aromatics, aromatics, aromatics |
| obverse? 5' | I filled the sand dunes with splendor. |
| obverse? 7' | and Kubû did not take away, his mother |
| obverse? 16' | Akkulu..., akkulu-juniper, cypress, |
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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