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Rm 2, 314 (P425054)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 314 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425054 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ba-ni-ib₂⸣-[du-du] ; [... ip]-⸢ṭur⸣-ma it-⸢ta⸣-[na-al-lak] | (If) he slips through a hole and goes back and forth |
| 2' | [...] du₁₁-du₁₁ mu-un-ab-gi₄-⸢gi₄⸣ ; [... ip]-⸢te⸣-ma at-ma-a u₂-tar | (Sum) ..., he will answer you. (Akk) He will answer to you. |
| 3' | [... ba-an]-⸢du₈⸣ inim mu-un-na-ni-ib₂-du₁₁-ga ; [...] ⸢ip⸣-ṭur-ma a-ma-tu i-qab-⸢bi⸣ | When he enters, he speaks a word to him |
| 4' | [...] ⸢su-ni⸣ ŋal₂-la ⸢šu⸣-ni-ta zi-zi ; [up-ša₂]-še-e ina ⸢zu⸣-um-ri-⸢šu ba⸣-šu-u ina ⸢qa⸣-ti-šu₂ is-suḫ | (Sum) ... he was carried away from his house. (Akk) The ... of his house is taken away from him. (Strike) the upšāvê-plant in (its) house. |
| 5' | [... {d}en]-⸢ki⸣-ke₄ ⸢ḫe₂⸣-em-ma-an-bur₂-ra ; [...] {⸢d}e₂⸣-a lip-pa-šir₃ | ... of Enki, may the Eḫem-manbur temple release ... May the Ea temple release |
| 6' | {[d}asar-alim]-nun-⸢na⸣ [dumu]-⸢saŋ abzu-ke₄ sa₆⸣-ga zil₂-zil₂-bi za-a-kam ; [...] ⸢reš-tu⸣-[u] ⸢ša₂ ABZU-i bu-un⸣-nu-u du-um-mu-qu ku-um-⸢ma⸣ | Asar-alim-nun-eše the Abzu's first-born son, whose radiance is exalted |
| 7' | [...] ⸢DU₃⸣-ša₂ {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU kiš-pi⸣-ša₂ lem-nu-ti | ... its e’ešu-demon, its evil witchcraft |
| 8' | [GU₇-an]-ni ⸢ru-ḫe-e-ša₂ NU DU₁₀⸣.[GA].MEŠ | He eats me, his eruḫ-plant is not good |
| 9' | [NAG-an]-⸢ni maš-qu-ti ša₂ TI-e ZI⸣-tim | He is a slanderer, he is an oath that affects life |
| 10' | [TU₅-an]-⸢ni⸣ rim-ka ⸢lu-ʾa-a ša₂⸣ UŠ₂-ia | TU₁₂-an-e-23 (means) “your ... is a luʾāyu-plant, the one of my length |
| 11' | [...] I₃.GIŠ-ša₂ lem-⸢nu ša₂ ḫa-ba-li⸣-ia | ... my evil oil of the ḫabalīya canal |
| 12' | [DAB-an]-⸢ni GIG lem-nu DAB-it ma⸣-miti | (If) he is seized by a sick person: he will be seized with an evil curse. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ip-qid-an-ni]-⸢ma⸣ a-na GIDIM BAR-i mur-tap-pi-di | has entrusted me to a ghost: Ur-tappidi |
| 2 | [...] ⸢TUK⸣-u IM.RI.A | ... ešukku-plant, imrītu-plant |
| 3 | [i-mur]-⸢ši⸣-ma {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi ABGAL DINGIR.MEŠ DUMU {d}IDIM {d}AMAR.UTU | Asalluḫi, sage of the gods, son of Ea, Marduk |
| 4 | [a-na] {⸢d⸣}e₂-a a-bi-šu₂ a-mat i-zak-kar | to Ea, his father, a word he spoke |
| 5 | [... a]-me-lu-tum ša₂ ib-na-a ŠU{ii.}MEŠ-ni | ... that human being he created, hand of the gods |
| 6 | {[munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU ⸢ana na-kas₂⸣ ZI-šu NIGIN-šu₂ | (If) a sow gives birth to a woman: her life will be prolonged; her offspring will be scattered. |
| 7 | [i]-⸢pu⸣-ša₂-aš₂-šum-ma kiš-pi-ša₂ lem-nu-ti | If witchcraft, evil, |
| 8 | ⸢GU₇⸣-šu₂-ma ru-ḫe-e-ša₂ u ru-se-e-ša₂ NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ | (If) he eats it and his saliva and saliva are not good |
| 9 | NAG-šu₂-ma maš-⸢qu-ti ša₂⸣ TI-e ZI-tim | He drinks it, and he will recover from mašequtu-disease (lit. ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’) (and) life. |
| 10 | ⸢u₂⸣-ram-mi₃-ik-šu₂ ⸢rim-ka⸣ lu-ʾa-a ša₂ UŠ₂-šu | “Erammikšu, Rimkae, lulâ-plant, of his length |
| 11 | ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-su-ma ⸢I₃.GIŠ-šu₂ lem⸣-nu ana ḫa-ba-li-šu | Its ešû-plant is an evil oil plant for its lubālu-plant |
| 12 | [u₂-ša₂]-⸢aṣ⸣-bit-su-⸢ma⸣ [... lem]-⸢nu⸣ DAB-it ma-miti | (Sum) The one who removes a curse, the evildoer seizes the oath (Akk) [The one who] removes [a curse ...] |
| 13 | [ip-qid]-⸢su⸣-ma ana ⸢GIDIM⸣ [... mur]-⸢tap⸣-pi-du ša₂ NU TUK-u IM.RI.A | he entrusted to him, and to the ghost ... Ur-tapidu, who has no ghost |
| 14 | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ {⸢d}AMAR⸣.[UTU] ip-pal | ... his son Marduk will receive |
| 15 | [a-lik {d}AMAR].⸢UTU i-din-šum-ma maš-qu-ut⸣-ka KU₃-tu₂ | Go, Marduk! Give him your pure scepter! |
| 16 | [...] ⸢GU₇⸣ ŠEŠ₂-⸢su⸣ u ⸢TU₅⸣-šu₂ | (If) he eats ēšû-plant, sesame sulphur, and his thornbush |
| 17 | [... ši]-⸢pat⸣-ka ša₂ ⸢ba⸣-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ | ... your šīpâtu-vessel, which is called ebāla-eṭi-e. |
| 18 | [... ta]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ x-⸢mu⸣-[x] | ... you are ... |
| 19 | [...] ⸢im⸣-[ti ...] | ... the ēmûti-disease |
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- 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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