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Sm 0348 (P425366)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0348 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425366 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| [en₂ saŋ-ba saŋ]-ba sil₇-la₂ sil₇-⸢la₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: Oath, oath! ... | |
| [ma-mit ma-mit] ⸢pu⸣-ṭur dup-pir [...] | The curse, the curse of the ēpu-etbur-plant, the pappuri-plant | |
| o | ||
| 2 | [saŋ-ba an-na] ⸢saŋ⸣-še₃ i-ri-⸢pad₃⸣ | In the midst of heaven and earth he entered. |
| 3 | [saŋ-ba ... saŋ]-⸢še₃⸣ i-ri-pad₃ ma-⸢mit⸣ [...] | (Sum) The sa-eše temple he chose for you (Akk) It is a place of ..., it has been chosen for you(?) It has been selected for you |
| [udug hul] ⸢sil₇⸣-la₂ {d}alad ⸢hul⸣ [sil₇-la₂] | Evil udug demon, evil esil demon | |
| [u₂-tuk-ku lem]-nu dup-pir še-e-⸢du⸣ [lem-nu dup-pir] | The evil utukku-demon is to be undone, the šēdû-disease (is to be) undone | |
| [...] ⸢x x⸣ in-te-a-[ta ...] | ... he approached ... | |
| [ma]-⸢mit e⸣-[ma i-ṭe]-⸢eh-hu⸣-[u ...] | “If he slips through the window, | |
| {⸢ŋeš}tukul⸣ šu nu-⸢un⸣-[bar-ra ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who does not release his hand(?) to the enemy(?) (Akk) It does not free him with the weapon | |
| i-na kak-ki [...] | With a knife ... | |
| tu₆ šu nu-⸢un-bur₂⸣-[ra sa-par₃ ŋeš-hur nam-ba-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-e-ne] | In the incantation that cannot be undone, the net has been cut off, they shall not approach him | |
| ši-pat la ⸢pa-ša⸣-[ri ...] | The one who does not change the omen | |
| gu ŋeš-⸢la₂ nam⸣-[šub ha-lam-ma-me-en mu pad₃-da ...] | I am the one who makes the throne tremble (and) destroys the sanctuaries, whose name is proclaimed | |
| qu-u₂ li-⸢x⸣-[...] | May he/she say to you “Let me | |
| zi te-en-te-en [uš₂ lil₂-la₂ nam-šub ha-lam-ma-me-en] | You are the one who keeps the life alive, you are one who destroys the ghostly forces | |
| mu-bal-lu-u ⸢nap⸣-[...] | Who revives the scepter | |
| mu-e-sukud-da [zi ud šu₂-uš-ru] | When you rise up, the day dawns | |
| ina u₂-tul-li-⸢ka⸣ [tu-uš-šiš ...] | You sit on your throne | |
| 11 | na-an-gub-ba-en [...] | Do not stand, do not stand |
| 12 | ⸢nam-ba⸣-gi₄-⸢gi₄⸣-[...] | “Enamba-egi-e-gi |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ A ba-ra-[...] | ... water ... |
| ⸢ki ku₄⸣-ku₄-⸢da⸣-[ŋu₁₀-še₃ ba-ra-an-da-ku₄-ku₄-e-ne] | If he enters Ezida, they will not enter with him | |
| a-šar er-[ru-bu ...] | The ašarēbu-priestess who enters ... | |
| 4' | e₂-ŋu₁₀ [nam-ba-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-e-ne] | Do not enter the house! |
| 5' | ur₃-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | Ur-e23 |
| 1'' | [mim-ma lem-nu a]-⸢na⸣ [...] | Anything evil ... to her ... |
| [niŋ₂ nu-še-ga] ⸢su-ŋu₁₀-še₃⸣ [...] | The one who does not fear the esû tree | |
| [mim-ma la] ⸢ma⸣-gi-ru a-⸢na⸣ [...] | Anything that is not egiru, ... | |
| [zi diŋir gal-gal]-e-ne-⸢ke₄⸣ [...] | The life of the great gods | |
| [... u₂]-⸢tam-mi-ka⸣ [...] | ... u’etammi-ka'e ... | |
| 4'' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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