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Sm 1227 (P425814)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425814 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [GIM an-nam DU₃-šu ki]-a-am ⸢tu⸣-[šad-bab-šu] | It is a reed that has been made. Thus (is) its E-tu-e-šad-bab |
| 2' | [EN₂ GIDIM ša₂ KI-ia IGI.IGI-ru lu-u GIDIM a]-⸢hu⸣-u lu-u GIDIM ⸢ma-šu-u⸣ | Incantation: O ghost who is seen with me, be it a ghost of the aḫû-temple, or an ominous ghost |
| 3' | [lu-u GIDIM mur-tap-pi-du] ša pa-qi₂-da NU TUKU-u₂ | or a ghost, Urtappidu, who has not been appointed |
| 4' | [lu-u GIDIM ša₂ ina ar₂-ni DINGIR u še]-⸢ret⸣ LUGAL mi-tu₄ | or a ghost, who has died in the womb of god and šērû-demon, |
| 5' | [lu GIDIM ša ina šuk-lul-ti NAM]-šu₂ mi-tu₄ | or a ghost whose name has been changed by means of the protection of his land |
| 6' | [ana KI.NA₂-ia NU TE-a NU DIM₄]-⸢qa₂⸣ BAD₃ lik-la-ka | Do not approach my bed, do not approach the wall! |
| 7' | {[giš}IG KA₂-ia li-ne₂]-⸢ʾi⸣ GABA-ka | May the door of my gate open for you, your breast |
| 8' | [ina DU₁₁.GA {d}DIŠ {d}UTU MAŠ.MAŠ] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ {d}asal-lu₂-hi | At the command of Šamaš, exorcist of the gods, Asalluhi |
| 9' | [NAM.MU.UN.DA.AN.BUR₂.RE ZI AN.NA HE₂.PAD₃] HE₂.PAD₃] ⸢ZI⸣ KI.A HE₂.PAD₃ HE₂.PAD₃ | “If he is surrounded by a cloud, may he plunder the ... of tin. May he pluck up the ēšî-tree (and) the kiʾa-reeds. |
| 10' | [AN.ZA.GAR₃ ŠI.BI].⸢IN⸣.DU₈.RU | Anzagar |
| 11' | [(x x x) BAD-ma GUR]-⸢ma⸣ EN₂ | ... he will be blocked and will return. Incantation formula. |
| 12' | [... IZI] ⸢kab⸣-bu | ... fire |
| 13' | [...] ⸢ru⸣ | ... ešû-plant |
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
- 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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