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CT 17, pl. 09-11, Sm 1061+ (P426456)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Asaggiga, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 09-11, Sm 1061+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P426456 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Asaggiga |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 42 | may he stand for you |
| reverse 29' | my heart bitter, my head bitter, my head bitter |
| obverse 27 | he smote the skin, he smote it |
| obverse 19 | and the evildoer built it. |
| obverse 33 | .... he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, you destroy his name. |
| reverse 5' | As for the people of the lands that I have conquered |
| reverse 13' | from the... of a man |
| obverse 32 | hides of a goat and a fattened sheep, whose neck is swollen |
| reverse 31' | the aag-priest of the namtar-priestess, the aakku-priest |
| reverse 4' | ... his |
| reverse 2' | ... his journey |
| obverse 44 | they are to be repaid |
| reverse 12' | (Ditto:) May the white ones of Dumuzi take, and |
| obverse 31 | When a man has come before ama |
| obverse 2 | the asakku-demon to a man in his head has gone out |
| obverse 21 | he covered it like a garment. |
| obverse 22 | Asalluhi saw him. |
| obverse 25 | ... sheep with a horned horn |
| obverse 9 | he brought the evil ghost into his hands. |
| reverse 6' | and he does not establish for you |
| reverse 33' | Wording of the evil-doer |
| reverse 23' | he swore by the great gods. |
| obverse 43 | I made stand there. |
| reverse 34' | the lord of Asag |
| obverse 10 | he has written down a written document for his mouth. |
| obverse 49 | ... he struck, and his body he smote, |
| reverse 7' | he will not go out, he will not be frightened. |
| reverse 32' | he made faithfully known to him in its place |
| obverse 5 | The evil udug priests sat on their necks |
| reverse 20' | ... flour rations |
| reverse 24' | ... the evil udug, the evil ala and the evil ghost |
| obverse 38 | of the Absim |
| reverse 28' | The evil ug creature, the evil ala creature, the evil gidim creature, Kamad-meduru |
| obverse 41 | ... they will be smitten. |
| reverse 27' | May the good udug and good lama demons be subdued. |
| reverse 38' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| reverse 39' | The wisdom of Nabu, the satakku-demon, as many as there are |
| reverse 25' | May the Asag demon and the Asag demon be present for you. |
| obverse 45 | of the |
| obverse 23 | interest on reed |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 11' | the white kid of Ennimgirsi |
| reverse 36' | which Nabu and Tashmetu gave great wisdom |
| obverse 3 | and the fate of a man he determined for him. |
| obverse 7 | The evil ala-demons raised their breasts |
| obverse 24 | ... the black-headed,..., |
| obverse 28 | You wipe clean the ritual assemblage; you wipe clean the qarnu-vessel. |
| obverse 4 | he has gone out to a man, to his wife, |
| obverse 40 | ... shall be brought in. |
| obverse 17 | from its outer side he set up fire. |
| obverse 11 | The evil gulla-demons brought into their hands |
| reverse 3' | to decide |
| obverse 16 | they seized one of their heads |
| obverse 18 | His face is a shekel. The womb...... |
| obverse 12 | Evil has seized him in his hand |
| reverse 41' | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| reverse 21' | The people took away the flour. |
| reverse 40' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 34 | he brought out |
| reverse 35' | Palace of Assurbanipal, king of |
| obverse 39 | ... he entrusted him and |
| reverse 14' | he made his heart rejoice. |
| reverse 45' | may his name (and) his name disappear |
| obverse 35 | ... you recite... in battle. |
| reverse 22' | the incantation of Eridu made manifest. |
| obverse 6 | The evil utukku-demon has sinned against his neck. |
| reverse 44' | May Aur and Mullissu overthrow him in fierce rage. |
| obverse 26 | The sand dunes...... |
| obverse 46 | Incantation: O Asag, he made it shine like a man |
| reverse 15' | the hand of that man shall establish : |
| obverse 1 | Asag raised his head for him |
| obverse 36 | ... he poured out a censer of aromatics. |
| reverse 37' | They rejoiced over me, they rejoiced, they rejoiced, they rejoiced, they rejoiced. |
| reverse 18' | The urisha-disease of his heart is swollen; all of it may she die. That man will go and |
| obverse 37 | ... you crush and |
| obverse 14 | The evil demon has gone out to his work. |
| reverse 26' | May he make the house secure. |
| reverse 16' | the namub priesthood of Eridu |
| reverse 42' | Your greatness is unrivaled. The king, the gods of Aur |
| obverse 15 | They are bringing together each other. |
| reverse 17' | the interest of the... interest he shall remove, and the bread of my property of that man shall return. |
| reverse 43' | Whoever breaks the contract or writes his name with my name, |
| obverse 47 | the asakku-demon to a man like a aru-demon stole, and |
| reverse 30' | "May my heart be happy; may my heart be happy; may my hand be happy. |
| obverse 29 | he put a finger on its utensils. |
| reverse 9' | he made his (personal) god rejoice. |
| reverse 8' | he... faithfully his god. |
| obverse 8 | The city has gone out to his side. |
| obverse 30 | You set up a libation bowl of barley for his creation. |
| reverse 19' | he brought out a censer and a torch. |
| obverse 13 | The evildoer approached their feet. |
| obverse 48 | ... of a man he will take. |
| obverse 20 | ... like the deeds of evil... |
| reverse 10' | I am Asalluhi |
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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