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1881-02-04, 0248 unpublished unassigned ? (P452154)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1881-02-04, 0248 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452154 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul |
| 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 col 2 7 | In Eridu, there is no one, there is no one. |
| obverse col 2 5 | I will determine the fates of its kidkid. |
| obverse col 2 3 | So that the lord determines the fates for its lady, so that she determines the fates for her |
| obverse col 2 1 | In the shrine Enigara, the shrine of the dulû-service, the plans are to be drawn up. |
| obverse col 2 17 | from the great temple to the supreme temple, the fate of the universe and the fate of the gods in his hand |
| reverse col 1 1' | They sat on the throne of the unrefined queen, the place of Inanna |
| obverse col 2 16 | Belet-ili, great heir of ditto, great mother, who truly |
| reverse col 1 7' | when life has been long, Ur |
| reverse col 1 9' | The day of abundance, the son of Nippur, is good. |
| obverse col 2 12 | By the ditto of the mistress of the gods, you recite the exalted radiance of his hand. |
| obverse col 2 8 | What is it that is in Eridu? What is it that is it that is not it? |
| obverse col 2 11 | that the rites of Ninhursag should be performed in their sanctuaries, |
| obverse col 2 9 | in order to bring out the supreme divine powers in the place of the task |
| obverse col 2 15 | by Ninmah the great sister of Suen the great mother of Ke |
| obverse col 2 2 | ......... |
| reverse col 1 8' | The day of my life, the life of my life, |
| reverse col 1 5' | Who gives life and the life of the evildoer to the chest and the chest of an oath |
| obverse col 2 6 | Their deeds I imposed upon them... |
| reverse col 1 6' | Their supplications, exalted, exalted, exalted one, who gives life, who destroys the evil, |
| obverse col 2 10 | As for the one who constantly seeks out the original rites, |
| obverse col 2 4 | To the lord and the lady, the fates of their fates I made them bow down. |
| reverse col 1 3' | May the god of that man give a offering to him. |
| obverse col 2 14 | You are supreme, you are supreme, you are supreme, |
| obverse col 2 13 | To you, to Ninmah, to you, to Ninmah. |
| reverse col 1 2' | their supplications, which cannot be annulled, may... with Itar stand. |
| reverse col 1 4' | May he speak the words of that man's sister, |
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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