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CT 17, pl. 03, BM 46288 (P464800)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium, Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 03, BM 46288 |
|---|---|
| ID | P464800 |
| Museum no. | BM 046288 + BM 046355 + BM 046362 + BM 046363 + BM 046390 + BM 046392 + BM 046405 + BM 046414 + BM 046447 + BM 046505 + BM 046526 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium |
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 12' | ... eats : akalû-demon, a ghost. |
| obverse 16'a | to sit down with (him) |
| obverse 19' | to the Ki'ur, the mountain, I went to your shrine in peace. |
| obverse 7' | may he take away your leather strap. |
| reverse 6' | he made his face happy and he made his face happy. |
| obverse 15'a | to stand by the ubbta demon |
| obverse 2' | He made the lord of sacrificial sheep bow down at his side. |
| reverse 4' | he seized that man, and he took away his report. |
| reverse 12' | he made his heart rejoice. |
| reverse 5' | he smote it, he smote it, and he smote it, and he smote it. |
| obverse 4' | to the border of the plain |
| obverse 11' | your residence which is not in ama |
| obverse 3' | Incantation: O pure ram, to your rear. |
| reverse 2' | from above ama to inside ama he brought them into his hands. The office of en priest he established. |
| obverse 9' | your leather straps may he take : |
| obverse 30' | As if it were a rainstorm (and) a rainstorm was blowing upon him, no one stood at his door. |
| obverse 15'b | at the threshing floor you have set up. |
| obverse 24' | he goes to the street; he goes to the street; he goes to the street. : |
| obverse 29' | like an agi-agi-a-gi-a-gi-a-zi : like an agi-a-gi-a-gi-a-gi-a-gi-a-gi ditto. |
| obverse 10' | your standing place is not that of ama |
| obverse 17' | from within the city : he should not be afraid of it. |
| obverse 21' | Incantation: "Asag of evil-doers"; |
| obverse 25' | the arm of a man is stationed : he will stand by the man; nobody will be able to see him. |
| obverse 28' | from the house to its exit : from the house at its exit he does not have wisdom. |
| obverse 5' | to the border of your plain |
| bottom 1 | he did not return to its breast, he was stricken with blood like a lion. |
| obverse 8' | ... of Ummakka may he take |
| obverse 26' | ... the man who sits : he will make the people dwell, and nobody will know his. |
| reverse 8' | a reed mat : he will be able to smite in his body; he will be able to smite in his body |
| obverse 6' | the evil demon to your feet |
| obverse 31' | like a field at his disposal, nobody stood before him. |
| obverse 13' | to drink, ditto; to drink, to drink, to drink, to drink |
| obverse 18' | to the rear (of the temple) : you bring him to the rear (of the temple). |
| obverse 23' | divine radiance, awe-inspiring brilliance, : |
| obverse 27' | ... enters : he does not know the location of the house in its entrance. |
| reverse 9' | before Asalluhi |
| reverse 14' | the blood on the side of his bed : |
| bottom 2 | he shall not return his statue to its place. He shall make the heavens as firm as the earth. |
| reverse 15' | ...... to his limbs. |
| reverse 3' | the youth who has no equal, to the lord of the gods, to his face, |
| reverse 7' | the ashu-giri-bi-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-sha-knu-sha-kn-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri-bi-tu-ri- |
| reverse 11' | the head of the lutura priestess... he enlarged. |
| reverse 10' | May he take away the shatahurru-disease of the shatahurru-disease of the shatahurru-disease of the body. |
| reverse 13' | to the lu-tu-ra priestess in his heart he set up. |
| reverse 1' | who provides for everything, as much as there is to live in the land, |
| obverse 14' | a man, his gods, : a man, his gods, |
| obverse 22' | awe-inspiring brilliance that makes the land happy, as many as there are |
| obverse 20' | May the... of the great gods be established for you. |
| obverse 1' | a man's body was smitten by a feces. |
| obverse 16'b | in the aatu-festival you will be sated. |
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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