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Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 (P480879)

Prayer, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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Designation	Ancient Magic 1, 95-96
ID	P480879
Museum no.	BM 064174
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
Genre	Prayer
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

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)
o
1	DIŠ NA gi-na-a šu-dur ur-ra u GE₆ ina-ziq ZI.GA sad-rat-su	If a man suffers from regular šudû-disease for a day and a night: loss of his life.
2	iš-di-iḫ-šu₂ KU₅-is kar-ṣi-šu₂ GU₇.MEŠ DU₁₁.DU₁₁ KI-šu₂ kit-tu₂ NU DU₁₁.DU₁₁	(If) he trembles, he shouts: his enemies will devour him; he will not speak the truth with him.
3	ŠU.SI ḪUL-tim EGIR-šu₂ tar-ṣu₂ ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ NU IGI-šu₂	(If) the finger of evil is raised behind it: in his palace he will not see it.
4	MAŠ₂.GE₆.MEŠ-šu₂ par₂-da ina MAŠ₂.GE₆-šu₂ UŠ₂.MEŠ IGI.MEŠ GAZ ŠA₃ GAR-šu₂	(If) its dreams are distorted: in its dreams the UŠ will be seen; he will kill the land; his predicament will be disastrous.
5	šib-sat DINGIR u iš₈-tar₂ UGU-šu₂ GAL₂.MEŠ DINGIR-šu₂ u iš₈-tar₂-<šu₂> KI-šu₂ ze-nu-u	The anger of god and goddess is upon him; his god and his goddess are angry with him.
6	KI {lu₂}ḪAL u da-gi-li DI.KU₅-šu₂ NU SI.SA₂ qa₂-bu-u NU še-mu-u₂ GAR-šu₂	His judgement will not go well with the diviner and the judge, his command will not be heard.
7	ana EŠ.BAR-šu₂ KU₅-ma DI.KU₅-šu₂ šu₂-te-šu₂-ri {u₂}tar-muš₈ {u₂}⸢IGI⸣-[lim]	He is cut off from his decision and his verdict is decided: tarmuš-plant, ēmur-plant
8	{u₂}IGI-NIŠ {u₂}er-kul-la {u₂}LU₂.ULU₃ ŠINIG KA [tam-tim ina] ⸢KUŠ⸣	imhur-ešrā-plant, erkulla-plant (and) lupin from the mouth of the sea in a leather (bag).
9	DIŠ NA ba-liṭ-ma A.RA₂-šu₂ GIG-at iz-zi-ir-⸢ti⸣	If a man is ill and his path is blocked
10	ana NU TE-e up-ša-še-e EN INIM-šu₂ NU [...]	To not approach, the machinations of the lord of the word
b.e.
1	ŠU.SI SIG₅-tim EGIR-šu₂ ⸢ta⸣-[ra-ṣi]	Fingernail of a good hand behind it
2	ŠA₃ DINGIR ze-ni-i SILIM-mi ki-ṣir ŠA₃ DINGIR-[šu₂ ...]	Hand of an angry god. May it be reconciled. Fingernail of his god
3	{⸢u₂⸣}tar-muš {u₂}er-kul-la {u₂}A.ZAL.[LA₂ ...]	tarmuš plant, erkulla plant, asallu-plant
r
1	ŠIKA SILA LIMMU₂ ... ŠIKA NUNUZ GA.NU₁₁{mušen} {u₂}[x-x-x-(x)]	Hand of a šunû-disease (and) ...-plant
2	DIŠ NA qa₂-bu-u₂ u e-nu-u₂ GAR-šu₂ ŠU.SI ⸢ḪUL⸣-[tim EGIR-šu₂ LAL]	If a man's speech and utterance is disturbed, the finger of a ḫulû-stone is removed behind him.
3	DINGIR u iš₈-tar₂ šu₂-uz-zu-qu₂-šu₂ DINGIR u iš₈-tar₂ KI LU₂ [SILIM-mi]	May god and goddess be at peace with the man.
4	{u₂}DILI ḫu-ṣab {giš}ḪAB {u₂}KUR.KUR MUN EME.SAL ap₂-ru-šam ina KUŠ	ēru-plant, ḫašû-tree, nīnu-plant (and) salt from sasal-plant I cut in a leather (bag).
5	ŠU {d}AG-MU-IN.GAR MAŠ.MAŠ	Hand of Nabû-šumu-iddina, exorcist

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