BAM 7, 045 (P394428)

Incantation tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation (incantations, prayers and ceremonies)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  several lines missing
1'. u2#? [...]
2'. ina x [...]
  single ruling
3'. _DISZ na sig7# [... x]-szu2
4'. _{gesz}szu ku# [... x]-ma#
5'. _pa {gesz}nam-[tar ... ta]-sak3
6'. ina _{im}szu-[rin-na_ te-sek-ker ... _{szim}]buluh#_
7'. ina _sza3_ ra x [... x]-su
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ na_ masz-ka#-[x ... x]-a-bi_
9'. _gazi{sar} {gesz}szinig#_ [...] u5#
10'. _suhusz {gesz}dih3 suhusz# [...] _gesztin#_
11'. _esir_ ina _nindu usz2-[x ... x]-as,#
  single ruling
12'. _DISZ na_ masz-ka-da _dab#_-[su ...]
13'. _{u2}hab_ {gesz}bi-nu [...]
14'. _suhusz_ {gesz}szu-sze# [...]
15'. tu-la-ap#-[pat ...]
16'. _e11-a_ x [...]
  single ruling
reverse
1'. x x x
  single ruling
2'. _[ka-inim-ma]_ masz#-ka-du
  single ruling
3'. [...] la _szu-ti_ szum-ma _giri3 lu2_ sza2 1(u) 5(disz)
4'. [...] _szu-ti_ szum-ma _giri3 lu2_ sza2 _gub3_
5'. _u2 nam-ti#-[la_ ...] _szu-ti ki sig2 {munus}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-zu_
6'. _nu-nu en2 7(disz)-kam#? [szid]_-nu# ina _ur2_-szu2 _kesz2_-ma _ti_ la-at-ki
  single ruling
7'. _DISZ na_ masz-sil7-la2 _dab#_-su# _{u2}kur-gi-rin2-na sud2_
8'. ina _i3-gesz szesz2-szesz2#_-su-ma _ti_
  single ruling
9'. _DISZ ki-min {u2}eme#-zal-la2 buluh_ ina _i3 du10-ga szesz2_-su
  single ruling
10'. _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}kur-ka-nam ina# _i3 szesz2_-su!(ME)-ma ina-esz
  single ruling
11'. _en2_ masz-ka-du masz-ka-du# [man-za]-as#-su nar-ba-as-su
12'. man!(KUR)-za-az _ansze_ man-za-as-su# [...] x-ma _en ti-la en dingir_
13'. iz-za-az e-li-szu [ir-ru]-ub# masz-ka-du
14'. ar-ki bu-lim [lam] ik#-szu-du-nik-ka
15'. _{na4}zu2_ u _gir2# szu#-i#_ [sza2 {d}gu]-la _tu6-en2_
  single ruling
16'. _ka-inim#-[ma masz-ka]-da#-kam2_
  single ruling
17'. _kid3-kid3#-bi# sahar szub#_ [...] hu-szah ta-szab-ba-asz
18'. ana _sza3 na4# i3#-bur szub_-di en2_ ana _sza3 szid#_-nu#-[ma mu-qal] pi#-ti!(GI)# tu#-masz-sza2-'-szu2
  single ruling
19'. _en2_ lib-li {d}girra li-[nu-uh qab]-li#
20'. ka-szu-usz-ta? li-s,i [sza2 _szu_-ka] _en2#_
  single ruling
21'. _en2 en en2 umun ti-la {d}e2-a [lugal abzu]_
22'. lid-di-ka ti-a-szu2 sza2 _ti-la {d}marduk masz-masz dingir-mesz_ [szi-pat _ti-la_ lid-di-ka]
  single ruling
23'. _min ka-inim-ma_ masz-ka-du : _kid3-kid3-bi i3#-gesz#_ muq-qal-[pi-ti tu-masz-sza2-'a-szu2]
  single ruling
24'. _DISZ na_ masz-ka-du _gig {u2}ukusz2-ti-gil-la_ [...]
25'. _u2 babbar had2-ra2 sud2_ ina _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal# [...]
  single ruling
26'. _DISZ ki#-[min_ ...]
  single ruling
27'. _DISZ ki#-[min_ ...]
  single ruling
28'. gesz [...]
  single ruling
29'. _DISZ_ [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 02428 + K 02548 + K 06728

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-05-11 at 13:14:56 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Wang Jinyan CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 7, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394428.
BAM 7, 045 artifact entry (No. P394428). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394428 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 7, 045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394428 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2023BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {BAM 7, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394428},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394428},
}


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