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CT 51, 191 (P286052)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286052 |
| Museum no. | BM 134513 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri |
| 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 14' | 14 ditto, great tribute for their well-being; |
| obverse 9' | to Ara, the true minister of the abzu, to the gate of Azida stationed |
| obverse 13' | 14 large urigal reeds, their statues, for the life |
| reverse 5' | In front of the seven... of the kappu-measures which Nergal did not stand before them: |
| obverse 5' | at the... of the fierce heart he will serve. |
| reverse 3' | 10 urigallu-containers, who in the morning and evening stood, |
| obverse 2' | (If) Marduk, who ditto, the life which in his face ditto |
| obverse 8' | (If) ditto, ditto, the guardian of ditto, who in his lap ditto |
| reverse 7' | The fourth tablet: the house of the mesru-priests... |
| reverse 6' | Incantation: When you raise your arms, you clothe them in a good garment. |
| obverse 12' | (Ditto by) Madanu! Say good things about the supplication of Esagil that in the midst of the night! |
| reverse 2' | They are the 14 reed baskets that stand at the side of the river. |
| obverse 10' | (Ditto by) Sîn-shumû, true vizier of the Apsu, who ditto! |
| obverse 3' | at the disposal of Uta'ulu, the Asag demon, the asag demon, the asag demon |
| obverse 11' | The judge, the good thing, the messenger of Esagila at the gate of the assembly stationed |
| obverse 7' | at the disposal of Nusku, the adal of Enlil, at its side |
| obverse 6' | (Ditto by) Nergal, the one who makes the lamentation resplendent, |
| reverse 4' | Like this, in front of the 14 uur-reed(s), a reed mat |
| obverse 4' | (Ditto by) Ninurta, the perfect one of the Asakku-demon, who in his mind |
| reverse 8' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 1' | to Asalluhi, his utterance, for the life of Azida he set up. |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
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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