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OECT 06, p. 45-49, K 00256 (P384995)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 45-49, K 00256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384995 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 | ||
| 8 | EN₂ al-si-ka {d}UTU ina qe₂-reb AN-e KU₃.MEŠ | Incantation: I call upon you, Šamaš, in the midst of the pure heavens. |
| 9 | ina GISSU {giš}EREN ti-šam-ma | You bury it under the cedar tree |
| 10 | lu šak-na GIR₃{ii}ka ina UGU tu-pat {šim}LI | May your feet be put on top of (them). |
| 11 | ri-šu-nik-ka KUR.KUR ḫi-it-bu-ṣu-nik-ka ḫa-bi-bu | May all the lands rejoice over you, may they rejoice on your account. |
| 12 | ZALAG₂-ka nam-ru DU₃ UN.MEŠ i-bar-ri | Your light is bright, the people will see you. |
| 13 | sa-ḫi-ip šu-uš-kal-la-ka pu-ḫur KUR.KUR | You are the one who makes the lands tremble (and) destroys the enemy lands |
| 14 | {d}UTU at-ta-ma mu-de-e rik-si-šu₂-nu | Šamaš, you are the one who establishes their bonds |
| 15 | mu-ḫal-liq rag-gi mu-pa-aš₂-šir₃ NAM.BUR₂.BI-e | Who destroys the wicked, who dispels the evildoer, |
| 16 | A₂.MEŠ GISKIM.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ MAŠ₂.GE₆.MEŠ par₂-da-a-ti NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ | “Waters, signs, evil, black-headed people, unfavorable, |
| 17 | mu-sal-li-tum qe₂-e lum-ni mu-ḫal-liq ni-ši u ma-⸢ti⸣ | Who dispels evil, who destroys the people and the land, |
| 18 | e-piš UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ ḪUL.MEŠ e-te-ṣir IGI-⸢ka⸣ | He has performed sorcery against the enemy, the enemy (and) the enemies. |
| 19 | ina {d}nisaba KU₃-ti NU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ab-⸢ni⸣ | By pure Nisaba, I have expelled their dead. |
| 20 | ša kiš-pu i-pu-šu-ni ik-pu-du-ni nu-ul-la-a-[ti] | Whose witchcraft has been performed, who has plotted evil against me |
| 21 | it-gur ŠA₃-šu₂-nu-ma ma-lu-u₂ tuš-ša₂-a-⸢ti⸣ | They have turned back, they are full of anger. |
| 22 | i-ziz-za-am-ma {d}UTU nu-ur₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ | Stand and Šamaš, light of the great gods, |
| 23 | ina mu-uḫ-ḫi EN ru-ḫe-e-a lu-ta-lal a-na-[ku] | On account of this, my lord, may I live. |
| 24 | i₃-li₂ ba-ni-ia i-da-a-a li-iz-[ziz] | May the god who created me stand with me. |
| 25 | mu-us-su pi-ia šu-te-šu-ra qa-ta-a-[a] | My mouth is my mouth, my hands are my hands |
| 26 | šu-te-ši-ra-am-ma EN ZALAG₂ kiš-šat {⸢d}UTU DI⸣.[KU₅] | Receive from me, O lord, light of the universe, judgment of Šamaš |
| 27 | ⸢U₄ ITI⸣ MU U₄ 7.KAM] ⸢U₄ 15.[KAM U₄ 21.KAM] ⸢U₄ 30.KAM DU₈.MEŠ⸣ kip-⸢di⸣-[ia] | “If the day of the moon’s disappearance (of the moon) is the seventh day, the day 15 of the 21st day, and the day 30 of the eclipse, my eclipse |
| 28 | {[d]}⸢e₂-a⸣ [... li-pa-aš₂]-ši-ru kiš-pi-⸢ia⸣ | May Ea and Ea release my witchcraft |
| 29 | [... pu]-⸢ṭur⸣ iʾ-il-⸢ti⸣ | ... the Pû-eṭūr-eš, the I-alil-e-ti-e. |
| 30 | [... da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ka⸣ lud-lul | Let me sing ... of your praises. |
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- 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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