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OECT 06, p. 51-55, K 04803 (P384999)
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. 51-55, K 04803 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384999 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | ama, you are the judge |
| obverse 14' | After Utu had sat down for you like a second time |
| reverse 8' | ... all the evil deeds whose body is... may they... in peace. |
| reverse 13' | his status as a slave |
| obverse 7' | You are one who makes the heavens shine, |
| obverse 6' | I am Nigsisa of heaven standing |
| obverse 4' | ... the orders of the entire world |
| obverse 21' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | May the one who... the evildoer with his own body(?) |
| reverse 6' | ama, on this day, the king of the netherworld, his (personal) goddess brought him out |
| reverse 15' | The lord, when you live, may your greatness be diminished(?) |
| reverse 1' | by Utu the judge of all the lands |
| obverse 18' | by Utu the exalted judge of heaven and earth |
| reverse 5' | At that time, the king, the son of his god, made him tremble (and) tremble. |
| obverse 9' | You are the true one, the one of the land. |
| obverse 16' | by Utu, the sign of An and Enlil |
| obverse 3' | With Anu and Ellil |
| reverse 12' | Just as the hand of a man is seated, may he be seated like a lion. |
| obverse 2' | From the... of An and Enlil |
| reverse 11' | I made it shine like bronze. |
| obverse 13' | ama... his head. |
| reverse 10' | Like a bowl of butter oil, he sank it. |
| obverse 5' | ... the utterance of all people... |
| obverse 20' | by the hand of ama, the mighty one of the gods |
| obverse 1' | I marched before.... |
| obverse 19' | ama, you are the exalted judge of heaven and earth |
| reverse 16' | Until the day of your greatness,... |
| obverse 11' | a firm positive answer, favorable, favorable, |
| reverse 4' | The lord of justice, merciful one, of the land....... |
| obverse 8' | who sees justice in all the lands |
| reverse 17' | ... I |
| obverse 15' | ama, the evil one, like a qinnakku-demon, has gone |
| obverse 17' | ama, you are the helper of Anu and Ellil |
| obverse 12' | The hand of ama made the right and left rise for you |
| reverse 14' | he has sinned against him. |
| reverse 3' | ... living creatures of the land |
| reverse 9' | like a buragan vessel he purifies |
| obverse 10' | who knows truth, who knows evil |
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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