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ASKT 12 (P393763)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ASKT 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393763 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 41' | May it be sweetened to its king |
| reverse 16 | when he came out from the treasury |
| obverse 35' | in Jenna, the daughter of Asalluhi |
| obverse 7' | He decreed a fate for him with copper not ziggurat. |
| obverse 36' | the man who seized the oath |
| obverse 45' | it is the wording of a bad kid |
| obverse 25' | a bad ram, a bad ala-drum |
| obverse 6' | so that you should not recite the incantations |
| obverse 28' | may they make them stand in their limbs. |
| reverse 34 | ...... |
| obverse 3' | sheep with a tail and a kid of the mountain range |
| obverse 31' | and Asalluhi, the son of Eridu, to its pure place |
| reverse 27 | ... the evil man, the evil eye, the evil mouth, the evil tongue |
| reverse 30 | a bowl of ghee, a bowl of ghee |
| obverse 19' | Towards the plain, they shall stand in their environs. |
| reverse 42 | ... the seven... evil... |
| reverse 7 | ............... |
| obverse 8' | Asar took a step upon the sheep as a loan. |
| obverse 9' | to set straight the divine plans of the supreme shrine |
| obverse 10' | before a man |
| reverse 41 | the seven holy reeds |
| obverse 30' | Incantation: O evil-doer, prince, take care of |
| reverse 32 | It is the wording of a gazelle and a jesbu-vessel |
| reverse 19 | who seeks out the asag demon, who seeks out the evil demon |
| obverse 26' | the well-being of the king, son ofijirrana |
| obverse 39' | The king, the son of Ishtar, will remove it. |
| reverse 36 | the seven copper tin(?) of Enki |
| obverse 21' | may he make stand at the place of life. |
| obverse 4' | sheep grown in the plain |
| reverse 2 | the great lord, Enki, built in the plain |
| reverse 17 | to the gazelle in front of ama |
| reverse 5 | The goats and goats of the steppe pass by |
| reverse 6 | he will pay to the gazelle and the gazelle. |
| obverse 18' | The evil demons poured water into the water. |
| obverse 17' | ... evil ram, evil adolescent, evil omen, evil adolescent |
| obverse 33' | he strews the holy tiara |
| reverse 29 | The king, the son of Ishtar, made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 42' | the one who did not know the oath |
| reverse 44 | ... small... |
| reverse 43 | ... of seven beautiful silver |
| obverse 1' | Wording of a... sheep |
| obverse 44' | May the god Sîn, the jehur priest, stand outside. |
| obverse 13' | to the house of the atu priestess, the great Urin temple built |
| reverse 23 | May the evil udug, the evil ala, the evil... be good |
| reverse 40 | by Asalluhi, your son, to Arabada |
| reverse 45 | ...... |
| obverse 23' | soup of Asar in the Abzu |
| reverse 12 | for Ninildum, the chief musician of heaven |
| obverse 22' | the attentive one of the lord of Enki |
| reverse 24 | to the gazelle of the steppe he put in place. |
| reverse 35 | he sacrificed them. |
| obverse 32' | to Ningirim, his mistress who loves him |
| obverse 12' | of Inana and Katu-jal of Eridu |
| obverse 24' | by Enki in the Enun |
| reverse 14 | When the goats of the steppe go before ama |
| reverse 33 | the house of the mother with the seven horns(?) |
| reverse 11 | may he bring the goats of the plain to you. |
| reverse 39 | Enki replied to his son Asalluhi: |
| obverse 43' | may he bring out from his body |
| obverse 37' | with the omen of the evildoer |
| obverse 2' | Incantation: oxen, slaughtered sheep, and malt rations of Lumlu |
| obverse 38' | he shall remove his head from his head. |
| obverse 5' | to smite the sheep in the nether world |
| reverse 15 | the king, son of Ishtar, gave to him a libation bowl. |
| reverse 8 | Enki looked at the quay and good things. |
| reverse 3 | The wild animals of the steppe seized them. |
| reverse 21 | may they cut off from his body. |
| reverse 4 | In order to smite the reedbeds and the reedbeds, the reedbeds, and the reedbeds, |
| reverse 9 | who sees Asalluhi, who is perfect in wisdom |
| reverse 18 | When the king comes out at the gazelle, he comes out at the ubara offering. |
| obverse 27' | the good udug, the good lamma protective deity, the en-ship and kingship of the nation |
| reverse 10 | to akan son of ama the shepherd of the people |
| reverse 38 | For his father Enki, the engur priest(ess) has received |
| obverse 16' | sheep that has shaved off |
| reverse 26 | when he is to be greeted with goodwill |
| obverse 34' | to Enki, king of the Abzu, his son, Asalluhi |
| reverse 28 | may the goats of the steppe be given to you. |
| reverse 22 | when the lugal priestess sat down in the bedchamber |
| obverse 40' | may he make it fall to its place of beer. |
| reverse 20 | (As for) the one who destroys the evil (doer) (and) the evil (doer) of Utu in his (own) body |
| reverse 31 | by the hand of ama, foremost of ama, foremost of |
| obverse 11' | The abgal priests of the katujal priests of Eridu were seated. |
| obverse 29' | of the ka’enima and ram-offering |
| reverse 1 | Incantation: When he goes in the steppe |
| obverse 15' | the king, the son of Ishtar, on the right side, on the left side. |
| reverse 25 | when he came out from the goats of the steppe |
| obverse 14' | to raise a fire in the courtyard, |
| reverse 13 | may he bring a basket of pure hands for you. |
| obverse 20' | May the kings Nanna and Utu stand before him before him. |
| reverse 37 | before Asalluhi |
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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