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Bit Rimki pl. 02, no. 04 (P394378)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Bit Rimki pl. 02, no. 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394378 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [... ni]-⸢is-sa-ta⸣ [...] | ... Nissatae ... |
| 2' | [... ar-ra]-⸢ta⸣ gi-lit-tu ⸢te⸣-[ša₂-a ...] | ... of Arraphaea, the rejoicing of its rites |
| 3' | [qu₂]-⸢lu ku-ru⸣ NU DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣ [lib₃-bi] NU DU₁₀.GA UZU iš-ku-na KA UR.⸢GI₇⸣ [...] | (If) he eats fatty tissue, he does not enjoy sweet kurû-flour, (or) if he is not satisfied with sweet intestines: he will die. ... dog's mouth ... . |
| 4' | {d}UTU an-nu-u šu-u₂ ⸢an⸣-[nu-u] ⸢NU⸣-ša₂ GIM ši-i la GUB-az [...] | This is Šamaš, this is an eanēnû-tree, its eši’e-thornbush, like it did not stand there |
| 5' | ana I₃.ZU-ši NU I₃.⸢ZU-ši⸣ ina muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ A.MEŠ [...] | In order not to make an ointment, you pour water on top of it. |
| 6' | ar-ša₂ u₂-tar-⸢ši⸣ lim-ḫur-an-[ni-ma] | May a future ruler restore it and |
| 7' | ši-i šar-qiš i-pu-ša₂-⸢an⸣-[ni] ⸢ana⸣-ku ina IGI-ka šu-piš a-⸢SAR⸣-[x-ši] | If he performs a šarqiš ritual against me, I will be seized before you, it is the work of A-SAR-E-x-svi. |
| 8' | {d}UTU ina de-en kit-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ ina IGI-ka [...] | Šamaš, in the case of truth, which in your presence |
| 9' | ina nar-be₂-e ša₂ {d}⸢e₂⸣-[a] ina NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ ša₂ {⸢d⸣}[asal-lu₂-ḫi] | At the narbê of Ea at the offerings of E23 Asalluḫi |
| 10' | ina qi₂-bi-ti ša₂ {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}⸢zar⸣-[pa-ni]-⸢tum⸣ ina qi₂-bi-ti ša₂ {d}PA u [...] | By the command of Marduk and Ezar-epāni-etum, by the order of Nabû and |
| 11' | UGU-ša₂ um-ta-sa ⸢ina⸣ muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | (Sum) The e’ina-e23 (temple) on top of her (Akk) On top of it, the e-ina'e-23 on top(?) of her |
| 12' | GIM A.MEŠ ša₂ SU-MU iš-ša₂-⸢ḫa⸣-[ṭu-ma] ⸢ina⸣ muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ u [...] | Like the water of my body it is poured out and it is on top of it and ... |
| 13' | ar-ni iʾ-il-ti ⸢UGU⸣-ša₂ [...] | (Sum) I am the one who smite(?) the enemy (Akk) The one who destroys the enemy |
| 14' | mim-ma lem-nu ša₂ ina SU-MU UZU.[MEŠ-MU] ⸢SA.MEŠ⸣-[MU ...] | Anything evil that is in my body, my flesh, my intestines |
| 15' | GIM A.MEŠ ša₂ ⸢SU⸣-[MU ...] | Like the water of the ēšû-plant |
| 16' | ina muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ u ⸢la⸣-[ni-ša₂ ...] | on top of it and above it |
| 17' | {d}UTU ta-zi-im-⸢ta-ša₂⸣ [...] | Šamaš, you are exalted |
| 18' | a-na muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ u [...] | against it and |
| 19' | ina ḪUL A₂.MEŠ GISKIM.MEŠ ⸢ḪUL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | On account of the evil of portents, signs (and) eḫul-plants |
| 20' | ša₂ ina E₂.GAL-MU u KUR-[MU ibšâ] | which are in my palace and my land |
| 21' | {d}UTU kaš-šap-ti ⸢lim⸣-qut-ma [...] | Šamaš, the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’-demon, ... |
| 22' | ši-i li-ne₂-⸢gir⸣-ma [...] | May he say to you “Let him go out and |
| 23' | ši-i li-ir-⸢ta-si⸣-ma [...] | May this curse not come near me and . |
| 24' | ši-i li-⸢mut⸣-ma [...] ⸢lu⸣-[ub-luṭ] | That one may he smite, and ... the elublut plant |
| 25' | {d}UTU ina di-ni-ka ⸢i⸣-ša₂-ru-tu₂ ⸢lul⸣-[lik] | Šamaš, in your case, may E-i-e-šarûtu and E-lul-elik |
| 26' | {d}UTU aš₂-šum₂ la i-⸢pu-ša₂⸣-aš₂-šim-ma [ši-<i>] i-pu-ša₂-⸢an⸣-[ni] | Šamaš, if he does not perform it, he shall perform it. |
| 27' | {d}UTU aš₂-šum₂ la as-⸢ḫu⸣-ra-šim-ma ši-i is-ḫu-ra-⸢an⸣-[ni] | Šamaš, if I did not ask him, he would ask me. |
| 28' | UGU-ša₂ um-ta-⸢si⸣ ana muḫ-ḫi-ša₂ A.MEŠ a-ra-⸢muk⸣ | On top of it, umtā-esî-e23 on top of (it) water I shall pour out for you |
| 29' | ⸢ar⸣-ša₂ u₂-⸢tar⸣-ši ... lim-ḫur-an-⸢ni⸣ | (Sum) May he release his sin, may he be released from his guilt (Akk) May his sin be released, may his guilt be released |
| 30' | [GIM A].⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ SU-MU ⸢iš⸣-ša₂-ḫa-ṭu-ma ana UGU an-ni-ti DU-⸢ku⸣ | (If) it is like the springs of my body, it is called ešvaḫbatbu-plant and you go up to this. |
| 31' | [... lem]-⸢nu⸣ ša₂ ina SU-MU UZU.MEŠ-MU SA.MEŠ-MU GAL₂-⸢u₂⸣ | ... evil that is in my body, my flesh (and) my liver there will be |
| 32' | [... A].⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ SU-MU liš-ša₂-ḫi-iṭ-ma ina SU-MU lit-ta-⸢ṣi⸣ | May the water of my body be released and may it be released from my body |
| 33' | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA ⸢LUGAL⸣ DU₁₁.DU₁₁-⸢ub⸣ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to the king. |
| 34' | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA E₂ rim-⸢ki⸣ E₂ 2.[KAM] | Incantation formula: the house of Rim-E23, the second house |
| 35' | [ana] ⸢UGU⸣ NU {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU [ŠU{ii]}⸢šu₂⸣ LUḪ-⸢si⸣ | (If) he does not cast him into a grave, (or) a woman, his hand will be swollen. |
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