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Shamash Religious Texts pl. 03 K 02380 (P394386)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shamash Religious Texts pl. 03 K 02380 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394386 |
| 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 |
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 | ||
| 1 | [EN₂ {d}UTU] DI.KU₅ ⸢MAḪ⸣ ša₂ AN-e u [KI-tim] | Incantation: O Shamash, judge of the E-maḫ, of heaven and earth |
| 2 | [pa-ri-is] ⸢EŠ⸣.BAR ṣi-ru ša₂ DINGIR.[MEŠ] | “Pārīš-ebbar-plant, ṣiru-plant of the gods, |
| 3 | [muš-te]-⸢šer⸣ UN.MEŠ ša₂ kip-pat AN-e [at-ta] | You are the one who guides the people in the circumference of heaven |
| 4 | [ina ba]-⸢lu⸣-uk-ka ana a-rid [qab-ri] | When you go up to the quay |
| 5 | [la] uk-tal-lam tak-[li-mu] | I have not been able to carry out my task. |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣-pu-u₂ ana ka-ra-še-e ta-ru₃-u {d}⸢UTU⸣ [kum-ma] | The ša’epû-plant is for the karāsu-festival, it is the tarûer-plant of the sun god. |
| 7 | [rag]-gu LU₂ ana {d}a-nun-na-ki pa-qa-⸢du⸣ [kum-ma] | “If a man is entrusted to the Anunnaki, |
| 8 | [ana]-⸢ku⸣ an-ḫu šu-nu-⸢ḫu⸣ [IR₃-ka] | I will go up to you, I shall go down to you. |
| 9 | [x] x ina E₂ TU₅-ma a-nam-⸢da⸣-[x x-(x)] | ... enters the house and I shall ... |
| 10 | ⸢GIG⸣ la e-de-e mar-[ṣa-ku] | I am a sickle that cannot be removed |
| 11 | [ana] ⸢IGI⸣-ka az-[ziz] | I stood before your temple |
| 12 | [rit]-⸢tu⸣ ḪUL-tim ša₂ a-me-lu-ti u₂-⸢lap⸣-[pi-tan-ni] | The ritu-ētu-ḫbul-tum-demon, the evil-doer of mankind, made me fall. |
| 13 | ⸢ul⸣ ag-ri-šu-ma ḪUL-ti₃ [ik-pu-ud] | “It is his fault that evil has been done against him |
| 14 | {[d]}UTU an-nu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ ša₂ u₂-⸢ka⸣-[šip-an-ni] | Šamaš, this enemy of yours is |
| 15 | an-nu-u₂ NU-šu₂ an-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [šu-u₂] | This is not his. This is Nergal |
| 16 | na-ša₂-ku ina IGI-ka a-ša₂-as-si-ka {[d}UTU] | I am present before you, I call to you, O Shamash |
| 17 | EN a-ša₂-as-si-ka šuk-na [x-x-(x-x)] | My lord, grant me your protection |
| 18 | {d}UTU a-ša₂-as-si-ka šuk-na [x-x-(x-x)] | Šamaš, give me a firm positive answer |
| 19 | šum-ru-ṣa-ku-ma lem-niš [ep-še-ku] | I am the one who performs evil against me |
| 20 | it-ti e-piš ḪUL-tim ia-⸢ši la⸣ [ta-man-nu] | You do not agree with the evil deed. |
| 21 | aš₂-kun ina šap-li-ka A.LU ⸢el⸣-[lu] | I have set up in your midst a mountain of elu-plant |
| 22 | {d}UTU ša₂ kiš-pi [i-pu-ša₂] | Šamaš, who performed witchcraft |
| 23 | is-ḫu-ra [i-še-ʾa] | he struck, he smote |
| 24 | u₃ ia-a-ši ⸢UŠ⸣.[MEŠ-ni] | And as for me, our ešētu priests |
| 25 | i-kap-pu-da [ḪUL-ti₃] | he will undo evil. |
| 26 | ana-ku ul i-de-⸢e-šu⸣ [...] | I do not know ... |
| 27 | at-ta ti-⸢de⸣-[e-šu ...] | You, Tīde’ešu |
| 28 | lim-ḫa-⸢aṣ⸣ [...] | May the limḫašû-priest |
| 29 | gaz [...] | ... kill |
| 30 | di [...] | ... case |
| 31 | {⸢d⸣}[UTU ...] | E-e-šamaš |
| 32 | x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ana⸣ x [...] | “Ana’e |
| 2' | KI-⸢ia⸣ [...] | ... with me |
| 3' | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA ...] | Incantation formula: |
| 4' | DU₃.DU₃.⸢BI⸣ [...] | Its ritual: |
| 5' | a-na x [...] | to ... |
| 6' | LUGAL ina [...] | The king in |
| 7' | ŠID-⸢nu⸣ [...] | ŠUD-enu’e23 |
| 8' | ŠU{ii}šu₂ ana ⸢UGU⸣ [NU {lu₂}KUR₂ LUḪ-si] | (If) his hand trembles at the top of the roof: the enemy will devastate. |
| 9' | EN₂ en-e [an sikil-ta bara₂-si-ga-a ri-a] | Incantation: O lord, adorned with pure heavens, |
| 10' | LIBIR.RA.[BI.GIM ... šaṭir bari] | Written and collated according to its original |
| 11' | E₂.GAL {m}AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣-[DU₃-A ...] | Palace of Esarhaddon |
| 12' | ša {d}⸢AG⸣ [...] | of Ea |
| 13' | i-ḫu-zu [...] | (Sum) Your ..., your ...(?) (Akk) The ... of your .... |
| 14' | ša₂ ina LUGAL.MEŠ [...] | Which among the kings |
| 15' | ne₂-me-eq {d}[AG ...] | the wisdom of Nabu |
| 16' | ina [DUB].MEŠ-ni [...] | In our tablets |
| 17' | a-⸢na tam-ri⸣-ir-⸢ti⸣-[ia ...] | (Sum) The water of my sea(?) ... (Akk) My water of the sea(?), ... |
| 18' | [man]-⸢nu⸣ ša₂ i-tab-ba-lu ⸢u⸣ [...] | “Man-emanu-e23, that which he piled up, ... |
| 19' | [Aššur {d]}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ ḪUŠ-iš ⸢ag-giš⸣ [...] | As for the goddess Bēlet-ilī, the one who encircles the aggaš plant |
| 20' | [šumšu zēršu] ina KUR ⸢li⸣-ḫal-⸢li⸣-[qu ...] | If a man is angry in the land of Eliḫal-Eliqu |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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