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K 02699 (P394613)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02699 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394613 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê |
| 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? col 2'? 12 | to... |
| obverse? col 2'? 13 | to... |
| obverse? col 2'? 8 | ... is |
| obverse? col 2'? 1 | by Nin-IGI.NAGARBU, the great carpenter of heaven |
| reverse? col 1? 8' | may he... like |
| obverse? col 2'? 3 | ... the word of Ea he swore, and |
| reverse? col 1? 1' | may he be supreme |
| reverse? col 1? 5' | May... its threshing floor be great |
| reverse? col 1? 7' | he raised up. |
| obverse? col 2'? 4 | the weapon of the hero |
| reverse? col 1? 6' | ... pure... may I live and... be exalted. |
| obverse? col 2'? 9 | ... is |
| reverse? col 1? 4' | ... may it be favourable. |
| reverse? col 1? 3' | may its threshing floor be great |
| obverse? col 2'? 7 | it is the xth |
| obverse? col 2'? 6 | ... is the pure weapon |
| obverse? col 2'? 5 | ......... of the rebellious, |
| obverse? col 2'? 2 | he (Ningirsu) has seized the head of the weapon |
| reverse? col 1? 9' | ..... may he be sated. |
| obverse? col 2'? 10 | ... is |
| obverse? col 2'? 11 | ... is |
| reverse? col 1? 2' | ... may it be favourable. |
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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