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MC 25, 399 (P394650)
CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts > Ikribu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MC 25, 399 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394650 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts > Ikribu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 4 9 | Whom a ummû-demon has sinned, |
| col 4 5 | The great Anu, whose command cannot be changed |
| col 3 7 | stand with you. The great gods... |
| col 3 12 | The utterance of the god Sîn |
| col 3 30 | which are in the Ekur,..., |
| col 4 18 | stand with you. The great gods |
| col 3 6 | You stand and the moon in the pure heavens. |
| col 4 2 | he entrusted to the god Sîn. |
| col 3 4 | With pure carnelian, lapis lazuli |
| col 4 15 | Who restores radiance and radiance |
| col 3 1 | their noses will smite, to the lands. |
| col 3 8 | May the gods be present with you. |
| col 3 31 | In Eridu his word is supreme |
| col 2 5 | ... Sîn...... |
| col 3 20 | The exalted prince whose command cannot be changed |
| col 4 12 | Your name is before you, the nammaû-demon. |
| col 4 32 | In the... of |
| col 2 2 | ...... heaven |
| col 3 35 | Lord who goes before you, Sin, at your disposal |
| col 2 3 | ...... to... |
| col 3 9 | May LAL, your vizier, overthrow the case. |
| col 2 4 | Sîn, mighty god(?), exalted one(?) |
| col 4 4 | Dilimbabbar, lord of the agu-disease, exalted god, who marches before |
| col 4 7 | To your name, your messenger, the black-headed ones, |
| col 4 6 | The moon, at your appearance, the doors of the sky, at your feet |
| col 3 16 | You set up... on the throne. |
| col 4 1 | ... by whatever deeds he does, the curse, the curse, and the utterance of truth, |
| col 4 30 | ... mountains(?) |
| col 3 24 | Sîn has gone out, with gold and lapis lazuli |
| col 4 22 | ... may the oath of a haruspex be established before you. |
| col 3 33 | You stand at his head |
| col 3 22 | May Sin, at your appearance, be exalted by the gods! |
| col 3 11 | The moon is pure in a ritual assemblage(?) |
| col 4 24 | of the moon on the 15th day |
| col 4 13 | .... their...................... |
| col 3 23 | their mouths they shall eat, Ninurta and Sîn shall eat. |
| col 3 26 | The one who dwells, the moon in the pure heavens |
| col 3 15 | You rule over all lands. |
| col 2 8 | And his report no god can see. |
| col 3 34 | Sîn, Nanaya, the heavens, the adlu-silver, the adlu-silver, the holy god |
| col 3 27 | Sin, the heir, the son of Ramu |
| col 3 14 | heir of Enlil, supplication(?) of the Ekur |
| col 3 28 | prince who is assiduous towards the heir of Enlil, foremost of |
| col 3 3 | 'Nanama, Sin, uqayu, |
| col 4 31 | ... mah |
| col 2 7 | The exalted prince, whose command cannot be changed, |
| col 4 11 | You give him a plant and a rummû-plant, and you give it to him. |
| col 3 2 | The uddî-demon, the utau-demon, the ukkuru-demon, |
| col 3 19 | O Sin, his light of the people, who marches before me |
| col 4 20 | With you may Dilimbatu stand(?) |
| col 2 6 | ... go, and the great gods... |
| col 4 17 | ......... |
| col 3 5 | the one who dies |
| col 4 3 | The moon is the nannaru of the sky |
| col 3 32 | “Send me, my brother, in your presence.” |
| col 3 17 | This... of lordship... |
| col 4 27 | ...-ka |
| col 4 8 | I have sent to you the people. |
| col 4 25 | Sin... the hero of the heavens |
| col 3 10 | May the curse (related to) the son of a haruspex establish before you. |
| col 3 36 | May the heavens make you dwell... |
| col 2 9 | in the napu of the moon of the gods. |
| col 4 26 | ... of the Ekur temple |
| col 3 13 | Sin, holy god, mighty one of Nanna |
| col 3 18 | Sîn(?) is the one who constantly seeks out(?) the sanctuaries |
| col 3 29 | singer of heaven, lord of the lands |
| col 4 19 | stand with you: the gods will be satisfied. |
| col 3 21 | and his report no god knows. |
| col 4 10 | You give all day long to you, and you give abundance to me. |
| col 3 25 | For the nanmru of the moon the pure name |
| col 2 10 | ... his... his... his... their pure sacrifices |
| col 4 14 | Sîn, lord of battle and combat |
| col 4 21 | ... may...... and |
| col 4 23 | ...... |
| col 4 16 | ... the Abbababbars, your name, are smitten. |
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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