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2R 58, 6 (P394659)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 2R 58, 6 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394659 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî |
| 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 22' | .... of the hand of... |
| reverse 26 | After he has received his pure hand |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 11' | He spoke to the pure hand of Tutu: |
| obverse 30' | In his pure hand... the mouth of Ea. |
| reverse 19 | (If) ditto, from the land ditto ditto, ditto, ditto,... he will bring |
| obverse 25' | ... he... his heart. |
| reverse 27 | to serve |
| obverse 20' | Incantation formula: incantation of the god |
| reverse 22 | (If) ditto, the angammau-demon, of ditto, oil |
| obverse 14' | he... its water in the midst of the sea. |
| obverse 19' | May the evildoer stand outside |
| obverse 7' | Wording for Gibil, the pure god |
| obverse 34' | (If) Ea, lord of the sons of... ditto, son of Ubla |
| reverse 7 | to Nammu he brought. |
| reverse 16 | He brought the gold and silver to the Antasura. |
| obverse 29' | His holy hand, his holy foot,... which is..., |
| obverse 32' | whose reddish appearance is pure : |
| reverse 11 | he brought out from |
| obverse 33' | Enki, the lord, the first-born son of |
| reverse 23 | Ipi... brought... |
| reverse 3 | ama, his pure face,... he brought out, the hero of the four quarters he brought out. |
| reverse 15 | For Ninagala he brought iron and copper into heaven |
| reverse 18 | In the mountain range Ninkura brought out a sand duia stone, nirxgir stone |
| obverse 24' | ... the Apsu,..., |
| obverse 5' | May the gods of heaven be holy, may they be pure, may they be pure. |
| reverse 14 | Ditto, supplication,............ he brought... |
| reverse 20 | to Kusu the temple administrator of Enlil |
| obverse 26' | the great lord Enki wrote to me: |
| obverse 27' | his pure hand, his pure foot |
| obverse 2' | whose face is bright, shining, shining |
| obverse 12' | the water of the stele of Enki, the reservoir of Ningirim |
| reverse 13 | Gibil brought... cedar |
| reverse 9 | ... Ningirim, the foundation of..., he brought allure into the orchard |
| obverse 15' | Its holy father, its pure father, its life, |
| obverse 6' | May the heart of heaven be released, may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| obverse 35' | The god Nunura brought... from the great and great |
| reverse 5 | Ditto, the great nukaru-priest of Anu, he brought out a censer of juniper. |
| obverse 18' | May he be holy to the gods : may he be pure to the earth. |
| obverse 8' | Incantation: O shrine Eabzu, the tree of the heaven and earth, |
| reverse 21 | Igula oil, cedar oil, juniper |
| obverse 17' | He made the god rise, he made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 4' | He made the god rise, he made it shine like daylight. |
| reverse 8 | he brought to Nane. |
| obverse 9' | the prince who the Great Shrine of heaven and earth has built for him |
| reverse 6 | Ennugi... brought. |
| obverse 16' | Asalluhi, son of Eridu, did not cast the incantation. |
| reverse 25 | Marduk, son of Eridu,... in ditto. |
| obverse 23' | ... of the reed basket |
| reverse 4 | The ornament of Igisigsig, the orchardist of An, he brought the inig tree and the tree with it. |
| reverse 17 | Ditto, the sarpa, the arau-demon,... he brought. |
| reverse 2 | Utu, the pure aromatic, brought to Kya-Idlurugu |
| reverse 1 | to Engu-ida pure water he shall buy. |
| obverse 3' | Asalluhi, son of Eridu, did not cast the incantation. |
| obverse 21' | Incantation: The mountain range of the erinnu-tree |
| obverse 36' | (As for) ditto, the great cella of... |
| obverse 31' | his pure garment... : |
| reverse 12 | ... he brought to me. |
| reverse 10 | O ditto, lady of wisdom,..., who resides in the heavens, |
| obverse 13' | He... pure water in the Abzu. |
| reverse 24 | Asalluhi, the son of Eridug, in the midst of |
| obverse 10' | of the Enki gods and the Abzu gods |
| obverse 28' | In his pure hand... |
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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