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AfO 12, 042-044, pl. 2 (P394679)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 12, 042-044, pl. 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394679 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 14 | You put in front of Kusu and Ningirim |
| 7 | The mamau-priest goes to the open country and the house of the ibittu-priests of the reeds |
| 23 | Incantation: The mountain range, the forest, and juniper |
| 13 | (If) he is... cubits (and) his life is long: he will stand in front of him. |
| 18 | You set out 6(?) agubbû-vessels in Kusu's temple. |
| 3 | The mamau-priest is the incantation priest. You are the bird of heaven, the creation of Anu. |
| 4 | On the 14th day you pour water into the courtyard of the palace. |
| 6 | The king strews three times, and enters a house, and he recites the incantation. |
| 22 | to the shrine Abzu, the aromatic juniper of heaven and earth |
| 2 | In Taritu (VII) on the 4th day the 7 king's brothers will be seated in his hands. |
| 11 | ... at the gate of the house... a star in a turban |
| 1 | When you do the ritual of the house of sala, you will do it in Tartu (VII). |
| 21 | Incantation: O mighty one, the incantation priest of Gibil, great heir |
| 16 | ... stones on the neck of the king, the neck of the king, the throne of the king |
| 9 | The wide cubits are surrounded by a wall. |
| 15 | ... lubutu-garments, king of a chariot, king of a throne |
| 12 | ... to the naphu of ama the wall |
| 17 | ... you set up... and at the left of the gate of the house... |
| 10 | ...s 8 cubits, the length; |
| 5 | You set up a barge for it. |
| 8 | he is 3? cubits long; he is 3 cubits wide; he is surrounded by a halo. |
| 19 | Incantation: Incantation of princeliness |
| 20 | Incantation: O clay tablet of Asarri, incantation: long reeds |
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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