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BBR pl. 24-25 K 03282+ (P394692)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 24-25 K 03282+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394692 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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' | You crush a censer of juniper which is before Itar-LU. |
| reverse 18 | You libate first-rate beer and you sit (there). |
| reverse 5 | The lord of the sacrifices raises his hand, and he recites the incantation. |
| obverse 15' | You set up a table (with) a censer of Itar-LU. |
| obverse 14' | You set up a table (with) a censer (made) of (mixed) gods. |
| reverse 11 | You set out 3 tables like Anu, Enlil, and Ea. |
| reverse 10 | You recite the incantation as follows: |
| reverse 20 | He performs a sheep offering, strews mihhu-illness, and places (it) in the left of the extispicy. |
| obverse 16' | [You strew] a censer before Marduk. You strew the hand of the lord of the sheep and speak as follows: |
| reverse 21 | ama and Adad, the great gods, the sage, son of a haruspex, placed (it) in a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse 8' | (If) he sees a man, he will die. |
| reverse 12 | The middle part is a table for ama and Adad, the gods, the lords. |
| obverse 10' | You place 1 kugnû-vessel in front of the god. |
| obverse 1' | of one table. 28 loaves of mutqi-offerings of ianu-flour. |
| obverse 4' | You strew it and you mix it. You pour it out 4 times. |
| reverse 3 | The breast, the fatty tissue, the umû-plant, the agubbû-vessel, the tullalal-vessel, the salt, and the table of Itar you set up. |
| reverse 7 | (If) a table before a god (or another) ewe gives birth to a ewe: the owner of the sacrifice will take it away and he will recover. |
| obverse 23' | You put a thigh, a fatty tissue, a thigh, (and) a thigh. You set up salt in the table of Marduk. |
| reverse 14 | A table for the rations for Bunene, vizier ama, Aya |
| reverse 6 | You libate first-rate beer from a table and make a censer. |
| reverse 4 | You recite the incantation in front of the censer and |
| reverse 23 | The curse (related to) extispicy has not ceased, the shandabakku, the son of the treasurer of cedar, shall remove it, and |
| obverse 24' | You recite the incantation 'I want to see it'. |
| obverse 12' | You set up a table after the censer of Marduk. |
| obverse 7' | You pour 3 censers of juniper, cedar, flour, (and) fine flour. You libate first-rate beer and you set up a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse 17' | May (my) lord, sorcery, be established in the sun. May he establish a sacrifice. May he stand before ama. |
| reverse 13 | (As for) the table on the left, it is his beloved for Aya |
| reverse 8 | You set up the table before Marduk. |
| obverse 6' | You take the breast, the fatty tissue, the KA.NE and the silqu-flour |
| reverse 17 | You throw 2 emmer(s) of juniper, cedar, fine flour. |
| reverse 22 | The son of the haruspex in the place of litigation shall not proceed; the censer shall not raise a claim |
| obverse 21' | You strew a censer behind me that is before the god. |
| obverse 13' | You set up..., make a flour/incense-offering, pour oil, and pour salt. |
| obverse 3' | You make a mutqû-vessel of... sweet mutqû-beer and you libate first-rate beer. |
| obverse 5' | You libate akkutu-bread, akktu-beer, and first-rate beer. |
| reverse 19 | (If) he carries a ram (and) if he eats meat and milk: a man will die. |
| obverse 20' | (If) he is ill for the tail of a sheep: a reed hut |
| reverse 9 | You recite the incantations of his... |
| obverse 11' | You place 1 kugnû-vessel in front of Itar-LU. |
| obverse 18' | May (this query) go to your great divinity! |
| obverse 19' | You set up favorable designs. You perform a sheep offering, and you strew a ulluhhu-flour. |
| reverse 15 | 4 pure sheep(s), 2 for ama and Adad, one for Aya, his beloved spouse |
| reverse 1 | The breast, the mhû-plant, the umû-plant, the agubbû-vessel, the tullalalu-vessel, and salt are present in the table of the god. |
| reverse 16 | One for Bunene, vizier of ama, Aya, thighs, thighs |
| reverse 2 | You make a flour/incense-offering before a censer. |
| obverse 2' | You mix (the mixture) with honey, honey, tin, ghee, papparmnu-aromatic, papparmnu-aromatic, papparmnu-aromatic, papparmnu-aromatic, (and) erqu-seed. |
| obverse 9' | You place 1 kugnû-vessel in the east before Marduk. |
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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