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BBR pl. 21 K 02834 (P394709)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 21 K 02834 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394709 |
| 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 16 | The gods hold him, and... in the place of judgment, judgment, and rebellion. |
| reverse 2' | You set up a ritual assemblage before a censer. |
| obverse 6 | ......: the sheep is surrounded by a halo of oil and birds. |
| obverse 13 | The curse oath................ |
| reverse 7' | You pour a censer of juniper in front of Kittu and ditto. |
| obverse 3 | ... a place of wonder, may my utterances be exalted. |
| obverse 10 | The father, his son, who loves to speak, slanders you with a tablet. |
| obverse 7 | .... he sees..., |
| reverse 11' | You recite the incantation 'I want to see it'. |
| reverse 12' | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue (and) the umû-plant are placed in front of Adad. |
| reverse 10' | You put thighs, thighs, and thighs in front of ama and |
| edge 1 | You write down a reed mat and you recite it. |
| obverse 11 | his contract they shall give him. Whoever carries this contract, who a claim against a claim, whether or not |
| obverse 9 | ............... |
| obverse 12 | Where a case arises before ama and Adad, you make a censer, the beloved of the great gods. |
| reverse 5' | You throw a jug in front of Aya and ditto. |
| reverse 9' | You throw a jug in front of a man and ditto. |
| reverse 4' | You throw a jug in front of Marduk and ditto. |
| obverse 15 | Their great fearsomeness... who marches before me... his fury. |
| reverse 14' | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue and the umû-plant are placed in front of Marduk. |
| obverse 1 | When the son of the haruspex performs a sacrifice, the truth of ama and Adad stands (?) |
| reverse 3' | You throw a jug in front of Adad and ditto. |
| obverse 4 | May the sinnu-disease of his hands be dispersed. Where a decision is not taken, he will not approach. |
| reverse 1' | He strews a male sheep, and you sprinkle a uluhhu-flour. |
| obverse 2 | ... like a....., who is a sage, and the gods are exalted. |
| obverse 8 | ... he... him, he... him, |
| obverse 14 | ... he smote him,......... |
| reverse 6' | You pour a censer of juniper in front of Bunene and ditto. |
| obverse 5 | The oath of ullat and arrn was removed. ama, son of the a a pi guardian was removed. |
| reverse 13' | You recite the incantation in front of the censer. |
| reverse 8' | You set up a censer of juniper before Meari and ditto. |
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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