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CM 01, fig. 01-05 (P394763)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CM 01, fig. 01-05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394763 |
| 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 col 3 63' | one black dog, black, arid, Asag |
| obverse col 2 49' | — There are horns on the site of the quay. |
| obverse col 2 44' | One... of tamarisk whose length is 1 cubit (is) the height of a treasury |
| obverse col 3 56' | 2 yellow-green wool(?), you bring... on their second side. |
| obverse col 2 63' | 4... of Lugalgira |
| reverse col 5 17' | Whose great fearsomeness and radiance |
| reverse col 4 37' | You set up an adakurru-vessel. |
| obverse col 1 28' | when the stones of the muhru-tree have been made |
| obverse col 2 2' | The breast-bone is thick. |
| obverse col 3 11' | You put (them) on the ground and you set out the ritual assemblage for ama. |
| obverse col 1 70' | You set up a censer of juniper, juniper, (and) juniper. |
| obverse col 2 35' | 7... of weapons... of tamarisk |
| reverse col 5 41' | They brought (them) out, they brought (them) out to the nasah priestess in the house of Nennu, son of Nennu |
| reverse col 4 1' | In year 1 lion, yellow-green, yellow-green, sakip-plant, evil. |
| reverse col 4 3' | One lion(?) (and) a lion(?), who bring out good things |
| obverse col 2 32' | The bronze arrows are set on their head(s). |
| obverse col 3 39' | You keep watch over them. |
| obverse col 1 5' | or a udnu-priest, or a goddess, |
| obverse col 3 22' | The evil demons of Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse col 1 20' | Its ritual: |
| reverse col 4 5' | You will do as he pleases. |
| obverse col 3 10' | 7 grains of silver; |
| obverse col 2 59' | You set up a bronze mesirru-aromatic in their roots... |
| obverse col 1 3' | May it be a flood, may it be a flood, may it be a flood |
| obverse col 1 43' | You perform a ritual assemblage and you sit on a throne. |
| obverse col 1 6' | or Lugalurra or Lugalamapae |
| obverse col 2 9' | The totality of heaven and earth, |
| reverse col 5 49' | the sons of Enmearra, the one who acts with evil weapons |
| reverse col 4 58' | ... in the morning, like ama |
| obverse col 1 11' | or dead, or sick, |
| obverse col 1 53' | (If) the 6th(?) is yellow-green: he will die. The 7th, he will die. |
| reverse col 4 36' | You set in place a censer of juniper. |
| reverse col 5 33' | the gods of the guard, |
| obverse col 3 32' | who does not enter, sit down and go out to the city. |
| reverse col 5 31' | which are... in the pure heavens, |
| obverse col 2 15' | You recite this incantation. |
| obverse col 1 46' | At their heads, the tamarisk of Apû and the foundation of the fire |
| obverse col 2 3' | dates, flour, rations |
| reverse col 4 4' | The second year, the year after the evils... |
| reverse col 4 47' | (If) he is surrounded by a halo, he will die. |
| obverse col 1 9' | [or] a ghost, a kimtu-demon, |
| reverse col 5 19' | Your right and left will be guarded. |
| reverse col 5 13' | ... a cup of fig-beer; |
| reverse col 4 15' | These are not my nadtu-disease. |
| obverse col 3 44' | 7 nobles who made clay (tablets),..., fish, (and) furious in their 15th regnal year |
| obverse col 2 11' | a pure tree for making noises. |
| obverse col 1 52' | (If) he sees a black moon, he sees a black moon 5 times, he sees a black moon. |
| obverse col 1 62' | ... of the yellow-green wool, a day he will write |
| reverse col 4 12' | You strew meat. |
| reverse col 4 8' | You place before them to the sun... |
| obverse col 3 28' | ... the evil-doers of Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse col 3 51' | The 2nd, I did not call out to Lugal, who is yellow-green... |
| obverse col 2 64' | The 4 of Meslamtaea |
| obverse col 2 7' | You recite the incantation before ama. |
| obverse col 2 57' | The horns of bronze that are set in gold |
| obverse col 2 6' | You sit down (and) a censer of juniper |
| reverse col 4 38' | You take. For Anu, Enlil, Ea and Ninurta |
| obverse col 1 45' | Their limbs are swollen, their body is swollen. |
| reverse col 6 9' | (If) he does not pay, he will pay back the silver. |
| obverse col 3 33' | 7 nobles whose limbs are full of limbs. |
| obverse col 2 13' | Before you, I have sworn everything that is being done. |
| obverse col 2 47' | The horns of the bronze kettledrum are 7 fingers long. |
| reverse col 5 48' | Incantation: You, Dilimbi, the great gods. |
| obverse col 1 10' | [Any revocation], lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| obverse col 2 17' | came out to the city and 7 were the nadtu(-priests). |
| obverse col 3 6' | Like these things, the creation of heaven and earth have been granted before ama. |
| reverse col 4 35' | dates, flour, rations |
| obverse col 2 58' | The bronze arrow is set on their head. |
| reverse col 5 43' | Anything evil, anything unfavourable, |
| reverse col 5 34' | The one who strikes enemies, the one who kills the enemy, |
| obverse col 2 53' | 4... of Meslamtaea of the tin of the crown |
| reverse col 6 7' | ... that he has taken away. |
| reverse col 5 18' | You stand in front of Ea, your father. |
| reverse col 5 45' | In front of the 7...s, ditto of the feet |
| reverse col 4 31' | You set up an offering table for ama. |
| obverse col 1 47' | They are seated on their left. |
| obverse col 2 36' | The crown of their..., the crown of their..., |
| reverse col 5 25' | ... he did not return(?) to his place |
| obverse col 2 24' | The horns of the bronze are set on the bows. |
| obverse col 3 61' | for one year, black lions, his life |
| reverse col 5 42' | you stand at the left side of the gate. |
| obverse col 3 29' | For the destruction of a frightened foot, in a man's house |
| reverse col 6 5' | ... small ama-flour |
| reverse col 4 51' | 7 oxen...; |
| reverse col 4 50' | 7 small pigs; |
| obverse col 2 22' | You set up a bronze band at their base. |
| reverse col 5 30' | ... the sons of Anu, the powerful |
| obverse col 1 37' | You pour honey and butter. You set up a libation bowl. |
| obverse col 1 42' | You throw a libation bowl of uluhhu-aromatic in a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse col 3 27' | ................. |
| reverse col 5 22' | By the command of Ea (and) Marduk, I am my house |
| reverse col 5 9' | You bind the breast-bone, the fatty tissue and the roast meat. |
| obverse col 1 50' | it receded twice, it rained three times. |
| reverse col 5 27' | In front of the four, Esaggil |
| obverse col 2 42' | at their head... |
| reverse col 5 1' | You recite this incantation and recite it to the river. |
| reverse col 5 54' | his life...... |
| reverse col 5 37' | As to the evil that is in the house of Nenni, son of Nenni |
| reverse col 5 15' | Incantation: You are a black-headed man, a wicked man and a foe |
| obverse col 1 63' | Diary from month I to month I: 'It is not the year of Elam.' |
| reverse col 5 5' | You put them on a censer of juniper. |
| reverse col 5 11' | You set up a libation bowl of honey and butter. |
| obverse col 1 49' | One is not favourable, it is favourable for its end. |
| obverse col 3 59' | I built a white dog, above and below, your mouth. |
| obverse col 3 34' | and the eye of a bird is placed in their right hand. |
| obverse col 3 41' | The seven nau-nau-nau-nau-nau-nair-nair-nair-nair-nair-nair-nair-nair-nair-n |
| obverse col 1 40' | Incantation: O evil udug in the wide plain |
| obverse col 3 36' | (If) he has a blacksmith and a thorny bird in a teqtu-vessel: |
| obverse col 2 60' | The feet of bronze that are plated with gold are on their right hand. |
| obverse col 2 14' | May it be well, may it be well. |
| obverse col 2 5' | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| obverse col 3 3' | Like a uannu-garment, her lung is swollen. |
| reverse col 4 53' | muu-seeds, innua-seeds, |
| obverse col 1 16' | they shall kill, they shall kill, |
| obverse col 3 14' | Incantation: Ditto all Anu and Enlil |
| reverse col 4 42' | To the god of the temple, the temple of Itar, the temple of Lamassu, the temple of 3 reeds you set up. |
| obverse col 1 38' | You set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer and you libate. |
| obverse col 2 38' | in their right hands, weapons stand in their hands. |
| obverse col 2 8' | Incantation: ama, great lord, exalted judge. |
| obverse col 1 2' | May the evil demon, the evil demon, the evil god, the evil demon or the evil demon, |
| obverse col 1 54' | Year n, eponym year of Nabû-arru-uur. |
| reverse col 4 54' | large neck, small neck |
| obverse col 3 2' | At its end he ascended the throne. |
| obverse col 3 24' | Your face is surrounded by a halo. I strew their words. |
| reverse col 4 13' | You set up a libation bowl of honey and butter. |
| obverse col 1 33' | In front of ama, you sweep the ground, you sprinkle pure water. |
| obverse col 2 28' | On the threshing floor,... stand. |
| obverse col 3 12' | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| obverse col 1 58' | The days of the tailtu-offering which they had poured into Eridu |
| obverse col 1 60' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, |
| obverse col 1 64' | The day that for the life he shall give |
| reverse col 5 53' | The name of the evils which are in the house of Nennu, son of Nennu. |
| obverse col 2 45' | (This is) the work of a lubu-demon, his lubu-demon. |
| reverse col 4 59' | a house that you wish, a... jar |
| reverse col 4 33' | You recite the incantation to Marduk. |
| reverse col 4 28' | Like... of trees and... as much as it is... |
| obverse col 2 25' | he will perform it on their labors. |
| reverse col 4 60' | (a kind of barley) |
| obverse col 1 30' | He has received gold, gold, and silver. |
| reverse col 5 7' | In the presence of the people, Lugalgirra and Meslamtaea |
| obverse col 2 40' | (If) they are stricken with bronze (and) stricken with bronze (or) with their heads: |
| reverse col 5 23' | May it not approach me, may it not approach me, may it not approach me. |
| obverse col 2 29' | with their right hands... with their left hands. |
| obverse col 1 12' | or a lawsuit or a lawsuit |
| reverse col 4 55' | (If) he opens a house and he opens the door of the house to the gate. |
| obverse col 1 17' | ............. |
| obverse col 2 33' | a bronze ring on their head is torn out. |
| reverse col 5 2' | In a censer (made) of juniper, |
| obverse col 3 16' | What is it that is this? It is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that is it that |
| reverse col 5 20' | or an ecstatic, or a ghost, or anything evil, |
| reverse col 5 10' | dates, flour, rations |
| obverse col 3 62' | for two years a long life |
| reverse col 5 47' | Just as you see |
| reverse col 5 39' | (If) they are very dark: they are very dark: they are very dark. |
| obverse col 2 10' | You are a chariot-driver of my divinity, a chariot-driver |
| obverse col 3 42' | (If) it is surrounded by a fog-storm of silver: fish, famine in their right hands. |
| obverse col 1 1' | or a bad day, or a bad night, |
| obverse col 1 39' | You set it on a threshing floor in a threshing floor |
| obverse col 2 39' | a wooden measuring vessel of one half of a bronze vessel |
| obverse col 3 37' | The furious and furious are the seven nobles who do battle. |
| reverse col 5 8' | You set up a reed mat. |
| obverse col 1 57' | (If) he does not have a name (or) a name of silver |
| reverse col 4 45' | honey, butter, emmer, |
| obverse col 3 21' | Like this, it is favourable to ama. |
| obverse col 2 34' | (If) the horns of the bronze are present: he will do his work. |
| obverse col 2 46' | You set up a bronze jar in its middle. |
| obverse col 3 45' | They are seated at their left. They are seated. |
| reverse col 5 46' | and rejoicing have been placed in their hands. |
| obverse col 2 65' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 49' | 7 reed-bed pigs; |
| obverse col 3 18' | Your silver shall give you before you. |
| obverse col 2 23' | The bronze arrow is set on their head. |
| obverse col 1 7' | or Namtar, or a-ulaza, or a widow |
| reverse col 4 41' | You libate 2 sheep. |
| reverse col 5 6' | in front of a... of juniper that has no oil |
| reverse col 4 30' | On account of the reed basket you draw... before them. |
| obverse col 1 41' | You pour (it) in gold, gold, silver, (and) musukkannu-wood. |
| obverse col 2 26' | 4... of Lugal-girra of the age basket |
| obverse col 3 20' | I am frightened, may it be a lion-headed person. |
| obverse col 2 19' | They stand at the side of their necks. |
| reverse col 4 57' | You recite the incantation... |
| reverse col 4 46' | 7 reed baskets, |
| obverse col 1 59' | The name of the night is not known. The day is good. |
| obverse col 1 48' | You recite the incantation in their 'incantation'. |
| reverse col 4 7' | You take... in a black spot on a river bank... |
| reverse col 5 35' | who the rites of the wide underworld |
| obverse col 2 50' | The north wind blew to its end; at its right |
| reverse col 5 51' | the mountain ranges... |
| reverse col 4 11' | 3 rams: a destructive attack will take place. |
| obverse col 3 47' | 2 unfavorable ones, whose silver and water are in the evening,... |
| reverse col 5 26' | The reed of this is not in front of a reed mat that is 1 cubit. |
| reverse col 4 29' | to the house of their sacrifices... |
| reverse col 5 3' | Incantation: O evildoers come out |
| obverse col 3 53' | 2 (men?) are not fish, 2 (men?) are not fish. |
| obverse col 3 17' | The prince who resides in the distant days, |
| obverse col 2 16' | You pound a censer and set it up in a mold. |
| reverse col 4 56' | [You recite the incantation...] to its left. |
| reverse col 6 6' | ... of the head |
| reverse col 5 12' | You set up an adakurru-vessel. |
| obverse col 2 30' | bows and...... |
| obverse col 3 49' | 2 lions, 2 lions, |
| reverse col 5 24' | May he be sated(?), may he be sated(?), may he be sated(?), may he be sated in my body as if it were an omen. |
| obverse col 1 18' | ... a house to... |
| obverse col 1 69' | You libate gold, gold, and silver. |
| obverse col 2 20' | [With] their hands (and) their [sheep], |
| reverse col 5 4' | The reeds of this have been done. |
| reverse col 4 44' | You bind (them) like edu-vessels. |
| reverse col 6 8' | ... may Ea, ama, Asalluhi be present |
| reverse col 5 16' | The strong one of the heavens, the strong one, the perfect one, who among the strong gods |
| reverse col 4 16' | ...... |
| reverse col 5 44' | before you |
| obverse col 3 60' | You have taken a second year above the sea. |
| reverse col 5 28' | You recite the incantation 'Nusku'. |
| obverse col 3 7' | When the nadtu of the apsû you set up |
| reverse col 5 50' | The one who screams, the one who screams, the one who keeps watch, |
| obverse col 3 46' | You do as he deems best. |
| reverse col 4 6' | The...s of wood and... as much as it is... |
| reverse col 4 48' | Like a tultapitu-vessel, |
| reverse col 6 11' | Eponym year of Bl-dn, chief cupbearer. |
| obverse col 1 34' | You offer a sacrifice. |
| reverse col 4 14' | You set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer and sit down. |
| reverse col 6 4' | ... before... |
| reverse col 5 21' | who are placed in my house, |
| obverse col 1 32' | You set up a...-plant on a juniper. |
| obverse col 1 4' | either a libation vessel or a female libation vessel |
| reverse col 4 10' | For Ea, ama and Asalluhi, you set up 3 baskets. |
| obverse col 3 19' | Your greatness is supreme in the barley before ama. |
| obverse col 3 50' | (If) he is a male or a female who carries clay from a rainstorm: he will not thrive. |
| obverse col 3 43' | The heart of the date palm is surrounded by them at their left. |
| obverse col 2 56' | to their full extent you will bring black rain (and) yellow rain. |
| obverse col 3 31' | You recite this incantation and you recite the incantation.... |
| obverse col 2 62' | He made a throne of gold that is adorned with gold. |
| obverse col 1 35' | You libate emmer. |
| obverse col 1 68' | In the morning, like ama, he went to |
| obverse col 3 1' | ... Naruda... a censer |
| reverse col 5 32' | In the wide earth, great shrines |
| reverse col 4 32' | You recite them as follows: |
| reverse col 4 43' | 3 sheep: a ikkur-offering will take place. |
| obverse col 2 52' | You do (the ritual) with good deeds and good lamassu. |
| obverse col 2 18' | The aprû-demon (and) his... in the courtyard of the tamarisk |
| obverse col 3 26' | Thus it is good. The earth of heaven and earth... |
| obverse col 3 4' | (If) she is a pregnant woman, she will die on her left side. |
| reverse col 5 36' | the gate of the Anunnaki, you are |
| obverse col 2 21' | They stand in the hands of their hands. |
| obverse col 2 31' | They are seated on the right and left side of the bronze. |
| obverse col 3 25' | When you speak to this,... before him |
| obverse col 3 54' | Its work: fish, famine, famine. |
| obverse col 2 4' | You set in place a censer of juniper. |
| obverse col 3 23' | For the destruction of a frightened foot, |
| obverse col 2 48' | In its right hand a bronze arrow stands in its left hand. |
| obverse col 3 38' | (and) silver at their full price |
| reverse col 6 10' | Nnru, the 27th day, |
| obverse col 3 64' | Two times he conquered the enemy. |
| obverse col 1 51' | and water in a dark day will be carried off. |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... you stand... and they roar. |
| reverse col 5 52' | I have not been able to... |
| obverse col 2 12' | Whom in the house of so-and-so, son of so-and-so |
| obverse col 2 37' | His work is placed on the threshing floor. |
| obverse col 2 1' | You set up a reed mat (made of) pure water. |
| obverse col 1 19' | and the foot of evil in a man's house |
| obverse col 3 35' | Its left hands are smashed. |
| reverse col 4 34' | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue and the kalû-plant are removed. |
| obverse col 1 55' | Offspring of Ur. |
| obverse col 3 5' | ... of the god of the house he built. |
| obverse col 1 15' | They are constantly frightened, they are constantly frightened. |
| obverse col 1 65' | The protection of the uruppa'ak temple is not established. |
| reverse col 4 40' | To Kusu (and) Ningirim you put 2 reed mats. |
| obverse col 1 13' | or anything evil that is evil in a man's house |
| reverse col 4 52' | a red garment, a leather bag, a...-garment, (and) eeub-bowl; |
| reverse col 5 29' | Ninurta, the gods of the netherworld |
| obverse col 2 41' | The horns of the bronze is present. |
| obverse col 1 44' | came out to the city and 8...s of a quay |
| obverse col 2 27' | Their ear is a nose-rope, their ear is a lion. |
| obverse col 3 13' | (If) it stands there and the incantation is located on the left: ditto. |
| obverse col 1 56' | The day of abundance for the son of Nippur is good. |
| obverse col 3 55' | it made a wind. |
| obverse col 3 40' | Its left hands are smashed. |
| obverse col 1 61' | The day that he opens the face, the reed of the threshing floor does not |
| obverse col 1 67' | when the trees of the bnu-tree have been laid |
| reverse col 5 55' | a cedar...... |
| reverse col 4 9' | Like ama, before ama, you sprinkle pure water. |
| obverse col 1 8' | May it be resplendent, be it faulty, be it faulty |
| obverse col 2 51' | He brought evil omens to his left. |
| obverse col 2 61' | The scepter which is adorned with gold at their left |
| obverse col 1 36' | dates, flour, emmer |
| obverse col 3 9' | A censer of juniper, juniper, cypress, juniper, |
| obverse col 1 29' | In the morning, like ama, it rose to a cloud. |
| obverse col 3 8' | You put it on the ground like ama and you set it on the ground. |
| obverse col 1 66' | You have done this. |
| obverse col 3 57' | In the evening,... he will return. |
| reverse col 5 40' | they have caused to die, they shall kill |
| obverse col 1 71' | You place... on a censer. In front of ama. |
| obverse col 2 54' | Their limbs are swollen, they are swollen. |
| obverse col 3 15' | (If) it is favourable: Ea, the lord of the enemy. |
| reverse col 4 39' | You set up 4 reed mats. |
| reverse col 4 2' | for two years he has sat on his throne |
| obverse col 2 43' | he made silver for their full price. |
| obverse col 3 58' | For a second time he will write in their entirety one year. |
| obverse col 3 52' | The 2nd, I did not Latarak, who... the wind of a black storm |
| reverse col 5 14' | You recite the incantations before them, (and) you recite the incantations. |
| obverse col 2 55' | — They stand in the wide ground. |
| reverse col 5 38' | stands for evil and they roar. |
| obverse col 1 31' | With a censer (made) of juniper, juniper, tamarisk |
| obverse col 3 48' | Its ritual: 2 (sheep) is not favourable. |
| obverse col 3 30' | ... their... in the earth... good food... |
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