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K 03439 (P395013)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03439 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395013 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 17' | may they stand by him. |
| obverse 13' | Awe-inspiring radiance of Asar in Abzu |
| reverse 12' | He lifts the arrow and stands on the torch. |
| obverse 6' | its adara sheep and umegurgur sheep |
| obverse 10' | May the kings Nanna and ama stand before him before him. |
| reverse 8' | You set up a censer (made) of juniper. |
| reverse 4' | The namu-festival of Asar in the Abzu in Eridu was installed. |
| reverse 10' | You mix cedar and juniper into water. |
| obverse 19' | ... in the plain |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | 2 breccia-vessels, whose lines are watered, and whose... are red |
| obverse 14' | May Enki make the temple of his princely temple flourish. |
| reverse 3' | of Enki |
| reverse 2' | he shall keep secure. |
| obverse 7' | the evil ghost, the evil ala-demon, the evil ram, the evil ram |
| obverse 1' | the Abgal priests of Eridu gave orders. |
| obverse 18' | Wording of a ram and adara |
| obverse 8' | The evil deeds that were fashioned into ruin heaps |
| obverse 16' | the well-being of the good udug deity, the well-being of the en priestess and kingship of all |
| obverse 20' | to smite |
| reverse 7' | After it, the awe-inspiring radiance of the king will be released. |
| reverse 5' | May Enki make the temple of princeliness flourish. |
| obverse 12' | who speaks the word of Enki |
| obverse 11' | may he set it up for him at the place of life. |
| reverse 11' | You set up 2 libations in it. The king will stand on his right and left. |
| obverse 15' | May the king make the evil udug and ala-demon stand outside. |
| obverse 4' | In order to set up a reed mat and a reed mat for the reed bed |
| obverse 21' | he... |
| obverse 9' | May they set foot in the steppe, at the place of supplication. |
| obverse 2' | went to the Kamugal of Eridu |
| reverse 6' | 21st? sheep |
| obverse 3' | to the house of drinking water and the great reeds built, |
| obverse 5' | The king, the son of his god, made him rise on his right side and left side. |
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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