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BBR pl. 30 K 10938 (P395250)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 30 K 10938 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395250 |
| 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 12 | You put thighs, thighs, and thighs in front of Marduk. |
| obverse 11 | You set up a censer. |
| reverse 7' | (If) Ea gives birth to a river in a river: he will give birth to a lion. |
| reverse 22' | KAMI, annu, ninnu, and ninnu-stone |
| reverse 25' | When the mouth of a tavern is a fugitive, the gall bladder is not covered(?) |
| obverse 26 | I set up a ritual assemblage, I set up the lord of the sacrifice, his hand, and I set up a ritual assemblage, and |
| obverse 17 | You pound a censer and a censer. |
| obverse 18 | The breast, the fatty tissue, the umû-plant, the agubbû-flour, (and) the tullalal-flour in front of Kittu |
| obverse 3 | You throw a jug in front of Aya and ditto. |
| obverse 10 | You put thighs, thighs, and thighs in front of Adad and |
| reverse 20' | You set up a censer, a chariot, (and) a libation bowl |
| obverse 15 | You make a flour/incense-offering, place a flour/incense-offering in front of a censer. |
| reverse 3' | You pour a libation-vessel and you pour a libation-vessel. |
| obverse 9 | You wipe clean the censer. |
| obverse 23 | You set up a censer and recite the incantation before the censer. |
| reverse 19' | Its ritual: The haruspex to the princes |
| obverse 1 | You throw a jug in front of Adad and ditto. |
| reverse 12' | May a great curse, a sacrificial curse, anoint it with oil, make an offering, and return it to its place. |
| reverse 14' | May he establish his hem for sheep. On the right of the haruspex, may he speak as follows: |
| obverse 13 | You set up a censer and recite the incantation before the censer. |
| reverse 2' | In the morning, when the sun rises, the haruspex rejoicing |
| obverse 21 | You recite the incantation in front of the censer. |
| obverse 5 | You pour a jug in front of Kittu-beer and ditto. |
| obverse 28 | He takes (it) and places (it) in front of a tavern. He strews a censer and strews it. |
| reverse 13' | When a brewer opens a hole, may he dig a censer for his mouth. |
| obverse 30 | You set up the 4...-vessels that are set on a table and you take (them) in front of a censer. |
| reverse 24' | In a bull that does not come out(?) |
| obverse 6 | You throw a jug in front of Meari and ditto. |
| obverse 7 | You throw a jug in front of a god and ditto. |
| obverse 24 | The lord raises his hand (on him), and he establishes (his) utnu-disease. |
| reverse 26' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| reverse 23' | Marhalu-stone, kurnu-stone... |
| obverse 22 | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue, the umû-plant, the agubbû-aromatic are gathered in front of the god. |
| obverse 8 | You put thighs, thighs, and thighs in front of ama and |
| reverse 1' | When the haruspex appoints a king to do battle and battle, his face is set |
| reverse 4' | You pour a talallal plant (and) a libation bowl of cedar in his mouth |
| reverse 17' | On his right(?) he lifted it up (and) said to ama: ama |
| obverse 2 | You make a jug in front of Marduk and ditto. |
| reverse 15' | (If) he is a haruspex: he will become a haruspex. |
| obverse 20 | The breast, the fatty tissue, the umû-plant, the agubbû-plant (and) the tullalal-plant before Meari |
| reverse 16' | (If) his eyes are darkened and he strews cedar and put (it) on his neck: he will recover. |
| obverse 4 | (If) Ug-NIGNA goes in front of Bunene and ditto |
| obverse 16 | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue, the umû-plant, the agubbû-vessel, and the tullal-vessel in front of Bunene |
| reverse 8' | He opened the door, and in his lawsuit, ama and Adad stand firm, and |
| obverse 25 | 4... jugs of beer(?) |
| obverse 19 | You recite the incantation in front of the censer. |
| reverse 10' | and Nisaba, who in his mouth performs a ritual on his feet, shall have the usufruct of it. |
| reverse 5' | and Nisaba look at it and... anzagullu-stone, wool, |
| reverse 21' | You set up a censer (made) of kurkur-plant,...-plant |
| obverse 27 | You set up a table before the god. |
| reverse 11' | You stand in his throne for many days, and you speak to ama. |
| reverse 6' | uaru-stone, duck-stone, papparmtu-stone, (and) papparmtu-stone, you bind (it) to his neck. |
| obverse 29 | The lord lifts his hand (on him), and he recites the incantation. |
| reverse 9' | The namburbû-priestess (is) the niqû-priestess. He strews birds, papparmtu-stone, agate, and bread. |
| reverse 18' | These...... |
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- 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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