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Shamash 01 (P395761)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shamash 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395761 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki |
| 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 2 23 | ... in... |
| obverse col 1 51 | A person who an evil-doer has caused to kill a man |
| obverse col 1 1 | When you have reached the incantation Utu, the great mountain |
| obverse col 1 25 | May the sagsag demon and the people’s supplication be brought into the hands of you. |
| obverse col 2 8 | pure water |
| obverse col 1 66 | who the curse shall remove him |
| obverse col 1 55 | the man of Lamatu received |
| obverse col 1 4 | ... from the great mountain of the mountain range,... in your presence. |
| obverse col 2 13 | water... |
| obverse col 1 10 | The great gods stand to you. |
| obverse col 1 35 | the one who has seen no one, who has seen no rival |
| obverse col 2 22 | at the threshing floor |
| obverse col 1 75 | he shall smite |
| obverse col 1 14 | I am devoted to you. All of them I will take you. |
| obverse col 1 28 | he is frightened, he is frightened. |
| obverse col 1 74 | he shall remove from him the ruhû-demon. |
| obverse col 2 26 | to strew |
| obverse col 1 60 | who slanders the liû-demon, |
| obverse col 1 41 | The one who destroys the udug-vessel in the ugu-vessel |
| obverse col 2 18 | ... in dust... |
| obverse col 1 80 | ... |
| obverse col 2 21 | Utu... |
| obverse col 1 53 | The man of Lamatu has sworn by the hand of azn |
| obverse col 1 29 | .................. |
| obverse col 1 49 | the hand of the evildoer, the evildoer, in the midst of their cities |
| obverse col 2 3 | the king, son of Ishtarrana, his judge, |
| obverse col 1 22 | ama, you are the exalted one, the mighty one of heaven and earth. |
| obverse col 2 24 | he swore. |
| obverse col 1 27 | The one who... the evildoer(?) |
| obverse col 1 57 | the man of Lamatu has removed it |
| obverse col 1 64 | who with evil afflicts him |
| obverse col 1 7 | from the threshing floor to the threshing floor, from the horizon |
| obverse col 1 78 | ... their... will exist with you. |
| obverse col 1 6 | From the adî where fates... |
| obverse col 2 7 | illness... |
| obverse col 1 59 | he has looked at the shrine Kisikillil |
| obverse col 1 50 | The one who seized the evil judge, his limbs |
| obverse col 2 9 | ...... |
| obverse col 1 73 | the one who smote me shall cut off his head. |
| obverse col 1 36 | who had not heard it, |
| obverse col 2 1 | Enki has given you the hand to you. |
| obverse col 1 68 | The one who afflicted him with evil deeds |
| obverse col 1 23 | by means of a scepter he smote the enemy, he smote the enemy. |
| obverse col 2 27 | Your city, your cult center is full of splendor. |
| obverse col 1 48 | Whoever carries this tablet off, shall redeem it. |
| obverse col 1 17 | At your great assembly they will perform a ritual for you |
| obverse col 1 5 | When you have reached the holy mound, the place where the fates are determined |
| reverse col 2 34 | Incantation: Hand-lifting of the single steppe |
| obverse col 1 39 | the one who brought out the azag offering |
| obverse col 1 76 | ... his.. they shall cut off. |
| obverse col 1 65 | a person who the oath shall remove |
| obverse col 2 11 | above... |
| obverse col 1 67 | a person who a cursed mouth cursed him |
| obverse col 1 72 | who, in an evil manner, swore against him, |
| obverse col 1 19 | I am the great lord Utu, the one who roars at his side |
| obverse col 1 44 | who the evil-doer in his cult centers swore. |
| obverse col 2 5 | The judgments of the king, his judge, and his case are favourable. |
| obverse col 1 42 | Whose evil will be set against him. |
| obverse col 1 47 | The one who smote the great jugs(?) |
| obverse col 1 15 | as an interest-bearing interest for the donkeys, for the equids, |
| obverse col 1 58 | which they imposed upon him |
| obverse col 1 3 | When you go out from the great mountain of the Tigris |
| obverse col 1 26 | ... your... of all the people. |
| obverse col 1 63 | a person who an evil oath has accepted |
| obverse col 1 40 | which the asakku-demon captured |
| obverse col 1 37 | the man who had seized the fates |
| obverse col 1 20 | ama, you are the exalted one, the one who loves him, |
| obverse col 1 24 | ... whatever there is to be,... they will say. |
| obverse col 2 12 | ... water |
| obverse col 1 2 | ama, from the great mountain in your presence |
| obverse col 1 38 | who seized the namtru-demon |
| obverse col 1 71 | The one who looked at him with a furious eye |
| obverse col 2 25 | let it be brought to an end |
| obverse col 1 8 | When the heavens and earth are darkened, from the foundations of the heavens to |
| obverse col 2 15 | of Lu-lila |
| obverse col 2 2 | whatever Ea wrote to me, let me send you |
| obverse col 1 13 | They are bringing (them) to the border of the nmlu-flour (and) nmlu-flour as its full price. |
| obverse col 1 69 | The one who has sworn by the word of evil-doer, |
| obverse col 1 33 | who does not know fear, whose supplications are uttered |
| obverse col 2 6 | who does not eat good beer |
| obverse col 1 46 | Whom an evil ghost in a night has sinned |
| obverse col 1 9 | As for the great gods who make a case for you |
| obverse col 1 21 | O Utu, the exalted one, the judge of heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 43 | that the evildoer should cover his bed |
| obverse col 1 18 | ... to your light... they are very young. |
| obverse col 1 70 | that evil will enter him. |
| obverse col 1 79 | he will remove it. |
| obverse col 1 77 | he entrusted it to him. |
| obverse col 1 30 | You strew truth and justice. |
| obverse col 2 16 | the king |
| obverse col 1 56 | who did not... |
| obverse col 1 52 | The evil of the evil of the wrath of his body has set. |
| obverse col 1 62 | a young man who has sinned against the liar, |
| obverse col 1 12 | O Ishtar, you stand in front of you to stand by you. |
| obverse col 2 14 | pure truth |
| obverse col 2 10 | ... oxen |
| obverse col 1 11 | The Anuna gods will give you a decision. |
| obverse col 1 31 | the AKa-official and the AKa-officials |
| obverse col 1 32 | (a kind of insect) and fetlock |
| obverse col 2 4 | Let him bring his gifts to you. |
| obverse col 1 45 | The one who made the evildoer bow down at his feet |
| obverse col 1 61 | They were able to smite the corpse of the young woman |
| obverse col 2 20 | by the command of Utu |
| obverse col 1 34 | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract |
| obverse col 1 54 | that the lamassu-disease had acquired, |
| obverse col 1 16 | 'the evil of the incantation, whose utterance is sweet, |
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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