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K 04906 + K 09879 + 1880-07-19, 0119 (+) Rm 2, 209 (P395779)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04906 + K 09879 + 1880-07-19, 0119 (+) Rm 2, 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395779 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê |
| 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 1 27 | Agu-demon of Elam-mushû is seated in the pure heavens. |
| reverse col 1' 2' | uu-stone, duia stone, and musukkannu-stone |
| obverse col 1 41 | In the midst of the nether world, may he make the foundations of his land firm for him. |
| obverse col 1 5 | who decrees the great fates of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 33 | the shepherd of the black-headed people, An and Enlil |
| reverse col 2' 16' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse col 2' 20' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his son or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| obverse col 1 11 | by Ninagal, the chief smith of heaven |
| obverse col 1 14 | he smote the sarpa and hurashu-disease. |
| reverse col 1' 3' | .... I created a scepter of wisdom,... his divinity... |
| obverse col 1 9 | In the lapis lazuli bed he made the lordly throne joyful for you. |
| reverse col 2' 12' | The reed basket, the ruû-vessel, the upshû-vessel,..., the ruû-vessel, the...-vessel |
| obverse col 1 24 | May the evildoer stand outside |
| reverse col 2' 19' | They rejoiced over me, the eyes were full of scribal art. |
| obverse col 2 4 | Ditto, ditto of Anu, to the word of Ea has sworn and |
| obverse col 1 4 | ............ |
| obverse col 1 35 | a throne with a radiant dais |
| obverse col 1 13 | he decorated it with silver. |
| reverse col 2' 25' | Whoever carries this tablet off or writes his name with my name, |
| obverse col 1 6 | who decrees a great fate for him, |
| reverse col 1' 6' | Kusu, the exalted temple administrator of Enlil, he made perfect |
| reverse col 1' 9' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 31 | crown adorned with a horn |
| obverse col 1 22 | ... his head I raised up in the land. |
| reverse col 2' 14' | When the king, son of his (personal) goddess, stands with each other: |
| obverse col 1 36 | On the threshing floor, on the threshing floor, on the dais... |
| obverse col 2 3 | to Nin-ildu the chief carpenter of An, by the command of Enki, he smote. |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ...... of the king to... |
| obverse col 1 42 | ......... |
| obverse col 1 34 | of the shepherd of the black-headed people, Anu... |
| obverse col 1 28 | the foremost crown of the shepherd of the black-headed people |
| obverse col 1 21 | ... raised up his head, he raised up the land |
| obverse col 1 17 | He poured water into the kiln, he poured water into it, |
| obverse col 1 26 | Incantation: O crown, whose furious aura emerges from heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 39 | ... abundance in the universe |
| reverse col 2' 17' | who trusts in Aur and Mullissu |
| obverse col 1 38 | ... pure... to restore the sanctuaries of... |
| obverse col 2 7 | to the god |
| obverse col 2 8 | to the god |
| obverse col 2 2 | ... the lands in his fear... |
| obverse col 1 23 | lugal priestess, like the son of his divinity, like the heavens |
| reverse col 2' 11' | In order to destroy your strength, in order to destroy your strength, in order to destroy your strength, in order to destroy your strength |
| obverse col 1 37 | Ring of a lapis-lazuli scepter, shepherd of the black-headed |
| reverse col 2' 13' | May his king's son, the son of his god, stand outside. |
| obverse col 1 15 | Asalluhi, the son of Eridu, took in charge |
| obverse col 1 20 | I deposited the clay inscriptions of ama in the pure place and |
| obverse col 1 18 | He smote the pure water and brought it to her. |
| obverse col 2 6 | .... |
| obverse col 1 30 | ... the agu-demon, who in all cult centers... |
| reverse col 1' 7' | ditto, the angammau(?) of ditto, brought out |
| reverse col 2' 10' | ... evil which is before ditto... |
| reverse col 2' 5' | and in a peaceful place |
| reverse col 2' 22' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| reverse col 1' 8' | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse col 2' 23' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| reverse col 2' 15' | The good udug priests and the good lama priests of the en-ship and kingship they shall prolong their lives. |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ......... |
| obverse col 1 7 | to Nin-ildu the chief carpenter, for him |
| reverse col 1' 4' | which is situated on the holy chest of the king |
| obverse col 1 16 | Marduk, son of Eridu, gave the instructions. |
| obverse col 1 1 | Incantation: Incantation of the ayabba, grown in the pure place |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... the divine powers |
| obverse col 1 8 | ditto, chief carpenter of Anu |
| reverse col 2' 8' | ... a hostile enemy, a hostile enemy,... |
| reverse col 2' 24' | Its radiance is unceasing; the king of the gods, Aur, |
| reverse col 2' 21' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| obverse col 1 3 | alub, mes tree, ebony, and ayabba-wood from Dilmun |
| reverse col 2' 18' | which Nabu and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| obverse col 2 5 | a weapon |
| obverse col 1 29 | When you bring the crown of heaven to you |
| obverse col 1 25 | Wording of the king’s throne |
| reverse col 2' 26' | may Aur and Mullissu overthrow him in fierce rage. |
| reverse col 2' 6' | ....... curse... |
| reverse col 1' 5' | The holy rites of the king are placed in the supplications. |
| obverse col 1 19 | he set it up in front of Utu. |
| obverse col 1 32 | ... the crown, the qarnu-demon,... |
| obverse col 2 1 | May he... from among the lands |
| reverse col 2' 4' | exalted boatman of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 12 | Ditto, ditto of Anu |
| reverse col 2' 27' | May his name and his seed disappear from the land. |
| obverse col 1 40 | ... may.........., |
| obverse col 1 2 | ... the sea which they created in the pure place |
| reverse col 2' 7' | (As for) the one who does not agree the word of Utu, does not agree a sign, does not agree a sign |
| obverse col 1 10 | In his pure hands, in his hands, he made my lordly majesty firm. |
| reverse col 2' 9' | ... the evil man, the evil eye, the evil mouth, the evil tongue |
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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