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BBR pl. 53 K 05641 (P396056)
CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 53 K 05641 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396056 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 20 | or... or any other evil deed |
| reverse col 3 4 | In the morning, in front of Ea, ama, Marduk, you set up the ditto. |
| reverse col 3 14 | You are the judge of the upper and lower lands. |
| obverse col 1 7' | The prince in the.... |
| reverse col 2 14' | Bl and Nabali |
| reverse col 3 2 | (If) he sees him and he dies, |
| reverse col 2 3' | In front of |
| reverse col 3 13 | Incantation: Ea, ama, Marduk, the great gods |
| reverse col 3 19 | or the hand of a god..., |
| reverse col 3 12 | Be present in this ram, place in it a firm positive answer. |
| reverse col 2 6' | These birds... |
| reverse col 2 2' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 17 | The evil god, the evil incantation priest, the evil Alad, |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... |
| reverse col 3 6 | You libate first-rate beer (and) fatty tissue. |
| reverse col 3 21 | ... my... he smote him, but he did not reach him. |
| reverse col 2 11' | If Bel is to enter ama: you will make them happy. |
| reverse col 2 10' | After you gave them, Bel to the side of ama |
| reverse col 3 18 | or the a ulaza-demon, |
| reverse col 3 15 | (If) a dead man is seized by a kasû-demon(?) that is in your hands |
| reverse col 2 9' | May the king's house be abandoned, and may he return to the heavens. |
| obverse col 1 4' | to... |
| reverse col 3 8 | You make them sit down. You make a linen garment and a linen garment. |
| obverse col 1 6' | You say... |
| reverse col 1 1' | Where...? |
| reverse col 3 11 | the scepter of battle with them |
| reverse col 3 9 | You put the male and female slaves in their arms. |
| reverse col 3 22 | According to your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| reverse col 3 23 | ... the small(?)... of mylum(?) was struck down |
| obverse col 1 8' | the prince in front of....... |
| reverse col 2 4' | ... |
| reverse col 3 16 | Because the evil of a man |
| reverse col 3 7 | These are the omens. |
| reverse col 3 1 | You, whatever evil, anything unfavorable, |
| reverse col 2 13' | He who makes reeds grow, his head that makes... grow |
| obverse col 1 5' | Like |
| reverse col 3 25 | ... let me sing your praises. |
| reverse col 2 12' | The statue of the king is given to the king. The equinox will be given to the king. |
| reverse col 3 3 | if your supplication is favorable, may this be your wife. |
| reverse col 2 8' | the river in the open country, in the meadow,...; |
| reverse col 2 7' | These birds...... |
| reverse col 3 24 | ... the canal(?) that is to be plotted(?) |
| reverse col 2 5' | The evil of...... |
| reverse col 3 5 | (If) ditto: you set up a censer of juniper. |
| reverse col 3 10 | You wrap their garments together. |
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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