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K 05896 (P396240)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05896 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396240 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî |
| 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 18 | a fish, a fish with silver and gold in front of a ram |
| obverse col 2 15 | You libate x minas of suckling beer and sat down. |
| reverse col 4 15 | Incantation: O image of An, given birth to by An |
| obverse col 1 6 | You set up uurta reeds there, and |
| reverse col 4 20 | You set up an incantation 'Let me stand by me' |
| obverse col 1 7 | ama and Asalluhi took (them) for Ea. |
| reverse col 4 17 | Incantation: The utur garment, the nijlam garment, the white linen garment |
| reverse col 4 14 | Incantation: When you have given birth to the pure place |
| reverse col 4 5 | Ninagala and Ea, the gods of the silver or |
| reverse col 4 25 | In front of the extispicy of that extispicy |
| reverse col 4 22 | He enters the beams... |
| obverse col 2 9 | in the garden on the bank of the 'finger' he bowed. |
| reverse col 4 16 | by Ninildu the chief musician of his father |
| reverse col 3 6 | you put... |
| obverse col 2 13 | You set in place a censer of juniper. |
| obverse col 2 6 | as far as the river, in front of a torch, |
| reverse col 4 23 | You recite the incantation 'Let him stand by me' and. |
| obverse col 2 3 | You recite 3 times and |
| reverse col 4 7 | Ninildu and Ea, the trusted one of the carpenter |
| obverse col 2 14 | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| reverse col 4 24 | of Ki-Utu the jenna-kam |
| obverse col 2 1 | May your heart rejoice over you, may your heart rejoice. |
| obverse col 1 1 | When the mouth of a frightened chariot |
| obverse col 1 5 | He shall pay the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| obverse col 1 4 | (If) he goes straight to the city and he sees it: in redness he will pass the day to the open country. |
| obverse col 2 11 | He opened the door for Ea and Asalluhi. |
| reverse col 4 9 | O gold banda, Ea,... of gold, |
| reverse col 4 6 | I..., I... |
| reverse col 4 8 | I did not do, I did not do, and... |
| obverse col 2 17 | ... copper, cypress, juniper |
| obverse col 2 10 | That curse falls upon a reed mat and falls upon a reed mat. |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... you recite... |
| reverse col 3 3 | ... Ninagal |
| reverse col 4 4 | I did not do... |
| reverse col 4 12 | Its ritual: in front of a god and you recite this incantation.... |
| reverse col 3 2 | You set up wool, lapis lazuli, wool, tin,... |
| reverse col 3 5 | ... sons of the army |
| obverse col 1 2 | On a favorable day, on a favorable day, he went to the steppe for the garden on the bank of the river. |
| obverse col 2 7 | The old men, as many as there are, |
| obverse col 2 4 | You strew a hand of a god and you make a sheep. |
| obverse col 2 16 | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| obverse col 2 2 | May Ea, your father, be praised before you! |
| reverse col 3 1 | white wool, red wool, ghee |
| reverse col 4 11 | Ninzadim, Ea,... |
| reverse col 4 21 | Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, and |
| reverse col 4 29 | ...... |
| reverse col 3 8 | ... fire |
| reverse col 4 13 | The incantation priests who come out greatly |
| obverse col 1 3 | (If) the year (in which) ama sees and the property becomes dark. |
| obverse col 2 8 | and their bodies... that one to the other |
| reverse col 4 28 | After that, which the great gods created |
| reverse col 3 10 | ...... |
| reverse col 3 7 | .... |
| reverse col 4 26 | His feet which the gods, his masters, created |
| obverse col 2 5 | Incantation: (This is) the great word from the house of the craftsmen. |
| reverse col 4 18 | Incantation: Supreme crown, great crown |
| obverse col 2 12 | dates, ebony |
| reverse col 4 19 | Incantation: O holy throne, Ninildu,... of An |
| reverse col 4 27 | He who is seated at the feet of Kusu and Ningirim |
| reverse col 3 4 | ... and Ninzadim |
| reverse col 4 10 | Ninkura and Ea,... |
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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