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BBR pl. 48 K 09508 (P398158)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 48 K 09508 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398158 |
| 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 3' | The children, as many as pertain to that god |
| obverse 4' | and their... with that god to the rear... |
| obverse 12' | ... you set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer. |
| obverse 6' | That god sits on a chariot and strews a libation bowl. |
| obverse 13' | ... a city: copper, juniper, |
| obverse 7' | He opened the door for Ea and Asalluhi. |
| obverse 5' | in the garden on the bank of the 'finger' he bowed. |
| obverse 9' | You set up a libation bowl of honey and butter. |
| obverse 1' | Incantation: (You are) the one who rises from the house of the soldiers. |
| obverse 14' | a libation bowl of silver and gold in front of a sheep. |
| obverse 11' | You libate beer and sat down. |
| obverse 10' | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| obverse 15' | You recite the incantation and you recite the incantation. |
| obverse 2' | until the river is in front of the god. |
| obverse 8' | dates, flour, rations |
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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