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BBR pl. 24 1881-02-04, 0256 (P398284)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 24 1881-02-04, 0256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398284 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1 7' | ... he sent. 4 jugs of first-class beer |
| col 2 8' | 4 pure sheep(s), 2 for ama and Adad, 1 for Aya |
| col 2 3' | Like a sammu-tree, he has shaved off the 3 table(s) |
| col 2 14' | (If) a man is seized by a sword: he will be well. |
| col 2 17' | a thorny tree, a harpiu-tree, (as well as) a food offering, a gift |
| col 1 8' | The 4th..., you set out from the libation bowl. |
| col 1 6' | You draw a reed basket, cypress, juniper, (and) juniper. |
| col 3 4 | The son of the haruspex sits on the throne before ama and Adad. |
| col 1 13' | ... Iara and Nanaya |
| col 2 10' | The breast-bone, the fatty tissue, the KA-NE, the silqû-flour |
| col 1 12' | You set up a ritual assemblage... Sin, Ninurta, Nergal |
| col 1 5' | (If) he is ill: he will acquire food. |
| col 1 14' | Ningeshtinana (and) Gula |
| col 1 2' | They have given me to Enlil and Anu |
| col 3 3 | (If) an agkalû-vessel (made of) cedar, a son of a harnu-juniper, (and) you pour water into oil |
| col 3 7 | Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see them. |
| col 2 5' | The middle part is a table for ama and Adad, lords. |
| col 2 9' | one for Bunene, vizier of ama and Aya |
| col 2 2' | You strew the agubbû-vessel, you recite the incantation. |
| col 3 9 | ama, supplication to ama: |
| col 2 15' | He performs a sheep offering to the god and the sheep. |
| col 2 13' | of this ram if meat and milk have been gathered |
| col 3 2 | The curse (related to) extispicy did not seize him. |
| col 2 12' | The middle of the table of ama and Adad may he be sated. |
| col 2 6' | A table with a left side to Aya, his beloved spouse |
| col 1 15' | You set up... like Anu, Enlil |
| col 1 11' | You libate first-rate cedar (and) flour. |
| col 1 4' | ianu-flour, per 34.2 (?) nindanu-flour, the mutqû-offering of 3 table(s) |
| col 3 8 | in his true heavens he performed |
| col 3 6 | ama and Iddin, the great gods, lords of heaven |
| col 2 7' | The table is a suitable thing. For Bunene, vizier ama and Aya |
| col 1 10' | You mix KA.NE, ilqu, and ua-plant. |
| col 2 16' | At the left of the statue of ama and Adad, the great gods |
| col 2 11' | You strew 2/3 of a censer of juniper, cedar, (and) fine flour. |
| col 2 4' | Like Anu, Enlil, and Ea you have sworn. |
| col 3 1 | the son of the haruspex in the place of a lawsuit shall not succeed. |
| col 1 3' | 3 tables he made. Of 1 table 28 loaves of mutqi. |
| col 1 9' | 10 swollen ox(s), you wrap (them) in a tapkalû-vessel. |
| col 3 5 | who gives truth and justice, |
| col 1 16' | ...... 40... 8 nindanu mutqi-offerings |
| col 1 1' | You recite the incantation from the star and it is black. |
| col 3 10 | If a jar is placed in front of ama |
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- 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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