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CT 17, pl. 38-40, Sm 0924+ (P399486)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 38-40, Sm 0924+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P399486 |
| 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 10' | He set his foot in order to drink not irrigated water |
| obverse 14' | She looked at the young woman who was not afraid |
| reverse 15' | "It is favourable, it is favourable." |
| obverse 3' | A person who has not sinned against his hand he has sinned |
| reverse 3' | I am the one who fills the temple of the gods. |
| reverse 5' | water poured in the mouth of the gods |
| reverse 8' | to purify water in the city |
| reverse 16' | he returned to its place. |
| reverse 10' | he brought out the abundance of the city. |
| obverse 2' | he has seen nothing in his hand. |
| reverse 4' | to make the temples secure |
| reverse 12' | he brought out the broad street of the city |
| obverse 7' | to Ea, his father, in the Apsu he shall prove |
| obverse 17' | he looked at the man who did not fear him |
| reverse 1' | ... of Mullil, the temple of the gods. |
| reverse 9' | in the midst of battle |
| obverse 8' | “My father, the mashma-demon, you wipe clean, you wipe clean, and you wipe clean |
| obverse 18' | a man’s horns were not loosened |
| obverse 6' | Engur received from his father Enki. |
| obverse 9' | The father of his exorcist's supplication, your supplication, supplication, and |
| reverse 17' | I... the city... and |
| obverse 5' | Asalluhi saw |
| obverse 23' | The seven karpatu-offerings, which from the beginning of the year had been great, should be taken out and |
| obverse 15' | he decorated it for her as a female kid. |
| obverse 20' | Whoever you are, do whatever you do! |
| reverse 11' | 'Let me take the city, take it away, and |
| obverse 11' | The work has been performed in the water not to be done. |
| reverse 2' | to make the temples of the gods secure |
| obverse 12' | he looked at it with unceasing water. |
| obverse 13' | a woman with a hand that is not good has brought to her chest |
| reverse 6' | I am standing. What is it that the gods say? |
| obverse 19' | I will pay back the silver tenfold to its owner. |
| reverse 7' | to drink water in the city |
| reverse 13' | I surrounded, conquered, and |
| reverse 14' | he brought out the brickwork in the courtyard. |
| obverse 22' | a basket of 7 ghee baskets brought, |
| obverse 4' | The one whose face cannot be shaken, his hand will be smashed. |
| obverse 1' | The man’s hand is not swollen, he will see it. |
| obverse 21' | to Enki (is) my son: Asalluhi (is) : justice (is) a son. |
| obverse 16' | the hand of a man that is not good he entrusted to him |
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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