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K 12932 (P400141)

CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 12932
IDP400141
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1' 4...
reverse col 1' 8'May the evil tongue stand outside
reverse col 1' 2'... pure Abzu
reverse col 1' 1'the water of the stele of Enki, the reservoir of Ningirim
reverse col 1' 3'He... its water in the midst of the sea
reverse col 1' 4'Its pure water, its pure water, its life
reverse col 1' 5'Asalluhi, son of Eridu, gave the namub priesthood.
obverse col 1' 1(a kind of profession)
reverse col 1' 9'It is the wording of a standing-place for the god
reverse col 1' 7'May he be pure like heaven. May he be pure like earth.
obverse col 1' 2his
obverse col 1' 3may he not cross over.
reverse col 1' 6'He made the god rise, he made the pure one rise.

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