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K 20850 (P419223)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 20850 |
|---|---|
| ID | P419223 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | to Enlilbana, the lord, to inquire about it, he set up his head. |
| 9' | to Asalluhi, his counsellor, for the life of Azida he set up. |
| 2' | ... who sits on a seat of relaxation... in this abode. |
| 1' | The man who built the mound of Enena in the residence of Kanunaya-iddin |
| 6' | He shall have the usufruct of the life that is present in the womb. |
| 3' | to stand at the gate of the Azida gate |
| 10' | Marduk, whose tudqqu-offerings are life, who stands in his mouth |
| 5' | Its tin, for the life of the gate, which is stationed, |
| 4' | Who establishes the life that is present in the extispicy of the enemy, |
| 8' | Ea, the lord who determines the fates, who stands in his head |
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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