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Rm 0225 (P424650)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 0225 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424650 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| 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 9 | the god who sanctifies heaven like An |
| obverse 11 | may he... like heaven. |
| obverse 3 | from the young woman |
| obverse 16 | from the Apsu's pure place |
| obverse 13 | Incantation formula: O god, the pure and pure one |
| reverse 2' | Wording of a standing-place |
| obverse 15 | the supreme hero of Enki, adorned with a furious radiance |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 2 | to be praised by the young woman |
| obverse 5 | He raised the horns of heaven, he raised the horns of heaven like a young man |
| obverse 8 | He made the gods rejoice, he made them rejoice. |
| reverse 6' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 7' | king |
| reverse 1' | May he be able to smite evil speech |
| obverse 12 | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| obverse 6 | He raised the horns of heaven, he raised the earth like a young woman. |
| obverse 17 | who faithfully performs the rites of fate |
| obverse 1 | The incantation, the command of the supplication, |
| obverse 7 | Asalluhi, the son of Eridug, did not remove the incantation. |
| obverse 10 | as if it were befitting the earth |
| reverse 3' | Incantation:... the Tigris |
| obverse 18 | ... |
| reverse 4' | ... |
| obverse 14 | the temple of Gibil, the supreme and supreme one of the gods |
| obverse 4 | In order to smite the nadtu priestess |
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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