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1880-07-19, 0148 unpublished unassigned ? (P451995)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1880-07-19, 0148 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P451995 |
| 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 17 | ... life, ditto. |
| obverse 13 | ... of Karanam, you are his helper. |
| obverse 11 | ... that I may not be negligent; ditto. |
| reverse 19' | Its awe-inspiring radiance is a scepter |
| reverse 18' | ... milk |
| reverse 5' | ... may he be sated, may he be sated. |
| obverse 24 | ... Nintu |
| obverse 18 | may he bring...,..., and speckled |
| obverse 22 | whose aura is speckled |
| reverse 7' | May the evil tongue stand outside |
| reverse 11' | ... : to rejoice your heart |
| obverse 4 | whose midst is full of joy |
| obverse 10 | I am the one who gives birth to abundance |
| obverse 8 | I am the one who gives birth to abundance |
| reverse 8' | It is the wording of a footstool. |
| reverse 14' | ... : in a good house, every day a requital |
| obverse 20 | may he bring a speckled... into his hands. |
| obverse 1 | ... strong(?) |
| reverse 12' | May your heart be glad on account of you, may your liver be glad on account of you. |
| reverse 4' | he made pure... |
| obverse 3 | ... or those of the extispicy, |
| reverse 20' | ... his intercession, a destiny of fame. |
| reverse 16' | may he present to you sweetened flour |
| obverse 15 | ..., may the life of life be established. |
| reverse 6' | May it be pure like heaven, may it be pure like earth. |
| obverse 2 | ... his..., may he not enter. |
| reverse 21' | It is the wording of a god to enter |
| obverse 16 | may he make the speckled uru-trees grow for him |
| obverse 21 | ......... ditto, ditto. |
| obverse 19 | ... ditto ditto |
| reverse 3' | Marduk, son of Eridu, gave the messenger. |
| reverse 13' | May your heart rejoice over you, may your weighty deeds be exalted, may he decree a good fate for you |
| obverse 6 | may he be a princely reed |
| obverse 7 | ... may they smite... |
| obverse 5 | ... in his heart... |
| reverse 10' | O lord, for the well-being of your heart I built a house. |
| reverse 2' | Asalluhi, son of Eridug, did not cast the incantation. |
| obverse 14 | may he make... rich for him |
| reverse 15' | ... may Anu give you the kurummatu-priestess. |
| reverse 17' | .... may he give you... to me. |
| reverse 9' | For the sake of my king, he has built the house for you in good health. |
| obverse 12 | may you be |
| obverse 23 | ... her distress ditto. |
| obverse 9 | .... of life, you are the one who engendered 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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