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1882-05-22, 0559 unpublished unassigned ? (P452632)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Bīt mēseri, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1882-05-22, 0559 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452632 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 6' | It is the third year that there is no harvest of the mountain. |
| reverse 4' | ditto, the heir of Itar, from the heavens to the sea brought. |
| reverse 8' | They shall not raise a claim concerning these three years and the loss in the land. |
| obverse? 9' | ... may the river be smitten...... |
| obverse? 6' | The reedbeds of a dog, its snakes are sweet, a bad thing... |
| reverse 7' | (If) ditto that in the midst of the earth is grown, Adad will make it rise in the sun and |
| obverse? 3' | Incantation: White dogs, red dogs, red dogs, yellow dogs,... dogs |
| reverse 11' | (If) ditto (a fish) which grows in the middle of a tavern: his seal is a fish. |
| obverse? 8' | ... a red dog, standing outside |
| reverse 14' | The four abgal priests of the temple of Ninkarnuna |
| reverse 10' | Enki, from the Abzu, the fierce one, the fuller, seal of Zipag killed. |
| obverse? 7' | Ditto, whose appearance is bright,....... |
| reverse 1' | who fills the seven rivers, who sets the divine plans of heaven and earth straight |
| reverse 5' | lioness of Kish, born by Adad from heaven, fierce one |
| reverse 9' | From Piriggalabzu to Adab, his seal-bearer, Suhurma fish |
| obverse? 2' | This is (the case) that... in front of the dogs |
| obverse? 5' | ... ditto:... days of abundance, who makes... rejoice. |
| reverse 13' | I was laying him in the foundation of his life. |
| obverse? 4' | ... a white dog, a bright day, a bright day, |
| reverse 3' | Enmekar and Itar, in Eanna, came out from heaven |
| obverse? 10' | ..., the netherworld, fall from heaven |
| reverse 12' | he smote, and Ea in the Apsu raised, and |
| obverse? 1' | Lady(?) |
| reverse 2' | The upper part which is located on the river. |
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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