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Borger, JCS 21, 2 (P556646)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Borger, JCS 21, 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556646 |
| Museum no. | BM 040807 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki |
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 4 | The eresh which is inside the mountain is good; it is good. |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O king, may its holy heart be sweetened with kingship. |
| obverse 16 | (and) the great work that Ea established for... their deeds in the firmament |
| obverse 3 | He roared like a cedar tree in the midst of the mountain range, it was good |
| obverse 15 | They placed the holy en priestess of Enki on behalf of a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse 6 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, |
| reverse 13' | ..., the 14th day, Darius |
| reverse 8' | It is the third tablet of Utu, to Utu of the Great Mountain. |
| obverse 10 | May Enki rejoice with you |
| reverse 11' | ... priest of Gula |
| reverse 2' | Ditto, ditto; may they give you well-being. |
| obverse 12 | May Damkina, queen of the Apsu, look at you with his face! |
| reverse 1' | may the good udug and the good lamma deity be presented to him. |
| obverse 13 | May Asalluhi, the great vizier of the Ningal, be praised! |
| reverse 9' | Written (and) collated. |
| obverse 11 | May Damgalnuna, the lady of the Abzu, make its appearance bright! |
| reverse 15' | ...... |
| reverse 14' | ... he will be praised(?) |
| reverse 6' | May ama, the word of your praises, speak |
| obverse 14 | May Marduk, the great vizier of Igigi, come to your aid. |
| reverse 7' | In order to come out from your Ea-tu temple |
| obverse 2 | May your pure heart be sated with kingship! |
| reverse 10' | Copy of Babylon. |
| reverse 5' | May your good word be spoken to Utu! |
| obverse 9 | to the Ea-tu’a house, in your enterer |
| reverse 3' | good udug vessel of the evil ala vessel |
| reverse 12' | son of Gaul-Tutu |
| obverse 5 | a new door, a door, a fitting thing for his lordship |
| reverse 4' | the Anuna gods of the great gods |
| obverse 7 | kingship, kingship, |
| obverse 8 | O lord, queen of the kingship, |
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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