Bīt rimki
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b-t-rimki-311-12330376
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Bīt rimki
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Bīt rimki, “House of Ablution” or "Bath-house", is an ancient Mesopotamian prophylactic ritual and accompanying incantation series, recorded on seven or more tablets, the first of which describes the actual performance of the ritual. Its purpose was to cleanse the person of the Assyrian king, and his household, of the evils portended by the inauspicious sign of a lunar eclipse, witchcraft, ritual abuse, etc. The correspondence of Esarhaddon with his priests Adad-šumu-uṣur, Urad-Ea, Marduk-šākin-
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Mesopotamian prophylactic ritual
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%ABt_rimki
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2024-01-09T16:01:39Z
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