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BRM 4, 18 (P297010)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297010 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02609 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ DU₃-uš {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU kiš-pi-šu₂ ḪUL.MEŠ | Incantation: “It is made, it is a woman, its witchcraft is evil. |
| 2 | u₂-ša₂-kil-an-ni ru-ḫe-e-šu₂ NU DU₁₀.MEŠ | he made me pure, whose radiance was not good |
| 3 | iš-qa-an-ni maš-qut-su ša₂ TI-e ZI-tim | He gave me his life-giving scepter |
| 4 | u₂-ram-mi₃-ka-an-ni rim-ki-šu₂ lu-ma-aʾ ša₂ mi-⸢tu⸣-ti-ia | (Sum) He made me bow down at your feet (Akk) May I bow down to the heart of my limbs |
| 5 | ip-šu-ša₂-an-ni I₃.GIŠ-šu₂ lem-nu ša₂ ḫa-ba-li-ia | Who has performed evil against me with oil of my own free will |
| 6 | u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-an-ni GIG-su lem-nu ša₂ ṣi-bit ma-miti | (who) has caused me to die of an evil illness, who has sinned against a curse |
| 7 | ip-qid-an-ni ana GIDIM BAR-i mur-tap-pi-du ša₂ la i-šu-u₂ ni-su-tu₂ | He appointed me to a dead ghost: Urtappidu, who has no rival. |
| 8 | i-mur-šu-ma {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi a-na {d}IDIM AD-šu₂ a-mat MU-ar₂ | Asalluḫi saw him and to Ea, his father, a word was spoken |
| 9 | a-bi LU₂-tu₂ ša₂ ib-nu-u₂ ŠU{ii}a-ni | That man, whom he created, his hand |
| 10 | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ana na-kas₂ ZI-ti₃-šu₂ NIGIN-šu₂ | (If) a woman, in order to stop her life, her body is swollen |
| 11 | i-pu-ša₂-aš₂-šum-ma kiš-pi-šu₂ ḪUL.MEŠ | If witchcraft is performed against him |
| 12 | u₂-ša₂-kil-šu-ma ru-ḫe-e-šu₂ la ṭa-bu-tu₂ | he made him pure, and his fear not to be spoken of |
| 13 | iš-qi₂-šu-ma maš-qut-su ša₂ le-qe₂ ZI-tim | He gave him as his gift, he who accepts life |
| 14 | u₂-ram-mi-ik-šu-ma rim-ik-šu₂ lu-ʾa-a ša₂ mi-tu-ti-šu₂ | he caused him to be smitten, so that I may speak of his distress |
| 15 | ip-šu-uš-su-ma I₃.GIŠ-šu₂ ⸢lem-nu⸣ ša₂ ḫa-ba-li-šu₂ | He opened his oil, elamnu-plant of the heart |
| 16 | ⸢ip⸣-qid-su-ma ana GIDIM BAR-i ⸢mur⸣-[tap]-⸢pi⸣-du ša₂ la i-šu-u₂ ni-su-tu₂ | (If) he slips into a ghost: ‘mur-etap-e’-pî-edu-plant, which has no nisūtu-plant |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}e₂-a ma-ra-šu₂ {d}AMAR.UTU ip-⸢pal⸣ [a]-⸢lik⸣ ma-ri {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | Ea, his mother, Marduk, he chose me, I went to him, my mother, the goddesses |
| 2 | i-din-šu₂ maš-qut-ka KU₃-tim ⸢ša₂⸣ [ba-la₂]-⸢ṭi U₂⸣.MEŠ li-kul ⸢DU₁₀⸣.[MEŠ] | He gave him the pure mašqutu-vessel, the ēša-e23-plant (and) the bala-eṭi-plant. May he eat the ‘good’ plants. |
| 3 | lip-pa-šiš u li-ir-muk tu-ka ⸢ša₂⸣ x-(x) [ana] ⸢DINGIR⸣-šu₂ lip-[pa-qid] | May it be shaved off and may it be cut off. Your ... may be entrusted to his temple. |
| 4 | ku-šu-ud {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ina im-<ti> pi-i-ka lik-⸢šu-us⸣-su im-ti ša₂ ⸢pi⸣-[i-ka] | “Be present for me, O Šamaš, in the midst of your mouth may it be praised to him. In the middle of your supplication |
| 5 | UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ lis-su-u₂ UGU-šu₂ ina EN₂-ka KU₃-tim ša₂ ⸢TI⸣ | May a future ruler restore (it) to its place in your holy incantation. |
| 6 | li-ṣi-ma ma-mitu ina EDIN li-iḫ-liq GIDIM BAR-i | May a curse be undone in the open country, may a ghost be released. |
| 7 | li-mur-ma liš-tap-pi-du na-me-e | May he see, and may he pacify (them) for me. |
| 8 | LU₂ lib-luṭ LU₂ li-šer LU₂ liš-lim-ma IGI-ka ana da-riš(ka) | May the man live, may the man prosper, may (the man) become healthy, and may your face be everlasting |
| 9 | ša₂ DU₃-šu₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ana da-ki-šu₂ lip-šur {d}AMAR.UTU ana bul-luṭ UN.MEŠ-šu₂ te EN₂ | Whoever carries (this tablet) off, may Marduk release him for the well-being of his people! Incantation formula. |
| 10 | IM {d}a-nu-um-u₂-šal-lam {lu₂}ŠAMAN₂.MAL.LA₂ TUR | Tablet of Anum-usvallam, the junior ša mashtaqqin. |
| 11 | A ša₂ {m}{d}a-nu-um-ra-bi BAD₃.AN{ki}u₂ | son of Anum-rabi, Duranki |
| 12 | a-na ṭu-ub-bi-šu₂ sur-riš iš-ṭur | To his speech a curse has been imposed |
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