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AOAT 034, 026 (P480774)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AOAT 034, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480774 |
| Museum no. | BM 032909 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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 ga-aš₂-ru šu-pu-u₂ e-tel-lu ⸢ERI.DU₁₀{ki⸣} | Incantation: Strong one, exalted one, lord of Eridu |
| 2 | NUN ti-iz-qa-ru bu-kur₂ {d}nu-dim₂-mud | Prince, exalted son of Nudimmud, |
| 3 | {d}AMAR.UTU šal-ba-bu mu-riš <e₂-engur-ra> | Marduk, exalted one, creator of the E<engur> |
| 4 | EN e₂-sag-gil tu-kul-tu₂ E{ki} | Lord of Esagil, support of Babylon |
| 5 | ra-ʾ-im e₂-zi-da mu-šal-lim <ZI{ti>} | beloved of the Ezida, who provides life |
| 6 | a-ša₂-red e₂-mah-ti-la mu-deš-šu-u TIN | The one who makes the Emaḫtila flourish, |
| 7 | ṣu-lu-lu ma-a-tu₂ ga-mil ni-ši <rap-ša-ti> | (Sum) I am the one who makes the land tremble (Akk) The one who destroys the land, who spares the people |
| 8 | UŠUMGAL ka-li-iš BARA₂.ME | chief of all the dais(s) |
| 9 | MU-ka ka-liš ina KA UN.ME DU₁₀.GA | Your name everywhere is sweet in the mouth of the people |
| 10 | {d}AMAR.UTU ⸢EN⸣ GAL-u DINGIR reme-nu-u₂ | Marduk, great lord, merciful god, |
| 11 | ina qi₂-bi-ti-ka kit-tu₂ lu-ub-<luṭ> | By your true command, I may live |
| 12 | lu-uš-lim-ma lu-uš-tam-mar <DINGIR-ut-ka> | May I become healthy, may I see your divinity. |
| 13 | e-ma u₂-ṣa-am-ma-ru lu-uk-<šu-ud> | Wherever I go, I shall achieve (my) wish |
| 14 | šu-uš-kin kit-ti ina ⸢KA-ia₂⸣ | Establish truth in my mouth |
| 15 | šub-ši a-mat SIG₅{ti₃} ina lib₃-⸢bi⸣-[ia₂] | Hand of good word in my heart |
| r | ||
| 1 | ti-i-ri u na-an-za-za liq-<bu-u₂> SIG₅{ti} | May tīru and nanzazu command good things. |
| 2 | DINGIR li-iz-ziz ina ZAG-MU | May a god stand at my right side. |
| 3 | {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU liz-ziz i-na šu-me-li-ia₂ | May my (personal) goddess stand at my left. |
| 4 | DINGIR mu-šal-lim ina A₂-MU lu ka-a-a-nu | May the god who provides for me be constantly present at my side. |
| 5 | šur-kam-ma qa-ba-a še-ma-a u ma-ga-ri | It is the second šūma. The word of heaven and earth |
| 6 | a-mat a-qab-bu-u₂ e-ma a-qab-bu-u | The word that I speak, whenever I speak |
| 7 | {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL{u} ZI{tu₂} qi₂-šam TIN ZI-<ia qi₂-bi> | O Marduk, great lord, give me life! Speak life! |
| 8 | ma-har-ka nam-riš a-tal₂-lu-ka | In your presence, I will go with you brightly |
| 9 | {d}EN.LIL₂ lih-du-ka {d}EN.KI SU₃-ka | May Enlil rejoice over you, may Enki be glad on your account. |
| 10 | DINGIR.ME ša₂ kiš-šat lik-ru-bu-ka | May the gods of the universe greet you. |
| 11 | DINGIR.ME GAL.ME lib₃-ba-ka li-ṭib-bu | May the great gods pacify your heart. |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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