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OrNS 40, 170 pl. 15 (P480780)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 40, 170 pl. 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480780 |
| Museum no. | BM 017109 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi |
| Find spot | unclear |
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' | [ina] ⸢GU₂ ID₂⸣ [...] | on the bank of the Tigris |
| 2' | NIG₂.NA šam-hu-⸢ti⸣ [GAR{an} ...] | a censer of šamḫûti-juniper |
| 3' | ŠIM.HI.A ta-⸢sar⸣-[raq ...] | You strew aromatics |
| 4' | ša₂-šu₂-nu GAR{an}ma [...] | They are placed and |
| 5' | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ al-si-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ [...] | I call out to you, O great gods |
| 6' | an-ni ah-ṭu-u₂ e-še-ṭu₂ u₂-gal-[li-lu ...] | This is what I have learned, what I learned ... |
| 7' | 7(diš)-šu₂ DUG₄.GA-ma KAŠ.SAG ša₂ tu-⸢kin⸣-[nu ...] | It is said 7 times and the first-class beer of Tu'ekin-edinu |
| 8' | ina I₃.GIŠ hal-ṣa ŠEŠ₂-ma ⸢GISKIM⸣-[MEŠ HUL-MEŠ ...] | You knead it in filtered oil and the evil signs of the ešamaš temple |
| 9' | šum-ma NUN {giš}GIGIR U₅-ma KASKAL ina ⸢DU⸣-[šu₂ ...] | If a prince rides a chariot and the road in his house |
| 10' | lu-u as-ma-ru-u lu-u mim-ma [...] | Be it an ašarû-demon, be it a ...-disease |
| 11' | NUN BI U₅ {giš}GIGIR NU DUG₃ lib₃-[bi ...] | That prince should not ride a chariot, his heart |
| 12' | šum-ma GISKIM BI ana NUN u KUR-[šu₂ ...] | If that sign to the prince and his land |
| 13' | a-šar DU{ku} AŠ₂-su i-kaš-[ša₂-du ...] | (As for) the one who makes (anything) go wrong against him, he will achieve his wish |
| 14' | ⸢ana⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ {d}U.GUR DINGIR EDIN {⸢udu⸣}[SISKUR₂ BAL{qi₂} ...] | You perform an offering before the gods, Nergal, the god of the open country, |
| 15' | ⸢EDIN⸣ ana NUN U₅ {giš}GIGIR ARHUŠ [...] | (If) a steppe opens to the prince: a chariot ... rebellion. |
| 16' | [(u) u₂-še-ez]-ze-bu-šu₂ NUN BI ⸢ina⸣ [IGI {d}UTU ...] | And they made him rise. That prince, in the presence of Šamaš |
| 17' | [NAM].⸢BUR₂⸣.BI DU₃-ma NUN ⸢BI⸣ [...] | Its ritual: The prince of this ritual |
| 18' | [DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GAL-MEŠ {d}U.GUR ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ ...] | Great gods, Nergal, the great gods |
| 19' | [KASKAL kit]-⸢ti⸣ u mi-ša₂-ri ana ⸢NUN⸣ [...] | The path of truth and justice to the sceptre |
| 20' | [...] ⸢la⸣ te-eg-[gi] | ... a reed fence |
| 21' | [...] {d}UTU u₂-ba-⸢as⸣-[sa-ru ...] | ... Šamaš, the one who makes esarḫesaru tremble |
| 22' | [EN₂ {d}utu kur-gal]-⸢ta im⸣-[ta-e₃-a-nam] | Incantation: O Šamaš, come out from the Great Mountain! |
| 23' | [...] ša₂ an-⸢na⸣-[šu₂ ...] | ... of An |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ši-mat ⸢TI⸣.[LA ...] | The destiny of the elalu-priestess |
| 3' | u₄-me-⸢ia⸣ [...] | My days |
| 4' | GISKIM ⸢HUL⸣-[ti₃ ...] | (If) a sign of evil ... . |
| 5' | {d}UTU ina [...] | O Shamash, in |
| 6' | di-ni ⸢di⸣-[in ...] | Judge my case, judge my case |
| 7' | {d}UTU a-[ša₂-re-di ...] | Šamaš, I want to go to the field |
| 8' | AN{u₂} ⸢lih⸣-[du-ka ...] | The plant of the eliḫ-edu temple |
| 9' | DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ [...] | The gods of |
| 10' | DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ ...] | The gods of the palace |
| 11' | {d}a-num {⸢d⸣}[EN.LIL₂ ...] | Anu, Enlil |
| 12' | KA.INIM.MA ⸢ŠU⸣.[IL₂.LA₂ ...] | Incantation formula: ešu elalu |
| 13' | EN₂ at-⸢ta {d⸣}[...] | Incantation: “You are Ea, Ea |
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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