BM 032039 (P480812)
Incantation, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480812 |
| Museum no. | BM 032039 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | August [. . .], worthy one of [. . . ], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Expert [Enlil]banda, greeted wi[th reverence], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Her]o of Eridu, sage of the [Igigi], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . . E-engu]ra, protection of E-u[nir], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [The one who] brings the flood of abundance, who makes the rivers rejoice. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Among] the waters and reed thickets you bountifully bestow <abundance>. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Among] the meadows you create life. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Anu (and) Enlil are rejoicing joyfully on account of you. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | The Anunnakki-gods <greet you> in their shrines. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | The people of the land praise your name. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [To the] great [gods] you give counsel. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . . on account of] your incantation of life |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [. . .] may the Apsu [be glad on your account]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | May [. . . of] all bless you. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May the great [gods] laud <you> as a lord. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | May the Igigi-gods decree your good fortune. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [... ṣi]-⸢i-ri us-mi⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[d}EN.LIL₂].⸢BAN₃⸣.DA it-pe-šu ⸢ka⸣-[ru-bu] | |
| 3' | [ur-ša₂]-⸢an⸣ e-ri-du ABGAL {⸢d⸣}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃] | |
| 4' | [... e₂-engur]-⸢ra⸣ ṣu-lu-lu e₂-⸢u₆⸣-[nir] | |
| 5' | [ba]-⸢bil⸣ mi₃-lu HE₂.GAL₂ mu-riš ID₂.⸢DIDLI⸣ | |
| 6' | [ina] ⸢ta⸣-ma-a-tu₂ u ṣu-ṣe-e tu-da-aš₂-ša₂-a | |
| 7' | [ina] ⸢qer⸣-be₂-e-tu₂ ⸢tu⸣-šab-ši ZI{tu₂} | |
| 8' | {⸢d⸣}a-num {d}EN.LIL₂ ha-<diš> ri-šu-ka | |
| 9' | {⸢d⸣}a-nun-na-ki ina ma-ha-zi-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | UN-⸢MEŠ ma⸣-a-tu₂ iš-tam-ma-ru MU-ka | |
| 11' | [a-na DINGIR-ME] GAL-ME ta-nam-din mil-ki | |
| 12' | [... ina] ⸢te-ka⸣ ša₂ ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ABZU li⸣-[riš-ka] | |
| 2' | [... ša₂] ⸢kiš⸣-šat lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 3' | [DINGIR-ME] ⸢GAL⸣-ME e-tel-liš li-ša₂-li-lu-<ka> | |
| 4' | ⸢SIG₅⸣-ME-ka liq-bu-u DINGIR-ME {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | |
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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