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BM 036310 + BM 036468 (P480819)
Incantation, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036310 + BM 036468 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480819 |
| Museum no. | BM 036310 + BM 036468 |
| 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 |
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' | [x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x-x [...] | |
| 2' | [x-x-x-x-(x)] ⸢ad-di⸣ qa-a ⸢a⸣-[na pîka ...] | ... addî-plant, qa of ēšu-plant in your mouth |
| 3' | [x-x-x-x] x-⸢ba⸣-a-tum aṣ-⸢bat⸣ x-x [...] | ... ... Ašbatum |
| 4' | [ana-ku u₂]-⸢ter i-di⸣-ka a-na EGIR-ka a-na ⸢la da-ba⸣-[bi ša dibbīya x-x-x-x] | I will return to you, to your rear, to the other side, and the words of my mouth |
| 5' | [DU₃.DU₃.BI] ⸢NU⸣ EN da-ba-bi-ka ša₂ IM DU₃-uš MU.NE ina MAŠ.⸢SIL₃⸣ 150-šu₂ SAR-ar₂ x-x-x-x] | Its ritual: You recite the incantation “The lord of your words is a clay tablet’s name. You write (it) on his left hand. |
| 6' | [EN₂ an]-⸢nita⸣ 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu ina a-si-di GIR₃{ii} 150-ka ⸢ta-se-er⸣-[šu₂ x-x-x-x] | Incantation: “Anu-ešum-iddina is his third name. In the path of the foot of your left foot he ... his tasê-demon |
| 7' | [EN₂ {d}e₂]-⸢a⸣ LUGAL ABZU tuk-lat NUN{ki} ba-nu-u₂ ne₂-me-qi₂ mu-šim ⸢NAM⸣.[MEŠ] | Incantation: Ea-ea, king of the Apsu, support of Prince, creator of wisdom who decrees destinies |
| 8' | [mu-uṣ-ṣir] GIŠ.ḪUR.MEŠ mu-ud-diš {d}a-nun-na-ki ra-aʾ-im kib-⸢ra⸣-a-⸢tu₂⸣ | “Mušbir of the beams, the husband of the Anunnaki, the beloved of the world quarters the world |
| 9' | [ia-a-ši] ⸢IR₃⸣ pa-liḫ-ka rad-da-ʾi-in-ni EME.MEŠ DINGIR LUGAL IDIM u NUN ze-nu-u₂ KI-ia | (As for) me, the temple-priestess, who reveres you, I have smeared me with tongues of god, king, noble, and prince. |
| 10' | [EME.MEŠ rad-da]-⸢ʾi⸣-in-ni ḫa-aʾ-i-ru u KI.SIKIL šum-ru-qu pa-ni-ia | The tongues of a raddānu-demon, ḫaliru-disease, and kisikil (symbols) are in my presence. |
| 11' | [bul-li]-⸢ṭan-ni⸣-ma EN ne₂-me-qi₂ da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-lul u₂-⸢suḫ⸣ mim-ma lem-nu ša₂ SU-ia | Reconcile me to the lord of wisdom, so that I may sing your praises. Remove whatever evil from my body |
| 12' | [pu-ṭur ḫi]-⸢ṭa⸣-ti-ia {d}e₂-a LUGAL ABZU mim-ma lem-ni ⸢ma⸣-[la] ⸢ik⸣-pu-du u₂-pu-us-su at-ta | “May Ea, the king of the Apsu, do whatever evil to me (and) I have done to him. |
| 13' | [kip-di ša] ⸢ik⸣-pu-du te-e-ri ana muḫ-ḫi-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [lem-nu]-⸢ti⸣-ia₂ šu-bir ID₂ | I crossed the river bank of the Euphrates River (and) crossed the Ekur River on top of my evildoer. |
| 14' | [x-x-x-x-(x)] x u₂-bil ka-a-ši ḪUL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [x-x x].⸢MU⸣ a-a KU.<NU>-ni a-a KUR-an-ni | ... he carried. You, may the evildoers not come near me, may they not approach me. |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x-x-x-x-x-x-x ⸢ḪUL⸣.MEŠ | eḫul-plant |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x-x-x-x] ⸢ḫa⸣-ṭu₃-tu NU ⸢DU₁₀⸣.GA.MEŠ ša₂ ina SU-ia muḫ-ra-an-ni-ma | ... ēšûtu-plant, which is in my body, |
| 2 | [x-x-x-x] x DINGIR LUGAL IDIM u NUN li-ša₂-qir pa-ni-ia | May god, king, noble, and prince look after my face. |
| 3 | [x-x-x-x-x] ⸢IR₃⸣-ka nap-li-si-an-ni-ma EN ne₂-me-⸢qi₂⸣ da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-lul | May your ... be reconciled with me, so that I may sing your praises. |
| 4 | [x-x-x-x-x-x]-x ⸢UKKIN pu-uḫ⸣-ḫu-ru ma-lu-⸢u₂⸣ ḫu-bu-ru | ... ešakku-plant, sulphur, alû-mineral, ḫuburu |
| 5 | [x-x-x-x-x] x-⸢ku⸣ ul ⸢i⸣-[x-x-x] x-x ḪUL.⸢MEŠ ša₂ rad-du-in⸣-[ni] | ... does not ... ... the evils that are set upon him |
| 6 | [x-x-x-x] x IGI{ii.}MEŠ-ma <i>-rad-da-[dan-ni] | ... before me and he shall serve me |
| 7 | [ki-mis-su-nu]-⸢ti⸣-ma a-na {giš}MA₂.GUR₈ ṣa-⸢lil-tum⸣ ša₂ [IM] | “Kimissunu-etī-emâ for the boat of Ša-Eliltum-ēriš of the wind |
| 8 | [... {na₄]}⸢ŠUBA⸣ u {na₄}KA.GI.NA KA₂.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] ⸢ku⸣-nu-uk-ma [(x-x-x-x)] | ... ebony and lapis lazuli at the entrances of the temples and |
| 9 | [... DUMU].⸢MUNUS⸣ {d}e₂-a ⸢EN⸣ IDIM um-ma DUMU.⸢MUNUS⸣ {[d}e₂]-⸢a EN⸣ [IDIM] | the daughter of Ea, the lord of the gods, saying: “the daughter of the goddesses, the Lord, the (or, resp., the) Lord |
| 10 | [...] ⸢lu-u₂⸣ [...] | ... elû-plant |
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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