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BM 038635 (P480829)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038635 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480829 |
| Museum no. | BM 038635 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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' | ka-⸢la UZU.MEŠ-ia⸣ [...] | ... my flesh |
| 2' | ša₂ e-piš-ti-ia ⸢u₃⸣ [muštēpištīya kišpīša ...] | Whom my sorcery (and) witchcraft have performed against me |
| 3' | ana(ša₂) muḫ-ḫi-šu₂ u la-ni-⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | On top of it and on the lower side |
| 4' | ip-ša₂ bar-ti INIM ḪUL-⸢tim⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who sees the outside, the word of evil ... (Akk) The unceasing one, the message of evil |
| 5' | ina qi₂-bit {d}e₂-a {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU ⸢u₃⸣ [rubāti Bēlet-ilī TU₆ EN₂] | By the command of Ea, Šamaš, Marduk, (and) the noblest of Bēlet-ilī. Incantation formula. |
| 6' | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7' | ⸢KID₃.KID₃.BI⸣ NA₄ {d}a-nu {giš}GAN.U₅ {u₂}eli-kul-la {u₂}⸢AN⸣.[ḪUL₂.LA ...] | Its ritual: stone of Anu, tamarisk, elikulla-plant, ḫaltu-plant |
| 8' | ⸢E₃ 7 KA.KEŠ₂ KEŠ₂ EN₂ 7-šu₂ ana IGI {d}UTU ŠID-⸢ma kiš⸣-[pu pašrū] | You recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš and the witchcraft will be undone. |
| 9' | ⸢EN₂ šur⸣-ru-ni(ud) NA₄ {d}a-nu u {na₄}ZALAG₂ ul-tu AN-e ur-du-ni | Incantation: “The stone of Anu and the light came forth from heaven. |
| 10' | [ina] ⸢SAG⸣-šu₂-nu na-šu-u₂ piš-⸢re⸣-e-⸢tum⸣ [(x-x-x)] | In their esangû-vessels they are responsible for clearing the reed screen. |
| 11' | ⸢ip⸣-ta-aš₂-ru ⸢ŠINIG⸣ {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ u {giš}⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ EDIN x [(x-x)] | “Ip’etašru-plant, ēru-tree, maṣḫû-plant and date palm in the open country |
| 12' | ⸢ia⸣-ši lip-šu-ru-in-ni ina KI.TA-ki {d}iš-ḫa-ra x-[x-x] | May Eya-eši release me, in your underworld Ishbara |
| 13' | ⸢ina⸣ AN-e nap-ḫa-ti₃ x-x-x tu-ḫap-pe-e rik₂-si-ši-na [ša mūši] | “Ina-e-23 of heaven, the totality of ..., the ... of their bonds, that year |
| 14' | tu-ḫal-la-qi₂ INIM.MEŠ-⸢ši-na⸣ ša₂ ⸢kal⸣ [ūmi] | You take the words of the ekallû-priest |
| 15' | ša₂ e-piš-ti-ia-a-ma ḫi-pe-e ⸢ri⸣-kis-sa ša₂ muš-te-<piš>-⸢ti⸣-[ia x-x-x] | Whom my sorcery has done, who has ...ed my machinations |
| 16' | ni-nu-ma en-qe₂-nu ni-nu(gir₂-)ma ni-in-⸢da-a-nu⸣ ni-nu-ma ⸢nit-ta⸣-[...] | We are the en-qenu-priestess, we are the one who makes the edānû-priests tremble. |
| 17' | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ḫi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} {⸢d⸣}GIR₂.TAB NIG₂.NA {⸢šim}LI GAR-an⸣ KAŠ.SAG ⸢BAL⸣-[qi₂ ...] | You set up a censer of ešu-juniper. You libate first-rate beer (and) ebullu-beer. |
| 2 | ḫi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} {d}a-nu {na₄}ZALAG₂ ⸢ŠINIG {u₂⸣}IN.NU.⸢UŠ⸣ [u {giš}GIŠIMMAR.TUR] | New break of Anu, alabaster, tamarisk, ēšû-plant and small plants |
| 3 | ḫi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} u {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂⸣ DU₃-⸢uš⸣ NA₄.⸢MEŠ⸣ [annâti ...] | The new moon and the ešûtu-priestess, who makes the balaŋ ritual (and) the omens of this stela |
| 4 | E₁₁-ma {na₄}AN.NA {⸢na₄⸣}ZALAG₂ ina DUR E₃ ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-an ⸢ŠINIG⸣ [...] | came out, and tin (and) ēru-stone came out in a hole, it was placed on his neck. šunû-plant |
| 5 | u {giš}⸢GIŠIMMAR.<TUR> ana⸣ KA-šu₂ ⸢GAR-an-ma⸣ ina ⸢ŠU{ii⸣}šu₂ ⸢IL₂⸣-ma ⸢EN₂⸣ [...] | and a small ēšû-tree to the gate of the Egaranma-e3 in the Hand of the Elder One, and the Incantation-formula |
| 6 | ana IGI {mul}GIR₂.TAB ⸢ŠID⸣-ma ⸢ša₂ KA⸣-šu₂ ⸢i-na⸣-ʾi-is-ma u ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | In front of Scorpius it rises and its opening is called i.e., in the middle of it and its middle ... |
| 7 | ⸢ra⸣-man-šu₂ ⸢uš⸣-ba-aʾ-ma ⸢ana UGU NU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU i-⸢ra⸣-[muk-ma] | “If he screams, he shouts, and on top of the dead man and the dead woman he shall kill, and |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ A.MEŠ ša₂ {dug}kal-la i-⸢maḫ-ḫa-aḫ-šu₂-nu⸣-ti-⸢ma ana⸣ ID₂ ⸢ŠUB⸣-[ma] ⸢UŠ₁₁ pa⸣-[aš₂-ru] | In the water of the kalla-vessel they rise up and go down to the river bank, and the UŠ1-V1-Ašarēr |
| 9 | EN₂ šak-na-ku {na₄}šada-nu DAB-⸢tim⸣ [x-(x) ki]-⸢it⸣-tum ⸢ša₂ an⸣ x-[x] x [x-(x)] | Incantation: “I am surrounded by a halo of šadânu-stone. ... the ki’etum-vessel, the ... of heaven ... |
| 10 | ša₂ la u₂-qar-ra-bu ru-ḫe-⸢e⸣ lem-nu-ti ša₂ ⸢AN-e qu-la⸣-[nin-ni] | Who does not fear the evil ruḫê-demon (and) the eša ēne qula emeninni |
| 11 | ša₂ KI-tim ši-ma-⸢nin⸣-ni IM ⸢na⸣-zi-qu tu-⸢ru-uk la⸣ [tal-lak] | In the land of Šimanini you will bring a tablet of ena’eziqu. You will not go. |
| 12 | mi-it-ga-ru ⸢IM⸣.MEŠ ⸢ša₂⸣ KA₂ x-[x] | “If he slips through the thresholds of the ešīm-plants, the gate of ..., |
| 13 | ⸢DUB-ma⸣ ak-⸢la⸣ ni-iš DINGIR x-x [(x)] x lam [x-x] ⸢li ša₂⸣ [x-(x)] | I have strewn a tablet, a supplication to the god ... |
| 14 | ša₂ ta-ḫe-⸢e⸣ li-<iṣ>-bat li-⸢iṣ⸣-[bat] x [...] | May the heart of Taḫbê-ēde relax, may it relax ... |
| 15 | man-nu lu-⸢uš⸣-pur ana {d}x-x [x-x] x-x-x [...] | Who should I send to ...? |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣-še-⸢bi-lam {d⸣}[UTU ...] | Elū-eše-ebilam, Šamaš |
| 17 | [lu]-⸢uk⸣-[nu-uk ...] | I want to smite |
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