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BM.53655 (P499716)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.53655 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499716 |
| Museum no. | BM.53655 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6' | Be present in this ram, place (in it) a word of his heart, and (then) listen to prayers. |
| reverse 6' | Come, come to me! May the rites of juniper come to me! |
| obverse 7' | he will give. The house will be good for a long time. |
| reverse 3' | antu-priestess of the people of the extispicy of Itar daughter of Anu |
| reverse 10' | ... life |
| obverse 3' | You set up a censer of juniper (and) dates. |
| reverse 8' | May this matter be your case, O Itar, your handiwork! |
| obverse 1' | You pour (the mixture) into the water of the river. |
| reverse 1' | Itar, the great one, Irnini, the great lady, to me. |
| obverse 2' | You set up a libation bowl of pure water. You set up a reed mat before Itar. |
| obverse 4' | You remove either a man or a man or a woman from his body and you set it up in his work. |
| reverse 9' | May he come to me from my field and the life of a miirtu-demon, and may he not enter. |
| reverse 4' | the one who gives the great gods, the one who gives the chariot, the throne, (and) the throne for all of the kings |
| reverse 7' | Eponymy of your house, beloved of Itar to my words he set up. |
| reverse 2' | the one who resides and the sanctuaries of Enlil, the people, the goddess of the destinies |
| reverse 5' | Lady of the lands, for me, lord of the radiance(?) of the sacred space(?) of Enlil, exalted lady |
| obverse 5' | Thus says Itar, Nanaya and Gazbaya: |
Sources & licences
- 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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