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BM 040621 (P522144)
Commentary; Ritual, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040621 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522144 |
| Museum no. | BM 040621 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary; Ritual |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 21' | ... the day of the moon... |
| reverse 15' | ...... :... |
| obverse 13 | flesh of a bull, flesh of a pig, flesh of a pig, |
| obverse 5 | (If) ditto you place... in front of ama, you libate (them) (and) you libate (them) |
| reverse 9' | good food |
| obverse 18 | (If) in Taritu (Month VII), on the 14th day, in Arasamnu (Month VIII), on the 12th day |
| obverse 10 | (If) he is a gloomy woman in your womb,... to the man.. |
| reverse 12' | In front of the ditto (and) the ditto (of the gods) Adad |
| reverse 18' | ... : fate... |
| obverse 1 | ...... the gate of a man... |
| obverse 22 | foremost of Emahtila, the one who provides for him, |
| obverse 11 | You set up the beams at the gate. |
| obverse 8 | In the awe-inspiring radiance of the house you will see the scribal art.... |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| obverse 9 | (As for) the lamentation priests, the lamentation priests, (and) the possessions for their (own) place |
| obverse 16 | In these days, to a man...... |
| obverse 7 | You bring out (them) from the 'finger' and the beams.... |
| reverse 20' | Imbtu (means) : the gods of the sebetu(?) |
| obverse 2 | (If) the... are dark: the land will not be destroyed; fire which in the head of a man... |
| obverse 20 | prince who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries of Nudimmud and Marduk, who dwells in peace |
| reverse 16' | ... AD.HAL means... |
| reverse 13' | ...... :... : |
| obverse 6 | You libate first-rate beer. With ama you recite the incantation. |
| obverse 21 | the lord of the Esagil, the support of Babylon, the one who loves the Ezida temple, the one who makes peace |
| reverse 8' | You....... |
| obverse 4 | emerges and before ama on the dais |
| reverse 14' | ...... :... |
| top 1 | By the command of Bel and my lady, may it go well. |
| obverse 19 | Incantation: Powerful, exalted, exalted one, |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 17' | Gilgamesh, the troops |
| obverse 3 | You remove his beams. |
| obverse 17 | ... who performs... and.. |
| reverse 10' | ... good... |
| obverse 15 | (If) on the second day, on the fourth day, on the seventh day, on the eleventh day, on the eleventh day... |
| reverse 7' | you are |
| reverse 19' | ... : he is a lion... |
| reverse 22' | ... son of Nergal- |
| obverse 12 | On a day all of the wall, at the end of the night, a man... |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 14 | (If) he is ill, he is a scribe, he is a scribe |
| reverse 11' | ... this in front of ditto... |
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
- 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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