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BM 048249 (P550452)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048249 |
|---|---|
| ID | P550452 |
| Museum no. | BM 048249 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft; CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt rimki |
| 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 2' | ... they are..., and they are... |
| obverse 16' | Incantation: ama, this is not my scepter. |
| obverse 17' | ... the water(?) of my hands(?) that my body...... |
| reverse 11' | ... may... release(?)... |
| reverse 12' | ... let me live, let me live,... |
| reverse 9' | ... and the hand of the gods... |
| reverse 1' | ................ |
| obverse 5' | ama the aktaldakka priest(ess) of ama your messenger (and) ama your garment |
| obverse 8' | Incantation formula: house, rimki(?) house, 3?... |
| reverse 3' | ... the foundation of which I have been smitten,... |
| obverse 18' | ... ama everything |
| reverse 10' | ... my faults may he not perform... |
| reverse 6' | ......... |
| obverse 2' | Incantation formula: house of rimki(?) house(?) 2nd incantation. |
| obverse 4' | ama |
| obverse 19' | ... in front of ama |
| obverse 10' | Incantation: ama in Nisaba. |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| obverse 6' | May ama, in this day, stand |
| obverse 3' | Incantation: ama, king of heaven and earth, |
| obverse 7' | ... the greatness of your divinity |
| obverse 9' | ... against which he does not raise a hand, |
| obverse 11' | n gods to gods, n gods to goddesses, n gods to goddesses, n gods to goddesses, |
| reverse 8' | ... in the evening(?) |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ............... |
| obverse 12' | (If) he has a neck on a neck, he has a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast, a breast on a breast. |
| obverse 13' | In the middle of the lung, in the middle of the lung, in the middle of the lung, in the middle of the lung, in the middle of the lung, in the middle of the lung. |
| obverse 14' | (If) he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion. |
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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