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MC 24, no. 223 (P556365)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 223 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556365 |
| Museum no. | BM 044216 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation |
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 col 3' 6' | (As for) ditto, may the lord of the kakku-vessel speak! |
| reverse col 4' 14' | (If) ditto, ditto, hero of ditto |
| reverse col 3' 7' | Be exorcised by Babu, wife of the great hero |
| reverse col 3' 1' | Beloved spouse of Ninadamkug! |
| reverse col 4' 9' | Be exorcised in the mountain of the plain! |
| reverse col 3' 4' | (If) ditto he strews a tavern that he removes or says: |
| reverse col 4' 2' | (Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, the powerful gods, |
| reverse col 4' 7' | Be present in this ram, the Ezina, akkan, and Iran. |
| reverse col 4' 13' | be exorcised by Mes-Sagunu, the herald of Kulaba. |
| reverse col 4' 1' | be exorcised by the gods, its gods |
| reverse col 4' 12' | Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! |
| reverse col 4' 6' | By all the gods ditto, ditto, ditto |
| reverse col 3' 2' | May ditto, the beloved of his beloved, speak! |
| reverse col 4' 10' | The gods of their sanctuaries, who are constantly frightened in darkness and darkness, ditto. |
| reverse col 4' 15' | Be present in this ram, be present in this ram, be present in this ram |
| reverse col 4' 3' | be exorcised by the Twin Gods |
| reverse col 4' 11' | be exorcised by endursag, the herald of the squares. |
| reverse col 4' 16' | Ditto. Ditto. Whose limbs are furious, O lord of wisdom, ditto. |
| reverse col 4' 5' | be exorcised by Ebi, Ninur and Nina |
| reverse col 3' 10' | May ditto, the one who loves justice of Ningirsu, speak! |
| reverse col 3' 3' | Beloved of Aur-damqu, supreme ruler of Uttab! |
| reverse col 3' 9' | be exorcised by Igalima the first-born son of Ningirsu |
| reverse col 4' 8' | (If) ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto |
| reverse col 4' 4' | (If) ditto |
| reverse col 3' 8' | (As for) ditto, I, the great hero, may I be sated. |
| reverse col 3' 5' | be exorcised by Ningirsu, the king of weapons |
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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