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MC 24, no. 217 (P556378)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556378 |
| Museum no. | BM 046736 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | 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 6' | reed basket for tamarisk |
| reverse 4' | a basket made of... |
| obverse 5 | Pure..., pure..., pure..., |
| obverse 11 | arpantu... |
| obverse 2 | Be exorcised by Ninlil in heaven! |
| obverse 7 | ... in the aegis of the gods, |
| obverse 1 | Be exorcised by Enlil of heaven! |
| reverse 5' | the reed basket of my day |
| obverse 9 | the egimah priest of the Esagila temple |
| obverse 6 | by the pure table of the gods |
| reverse 1' | basket of the threshing floor |
| reverse 2' | ... basket |
| obverse 3 | By the life of Mama of heaven be exorcised(?) |
| reverse 3' | basket of sasû-tree |
| obverse 10 | the ungal priest of the Anuna temple |
| reverse 7' | ... reed basket |
| obverse 4 | Incantation: O holy reed, great reed, reed of the marsh, |
| obverse 8 | to make perfect the rites |
| reverse 8' | Month Elul (VI), 15th year... |
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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