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MC 24, no. 126 (P556389)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Prayer to Marduk 2; CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556389 |
| Museum no. | BM 055408 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Prayer to Marduk 2; CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul; CANONICAL > School Tablet |
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 7' | I am the ka-tu-jal of Eridu |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | ... barley... |
| reverse 4' | ... a sahhu-plant, a sahhu-plant,... |
| obverse 2' | The evildoer, the hand of his fate, is inflicting upon him a defeat. |
| obverse 5' | the asakku-demon he smote him, |
| reverse 6' | The herdsman(?), who knows how to smite(?) |
| reverse 2' | ... ram |
| obverse 8' | to raise your breast and to raise your breast |
| obverse 1' | his jetu-vessel is filled with a libation-vessel: he does not have the power of a man. |
| obverse 4' | the Asag demon overwhelmed him. |
| obverse 10' | to the end of the scribal art, to the scribal art |
| obverse 3' | He is a man, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion |
| reverse 5' | The tablet of the place of the quay... |
| obverse 6' | by Asalluhi my son |
| reverse 8' | My prayer for you... |
| reverse 7' | By your command, do.... |
| obverse 9' | O evil one, slander your face with fearsomeness! |
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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