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BM 042743 (P558017)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 042743 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558017 |
| Museum no. | BM 042743 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
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) |
|---|---|
| col 1 4' | The evil, the evil, the evil god, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the evil, the |
| col 2' 3' | ... barley |
| col 1 3' | Incantation: O evil demon, evil demon, evil demon, evil demon, evil demon, evil demon, |
| col 1 11' | ... milk |
| col 1 6' | ulpa’e, the one who smote the stars, the one of Ennu |
| col 1 9' | Written and checked according to the evil intentions of my face. |
| col 1 2' | ... not... |
| col 1 10' | ... Anu |
| col 2' 4' | The na (stone) |
| col 1 8' | Whoever in the future, at the command of Asalluhi, exorcist of the gods, son of Ea, sage |
| col 1 7' | or the image of Namtari or the image of greatness, or any evil |
| col 1 5' | (Possessor of) a black-headed (people), a black-headed (people) (and) a black-headed (people) |
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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