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BM 031475 (P561637)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 031475 |
|---|---|
| ID | P561637 |
| Museum no. | BM 031475 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4 | in Jenna, the daughter of Asalluhi |
| reverse 16 | ... the lands... from the mountains |
| obverse 1 | from the mountains |
| reverse 18 | Incantation: O Utu, from distant days until distant days |
| top 24 | When heaven and earth were separated from one another |
| reverse 12 | lion |
| reverse 15 | ... the foreign lands from the foreign lands |
| reverse 5 | from above, the destroyed wall |
| reverse 2 | ......... |
| obverse 13 | ...... |
| reverse 22 | ... the other side of the river(?) |
| obverse 21 | may Nergal, the bailiff, stand for you |
| obverse 24 | evil udug, evil ala, evil of the netherworld, evil of a demon, evil of a bailiff, evil of a bailiff, evil of Sîn, |
| reverse 14 | Enki... to the lord |
| obverse 22 | May the seven evil-doer rise up, may they smite, may they smite |
| reverse 7 | ......... |
| reverse 21 | by Utu, by name, by name, by name, by name, by name |
| obverse 11 | ...... to ditto...... |
| obverse 16 | In the street, in the street, the street and the street are filled with bitumen |
| obverse 19 | the warriors... |
| reverse 6 | the peoples |
| reverse 3 | The guard, who is not afraid... |
| obverse 3 | The Apsu has sinned against him. |
| reverse 19 | (If) ama, on a day of old, on a day of old, |
| obverse 20 | he will send the warrior to his brother. |
| reverse 9 | on the day...... |
| obverse 12 | I erected a sabaru-vessel in a pure place. |
| reverse 8 | the day......... |
| reverse 11 | Incantation: O copper, mighty one, built from the mountain range,... evil/dead(?) |
| reverse 4 | ... evil..... |
| obverse 23 | May the evil of their utterances tear out, and may he release it from his body. |
| reverse 13 | lion |
| obverse 10 | The base of the 'finger' touches the fire |
| obverse 17 | in...... |
| obverse 6 | ... ditto of a rabishu-tree |
| obverse 5 | of the udug offerings |
| obverse 9 | in..., in the... of Eridu... |
| obverse 14 | At noon, when the storm roars, may it stand in his womb |
| reverse 1 | before Lugal-amapa’e |
| obverse 8 | It is the ka’enima offering of Eridu |
| reverse 20 | By the command of ama, by the command of the great gods |
| reverse 10 | ... Lamatu |
| obverse 15 | in the quay... |
| obverse 2 | They were seated in the assembly of the engur |
| obverse 7 | the heart of Enki |
| reverse 23 | by the command of ama |
| obverse 18 | The price of a good emmer...... |
| reverse 17 | He brought... from the mountain to the... of Magan |
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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