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BM 032444 + BM 032560 (P562006)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032444 + BM 032560 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562006 |
| Museum no. | BM 032444 + BM 032560 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 17' | I, your praises, may I be sated with your greatness, may I sing your praises! |
| obverse 8' | ... Zarpanitu, may he not devastate. |
| obverse 5' | ... Ninlil, the powerful man |
| obverse 11' | The house of Nuska, the mighty, the exalted one, son of Anu, the one who fashioned judgments, the one who seized my enemies |
| reverse 9' | ... father(?) and thus ama, lord of the upper and lower lands |
| obverse 6' | ...... and the heavens and earth together |
| obverse 10' | May his mouth be swollen for a speech, may he be sated with a neshme prayer. |
| obverse 7' | ... Itar his... may he bring to me and may he take... |
| obverse 9' | The house is not my god, it is my god, it is my city, it is my son, it is my god. During the reign of my city, |
| obverse 18' | Incantation: I want to... and... Bel... |
| reverse 6' | ...... : salt/asagu-plant : 1 sikillu-plant |
| reverse 12' | ...... |
| obverse 12' | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) Marduk whose (personal) goddess (is) Zarpanitu |
| reverse 8' | ... 5........................................ |
| obverse 16' | I have heard that no one... |
| reverse 11' | ... Enlil and Ninlil |
| obverse 15' | ... you guard your..., whatever I hear. Not... before anyone. |
| reverse 3' | ... : kurkanû-plant, 6 kurkur-plants |
| reverse 7' | ... aromatics and aromatics |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ... : akirû-plant : 9 ER.GI7-plant : |
| obverse 2' | ... your...... |
| obverse 3' | ............ |
| reverse 5' | ... : hound's-tongue-plant, 11 kursag plant |
| obverse 14' | Be present in the house of Nuska, speak to Nuska and may I enter your palace. |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 10' | ...,..., Mumuda |
| obverse 13' | To Marduk, great Bel, merciful of the gods, who speaks favorable words,... |
| obverse 4' | ... Ninlil, lady of the lands |
| reverse 2' | ... ardu-juniper, juniper, 4 seeds |
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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