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BM 033723 (P562420)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033723 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562420 |
| Museum no. | BM 033723 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 14' | Incantation formula:... in front of the agubbû-vessel |
| reverse 4' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Nabû-shumu-ishkun or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Nabû-shumu-ukin, his sons and his grandsons, |
| obverse 6 | ...... pure............ |
| obverse 2 | u-Anan (and) Kusu : u-disease> (and) u-disease (and) u-disease (and) |
| obverse 10 | May the evildoer stand at the threshing floor. |
| reverse 3' | water poured, Izide said |
| reverse 5' | the holy bed of Enki : the pure bed of the god Enki : |
| reverse 7' | he dedicated it (this vessel). He dedicated it (this vessel) to her. |
| reverse 8' | The water has been brought out, the water has been brought out, the water has been set out. |
| reverse 1' | son of Ayyaru (II) of Sippar, the place where he resides |
| obverse 12 | lapis lazuli, iron,...,... |
| reverse 12' | May he be glad, may he be glad. |
| reverse 11' | May he be sated with the holy rites and the scepter |
| reverse 0' | water of the Tigris stationed |
| obverse 4 | the pure tu-flour(?) : in the messenger(?) to the outskirts of my lord |
| reverse 13' | I made it stand as a spectacle for the tongue of a hoe. |
| reverse 9' | before your father Ea |
| obverse 9 | from the brickwork of the house : the libitu of the house or the imtu of the divine powers : may a good fate be established. |
| obverse 1 | the incantation of princeliness |
| reverse 2' | Whoever in the future, at any time, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Ishtar, his sons and his grandsons, |
| reverse 10' | before your mother, Damkina |
| obverse 11 | Wording of a ziggurrat...... |
| reverse 6' | son of ZU-AB (means) : sons of Apsu, their heirs. |
| obverse 7 | your flour is a jehura flour, your flour is the brickwork of the house. |
| obverse 3 | ... of rulership : the hand of a prince to the horizon. |
| obverse 8 | O my lord, may my scepter and my scepter be at your disposal. |
| obverse 5 | fine flour made with gold |
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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