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BM 036695 (P563158)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036695 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563158 |
| Museum no. | BM 036695 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 5 | may he be a... of reeds on his head |
| obverse 2' | Enki, his son Asalluhi, has given orders |
| reverse 8 | I am the one of battle, I am the one of battle. |
| reverse 9 | ...-men |
| obverse 10' | ... chief |
| reverse 2 | The good udug deity, the good lamma deity, the en-ship and kingship of the country |
| reverse 6 | Incantation: I am the uluhhu-priest |
| obverse 6' | he decorated it for him. |
| obverse 4' | he placed the holy sea in its foundations. |
| reverse 4 | may he go to his..., may he go to his body |
| obverse 1' | Its fate is pure and pure |
| obverse 5' | As for Lu-ulu, the son of his god, when he was born |
| reverse 3 | may they stand in his... cult centers. |
| obverse 8' | ... the evil man, the evil eye, the evil mouth, the evil tongue |
| obverse 3' | The water that is not soaked in reeds is soaked in reeds |
| obverse 9' | who the evildoer's evil deeds |
| reverse 7 | I am the pure uluh priestess, I am the pure uluh priestess |
| reverse 1 | May he not return to his good condition. |
| obverse 7' | the mouth of the evil udug, the evil ala-demon, the evil reeds, the evil reeds, the evil god, the evil bailiff |
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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