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BM 036953 (P563204)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036953 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563204 |
| Museum no. | BM 036953 |
| 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 2 | the sigar priest of heaven |
| reverse 7' | king of the gods |
| obverse 7 | the foot of the land may you be able to establish the place of the land |
| reverse 4' | ... he does not cross over(?) |
| reverse 5' | ... in a rejoicing rejoicing...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,..... |
| obverse 4 | to Utu of the nation : to the land of your own pleasure |
| obverse 8 | the cattle of the goddess Itar, the prebend of the iru equids |
| reverse 3' | ... the exorcist |
| obverse 5 | ama, the divine radiance of heaven : ama, the divine radiance of the heavens, has covered the lands. |
| obverse 9 | ama like the mother of their father and mother, they will be placed (on them). |
| obverse 6 | you place brightly before the land |
| reverse 2' | Tablet of Tanitti-Bel(?) |
| obverse 3 | the door of heaven |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: ama of the horizon |
| obverse 10 | ... eats water :... poured water |
| reverse 1' | Incantation: Fish born from the pure sea |
| reverse 6' | In his month, may he return (it) to its owner. |
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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