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BM 037233 (P563258)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 037233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563258 |
| Museum no. | BM 037233 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 9' | from the storehouse of the oxen and sheepfold |
| obverse 5' | the great en-DU priestess(?) with allure and allure |
| obverse 10' | ... in the Edimana temple |
| obverse 18' | Father Enlil and the Etemenanki temple |
| obverse 11' | Father Enlil and the brickwork of Sippar |
| obverse 17' | the ka'uga offering and the shrine Emahtila |
| reverse 23' | The highland is a wild bull, it is a hero |
| reverse 2' | ... does not raise a claim |
| reverse 6' | Father Enlil, lord of all the lands |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 17' | to determine the fates |
| obverse 21' | ... you |
| obverse 14' | (As for) the lamentation priest, the barley of his Esagil temple |
| reverse 4' | Enlil's wild bull, whose horns do not rise |
| obverse 7' | in his orchards and orchards with a single path |
| obverse 2' | ............ |
| reverse 12' | ................................. |
| obverse 9' | who loves holy shrines |
| obverse 12' | eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| reverse 10' | fat-tailed sheep |
| reverse 19' | You are to bring out..., you are to bring out... |
| obverse 20' | ... you |
| obverse 8' | Father Enlil, the holy mound in his holy place |
| obverse 19' | (for) the seeding of the potash and the Edara-ana temple |
| obverse 16' | Great Mountain Enlil and the brickwork of Ezida |
| reverse 24' | Father Enlil, lord of the lands |
| reverse 3' | O lord, the slanderer, what has he not done? |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 16' | from Duranki |
| reverse 11' | You are the one who imposes a levy (in the land) |
| reverse 15' | from Nippur |
| reverse 25' | from Nippur |
| obverse 4' | ... of the Esikil temple |
| obverse 6' | the E’ugida temple and the gate of Suen |
| obverse 3' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | the highlands, the wild bulls, and the sea, |
| reverse 20' | whose utterance reaches heaven |
| reverse 21' | Enlil, his rising wild bull,... of heaven |
| reverse 8' | from the storehouse of the agadala-house |
| obverse 13' | Father Enlil and the brickwork of Babylon |
| obverse 15' | Father Enlil and the brickwork of Dr-Sibba |
| reverse 7' | from Nippur |
| reverse 14' | Father Enlil, lord of all the lands |
| reverse 22' | Whoever breaks the contract and the heavens, |
| reverse 13' | You are the one who carries wild bulls and wild bulls |
| reverse 18' | ...... |
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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