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BM 038009 (P563585)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563585 |
| Museum no. | BM 038009 |
| 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 col 1 8' | pure water |
| obverse col 1 2' | like heaven |
| reverse col 4 3 | pure water |
| obverse col 1 6' | pure water |
| reverse col 4 2 | the Euphrates, the Euphrates |
| obverse col 1 7' | pure water |
| reverse col 4 4 | ... Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| obverse col 1 4' | Incantation:... |
| obverse col 1 5' | water poured |
| obverse col 1 1' | like a kiln |
| obverse col 1 3' | May the evil words be set aside. |
| reverse col 4 1 | From the basket...... |
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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