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BM 038159 (P563643)
Ritual, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563643 |
| Museum no. | BM 038159 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual |
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 12' | I am the heir of Utu, the supreme leader, the judge of heaven and earth |
| reverse 14' | I am able to make a basket (of wine) with tamarisk. |
| obverse 4' | For the sake of the humanity and its totality, I have brought them to you. |
| obverse 23' | who has not known anything, whose head has been uttered |
| obverse 2' | The Anuna gods made a decision for you |
| obverse 39' | the Asag demon seized |
| obverse 28' | who seized him for a second time |
| reverse 21' | Written and collated. Tablet of Nabu-eir |
| obverse 19' | he will make justice, justice, and justice. |
| reverse 13' | tamarisk, innuu-plant, date palm from his hands he will take. |
| obverse 8' | they will look for you at your great bed |
| reverse 18' | Incantation formula:... house |
| reverse 10' | The king sat on the fire.... |
| obverse 13' | ama, you are the exalted one, judge of heaven and netherworld. |
| obverse 24' | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract |
| obverse 1' | The great gods stand at your verdict. |
| obverse 17' | I will bring you all the people's possessions. |
| reverse 9' | (If) he is surrounded by a cloudy cloud: evil for the hand of a lion.... |
| obverse 5' | ... all the people,... their... |
| obverse 22' | debts and debts |
| obverse 10' | I am the great one of Utu, the exalted one, the counsellor |
| obverse 3' | Ditto, your utterance stands in front of you. |
| reverse 12' | Incantation: O Ea, you recite the incantation 7 times. |
| obverse 21' | to the man who acts(?) and to the man who acts(?) |
| reverse 1' | ... fear of... |
| obverse 6' | as rations of the donkeys, rations of the four world quarters |
| reverse 15' | I looked at the innu-plant, let it be set up. |
| obverse 14' | That which was established in the heart, from the mound |
| obverse 16' | He will return the good fortune of mankind to you. |
| obverse 26' | which they received without witnesses |
| reverse 20' | The 3rd tablet of the rimki-house, like a old one. |
| reverse 7' | I have sinned against anything evil that... before me. |
| reverse 3' | Incantation: You are my opponent... |
| reverse 6' | I... everything evil of my flesh... |
| reverse 8' | I... everything evil that... |
| reverse 16' | The date palm that I saw was full of rejoicing. |
| obverse 9' | They are bringing them to your great divinity. |
| obverse 25' | If a man does not see him, he will have mercy on his chest. |
| obverse 7' | The illness of the incantation which afflicts him, |
| obverse 18' | a man who is a thief who is a thief who is a thief who is a thief who is a thief who has seized him |
| reverse 19' | Incantation: O fish, sea fish... |
| reverse 2' | The kindness of the great gods... |
| obverse 27' | the one who has seized the fates |
| reverse 17' | May the evil and radiance of my body be released. |
| obverse 20' | You recite the incantations of truth and justice |
| reverse 4' | I washed, anything evil that...... |
| reverse 5' | I washed, anything evil that...... |
| reverse 11' | the water(?) is 7 fingers to its right, the water is 7 fingers to its left, to its left... |
| obverse 15' | ... whatever there is,......... |
| obverse 11' | ama, the exalted one, the one who loves him, |
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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