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BM 038417 (P563798)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038417 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563798 |
| Museum no. | BM 038417 |
| 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 col 3 3' | 'Its great offerings have not been completed.' |
| obverse col 2 9 | You do not bring ewes and garments |
| obverse col 2 2 | ...... steadfastly |
| reverse col 4 7' | ..., |
| reverse col 3 2' | Its great festivals are not to be forgotten. |
| reverse col 3 7' | In the midst of the great cult centers, he has sinned against him, and he has sinned. |
| obverse col 2 4 | he is angry with him; he will not be afraid. |
| obverse col 2 11 | he does not bring the holy voice(?) and the holy balag drum(?) |
| obverse col 2 1 | he... |
| obverse col 2 10 | He does not sleep in my work; he does not sleep in the evening. |
| obverse col 2 8 | I did not know...... |
| reverse col 4 4' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 13' | O lord, judge my case,... judgment... |
| obverse col 2 6 | his limbs are dark and he will not die. |
| reverse col 4 1' | ...-a |
| reverse col 3 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 8' | who does not dwell in its midst |
| obverse col 2 3 | that he should not go out with its fierce chariot |
| reverse col 3 5' | They did not make the squrû-offerings squandered. |
| reverse col 3 10' | the hero, youth Utu, who makes the dais shine |
| reverse col 3 15' | Ditto... Anu |
| obverse col 2 15 | he has snatched up a snare |
| reverse col 3 4' | whose rites are unrivaled(?) |
| reverse col 3 11' | The qarrdu-priestess of ama and the scribal art did not enter |
| reverse col 3 12' | lord of judgments and judgments |
| reverse col 4 6' | .... of kurigum |
| obverse col 2 7 | There was no physician, there was no herbalist |
| reverse col 3 14' | Ikur, son of An |
| obverse col 2 5 | You should not be able to smite the GIGgigi reeds |
| reverse col 4 2' | to the king |
| reverse col 3 6' | Its ziggurat is a liar, it is a liar |
| reverse col 3 9' | The lord of the great sanctuaries and in his heart or the one who dwells |
| obverse col 2 16 | .................... |
| obverse col 2 12 | ... pure... pure... pure...... |
| obverse col 2 14 | ...... he will not be sated. |
| obverse col 2 13 | ... you do not let them enter. |
| obverse col 2 17 | he brought all of the lands. |
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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