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BM 038422 (P563800)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038422 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563800 |
| Museum no. | BM 038422 |
| 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 col 2 9' | ... he smote it, and its fruit was piled up. |
| obverse col 2 10' | ......................................... he destroys their lands..... |
| obverse col 2 4' | (As for) the cattlepen of Nergal, which is swollen in the open country, it is very thick and very large. |
| obverse col 2 7' | They (the gods) were rejoicing at his great trees(?) |
| reverse col 3 5' | by the command of Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| obverse col 2 8' | In a great qishtu-offering he smashed the great flood and gave it to their men. |
| reverse col 3 8' | Ditto... of the pure Apsu. |
| reverse col 3 9' | May its oxen and sheep of the sand dunes rise up |
| reverse col 3 1' | may he restore to its place |
| obverse col 2 14' | .... he smote, and he smote the dead in a snare... |
| obverse col 2 1' | ewes and lambs, their small goats, were piled up in the ground. |
| obverse col 2 6' | ... their... they shall not bear their head. |
| reverse col 3 6' | (Ditto) of Marduk, the one of Eridu |
| reverse col 3 10' | May it be seen in the middle of the night. |
| obverse col 2 12' | he has sworn by the mouth and nose, and Ishirtashu has sworn by the mouth. |
| obverse col 2 5' | Its top, its top, did not raise |
| reverse col 3 7' | who reveres the holy Abzu |
| obverse col 2 2' | The slander of his head is swollen, he has been swollen in the darkness. |
| obverse col 2 11' | In the reed baskets of the marshes, fish and birds were snatched up, and asila sat down. |
| obverse col 2 3' | As for the donkeys of the steppe who are clad in splendor, who are clad in splendor, |
| reverse col 3 4' | The messenger of Ea, king of Apsu |
| reverse col 3 3' | incantation of Enki, king of the Abzu |
| obverse col 2 13' | The lord brought out a ita-vessel for the ita-vessel |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... may he return to its place. |
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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