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BM 038444 (P563812)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038444 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563812 |
| Museum no. | BM 038444 |
| 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 6' | ... reed |
| reverse 13' | may he ensure the well-being of the land and the life |
| obverse 11' | or a bird of evil, or a qadû-bird, |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 14' | Its heavy horns |
| reverse 6' | Incantation: Enki, king of the Abzu, like |
| reverse 3' | You wrap a garment, and you wrap a pure garment...... |
| obverse 4' | ... house |
| obverse 8' | ... either... |
| reverse 9' | May he make the holy... shine for you on your right and left. |
| obverse 7' | ... will enter(?) |
| reverse 16' | ... |
| reverse 17' | ... you set up a censer. |
| obverse 9' | The...-banu bird and the... entered |
| obverse 19' | .................. |
| obverse 5' | ... he smote. |
| reverse 2' | You recite the incantation '....' |
| obverse 16' | or his... or his..., |
| reverse 5' | You pour 1 cup of first-class beer, 1 oil, 1 wine, and you pour (it) into a canal and... |
| obverse 22' | ... to the south... does not approach and to the man's house. |
| reverse 7' | Beloved(?) one who holds back(?) the supreme cosmic powers of Eridu, your heroism |
| obverse 13' | or a bird of evil or a qadû-demon, |
| reverse 18' | ...,..., |
| obverse 21' | ....... or.. his (personal) god... |
| reverse 20' | ...... |
| obverse 17' | ......... |
| obverse 12' | or a bird will enter a man's house. |
| reverse 8' | In order to... the fate of the tree in order to..., in order to... the evil-doer's holy dwelling |
| obverse 10' | or he enters a man's house, and he has no claim. |
| reverse 12' | May your... be praised! |
| obverse 20' | .............. |
| obverse 2' | ... there will be |
| reverse 11' | may he make his heart rejoice. |
| reverse 10' | He looked at the holy..., he looked |
| obverse 18' | ............. may the king... |
| obverse 14' | or a bird... in a man's house |
| obverse 15' | or a dog or a dog at the gate of a man's house, |
| reverse 15' | I want to smite a slander |
| reverse 4' | The year (in which) Ea and Asalluhi named. 3 lahannu-vessels |
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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