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BM 038512 (P563863)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038512 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563863 |
| Museum no. | BM 038512 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | The pure(?) bread of the ninda offering |
| obverse 5' | For the people... |
| reverse 8' | ... to his quay, his quay, to his quay... |
| reverse 3' | whatever his name...... |
| obverse 6' | Incantation: O arable land... |
| reverse 5' | akkan, the ubû-demon, the upaqadu-demon, |
| obverse 8' | A sick man, a sick man, a sick man, a sick man, |
| obverse 7' | ... are unceasing... |
| obverse 2' | For the work of the youth... |
| obverse 9' | ... rejoicing(?) |
| reverse 11' | ... who presented me... |
| obverse 4' | O Gilgame,... |
| obverse 3' | Incantation: Like a irpi drum |
| reverse 9' | he is stricken, he is stricken, he is stricken |
| reverse 12' | Your prince |
| reverse 10' | The kiln is a delight for you |
| reverse 7' | he swore, and he screamed... |
| reverse 4' | Your supplication,...,.. |
| reverse 6' | ... a fattened sheep |
| obverse 1' | I am Gilgame |
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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