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BM 038626 (P563918)
Ritual, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038626 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563918 |
| Museum no. | BM 038626 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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' | ... you set up an adakuru-vessel |
| obverse 17' | ...... and stand before ama |
| obverse 3' | ... their... with silver and gold |
| reverse 6' | This 3rd time, it is favourable and it is favourable. |
| reverse 7' | Incantation: You (are) the man of the canal, whatever his name |
| reverse 3' | Does your great divinity know it? |
| reverse 8' | When the great gods entered, |
| reverse 20' | ... their evil, may they tear out in my body. |
| reverse 29' | ... snake(?) |
| reverse 21' | May I be sated with your praises forever. |
| obverse 2' | ... did not enter |
| obverse 21' | ... ama did not give birth(?) |
| obverse 14' | ... plant of a garden after it |
| obverse 15' | ... the thighs, the thighs, and the thighs are placed |
| obverse 7' | ... the usura rites are great in the midst of the tavern |
| reverse 24' | ... these snakes are placed on the shoulder. |
| reverse 12' | .... before you, who makes supreme the divine radiance. |
| reverse 10' | In your heart Ea, king of the Apsu, his dwelling |
| obverse 24' | ...... his... |
| obverse 23' | ... of the Anunnaki, they did not accept the scepter. |
| obverse 32' | ... lillilanni... |
| obverse 19' | Incantation: O ama, judge of heaven and earth, lord of truth and justice. |
| obverse 33' | ... ar- |
| reverse 25' | ... not grasping(?) |
| obverse 5' | ... may it go(?) into the jar |
| obverse 10' | ... you libate a libation bowl and for Ea... |
| reverse 28' | ...-su, a linen garment, a year-old... |
| reverse 14' | the verdict of those who gave me, you |
| reverse 5' | May he release you and not approach my body. |
| obverse 34' | ... justice |
| reverse 17' | You will not... be afraid and... |
| reverse 18' | ... snakes...... |
| obverse 28' | ... evil...... |
| obverse 31' | ... shekels of juniper, he should not return to his place. |
| reverse 26' | .............................. |
| obverse 13' | You libate first-rate beer. You libate first-rate beer. |
| reverse 9' | they placed in your arms. Good |
| obverse 6' | ... date palm, ulhu-juniper,... stone |
| reverse 1' | Incantation: O god and goddess, who removes my name |
| obverse 30' | .................. |
| reverse 2' | The evil of snakes and sphinxes which appeared in my house... |
| obverse 18' | ...... three times... |
| obverse 11' | ... you place... in the heavens |
| reverse 13' | The wisdom of Ea(?) and Asalluhi... and |
| reverse 16' | ...... which in my house...... |
| obverse 9' | ... pure... |
| obverse 16' | ... they seized... in front of... their (personal) god |
| obverse 20' | Incantation: ama(?), the upper(?) (and) lower(?) |
| reverse 23' | ..... a stag, life of her hand. |
| reverse 19' | May their evil not approach me, may it not approach me, may it not approach me,... |
| reverse 11' | The uzztu-disease, the lament, the puluhtu-disease, |
| obverse 26' | ...... in my house...... |
| reverse 15' | I...... whose (personal) goddess (is)... his goddess (is) |
| reverse 30' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | ... will not enter a temple in front of Utu(?) |
| reverse 22' | By the command of Ea, ama and Asalluhi, |
| reverse 4' | You are a lord who does not know a man. |
| obverse 8' | ... eyes...... |
| obverse 25' | ...... of his (personal) god,... his goddess |
| reverse 27' | ... he smote... and the equid... |
| obverse 22' | ... all of heaven and earth they did not keep watch. |
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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