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BM 038632 (P563923)
Hymn, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038632 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563923 |
| Museum no. | BM 038632 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Hymn |
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) |
|---|---|
| 23' | Be exorcised by Enki, be exorcised by Ninki! |
| 25' | Be exorcised by Enbulug! Be exorcised by Ninbulug! |
| 13' | You should drink water from my tukku-vessel. |
| 21' | I am the Asakku-demon, who has sinned against sickness, but has not sinned against it |
| 15' | I want to wear my sweet water, I want to wear a garment |
| 17' | I am afraid. The curse (related to) ditto (i.e., ditto) afflict you |
| 12' | I want to eat the bread of my spouse, I want to eat it |
| 3' | you are |
| 11' | I want to bring it to you, I want to bring it to you |
| 26' | Be exorcised by Endaurim, be exorcised by Nindaurim |
| 9' | I want to drink, I want to drink. |
| 10' | I want to enter, I want to let him enter. |
| 4' | I want to eat daily I want to eat |
| 22' | May Asag be exorcised in heaven, may it be exorcised in earth. |
| 14' | I shall give you the oil of my uh tutelary deity |
| 2' | I am the one who stands at the throne |
| 5' | I want to drink at the same time. |
| 24' | Be exorcised by the Enlil gods, be exorcised by the Ninlil gods! |
| 19' | The evil of the asakku-demon(?), the curse of ditto, has afflicted you |
| 6' | I will give you a long life! |
| 18' | The evildoer(s) of the Asag demons, the Anuna demons, uttered their head. |
| 8' | I want to enter, I want to eat. |
| 1' | you are evil udug priest |
| 20' | The Asag demon approached her, she approached the man |
| 7' | I will give you long-lasting days. |
| 27' | Be exorcised by Endukug, be exorcised by Nindukug! |
| 16' | May the Asag demons and the Anuna demons make their heads shine! |
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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