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BM 038709 + BM 038898 (P563968)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038709 + BM 038898 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563968 |
| Museum no. | BM 038709 + BM 038898 |
| 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 15 | ... he did not wait for me, he did not wait for me, and he did not wait for me. |
| reverse 9' | When it is a tavern: the wall will be destroyed from its top. |
| top 2 | ... descendant of ama-ina-Isin, the agmau-priest (and) exorcist |
| reverse 3' | .... he opens the gate. This is before |
| obverse 4 | ...................... |
| obverse 10 | ... enters and enters a house. |
| obverse 18 | ...... gold... that house |
| obverse 27 | You pour a libation bowl of honey and butter. You set up a libation bowl. |
| obverse 31 | [Witness] Nanna, gods of heaven, Suen, exorcist... |
| reverse 23' | You tear out these rams, variant: these rams, at the gate of the house. |
| obverse 6 | ... it became stationary in the west. The snake was seen at the left of the gate. |
| reverse 7' | You place... to Ea, Asalluhi and the lamassu of the temple and against evil. |
| reverse 11' | 7 grains, sick, 7 grains of emmer, 7 grains of kak cheese. |
| obverse 22 | he has sinned against me, the sickness, the sickness, and the...-plant. |
| reverse 8' | You do not approach a man. |
| reverse 13' | at the gate of the house...... tamarisk, tulam-plant, juniper |
| reverse 24' | If he does not approach a man |
| reverse 20' | (Ditto:) dirt from the gate of the temple of Itar. (Ditto:) dust from the gate of the temple of Marduk. (Ditto:) dust from the gate of the temple of Ningetinana. (Ditto:) dust from the gate of the temple of Itar. |
| obverse 19 | ... is located on his hands and feet. |
| obverse 30 | May the great gods see you, may they rejoice over you. |
| obverse 29 | You recite the incantation three times, and you recite this in front of it. |
| reverse 12' | You pour oil on the top of the head of the oil and you pour it into the watercourse. |
| reverse 18' | ... you crush 3 kupatinnu-vessels and you have entered the gate of the house. |
| reverse 15' | ... on the throne... the gate of the cult centers... |
| reverse 17' | ..., the du-priest of the temple and the lamassu of the temple place. Ps-Nippur, U-Nippur, iniu-priest |
| obverse 7 | ............................... |
| reverse 10' | (If) she sees a brick in front of her wool: 7 white barley, 7 reeds, 7 grain. |
| obverse 16 | ........................................ |
| obverse 1 | ... the black/black(?) |
| reverse 22' | (If) ditto a tturru-vessel (and) a tturru-vessel: dust from the gate of the temple of a kurunnu-vessel. |
| obverse 28 | You set up a censer of juniper, make a flour/incense-offering, and libate beer before Enzû and Nannari. |
| top 3 | ... wrote and collated. |
| obverse 5 | .... you see... of Ayyaru. You see.... |
| obverse 17 | ... you make the foundations of the house firm. You... in the house. |
| obverse 23 | May the rites of your heart be reconciled with the Apsu. |
| obverse 26 | You set up 12 loaves of flour. |
| obverse 14 | You libate first-rate beer. You libate adakurru-vessel. |
| reverse 14' | elkulla-plant, supala(?)-plant,...-plant |
| reverse 4' | He enters his house and the ground. He places a hand-lifting prayer... |
| obverse 13 | ... and a fate... you cut a umû-offering. |
| reverse 21' | ... (if)... (is) surrounded by a cloudburst, ditto; (if)... (is) a cloudburst, ditto; (if)... (is) a cloudburst, ditto; (if)... (is) a cloudburst, ditto; (if)... (is) a cloudburst, ditto; |
| reverse 16' | You put... at the gate of the house. A censer, juniper, juniper, juniper, in the street of the house before Ea and... |
| reverse 19' | (If)... and clay(?)... you crush (them) at the gate (and) you crush (them) 7 times at the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the gate (and) the |
| obverse 20 | ... emerges into the steppe and....... |
| top 1 | ... he built. |
| obverse 24 | (If) he does not see him and he does not see him, he will not see the street, he will not see the street, he will enter the temple of the kurunnu. |
| obverse 25 | The reed-bed is now broken. On the 4th day there will be 2 reeds for Enzû. |
| obverse 3 | ... your.... |
| obverse 11 | You set up a ritual assemblage for the... of the temple and the lamassu of the temple. |
| obverse 12 | You strew flour and ebony. |
| obverse 9 | ... of my guilt, may the evil of my house become visible(?) |
| obverse 2 | ...... and he will recover. |
| obverse 21 | ... fate and in the steppe... in water. |
| obverse 8 | ... you write... and go out. When you are to seek out |
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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