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BM 038997 (P564147)
Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038997 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564147 |
| Museum no. | BM 038997 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 8 | He enlarged the heavens and made the earth shine like my praises. |
| reverse 7 | The heavens are smashed, the earth is smashed, the earth is smashed |
| obverse 2' | ... his deeds(?) |
| obverse 5' | I am the one who poured water into heaven, the one who poured water into heaven |
| reverse 2 | I am Itar, goddess of destinies |
| reverse 4 | I am Itar, the goddess of destinies. |
| reverse 1 | I am the lady of heaven and earth |
| obverse 3' | pure...,...... |
| reverse 3 | The lady of heaven and earth |
| reverse 6 | O Itar, who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries of the pure heavens, my helper |
| obverse 4' | In the evening, when you are to praise me, when you are to praise me, |
| reverse 5 | The lady of heaven who makes the holy jars grow for you |
| obverse 6' | 'I will go to save my life in a dream.' |
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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