Unread Atlas
BM 045755 (P564932)
Medical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BM 045755 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564932 |
| Museum no. | BM 045755 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 1 | If there is a stele which cannot be changed, the incantation 'Itar.' |
| obverse 14' | Its ritual: you pound a homer of dirt that is piled up; |
| reverse 10 | You recite this incantation 3 times in the hands of.... |
| obverse 2' | (As for) uzzta, like a lion, the assembly of the partu-priests |
| reverse 7 | (If) he sees a woman's horn, he will be covered in dust wherever he sees black dogs. |
| obverse 16' | The dust of the gardener is in the water of the well of the temple. |
| obverse 7' | I will not give you your tongue to speak! |
| obverse 15' | (If) he sees a black dog: he will die. |
| reverse 15 | ... true... |
| obverse 5' | I have seized you like a uabiku |
| obverse 4' | I, as I have not said to the daughter of the prefect of Dr, to the daughter of the mayor of Yamutbalu: |
| obverse 17' | And against that woman you strew. |
| reverse 14 | ................... |
| reverse 3 | ... of the shepherd, purified in your guard, |
| reverse 12 | ... battle................ |
| obverse 1' | ... you recite the incantation 'Amanus,' as if it were a lion. |
| reverse 2 | He did not perform a black extispicy, he did not enter, he did not perform a woman... |
| reverse 6 | And you take her and the'residence' of the 'large head' |
| reverse 11 | Incantation: O lord, Ishtar who resides... you have made... bow down. |
| obverse 12' | Incantation: You recite the incantation 'I want to see the incantation 'I want to see the incantation 'I want to see the incantation 'I want to see the incantation' |
| obverse 3' | I, who have now done it, have taken it as a loan in the river. |
| reverse 8 | The saliva of the eebi bird is not spoken... |
| obverse 8' | Its ritual: You recite this incantation on account of good oil. You recite 7 times before you and your brother. |
| obverse 11' | You put... in the middle of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 9' | You are a brother, as many as there are, you are a slave. |
| obverse 6' | Just as I have been sitting on your throne, so may your word be heard before you. |
| reverse 4 | ... gur... of the year. |
| obverse 13' | ... his face, his name for his appearance, his head for the cloister, |
| obverse 10' | ... he shall not take away(?) and keep watch |
| reverse 5 | You take a libation bowl of water(?). This is the procedure on the other side. |
| reverse 9 | You recite its second incantation and one... you perform, and you take it to his gate. |
| reverse 13 | ....... you crush... |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.