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Aaron.2 (ebl:Aaron.2)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Aaron.2 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:Aaron.2 |
| Museum no. | Aaron.2 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
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) |
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| 11 | (and) they sat down in the apsû. |
| 7 | who in the Nippur, the house of wisdom, had been built, |
| 47 | You are able to smite your greatness. You should listen to (my) brother and he should not approach the sick man. |
| 9 | They are pure, I have made them shine in Eridu. The 7 apkallu |
| 41 | Its ritual: When you go to the house of a sick man to your hand, and you incantation. |
| 24 | I destroyed (and) burned with fire my mouth. |
| 26 | In the scream of Eridu, he screamed: |
| 2 | Holy messenger of the gods, Marduk, |
| 37 | He destroys the evil, the fate of the enemies, and his heart. |
| 1 | Incantation: O pure tukû-offering of Ea. |
| 10 | for the life of all the lands he created |
| 5 | The pure water which was poured in the cracks of Eridu |
| 18 | Where his name is sweet, he has sinned, his life |
| 48 | Tablet of Nergal-um-eri, son of Iqia, descendant of Ekur-zakir, incantation priest. |
| 17b | "We shall go to the mention of his name, |
| 19 | By the command of Ea and Asalluhi, the great gods |
| 35 | By the command of Ea and Asalluhi, the great gods |
| 46 | u-Iddi is not..., or mua-stone, or anzahhu-stone with oil, when to a sick man |
| 34 | Ea and Asalluhi made whole my command. |
| 22 | On my return march, I shall release the evil reeds. |
| 20 | The apkalak, the scepter, the scepter of my mouth, my lips, |
| 45 | Its ritual: Ninurta, male and female will eat milk in a libation bowl. |
| 13 | After a pure inim-plant, a date palm-tree, (and) a ulu-tree, (and) the work of wisdom |
| 16b | I raised up the totality of people. |
| 38 | Written according to the original and collated. |
| 12 | In a basket, a name of pure silver was smashed, water poured. |
| 28 | Ea and Asalluhi are going to me. |
| 3 | of Ea, at his supplication he smote, |
| 16a | The utterance of the gods is sweet. |
| 21 | With pure water which they have created in Eridu, |
| 33 | Ea and Asalluhi set up a pure shrine for them. |
| 43 | Incantation: I am the messenger of the great gods |
| 31 | Ea and Asalluhi have sworn their pure oath. |
| 17a | You recite the incantation 'The one who knows my name' |
| 32 | Ea and Asalluhi gave (it) to my hands. |
| 44 | If a man does not approach the exorcist |
| 8 | Ea and Asalluhi, for the preservation of life, |
| 4 | who Marduk with his pure work destroys the dead. |
| 23 | With my pure work I constantly strive for evil. |
| 36 | I am a hero, he has made the evildoer flee. |
| 29 | Ea and Asalluhi, the creators of my life, |
| 27 | Its name is the mention of Ea and Asalluhi. I have sworn my word. |
| 15 | Ea and Asalluhi gave the hands of the scribe. |
| 25 | In the water of the Apsu, the Igigi gods |
| 14 | The innu-plant, the pure ammu-plant, took (it) as if it were a lullu-plant |
| 39 | The enemy who preceded me |
| 42 | You recite the incantation before a sick man. |
| 30 | Ea and Asalluhi gave you silver. |
| 40 | Wording of a lifted-hand prayer to the Tukulti-priest. |
| 6 | Requisition of Ea and Asalluhi, lord of peace and life |
Sources & licences
- 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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