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BM.17311 (ebl:BM.17311)

CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.17311
IDebl:BM.17311
Museum no.BM.17311
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse col 2 6'to the throne stationed, I did not stand before him. The 7(?)
obverse col 1 2'...-gal(?)
obverse col 1 6'... evil
obverse col 1 4'... Erekigal
obverse col 1 5'... supplication.
obverse col 2 9'May he be exorcised like a bird of heaven.
obverse col 2 14'......
obverse col 2 10'may he bring it out to heaven like a flood
obverse col 2 13'shining... of
obverse col 2 8'be exorcised from the 7th to the 7th.
obverse col 1 3'... will pass by(?)
obverse col 2 1'the water of the river
obverse col 2 11'As if it were a rainstorm, he made it fall into the earth.
obverse col 2 3'The supreme power(?)
obverse col 2 2'... the tree(?)
obverse col 2 12'by the utterance of the great lord Enki
obverse col 1 7'... tin
obverse col 2 5'Incantation: 'Where are you going, where are you going?
obverse col 2 7'... 7 clay cones 7...... 7 eyes 7
obverse col 1 1'...-ni
obverse col 2 4'Incantation:....

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