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BM.28944 (ebl:BM.28944)

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

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DesignationBM.28944
IDebl:BM.28944
Museum no.BM.28944
LanguageAkkadian
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 10On the threshing floor, the north wind
obverse 1Incantation: In Ekallamah.
obverse 2the house of Gula
obverse 8You return the face to the scepter.
reverse 15the people of mankind
reverse 18Written and collated.
reverse 19son of Nabû-mukn-apli, his great son
obverse 3and the sealed document of his throne
obverse 4the prince whose limbs
reverse 14As long as he lives, he will become a dog.
obverse 7Its ritual: you wipe clean water.
reverse 17Borsippa, like its former
reverse 16May he be the one who reveres Gula.
reverse 20The one who reveres Nabû and Gula in battle
obverse 9You will do it in it.
reverse 13and speak! Thus:
obverse 6O man, you recite the incantation.
reverse 11You set it before ama.
reverse 12Incantation: This incantation is upon you.
obverse 5he smote the dog,
reverse 21he shall not raise a claim

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