BM.38057 (ebl:BM.38057)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38057 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38057 |
| Museum no. | BM.38057 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Compendium; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš; CANONICAL > School Tablet |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 7 | As soon as in the evening he has seen it, |
| obverse 4' | May the good edu and the good lamma priests stand with him. |
| obverse 3' | let the evil udug and ala demon stand outside. |
| reverse 6 | he (Ningirsu) has sworn as if (it was) a robbery |
| reverse 1 | that man will kill |
| reverse 2 | like a liar in the midst of a frightened man he shall return. |
| obverse 2' | ... : he should be his judge |
| reverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 3 | he is a man like that of the heart. |
| obverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 4 | he will cross over it like a risen heart. |
| reverse 5 | Like that of his stomach, he is constantly ill. |
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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