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BM.38126 (ebl:BM.38126)

CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.38126
IDebl:BM.38126
Museum no.BM.38126
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts

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 21you make a flour/incense-offering
reverse 12Copy of Babylon.
obverse 2oxen, sheep, donkeys, pigs, pigs and sacrificial sheep.
obverse 12In the afternoon, a libation vessel in a pot
reverse 6He speaks thus:
obverse 18You crush the kamanatu-disease.
reverse 5If he is a sheep, he shall place it there.
obverse 1If it is favourable and
obverse 7Thus he says: "It is a lion."
reverse 10You crush (the mixture) of white and red wool and
obverse 9May..., the god(?) of the temple, remove your face and
obverse 5A leather bag and a NIGkalga container
reverse 13Written and collated.
reverse 4On that day, he performed a sheep offering to the god of the temple.
reverse 8At that time I will go
obverse 10May the people(?) be reconciled
obverse 19You pour it into the presence of a ritual assemblage.
reverse 2these may they send to you.
obverse 14You give three kamanatu-offerings to him.
obverse 8Go out, do not go out. Go out, evil god : go out.
obverse 131 qû of tamarisk flour
obverse 6he will return the igartu-tax.
reverse 15son of ama-ina-iin, the aganlu, the exorcist
obverse 17You recite the incantation.
obverse 22Thus he says
reverse 11You put (it) on a neck of the people.
obverse 4to the extispicy of his house a fire will be imposed.
obverse 20no one shall know.
obverse 16.... and you recite the incantation.
reverse 3a protection for me and the people
reverse 9and destroyer of the people in battle
obverse 15When the kamanatu-offerings were carried off
reverse 1The one who reveres the divinity of the great gods
obverse 11like this he has done
obverse 3Its ritual: a man his house will be seized by a curse.
reverse 14Nabû-balassu-iqbi
reverse 7May the evil god, the evil goddess, not return to your house.

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