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BM.38285 (ebl:BM.38285)
CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38285 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38285 |
| Museum no. | BM.38285 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary; CANONICAL > 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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 2' | At the Bb-ilni |
| reverse col 3 10' | You said: "... |
| reverse col 3 11' | ... [...] |
| reverse col 4 1' | Nebuchadnezzar |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... he smote and the gods he smote |
| reverse col 4 5' | will be stationed in E-Uzulir. |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... of the middle of the house to the gods of Suen |
| reverse col 3 3' | At Bb-ilk |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... sacrifice in the house of Marduk... |
| reverse col 3 6' | Because the Anunnaki |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... the great gods in their assembly for kingship |
| obverse col 2 4' | On the 14th day of |
| reverse col 3 12' | On the 29th day... |
| obverse col 2 5' | Total: 6 days... |
| reverse col 3 9' | he smashed... |
| obverse col 2 3' | On the/15th day of |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... the meals(?) to Nergal(?) |
| obverse col 2 1' | The storm(?) |
| reverse col 3 13' | 4 eebtu-offerings of |
| reverse col 3 1' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| reverse col 4 8' | ... the scribe |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... and Madanu to the throne |
| reverse col 4 6' | According to the wording of a tablet which is written from a threshing floor and |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... to the Anunna(?) |
| reverse col 4 4' | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the4.9th day Marduk comes out, the king of the gods will come out. |
| reverse col 4 3' | In the centre of the city, do not drink water! |
| reverse col 3 5' | If in Ab (V)... |
| reverse col 3 8' | If in Ab (V)... |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... his...... |
| reverse col 4 7' | Marduk-umu-ibni, son of igu’a |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... that one, their days... |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... on the 6th day: he should eat a fish. |
| obverse col 2 2' | On the 1st day of... |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... a thorn(?) of a chariot and a thorn |
| reverse col 4 2' | There is a burial mound, a alamtu-flour..., and a kalû-flour... |
| reverse col 3 4' | sacrifice of the star |
| reverse col 3 7' | of UDda... |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... placed... and sat in the midst of the night. |
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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