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BM.40190 (ebl:BM.40190)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40190 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40190 |
| Museum no. | BM.40190 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft |
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 15' | 13(?) stones: a man will acquire an evil owner. You strew stones and elu-stones on a flax neck. |
| obverse 9' | elkulla-plant, abû-stone in leather |
| obverse 2' | ... he is constantly frightened.... the haruspex and the eunuch his... |
| obverse 6' | plant of snake-plant, kurkannam-plant, UBA-stone in leather |
| obverse 8' | ...-plant, KA-abbû-plant,...-plant, you tie (it) in leather |
| obverse 10' | elkulla-plant, cedar, black, in a leather bag |
| reverse 16 | ... his |
| reverse 12 | May the god, the king, the name, the prince and the... |
| reverse 5 | As for the slander of the ruû-demon, the ruû-demon, the evil-doer of my lord, |
| reverse 14 | ... the incantation... upon |
| obverse 11' | ia-plant, bariratu-plant, mua-stone in leather |
| obverse 7' | mashtabakku-plant, lalû-plant, dates, in a leather bag |
| obverse 12' | ... to... |
| reverse 10 | Incantation: You recite the incantation 'I want to make it rise and depart' by the command of Amurru. |
| obverse 13' | carnelian, lapis lazuli, yellow-green flint, mekku-stone, iakku-stone, pappardilû-stone |
| reverse 6 | their evil deeds may he overthrow him like a chariot, and may he go against him and his friend. |
| reverse 3 | Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula/Gula has been given as a gift. |
| reverse 9 | You mix (the mixture) with cedar, oil of cypress, juniper, juniper, juniper, tin, his flesh. |
| obverse 14' | Stone, lamassu-stone, imbi-zida-stone, kurnu-stone, kurmû-stone |
| reverse 15 | ...... |
| obverse 5' | tarmu-plant, ilim-plant, NIR-stone in leather |
| reverse 2 | Incantation: O ushannu, may your fearsomeness, your heart rejoice, may your mood be exalted. |
| reverse 11 | ... the god of my city,... may they see me daily. |
| reverse 13 | May they see me, may they rejoice before them, may they rejoice over them, and may their hearts rejoice. |
| reverse 1 | You pound the stones in front of the Lion, a censer, (and) ewe. You libate first-rate beer. |
| obverse 3' | ... that man's hand was seized by Marduk... |
| obverse 1' | ... he will be seized(?) |
| reverse 8 | You recite this incantation 3 times over stone and juniper and place (it) on his neck. |
| obverse 4' | ... for peace,... his word will stand in front of you. |
| reverse 4 | You are the kurru-priest and the offerings, and I will stand in my lawsuit and go in your lawsuit. |
| reverse 7 | I, your servant, may I sing your praises. |
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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