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BM.40531 (ebl:BM.40531)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Ardat lilî, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40531 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40531 |
| Museum no. | BM.40531 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Ardat lilî |
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 6' | his own power he took away and his own power he made manifest. |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | the door of the house |
| reverse 4' | Asalluhi, son of Eridug he shall not take away. |
| reverse 2' | May the good health of the great gods be established for you. |
| obverse 3' | their hands he placed in his hand. |
| obverse 1' | young man |
| reverse 3' | The flour of Enki, the reed mat, the reed mat of Ea, the reed mat, |
| obverse 5' | he placed their necks on the neck. |
| obverse 2' | The young man who has no god (and) grasps the breast, |
| reverse 1' | You place flour before ama and place (them) in the presence of ama. |
| obverse 4' | They set his foot on his city gates. |
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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