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BM.40647 (ebl:BM.40647)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40647 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40647 |
| Museum no. | BM.40647 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Mīs pî; 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 2' | of Mummu |
| reverse 10' | 9 bricks which are in the bedroom which is in the mmu-house for ama |
| obverse 6' | (and) not (receiving) omens, omens of mine, |
| reverse 9' | total. |
| reverse 1' | after it, 9 horns... |
| reverse 8' | ... of the ugbabtu gods |
| reverse 5' | good quality beer and wine |
| reverse 7' | You make 2 iddi garments for Nergal. |
| obverse 9' | You pour a libation bowl of juniper, juniper, and emmer into a ram's hands. |
| reverse 4' | You set up a censer of emmer (and) butter. |
| obverse 13' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 5' | a jar of salt, a jar of a stu of tamarisk |
| obverse 14' | to make a libation bowl |
| reverse 11' | at the left of the house, and the garments are red, in front of the sheaves. |
| reverse 14' | ...... |
| obverse 8' | You set up a censer of juniper (and) juniper. |
| reverse 13' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 3' | upon the door bolts |
| reverse 6' | you make a flour/incense-offering before |
| obverse 12' | ... meat and flour you crush. |
| obverse 10' | You libate a sheep offering, and you libate mihhu-flour on the head of the sheep. |
| obverse 2' | you strew grain. |
| obverse 1' | 14(?)... |
| reverse 12' | To Aur, Angal, Enmearra, Ningi, Dumuzi, Lugaldukuga, Kiar and Allatu |
| obverse 11' | a thigh, a thigh, and a thigh, you tie (them). |
| obverse 4' | he will reach his goal. He will be able to... in his heart. |
| obverse 7' | you set up a censer, juniper, juniper, and lapis lazuli. |
| reverse 3' | ... 9 reed baskets |
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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