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BM.40665 (ebl:BM.40665)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40665 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40665 |
| Museum no. | BM.40665 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi |
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' | May he cross the river, may he cross the mountain, |
| obverse 4' | The evil of this seal, which......, I am afraid, I am afraid and afraid. |
| obverse 2' | faithful shepherd of all the people |
| obverse 11' | May the evil of this omen be set upon my nose. |
| obverse 5' | May his evil not approach me, may it not approach me, may it not approach me. |
| obverse 3' | ama, judge of the upper and lower lands, |
| obverse 8' | May he bring me a tamarisk, may he bring me a thorny plant |
| obverse 1' | Incantation: Oath that guides heaven and earth, ama, judge. |
| obverse 12' | May I be sated with this sign, may I be sated with your greatness! |
| obverse 10' | ama and Marduk stand in my lawsuit and |
| obverse 7' | May the reed-bed be sated with the reedbed in the sky. May he not return to its place. |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 9' | May the river give me a liar in the earth, may the evil pass by me. |
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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