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BM.40757 (ebl:BM.40757)
CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40757 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40757 |
| Museum no. | BM.40757 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | 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 14 | Enlil did not stand, he went. |
| obverse 18' | who goes and goes, king Ea, |
| obverse 2' | ...... of Nabu(?) |
| reverse 1 | Bel will reach him and he will go with him. |
| reverse 12 | He strews a bull and a ram in the middle of an ox and strews the heart of an ox. |
| obverse 12' | The exorcists ditto Zarpanitu emerges and stand at the left of Nabu. |
| obverse 17' | (If) he is stricken on the ground, he will be stricken before Bel. |
| reverse 3 | He smote the ground, and Enlil smote Marduk like Bel |
| reverse 5 | He is a witness(?) and is saying to the lord of the land: |
| reverse 4 | After he has left the boat, the herdsman says as follows: |
| reverse 9 | The mamau-priests take the incantation. Enlil greets Marduk. |
| obverse 11' | (If) a king takes away his hands and he places wine, he takes away his life, and the boatman ditto. |
| obverse 6' | (If) he goes and stands before Enlil: the king will prevail. |
| reverse 7 | These of his sinnu, like Bel, went up from the boat. |
| reverse 17 | enters and...... |
| reverse 8 | Bl, the gate of the akitu-flour, enters (it) with Tashmetu, the gate of the aktu-flour. |
| obverse 14' | The boatman... one(?) into the hands of the king |
| obverse 13' | (If) a king gives birth to his hands and he gives birth to wine: he will die and he will recover. |
| reverse 2 | Itar from the Arameans to the Gate of the Akitu |
| reverse 15 | At that time the kalû-priests of the house of the midst of rejoicing came out and said: |
| obverse 10' | Tashmetu emerges and on the right of Nergal to Nabu stands. |
| reverse 10 | At that time, in the courtyard of the aplû of Ahbitu, he made a udu-flour offering. |
| obverse 16' | (As for) the... of the date palm, the kaparru-tree, iu-plant, u-Marduk-plant |
| reverse 16 | On the other side, at the gate of the cella, his cella. |
| obverse 3' | ...... the small(?)... he keeps watch |
| obverse 4' | The... of the uur tree(?) speaks(?)...: he will seize the satrap and the satrap |
| reverse 13 | They cut off the head of the ram and take it away. |
| obverse 5' | In... he stood, and he made a journey. The mamau-priests |
| reverse 6 | Bl, from the boat he shall eat, and he shall eat the food rations with pleasure(?) |
| obverse 19' | of Damkina came out of their boat and |
| obverse 15' | The mamau-priests (are) the incantation priests. |
| reverse 11 | The day and the night are covered with flour. The king will be satisfied with him. |
| obverse 9' | (If) it stands on the right of Nabu: the king will conquer. Ditto. |
| obverse 7' | The exorcist ditto: Nergal will come and stand on the right of Mushtub-Babili. |
| obverse 8' | (If) a king is seized by ditto: a chariot, ditto: the mamau-priests, ditto: Nanaya. |
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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