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BM.41016 (ebl:BM.41016)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.41016 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.41016 |
| Museum no. | BM.41016 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
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 11' | And Damkina ditto in front of ama |
| obverse 2' | May you be a judge |
| obverse 19' | In order to smite everything in the land, he made it shine like daylight. |
| obverse 11' | You recite the incantation 'The ruu-disease, the ruu-disease, the ruu-disease.' |
| reverse 2' | In the heavens the meal... |
| reverse 5' | You give three brothers to him and... |
| obverse 17' | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse 7' | (If) he... three times and the incantation 'Enlil...' |
| obverse 18' | Incantation: Oath, Oath, oath, and pure oath, chosen by name |
| obverse 7' | The witchcraft, the ruû-demon, the ruû-demon, the evil-doer of humanity and the curse of my body |
| reverse 10' | My stele before Enlil and Ninlil |
| reverse 9' | ... to carry off,... |
| reverse 13' | and Baba ditto in front of |
| obverse 8' | Incantation: "My sins, my sins, |
| obverse 3' | May a later prince restore me. May he return me. |
| reverse 17' | ... the king |
| obverse 10' | Unfavorable, unfavorable, pious one, |
| reverse 4' | You do not approach (my) evildoer, you do not approach (my) evildoer. |
| reverse 15' | ... silver, a musukkannu-tree |
| reverse 16' | in the midst of the land of Anu, in battle... |
| obverse 9' | my land, my land, my land, |
| obverse 16' | Incantation: May the silver be silver, may the silver be silver. |
| obverse 13' | Let him go to the Apsu. |
| reverse 14' | ... the musukkannu tree |
| obverse 12' | May the evils of the servants cross the river. |
| obverse 20' | may he stand as a banquet for me. |
| reverse 8' | who is present in it, |
| obverse 1' | ... does not... |
| reverse 3' | You cannot approach her, you cannot approach her... |
| obverse 4' | I received the payment; let them receive me in days of well-being. |
| obverse 5' | Month of idutu, year: “May abundance be brought to her.” |
| obverse 6' | May Ea, ama, Marduk bless me. |
| obverse 14' | Incantation: He smote the incantation, he smote the sword, he smote the god with the weapon |
| obverse 15' | "The evil storm was thrown into disrepair..." |
| reverse 6' | ... his (?) ear and ears...... |
| reverse 12' | And Tametu ditto in front of Ninurta and |
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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