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BM.42273 (ebl:BM.42273)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42273 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42273 |
| Museum no. | BM.42273 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 13 | You pour 7 adakurru-vessels of red water and a reed jar of sweet reed into it. |
| reverse 2' | to the lord's house, to the upuu-house, to the upuu-house |
| reverse 14' | May that man be praised by you, may he be praised by you. |
| reverse 15' | I want to eat and drink, I want to eat and drink, I want to eat and drink |
| reverse 3' | I place pure flour in the libation bowls. |
| obverse 11 | Afterwards, let me libate seeds of Ea and Asalluhi. |
| reverse 12' | the good sign of yours may it be there for her. |
| reverse 13' | May the god of that man speak your greatness. |
| obverse 16 | You libate sweet aromatics, sweet reeds |
| obverse 12 | You recite the inscribed objects, reeds, and reeds on the ground. |
| reverse 17' | Its name is ama-um-iddin, son of ama-um-iddin, descendant of uakin-um. |
| reverse 8' | May the seven doors of the ziggurat shine for you. |
| reverse 1' | By the command of Amurru, by the command of your father Enki |
| reverse 11' | You do not place the weeping of the house in your midst. |
| reverse 9' | May your heart rejoice over you, may your liver rejoice over you. |
| obverse 14 | If there is a single adakurru-vessel, 7 adakurru-vessels,.... |
| obverse 17 | tamarisk, siu-plant, and argan plant |
| obverse 8 | And you place 7 asistu-breads on it. |
| reverse 10' | May your heart rejoice over you greatly, may your heart be happy. |
| obverse 10 | You set up a ritual assemblage of arable land, white, white, red, and red, (and) lapis lazuli for the ritual assemblage. |
| reverse 5' | oil, cedar oil, fine oil, ghee |
| obverse 3 | You recite the incantations of smurtu-juniper, a reed mat for the god of the house, the goddess of the house and the. |
| obverse 1 | When you perform the ritual of fire-shazubû, you go out in a censer and wherever he sees. |
| reverse 18' | I am the one who reveres Nabû and Nisaba, (but) who does not set (them) in the wall (and) does not set (them) in darkness. |
| obverse 15 | You set up one (time) behind the araya jar |
| reverse 4' | pure water, pure water, emmer-plant, ulu-tree, small date palms, gold, silver, nir, agate, lapis lazuli |
| reverse 6' | ili, ili, white ili, juniper, cedar, cypress, and gidduga-wood |
| obverse 5 | In front of the agubbû-vessels and a uu-vessel, 2 reed baskets were given to Ea and Asalluhi. |
| obverse 4 | until he does not touch the ewes in front of the agubbû-vessels and the reed mat, he strews the extispicy. |
| obverse 6 | You strew dates, ebony, emmer, honey, honey and butter. |
| obverse 7 | You set up 7 loaves of tamarisk for Nergal in the middle of the 2nd reed basket. |
| obverse 2 | 3 jars for Ninmah, Kusu and Ningirima he gave. |
| obverse 9 | You set up after it 3 casseroles in front of the agubbû-vessels. |
| reverse 7' | milk, beer, wine, (and) emmer beer, you bring them to you, you bring them to you. |
| reverse 16' | And I, the one who hears your prayer, may I sing your praises. |
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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