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BM.42399 (ebl:BM.42399)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42399 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42399 |
| Museum no. | BM.42399 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3 | Wherever he goes, you set up a libation bowl. |
| 5 | Who removes illness, who destroys evil, |
| bottom 10 | son of his (personal) god is present |
| reverse 12 | may they tear out |
| 8 | The illness of the righteous is greatly diminished. |
| bottom 11 | before the command of Tutu |
| reverse 13 | May he smite... |
| 9 | A ghost that... in the body of a man |
| 6 | who smites the namtarru-demon |
| 7 | ......... |
| reverse 14 | be exorcised in heaven |
| 2 | May your life be long, may my well-being be established. |
| reverse 15 | be exorcised on account of it |
| 4 | Asalluhi, who illuminates the dead |
| 1 | Incantation: O Gula, as for the people, |
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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