BM.43820 (ebl:BM.43820)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.43820 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.43820 |
| Museum no. | BM.43820 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 6' | ... I went. The Apsu... |
| 15' | May his supreme command of Enlil be written in the temple |
| 11' | By Anu, the king... greatness |
| 17' | Enki, king of the Abzu, like a great flood |
| 14' | May they release you in all of your cult centers... |
| 18' | Ea, king of the Apsu, guardian of the life |
| 20' | May the ushu-diseases be placed in the house of your servant. |
| 13' | ... the... of the nien priestess from the kinguilagani... |
| 9' | evil ug creature, evil ala creature, evil snare creature, evil snare creature |
| 2' | ... may he be exhausted?... not... |
| 25' | By the command of Utu, the exalted judge, the one who makes the foundations of... secure |
| 27' | May the fate of theijirreans be determined in the temple. |
| 23' | he shall write on the boatman’s neck. |
| 22' | Sin, lord of the cities, Anu, Enlil, and Ea, the light of the gods of heaven |
| 26' | (As for) ditto, the judge, the exalted one, who is with Sin/Its people(?) |
| 19' | may he write in the house a fitting thing for you. |
| 1' | may he be filled with... |
| 21' | By Nanna, the chief of the crowns, the torch and theijirru gods of An, Enlil and Enki |
| 7' | from the house |
| 12' | (and) ditto, the king, whose fate is great |
| 4' | ... previous... |
| 24' | .... may I be sated in the house of you. |
| 28' | ... destinies? of the gods... |
| 3' | ... approached |
| 8' | ... in the house, at his disposal... |
| 16' | May Enlil, whose command is supreme, be present in your house! |
| 5' | ...... |
| 10' | The evil, the evil, the evil,... |
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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