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BM.43820 (ebl:BM.43820)

CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.43820
IDebl:BM.43820
Museum no.BM.43820
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine 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,...

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