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BM.47459 (ebl:BM.47459)
CANONICAL > Magic > Medical, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47459 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47459 |
| Museum no. | BM.47459 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Medical |
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) |
|---|---|
| 26 | Let me proclaim your greatness and sing your praises! |
| 8 | From the Similtu House until the middle he goes out and goes out to the middle he wears a bandulu-garment |
| 22 | his goddess, the en priestess of the boat-boat, am I. ama my friend? |
| 17 | You set up a censer (made) of juniper in the morning before ama. |
| 25 | Your mouth is open, your mouth is open. Month of my 'heart' is open to me. |
| 29 | (If) he does not listen to his prayers, the lord of the month 'He who has given birth to her' will have mercy on him. |
| 3 | You put (them) in a breccia (and) you put (them) on his neck |
| 35 | son of Zababa-NUZ-Uri, son of Eiru. Nisannu I, day n. |
| 27 | You recite this incantation 3 times. |
| 6 | You set up a house in front of Sin. |
| 10 | You recite the incantation before Sîn. You recite the incantation in the following way. |
| 14 | You recite three times to the moon and return (it) to the ground. The aktam-plant, the ilim-plant |
| 28 | You bind (them) and you bind (them) in a bandulu-garment. |
| 4 | From the 1st of Nisannu to the 30th of Nisannu 2? heads of tamarisk, 1+t of tamarisk |
| 33 | ...... |
| 7 | You libate first-rate beer, and you recite the incantation. |
| 30 | alternatively(?) |
| 1 | To a woman, in Nisannu (Month I) she shall take (it) and she shall not go out(?) |
| 23 | (As for) me, my merciful merciful one, who (re)confirms my prayer(?), because (of) my supplication(?) (and) my supplication |
| 18 | (If) that woman stands above the ukbuu-demon and you recite the incantation 'ama.' |
| 20 | May heaven and earth, the one who decrees fates, be seized, and a kasû-demon, a kasû-demon, |
| 32 | 15(?)...... |
| 12 | of the city Ayyaru (II) and let me restore it. In front of you may a light shine. |
| 24 | I take hold of your eima(?), your hem, and your hem. |
| 34 | You write (on it) a censer (made) of juniper which is like its name and a ewe. |
| 16 | a good seed as long as he lives, |
| 9 | He slew, and he slew in fear. He slew and stands there. |
| 11 | The house of Sin and Ninurta, heaven and earth from the first day of Nisannu to the first day |
| 13 | May I proclaim your greatness and sing your praises! |
| 15 | You pour (them) into oil and you mix (them). |
| 21 | I am assiduous towards you. I am the daughter-in-law of his (personal) god. |
| 5 | He strews a musukkannu-tree in the house of simmiltu-plant and kisses it. |
| 2 | 60+x head(s) of the harp, 30 of tamarisk, 30 of the musukkannu-tree he built |
| 19 | Incantation: O ama, most exalted one, light of heaven and earth, judge of the Igigi. |
| 31 | 30 barleycorns go out from the brickwork |
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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