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BM.47495 (ebl:BM.47495)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine; CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Building Rituals, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47495 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47495 |
| Museum no. | BM.47495 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine; CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Building Rituals |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 16' | ama, to Nanna, son of Nanna, who built the house of An |
| reverse 8' | Whoever erases the inscriptions and the inscriptions in your hands, |
| reverse 2' | May the feet of evil curse him...... |
| reverse 22' | daily may they rejoice, as many as he brings in, may they be sated. |
| reverse 11' | ama, on this day, stand(?) for this brick and for this house |
| reverse 17' | After that, good fortune, his fate, good fortune, |
| reverse 6' | Let me proclaim your greatness and sing your praises! |
| reverse 20' | ama, the temple of heaven, is placed on a favorable dais |
| reverse 23' | ... day |
| reverse 18' | May he build a house for him, may he build a house for him. |
| reverse 10' | Your mouth is full of life, your mouth is full of.... |
| reverse 12' | Whose deed is so-and-so, son of so-and-so, |
| reverse 3' | ... may he be a ka'anu-priest in the... |
| reverse 15' | or a house of life and rejoicing that Nergal, his lord, |
| reverse 19' | May he restore (it) forever to its place. |
| reverse 9' | You are the one who gives life, you are the one who gives life. You are the one who provides life. |
| reverse 21' | In this house may my heart be happy. |
| reverse 14' | and the house where he is staying, this is the case |
| reverse 5' | and me, your servant who reveres you, may... be well. |
| reverse 7' | ama, lord of heaven and earth, builder of city and house. |
| reverse 4' | May the god of the temple of Itar, the temple of the prebend, the share, and the... |
| reverse 13' | This is its construction. Its construction(?) is a good thing. It is a brick, it is a good thing. |
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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