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BM.47509 (ebl:BM.47509)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic > Medical; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47509 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47509 |
| Museum no. | BM.47509 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic > Medical; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 16' | breccia, apu-stone, flint |
| reverse 15 | You set up a reed mat. You make a sheep offering (and) a large sheep. |
| obverse 8' | (If) it is raining: he will do it twice in his stomach. |
| obverse 10' | and stones you keep watch over anything evil in his heart. |
| reverse 18 | The house of Sîn, the exalted lord, you |
| reverse 7 | May Sin, by your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| obverse 11' | zalû-stone, anzahhu-stone, white anzahhu-stone, mu-stone |
| obverse 9' | You recite this incantation upon it. |
| obverse 13' | small... stones, male copper |
| reverse 4 | Sîn, you are the provider of well-being |
| obverse 18' | Total: 24 bricks (and) brothers will come out in the morning. |
| reverse 23 | Its ritual:... in the middle of the sky |
| reverse 6 | Sîn, giver of well-being and seed to the wide land! |
| reverse 21 | ... reciting the illness of my body |
| reverse 2 | O Sin, you are my name, O Sin, you are the one who loves the seed. |
| reverse 20 | Sîn, you are the one who afflicts the sickness of the people |
| reverse 10 | To the deity, son of the deity, whose (personal) god (is) deity, |
| obverse 6' | The evildoer, the evildoer, the incantation priest, |
| reverse 19 | O Sin, you who illuminate the darkness, you are |
| reverse 14 | Its ritual: Like Sin you recite the incantation. |
| obverse 20' | The 'finger' is thick. The right and left of the 'finger' are thick. |
| obverse 17' | ...-stone, nibu-stone, u-U-stone, male and female and 3rd grade |
| reverse 12 | May it not return to its place, may it not return to its place, may it not return to its place. |
| obverse 14' | You strew kurnu-stone, zalû-stone, breccia |
| obverse 5' | May Marduk bring out the wild bulls |
| reverse 1 | Incantation: “Sîn, heir, you are the aaredu-priest.” |
| obverse 19' | 14 stones of copper. |
| reverse 24 | You place... in a great jar before Sin. |
| reverse 11 | The one who performs this extispicy (is) Sin. |
| reverse 13 | Wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Suen |
| reverse 9 | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, exorcist, your servant. |
| reverse 17 | I entrusted (them) to her and she entrusted (them) to her. |
| obverse 1' | ... sat down(?) |
| obverse 21' | Total, whose extispicy is placed on his neck and he will recover. |
| obverse 15' | zalû-stone, anzahhu-stone, anzahhu-stone, two-year old |
| reverse 25 | ... and.... |
| obverse 7' | Its ritual: You make bronze casseroles. |
| reverse 8 | And your firm promise that cannot be overturned, |
| obverse 4' | ... barley, ewes,...,..., |
| obverse 3' | You are the one who destroys the good things |
| reverse 16 | You set (them) in front of abu (and) you recite this incantation 3 times. |
| obverse 2' | whose evildoer |
| reverse 3 | Sîn, you are the provider of seed. |
| reverse 22 | Let me sing your praises! |
| reverse 5 | Sîn, you are a new break |
| obverse 12' | breccia, kurnu-stone |
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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