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BM.47755 (ebl:BM.47755)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu; CANONICAL > Magic > Medical, Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47755 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47755 |
| Museum no. | BM.47755 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Muššuʾu; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu; 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) |
|---|---|
| 1' | ... wool, ditto... |
| 9 | If a man is seized by ditto (and) the Kidney Star eats him: he will die. |
| 17' | ... Adad's...-plant in the midst of the sky is his brother. |
| 18 | You pound with a scorpion's knife on his neck; alternatively, you pour oil on his brother. |
| 12 | You put a box in a leather bag, an ox in his neck, and then you mix it with oil. |
| 8' | ... sheep and goat oil |
| 21 | ... his left... alternatively his dream(?) |
| 5 | If a man is ill with ditto a sick man's Cancer: his right lung hurts him. |
| 12' | ... my............ |
| 15 | If a man is seized by ditto: there will be an incantation of the chief exorcist. |
| 19 | If a man is seized by ditto: the reed of the Lion will afflict him. |
| 14 | You set it up in a ram's skin with his neck. |
| 16' | ... ama, scorpion, snake, scorpion, his brother |
| 4 | Incantation: O Gibil, ergal(?)... of the 11th (and) 11th |
| 6' | ......... ditto: oil, ditto; |
| 16 | You set (it) in a snake's skin in its thighs. |
| 8 | You set (it) in a leather (bag). You set (it) on his neck. |
| 20 | You put a eddtu-tree in a leather (bag). You put it on his neck. You mix it with oil. |
| 25' | ............... |
| 13' | ... is located on its neck: the Dog, your enemy, will die. |
| 3 | Incantation: I am a uluhhu-priest who has 9 or 9 fingers. |
| 5' | ...... bird with beer... ditto: death of the people... |
| 19' | ... (If) they are frightened: (If) they are frightened: (If) they are frightened: ditto: a bird, oil, ditto: his brother. |
| 9' | ......: the pigeon will die. |
| 2' | ... sheep oil, ditto, wool, ditto: death of a donkey.... |
| 17 | If a man is seized by ditto: the Stag will afflict him. |
| 14' | ... brother of the Furrow: dates, muu-plant, kurkurru-plant, aribû-bird. |
| 4' | ... the... bird |
| 2 | Incantation: O high priestess, decorated with lapis lazuli 7 times. |
| 13 | If a man is seized by ditto by the sick man of the Lion: his right and left hand(s) |
| 10' | ... juniper, dead ox, sheep, horn of oxen, his brother |
| 22 | ... his... |
| 23' | ... kurru-stone |
| 7 | If a man is seized by ditto (and) the Field afflicts him: his left shoulder hurts him. |
| 11 | If a man is seized by ditto of a sick man: he will eat him. |
| 7' | ... sheep, ditto, and wool; |
| 6 | You set (it) in a leather (bag). You set it on his neck. |
| 1 | Incantation: From the cedar tree of the great mountain range. |
| 11' | ... arru-juniper,... eagle |
| 10 | You put date palms in a leather bag (and) you put (them) in his hands. |
| 21' | ... that plant in the body (or) in the body of a sheep. |
| 18' | ... a dog... in death, fat, sheep... oil, fish... |
| 26' | ... you do (the ritual) in a ritual assemblage. You pound a lion in a ritual assemblage. |
| 20' | ... (If) he is a lion, ditto: he will give birth to a lion. |
| 24' | (If) a... bird oil ditto: wool; ditto: brother's brother. |
| 15' | ......-plant, scorpion's knife, his brother |
| 22' | ...... : an ox, an ox, a marû-tree, and a mashrû-tree |
| 3' | ...... death ditto; ditto; the head of the body...;... death ditto;... |
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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