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BM.48542 (ebl:BM.48542)

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

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DesignationBM.48542
IDebl:BM.48542
Museum no.BM.48542
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft

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)
reverse 3'let the evil tongue stand outside.
reverse 5'Tablet of...
obverse 7The gate of the house he opened, the gate of the house... evil
reverse 1'He erected a temple at the border of the temple, and at the border of the temple he shall pay.
obverse 2Evil, evil, is present in his heart.
obverse 4of evil, supplication, and supplication
obverse 1Incantation: O Luhul, who makes the heart rejoice,
obverse 6they shall do evil deeds.
reverse 2''Let me make an offering to the house, and let an offering to the house be made.'
obverse 5A person who an evil oath has fashioned
obverse 8... the house of the ilpu-priest, the house of the ualpu-priest,
reverse 4'May the evil demon be present; may he stand in battle.
obverse 3A person who an evil-doer or an evil-doer (or an evil-doer) (or an evil-doer) (or an evil-doer) (or an evil-doer)

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