BM.48542 (ebl:BM.48542)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.48542 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.48542 |
| Museum no. | BM.48542 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > 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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse 5' | Tablet of... |
| obverse 7 | The 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 2 | Evil, evil, is present in his heart. |
| obverse 4 | of evil, supplication, and supplication |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Luhul, who makes the heart rejoice, |
| obverse 6 | they shall do evil deeds. |
| reverse 2' | 'Let me make an offering to the house, and let an offering to the house be made.' |
| obverse 5 | A 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 3 | A 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) |
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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