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BM.50399 (ebl:BM.50399)
CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.50399 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.50399 |
| Museum no. | BM.50399 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi |
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 col 3 4' | ... more than |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... Igisigsig |
| reverse col 3 1' | ... their... |
| obverse col 1 1' | his snare |
| reverse col 3 17' | ... of heaven |
| reverse col 3 23' | Incantation formula:.... |
| obverse col 2 25' | ...... bread, honey, butter |
| obverse col 2 34' | ...... 7 loaves of bread... |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... a garden |
| obverse col 2 35' | You pour a libation bowl of honey (and) butter into the river and... the world. |
| obverse col 2 1' | its midst/womb(?), its harvest is long(?) |
| obverse col 1 3' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 4' | of the gods |
| obverse col 1 6' | their beautiful |
| obverse col 1 10' | to be yellow |
| obverse col 2 33' | ......... |
| obverse col 2 27' | ... you recite... in his blackness. |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... they will destroy him. |
| obverse col 2 17' | may he look faithfully upon him |
| obverse col 2 22' | Its ritual: You make a... of a reed mat. |
| obverse col 2 6' | May he be sated with a bright kussubirrû-demon. |
| obverse col 2 24' | ...... 7 loaves of bread, 7 loaves of hasisû-bread |
| reverse col 3 19' | From the top to the top of the gods he... them. |
| obverse col 2 2' | ... may he receive his... like a scream... |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... will seize.... |
| obverse col 1 5' | their |
| reverse col 3 11' | ... you recite.... |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... may the... of the orchard make his seed disappear and not seize him. |
| obverse col 2 23' | ...... a censer of a orchard in a canal |
| reverse col 3 15' | ... he built |
| reverse col 3 21' | He sanctified the holy rites, he sanctified it |
| reverse col 3 20' | Asalluhi, the son of Eridug, took the oath. |
| reverse col 3 18' | ... he built. Allure, allure...... |
| obverse col 2 30' | ........................ |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... of juniper you take. You recite the incantation. |
| reverse col 3 13' | to go out |
| obverse col 2 38' | ... falls and....... |
| reverse col 3 22' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
| obverse col 2 21' | Incantation formula:... is pure |
| obverse col 2 5' | may he... its shade. |
| obverse col 2 36' | ... you strew... and.. |
| obverse col 2 29' | ... supreme |
| reverse col 3 14' | ... tarre-flour |
| obverse col 2 10' | ............... |
| obverse col 2 8' | May a man... in the snare of his snare. |
| obverse col 2 11' | Its scribal art is a long thing, it is a scribal art. |
| obverse col 2 3' | Its sar plant, the ninninni plant |
| obverse col 1 2' | the Ekid temple |
| obverse col 2 15' | may he determine a good fate for you |
| obverse col 2 7' | may its shade be a man’s |
| obverse col 2 37' | ... his heart... |
| obverse col 2 4' | ...... like a.... |
| obverse col 2 28' | ... of sweetened beer |
| obverse col 2 14' | ...., the one who seeks out the sanctuaries, the one who perfects truth. |
| reverse col 3 10' | ............ |
| obverse col 2 20' | ... his great... may... be praised. |
| obverse col 1 9' | of the gods |
| reverse col 3 12' | in the steppe grown |
| obverse col 1 13' | ... oil(?) |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... creator? |
| reverse col 3 6' | ... speaks |
| reverse col 3 16' | ... faithfully commanded by her holy scepter |
| obverse col 2 31' | ... in the midst of... |
| obverse col 2 18' | May... be reconciled with him. |
| obverse col 2 16' | ... may he determine a good destiny. |
| obverse col 2 19' | ... shall stand(?) |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... |
| obverse col 2 9' | cumin, cumin, cumin |
| obverse col 1 12' | ...-la |
| reverse col 3 5' | ..., you have made... great |
| obverse col 2 12' | ............................ |
| obverse col 2 32' | ... the gods of heaven and earth, evil |
| obverse col 2 26' | ... that which... a reed basket |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... sullim plant... set in place |
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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