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BM.50496 (ebl:BM.50496)
CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.50496 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.50496 |
| Museum no. | BM.50496 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | (If) he eats sheep(?) or ox(?), |
| obverse 9' | who like a ghost has sinned against him, |
| bottom 1 | Incantation: This incantation 3 times before |
| reverse 7' | He entered (the temple) (and)... to the Eulma temple. |
| reverse 15' | .... this incantation |
| obverse 10' | (and) the brick(s) of the barruntum(?), his image |
| obverse 4' | lapis lazuli,..., juniper, which in |
| obverse 2' | ... the evil of... incantation |
| obverse 3' | Its ritual: You recite the incantation 'It is good, it is good!' |
| reverse 13' | ... filled with awe-inspiring brilliance. |
| reverse 9' | ...... or before the hands of the people... |
| reverse 3' | ........ may he not speak to him. |
| bottom 2 | You recite the incantation on a favorable day. |
| reverse 8' | The one who is scattered, the one who... ama |
| reverse 4' | Incantation:.... |
| reverse 5' | The temple... of Sippar, the place of the god |
| top 1 | ......, the warrior(?) wherever you are |
| reverse 11' | ... good... |
| obverse 5' | The west wind... |
| reverse 14' | You libate.... a censer of juniper |
| reverse 10' | ..., may he send me a sacrificial... and a... |
| bottom 3 | You see good things. |
| reverse 6' | I went. The people of Agade |
| obverse 7' | You place (it) in your right hand. |
| reverse 12' | Its ritual: you sweep over.... |
| obverse 8' | The one who is pure (and) entrusted to his rear, |
| top 2 | May you say good things.... |
| reverse 1' | If that one, which is his own |
| obverse 6' | Ring of the right hand and before you brother |
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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