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BM.50958 (ebl:BM.50958)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.50958 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.50958 |
| Museum no. | BM.50958 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Udugḫul |
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) |
|---|---|
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 14' | the garment of Enki |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 6 | ........................ |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 1' | ...... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 6' | The holy water of Asalluhi has swollen |
| fragment BM.51367+ 8' | ... the utterances(?) |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 5' | I am the pure water of the Euphrates |
| fragment BM.51367+ 4' | ... house not... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 4' | Its ritual: The pure goats |
| fragment BM.50958 2' | be exorcised |
| fragment BM.50958 4' | may he decree the kingship of all the lands |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 15' | ... suitable for the pure water |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 3' | ...... |
| fragment BM.50958 8' | reliable from heaven and earth |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 3' | holy water(?) of Asalluhi |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 11 | ... anything evil that is evil that is to smite(?) |
| reverse col 3 15' | a kind of profession |
| reverse col 3 9' | he abandoned it like a raging flood |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 7 | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... Ea, ama, Marduk, prince of the great gods |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 15 | ... and Nanna |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 5' | ... his command, supplication, utterance, |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 4' | I am the pure one, I am the pure one, I am the pure one |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 10 | The enemy's blood... a leather bag. |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 3 | I am the guarantor of the Eridu temple |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 13 | May it be exorcised, may it be exorcised, may it be exorcised, |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 9 | ... great... over a man, his divinity he smote, he smote, he smote the dead... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 13' | Incantation: O pure water, pure water, pure water |
| reverse col 3 7' | May he... like the bird of heaven |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 10' | May he make it shine for you, may he make it shine for you |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 1 | I am the pure man |
| fragment BM.51367+ 5' | ... may he be exalted... |
| fragment BM.50958 1' | they imposed upon him. |
| fragment BM.50958 5' | may Earra be named. |
| reverse col 3 8' | May An make it shine like the sun |
| reverse col 3 13' | pure water, pure water, water of Adag |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 14 | I am the incantation priest of An and Enlil |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 12 | ... the omen of Tutu |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 4 | to the udug demon of Nane |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 9' | May you be glad on account of you. May abundance be established like heaven and earth. |
| fragment BM.51367+ 3' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 14' | of Borsippa |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 6' | ..., like Utu, he swore. |
| reverse col 3 5' | seven stars, seven stars, seven stars, seven stars, seven stars, seven stars |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 5 | (If) the alû-disease of ditto, the ghost of ditto, the ghost of ditto, the evil of ditto, the evil of god, the evil of ditto, |
| fragment BM.51367+ 7' | ...... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 11' | May you be glad on account of you, may your heart be happy. |
| fragment BM.50958 6' | May he be pure, may he be pure. |
| fragment BM.50958 3' | be exorcised by the lands |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 7' | ... my great command. |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 7' | ... the water of the mashma-priest of the gods... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 2' | to smite |
| fragment BM.50958 7' | may he return. |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 4 2' | water of the Euphrates, water of the Euphrates |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 8 | Incantation: O god, lord, Marduk, I(?) know(?) your utterance |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 16' | ...... |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 8' | in his abundance |
| fragment BM.51367+ 6' | ... your... may you be exalted... |
| reverse col 3 11' | By Uga, the great lord, Enki |
| reverse col 3 6' | May seven kings, seven kings, seven kings, seven kings, look at seven kings |
| fragment BM.53505+ col 1 12' | Lu-ulu, the son of Ishtar-rana, like heaven |
| reverse col 3 3' | to the ground he smote. |
| fragment BM.51367+ col 2 2 | I am the one of battle, I am the one who makes the rebellious |
| reverse col 3 4' | to stand before him, |
| reverse col 3 12' | You should not release him from Eridu’s account. |
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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