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BM.51587 (ebl:BM.51587)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.51587 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.51587 |
| Museum no. | BM.51587 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
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? 21' | May... stand... |
| reverse? 18' | ... as if it were heaven, may... rejoice. |
| obverse? 23' | ... good... |
| obverse? 18' | ... in a rugged mountain, pure wood... |
| obverse? 2' | ... inside it, abundance,..., |
| obverse? 21' | ... is sent to Ishpi. |
| reverse? 9' | Like a lion and a lion he smote... |
| reverse? 6' | for the life |
| reverse? 5' | ... that river, the pure river... |
| reverse? 19' | ... like earth may he enter... |
| reverse? 3' | ... his mouth opened and |
| reverse? 13' | ... pure... in his heart... |
| reverse? 16' | ... evil, evil-doer |
| reverse? 11' | ......... he fashioned a stele before... |
| obverse? 8' | to Ninazu |
| reverse? 1' | honey, butter and butter |
| reverse? 10' | Nammi-ni- |
| obverse? 1' | ... my..., my..., my...., my.................. |
| obverse? 10' | ...... |
| obverse? 28' | in the main courtyard of |
| obverse? 22' | ... in............ |
| obverse? 9' | of Enki-imdu |
| reverse? 8' | at the reservoir of Tur-ama-dagam |
| reverse? 15' | ... evil, evil, evil... |
| obverse? 27' | ... sweet... flour |
| obverse? 25' | silver, carnelian, and lapis lazuli |
| obverse? 7' | by the command of Enbilulu |
| reverse? 24' | To Adad, Enbilulu, Enkimmu, Ninazu |
| obverse? 3' | ... on the west side, on the west side,... |
| obverse? 24' | ... in purity........................ |
| obverse? 29' | ... with ditto of a prince, who purifies... |
| reverse? 12' | May the holy canal, the good udug deity, be repaid to Lammasig |
| obverse? 26' | ... in...... |
| reverse? 2' | ... Ea in |
| obverse? 4' | ...... |
| obverse? 19' | ... reed |
| obverse? 11' | ... good(?) |
| reverse? 23' | Its ritual: on the bank of the river to Ea, ama, Asalluhi |
| reverse? 20' | ... may he see... as in the midst of the heavens. |
| reverse? 7' | ... the river, the urqitu-flour, the pure and the pure, the life of... |
| obverse? 17' | In the womb that is inside the Apsu, holy... |
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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