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BM.53505 (ebl:BM.53505)
CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.53505 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.53505 |
| Museum no. | BM.53505 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 14' | the garment of Enki |
| reverse 5' | The holy water of Asalluhi has swollen |
| reverse 4' | I am the pure water of the Euphrates |
| obverse col 1 4' | Its ritual: The pure goats |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... suitable for the pure water |
| obverse col 1 3' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | holy water(?) of Asalluhi |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... his command, supplication, utterance, |
| reverse 3' | I am the pure one, I am the pure one, I am the pure one |
| obverse col 1 13' | Incantation: O pure water, pure water, pure water |
| obverse col 1 10' | May he make it shine for you, may he make it shine for you |
| obverse col 1 9' | May you be glad on account of you. May abundance be established like heaven and earth. |
| obverse col 1 6' | ..., like Utu, he swore. |
| obverse col 1 11' | May you be glad on account of you, may your heart be happy. |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... my great command. |
| reverse 6' | ... the water of the mashma-priest of the gods... |
| obverse col 1 2' | to smite |
| reverse 1' | water of the Euphrates, water of the Euphrates |
| obverse col 1 16' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 8' | in his abundance |
| obverse col 1 12' | Lu-ulu, the son of Ishtar-rana, like heaven |
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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