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BM.54716 (ebl:BM.54716)
CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM.54716 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.54716 |
| Museum no. | BM.54716 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Zi-pà-incantation |
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 12 | to Lu-uddakara |
| obverse 8 | ... kisikila priestess |
| obverse 9 | ... kisikila priestess |
| reverse 8' | be exalted in his face |
| reverse 2' | be exorcised |
| obverse 3 | the young woman... |
| obverse 15 | his wife |
| obverse 5 | He made all of the pure kisikila offerings |
| reverse 17' | the wild bull |
| reverse 13' | May the... of Bidu, the doorkeeper of the nether world, be chosen. |
| reverse 12' | May Ennamtar, the messenger of the nether world, be chosen. |
| reverse 6' | be exorcised in the face of |
| obverse 11 | his... oxen |
| obverse 7 | the kisikillila priestesses |
| reverse 11' | by the life of Ninkigala, lady of Erigalana |
| reverse 7' | be exorcised |
| reverse 4' | ... be exorcised, be exorcised, be exorcised |
| obverse 17 | ...... |
| reverse 1' | be exorcised |
| reverse 15' | May it not be... on its standing place. |
| reverse 3' | Beloved of Enki, father of Enlil, mother of Ninlil! |
| obverse 14 | ... great |
| obverse 2 | of the kisikillila canal |
| reverse 16' | to set up a standing place |
| obverse 10 | its young woman... his wife |
| obverse 1 | the enenuru priestess |
| obverse 13 | to the kisikil-lila priestess of the lila priestess |
| obverse 6 | the kisikil-lila priestess of the queenship |
| reverse 5' | faithfully made manifest in the face of the land |
| reverse 9' | be exorcised |
| obverse 4 | for the kisikil-lila offering |
| reverse 14' | be exorcised by Gilgame, the boatman |
| obverse 16 | his mother |
| reverse 10' | Be exorcised by Nergal, Enlil of the nether world! |
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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