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BM.54961 (ebl:BM.54961)
CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.54961 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.54961 |
| Museum no. | BM.54961 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Purification > Bīt salāʾ mê |
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 6' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
| reverse 2' | the elders of the Apsu, their heirs, |
| obverse 10' | In order to smite the incantation |
| obverse 4' | your flour is sweetened, your flour is sweetened in the house |
| reverse 6' | before you, Damkina |
| obverse 2' | pure... lord |
| reverse 1' | the holy mouth of Enki, the pure place of Ea, which is to be given to them |
| obverse 11' | He raised the horns of heaven, he raised the earth, he raised the earth from... |
| obverse 8' | to be praised by the pure heart |
| obverse 5' | may it be good from the brickwork of the house. |
| reverse 5' | before your father Ea |
| reverse 11' | he will be well(?) |
| obverse 7' | the house of abundance, the awe-inspiring splendor |
| reverse 9' | Incantation: O.... |
| reverse 13' | ... year |
| reverse 8' | let the tongue of a hoe stand outside. |
| obverse 9' | from the young woman |
| obverse 3' | barley flour for a pure emmer |
| reverse 10' | ... heroism |
| reverse 7' | May he be pure, may he be pure. |
| reverse 12' | Incantation:... |
| reverse 3' | O lord, O lord, O lord, O lord! |
| reverse 4' | The water will be poured, the water will be poured, the water will be poured. |
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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