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BM.61980 (ebl:BM.61980)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Maqlû; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.61980 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.61980 |
| Museum no. | BM.61980 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft > Maqlû; CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu; CANONICAL > School Tablet |
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 8' | With the incantation of Asalluhi, with the great radiance of Gula |
| obverse 9' | from the libation bowls of Nintinuga |
| reverse 6' | May the evil tongue stand outside for him as a gift. |
| obverse 1' | ... with rejoicing |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | He sins the cedar, he sins the aur tree, he sins the heavens, he sins the earth. |
| obverse 5' | The slander of the nissatu-disease of your body |
| obverse 6' | He swore that he was not able to draw near to me. |
| reverse 5' | Enki, the king of the Abzu, shook his hands with a pure liar. Lu-ulu, son of his god, shook his hands. |
| obverse 4' | I seized the asakku-demon, the huppu-demon of your body. |
| reverse 3' | He smashed the prince(?) from the green(?) Abzu and the green(?) of Eridu |
| obverse 3' | You, incantation: Ea, lord of Eridu, Niniku |
| obverse 7' | By the command of Ea, king of the Apsu, |
| reverse 2' | Incantation: O lord, by means of the great mountain, by means of the pure water of the Euphrates, by means of the pure water, by means of the pure water |
| obverse 2' | your father, oil of life(?) |
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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