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BM.71549 (ebl:BM.71549)

CANONICAL > Magic; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.71549
IDebl:BM.71549
Museum no.BM.71549
CollectionSippar
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Magic; 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse? 5You are the trustworthy shepherd who listens to prayers.
reverse? 4'... he smote
reverse? 5'After Asalluhi had looked at me (and) : When Enki had given the engur priest to me
reverse? 3'the flesh of a man he smote
obverse? 2ama, judge of heaven and earth, lord of the lands
obverse? 4Who guides the upper and lower lands,
reverse? 1'... Kardir(?)
obverse? 1Incantation: Lord, lord, king of kings, ama
obverse? 6ama, exalted judge, whose command cannot be changed
reverse? 6'Enki replied to his son Asalluhi
obverse? 3The light of the gods is bright.
reverse? 2'...-in-gi

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