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BM.71669 (ebl:BM.71669)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.71669 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.71669 |
| Museum no. | BM.71669 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Šurpu |
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' | ... :...,...,...,...,...,..., |
| reverse 2' | ... to the sand dunes, to the pure ground, and... |
| obverse 13' | ... above his lips,...,.. |
| reverse 11' | May its pure... be sweetened. |
| reverse 7' | When I had made your... rise up in the earth |
| reverse 6' | O lady of the steppe and cultic rites, swore his oath. |
| obverse 10' | bread made with gypsum, samandu-stone, and piniq-beer, hepiq-beer |
| obverse 2' | .................. |
| reverse 8' | May... the strong... of the zirmantu-priestess... the ground... |
| obverse 6' | he will pay back the money tenfold to its owner. He will not raise a claim. |
| obverse 5' | In the evening, when the black-headed people were happy, the black-headed people were seated. |
| reverse 5' | to Nin-edina, the sug of its front, his oath he gave to him. |
| obverse 7' | to go to my child |
| reverse 4' | ... is established : he strews a lament for him, he strews him in his body : |
| reverse 12' | ........ her hand... may they overthrow him. |
| reverse 3' | You set up a tavern at the base of the field and |
| obverse 12' | ... he seized him. Written and... |
| obverse 4' | That man, a robbery has set for him, and he has heaped up many. |
| reverse 13' | beloved by |
| obverse 3' | In order to give birth to its people, in order to be able to live there, |
| reverse 9' | may its word be favorable. |
| obverse 11' | After Lu-ulu had taken the oath of his scribal school, |
| reverse 10' | ... may he make his back happy. |
| obverse 9' | ... : you set up a reed wall and reed wall |
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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