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BM.72198 (ebl:BM.72198)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.72198 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.72198 |
| Museum no. | BM.72198 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Saggigameš |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse? 1' | ... the foundation(?) of the kappu reed... |
| obverse? 5' | Like a fish of the marshes |
| obverse? 4' | The reed of the mountain range does not... like |
| reverse? 2' | ...,...,..., |
| obverse? 6' | ... like a scream... |
| obverse? 3' | Be exorcised in heaven, be exorcised in earth! |
| obverse? 7' | ...... |
| reverse? 4' | the... of the sea, who brings the door of the Aptu, |
| obverse? 1 | May he not return to its place as if it were a flood(?) |
| obverse? 2' | ............. whose supplications he created, may they not return to its place. |
| reverse? 3' | ... flour/incense-offering,..., and ur-wood |
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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