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BM.87225 (ebl:BM.87225)
CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu; CANONICAL > School Tablet, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.87225 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.87225 |
| Museum no. | BM.87225 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Exorcistic > Tummu bītu; 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 7 | he will pay the money tenfold to its owner. |
| reverse 1 | the interest of ama and the interest of ama |
| obverse 7 | The reed basket.... |
| reverse 5 | he will place the interest on the kid that is to be paid. |
| reverse 3 | interest on the reed bundle |
| obverse 11 | (If) the moon at my right side and ama at my left |
| reverse 2 | the interest of ama, the ginû-priest |
| obverse 9 | ulin-Me, Damu, has sinned against me, the bed |
| obverse 4 | Asalluhi, lord of the extispicy, son of Adad, knows the instructions. |
| obverse 5 | Nisaba, the pure daughter of Anu, has guarded the ziggurrat |
| reverse 6 | an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per mina will be added, |
| reverse 10 | an interest rate of 100 sila of barley per 1 shekel is to be charged |
| obverse 8 | the uurgal reed hut, the uurtu-reed hut, |
| reverse 9 | without interest |
| obverse 6 | a torch was set on the ground. Kusu |
| reverse 4 | the interest of the regular offering is to be charged, |
| obverse 3 | The pure water which is in the Apsu, |
| obverse 10 | Gula... the messenger |
| obverse 2 | You speak a word (about it) (and) slander (it) (and) slander (it). |
| reverse 8 | the interest is to be returned. |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O tummu, the house, the ground, is torn out. |
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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