In Epic Hunt
Marduk speaks before Enlil
Neo-Babylonian narrative fragment: Marduk argues his case before Enlil and the gods.
View at electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · CDLI P497373 · Try the in-browser translator
| Designation | BM.27776 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | BM.27776 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative |
| Findspot | find-spot unknown |
| CDLI no. | P497373 |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 21 (20 with machine English) |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
The transliteration is not reproduced here because the source (electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich) is not marked as republishable; read it at the source link above.
| Line | English (machine draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse | |
| 1' | |
| 2' | ... they shall smite and Nir-etagmil shall bind (me) |
| 3' | ... was established for Damkiana |
| 4' | ... in her palace |
| reverse | |
| 1 | ... until my father brought you and the gate of the Eumea |
| 2 | ... the curses................................................. |
| 3 | ..... he will remove her throne. |
| 4 | ... the king of the gods Marduk stood at the gate of her palace |
| 5 | To Damkiana, who has freed her, |
| 6 | ... the gods of the Eumea, Mar-bti of the Apsu, together with them |
| 7 | Enlil, at their extispicy, to Mar-bti of the Apsu said: |
| 8 | Mar-bti of the Apsu, you are a good king. |
| 9 | Why do you make the perpetrators of evil rise up? |
| 10 | The king of the gods, Marduk, opens his mouth and speaks favorable words to Enlil. |
| 11 | I will come, together with your Anunnaki, you will live |
| 12 | According to the wording of the previous report, |
| 13 | "Why did we do it? Marduk of the Apsu, the one who kills evil demons?" |
| 14 | at that time to Damkina spoke to her |
| 15 | May all of the gods be reconciled with you. |
| 16 | and the old ones, who do not know, may they see. |
| 17 | May (my) hand be reconciled with me; may my hands not be seen. |