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Marduk and Enmešarra
Late Babylonian narrative fragment from Babylon.
View at electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · CDLI P556318 · Try the in-browser translator
| Designation | BM.32462 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | BM.32462 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Late Babylonian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative |
| Provenience | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Findspot | 32.535, 44.4258 |
| CDLI no. | P556318 |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 22 (21 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' | |
| 1' | ... in the midst of |
| 2' | ... he brought him to Esagil. |
| 3' | To Marduk, his lord, he speaks a word: |
| 4' | ama, who is strong among the gods |
| 5' | Qulê, merciful lord, Marduk |
| 6' | You do not give me the... of heaven and earth |
| 7' | ... merciful... Bel, who listens to prayers, |
| 8' | ... I, for the sake of my life, |
| 9' | Let me tell you..., the great gods will speak to you. |
| 10' | ... he does not make his breast firm. |
| 11' | ... Marduk... |
| 12' | Enmearra |
| 13' | ... I did not live. Igigi... |
| 14' | |
| col 2' | |
| 1' | ... house |
| 2' | ... house |
| 3' | ... house |
| 4' | ... house |
| 5' | ... house |
| 6' | ... house |
| 7' | ... house |
| 8' | ... house |