In Epic Hunt
The Murder of Anšar
Neo-Babylonian mythological narrative from Babylon (print edition: Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths).
View at electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · CDLI P497378 · Try the in-browser translator
| Designation | BM.33483 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | BM.33483 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative |
| Provenience | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Findspot | 32.535, 44.4258 |
| CDLI no. | P497378 |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 79 (74 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 col 1' | |
| 1' | ... |
| 2' | ... his |
| 3' | ... |
| 4' | |
| 5' | ...-u |
| 6' | ...... |
| 7' | ... will enter |
| 8' | ................ |
| 9' | ... has raised me up |
| 10' | ... the requital of my father to be small |
| 11' | .................. |
| 12' | It is the... of the temple of Ninamakala |
| 13' | ... is a..., he is my brother, Enki |
| 14' | ... the day of his disappearance, he became frightened. |
| 15' | and you say as follows: |
| 16' | To Ninamakala, the great queen, you speak with him |
| 17' | Enki wrote to me, |
| 18' | his... will be brought before you. |
| 19' | ... you did not bring bread to his yoke. |
| 20' | You did not write a word to my hero |
| 21' | you did not keep me on the road. |
| 22' | (and) the place where you have established me, for my work |
| 23' | ... this... in his supplication |
| 24' | ... their... he shall give you. His mouth |
| 25' | ................. |
| 26' | ... he sent a message? to his warriors. |
| obverse col 2' | |
| 1' | ... his... they brought before you. |
| 2' | ....... you did not bring bread to my yoke. |
| 3' | You send a message or message to my enemy. |
| 4' | You have not sat down on the road. |
| 5' | You did not set my place on my lips. |
| 6' | Nin-amakala, this one, by her supplication |
| 7' | ... he took away. The wife of Enki |
| 8' | ... who went like you, |
| 9' | ... when for my brother's flesh, Enki |
| 10' | ... and the report of the soldier |
| 11' | ... Anar and his son Anu |
| 12' | he will enter, and the Apunu will die. |
| 13' | Anar, who dwells, not who dwells, son of Anu |
| 14' | ... he will enter, and he will die. |
| 15' | He received a good... |
| 16' | he filled, I.... |
| 17' | ... my ear... |
| 18' | At the feet of the gods... |
| 19' | of Ashur in the assembly... |
| 20' | You gave... |
| 21' | over his...... |
| 22' | has crossed, and...... |
| 23' | his neck...... |
| 24' | Without a weapon,... |
| 25' | At the feet of the gods... |
| 26' | ... his neck... |
| 27' | ... a work assignment |
| 28' | he... his weapon and |
| 29' | 'Let the weapon be seized, let me be seized.' |
| 30' | he cut off and... |
| 31' | His father... |
| 32' | Enki |
| 33' | upon... |
| 34' | |
| reverse col 1' | |
| 1' | |
| 2' | From... |
| 3' | The weapon... |
| 4' | he cut...... |
| 5' | His father... |
| 6' | I am the one who... |
| reverse col 2' | |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ... the cultic rites of Meme. |
| 4 | ... in the river |
| 5 | ... king Ea |
| 6 | .... fear |
| 7 | ... of his land |
| 8 | ... his furious... |
| 9 | ... is a lion |
| 10 | ... Enlil ditto and |
| 11 | ... and |
| 12 | ... uurtu-plant |
| 13 | ...-ri |