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CDLI Literary 000417, ex. 002 (P283748)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000417, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283748 |
| Museum no. | BM 016919 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 3' | whose days of kingship are long |
| obverse 11' | the supreme temple fitting for the queenship |
| obverse 6' | to Utu's words he gave to him as a gift. |
| reverse 24' | he set up a rejoicing banquet like a holy aratta |
| reverse 19' | He brought out the great hero(s) together with their young ones. |
| reverse 23' | he set straight in his great courtyard of the Enijja temple. |
| obverse 4' | be exalted, be exalted |
| obverse 9' | of ulgi, the right shepherd of Sumer |
| reverse 30' | he (Ningirsu) placed his great scepter in the evening. |
| reverse 18' | he smote him from his arms in battle. |
| obverse 7' | by Ninlil, the joy of the Land, |
| reverse 16' | with copper Nijkalga |
| reverse 22' | a gold statue and a lapis-lazuli statue |
| reverse 29' | sweetened beer made with reddish beer |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 15' | He smote the necks, he smote his words. |
| reverse 31' | ... house |
| obverse 12' | In the cella, the place where the sun rises, in the lands, a place of abundance, |
| obverse 8' | of the assembly, the joy of Maniak |
| obverse 10' | adjoining the house of the residence |
| reverse 21' | he raised up awe in its foundations. |
| obverse 2' | ... you set up for you |
| reverse 28' | its beer he set up at the place of beer. |
| reverse 27' | of the bronze E-BAPP. |
| obverse 5' | Enki, his lord who does not change his utterance |
| reverse 20' | he set up a reed bed for its neck. |
| reverse 17' | The liar of the evildoer... the weapon |
| reverse 26' | he made it shine like daylight in his great gate |
| reverse 25' | In his great kitchen he placed oxen and sheep. |
| obverse 14' | In the middle of the city he built it. From his arms he smote it |
| obverse 13' | he made the foundation(?) of the reed bed sit in its midst. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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