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CT 42, 24 BM 042274 (P283758)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 24 BM 042274 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283758 |
| Museum no. | BM 042274 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
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 10 | the lord of the Eumea temple |
| obverse 21 | son of Ezida |
| reverse 19 | (If) he sees a man: he will not die. |
| reverse 22 | In Ema-girizal, my house of lordship I established. |
| reverse 18 | (If) his flesh does not eat his head: |
| reverse 20 | [He who hears] his prayers, |
| obverse 4 | by means of the word of Enlil |
| reverse 9 | Like a flood rising up from its flood, its house is filled with famine. |
| obverse 20 | the lord of the Dr-Sibba temple |
| obverse 9 | the great hero of Umunnip |
| obverse 15 | lord of Laga |
| obverse 5 | the great hero |
| reverse 16 | and long-lasting days of Nabû-kair, his father, and of his son |
| reverse 7 | When he comes out, when he comes out, when he comes out from the rebel land |
| obverse 16 | the lord of heroism |
| reverse 4 | My lady, my Babu, he smote her |
| obverse 28 | the lord of E-ibbi-Anum |
| reverse 3 | my lady, the Eumea, her destroyed city |
| reverse 21 | The tablet wrote and |
| obverse 12 | the lord of the E-me-ura temple, |
| obverse 6 | the lord of the scepter, the one who emerges, |
| obverse 27 | eshese of Dilbat |
| obverse 11 | the lord of the Ea-mah temple |
| reverse 8 | The hero, who came out from his divine radiance, has no rival |
| obverse 26 | heir of the Emeslam temple |
| reverse 2 | the holy shrine of Nippur, his destroyed temple |
| obverse 17 | son of Esagil-abzutanus |
| obverse 7 | to the lord Ura |
| reverse 11 | ...... |
| obverse 3 | the one who rises from the great heavens |
| obverse 2 | When he rises, when he rises, when he rises, when he rises, when he rises, when he rises, |
| reverse 10 | When he comes, when he comes, the hero goes at the flood |
| reverse 17 | For his life, his long life, |
| obverse 19 | son of Erabrri |
| obverse 24 | son of Emeteursag |
| obverse 25 | the lord of Egudua |
| obverse 14 | the lord of Girsu |
| obverse 8 | the lord of the south wind |
| obverse 18 | son of Ezagirra |
| obverse 1 | The hero, with his shining brow and a radiance over the rebel land |
| obverse 22 | from the source of the Ekish temple |
| reverse 14 | To Mar-bti the exalted vizier who goes before |
| obverse 13 | the lord of the E-ibbi-ugalam temple |
| reverse 6 | the lady of the E-ibbi-Anum temple |
| reverse 13 | ... as far as the E-zagirra |
| reverse 5 | the lady of the scribal school, who raises his head |
| reverse 12 | ... Enlil |
| reverse 1 | my lady |
| reverse 15 | Hand of Bel-uballi, son of Nabû-kair, descendant of um-Nun, for the life |
| obverse 23 | from the eduba'a school |
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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