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CT 42, 01 BM 132095 (P283781)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 01 BM 132095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283781 |
| Museum no. | BM 132095 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 33' | (If) you are to raise your neck at the base of the field(?) |
| obverse 19 | (If) he dies and the wife dies |
| reverse 27' | You are the lord of Enki |
| obverse 42 | Do not smite a field, do not smite a field |
| reverse 7' | lord Dikumah, son of Elul, your name in all the lands |
| reverse 15' | to the ubtu(-house) of the entire land |
| obverse 8 | Father Enlil, ditto and incantation priestess, |
| reverse 24' | You are the one who heaps up its water |
| reverse 30' | Hero Muzbbasa. |
| obverse 36 | The shepherd does not look at him, he stands by himself. |
| obverse 18 | as much as the garment of a lulnu-garment and a wife who has died, |
| obverse 44 | The one who goes at your feet, my city, is a lamentation singer |
| obverse 12 | The great hero Dikumah ditto |
| obverse 27 | The sick ewe, the sick ewe, the sick ewe, and the sick ewe will spend the day there. |
| reverse 19' | You are supreme, you are supreme, you are supreme |
| reverse 40' | (If) he is a bird, he is a god, he is a god, he is a god, he is a god in his house. |
| obverse 35 | Your beloved spouse is finished. |
| obverse 33 | When you speak to the place where you speak, ditto |
| obverse 3 | Father Enlil, lord of all the lands, wise one |
| reverse 47' | to the end of which is not located |
| obverse 48 | Its reeds are bitter, it is bitter |
| reverse 21' | You are the sage of the right and left. |
| obverse 17 | By means of the wording of a different storm(?) |
| reverse 39' | (If) your heart is surrounded by a bird, ditto |
| reverse 2' | oxen and sheep and goats |
| obverse 25 | Its lord says “Alas, my house,” “Alas, my city,” “Alas, my city.” |
| reverse 3' | Enki, the oxen-driver, the oxen-driver, your name in the lands |
| reverse 45' | for his divine powers and his divine powers |
| reverse 20' | You are the lord of all the lands |
| reverse 17' | Towards the netherworld, he made it shine like the sun. |
| obverse 15 | (If) there is a house, a long name, a long name, ditto |
| reverse 37' | Enlil, you are the one who has no rival, you are the one who has no rival. |
| reverse 46' | Second tablet (of the series) |
| reverse 16' | The mountain(s) that grew right and left |
| obverse 14 | (If) he is a black reed, he is a black reed, he is a black reed, he is a black reed |
| obverse 20 | If a child has died and a child has died |
| reverse 36' | (If) Enlil does not pay attention to it, ditto |
| reverse 1' | (As for) the troops who go at the side of the oxen, the oxen, (and) the sheep, your name in all the lands |
| obverse 30 | from the cloud to the horizon |
| reverse 14' | to the mountain of the horizon |
| obverse 16 | By means of the wording of a different day(?) |
| obverse 4 | Father Enlil, ditto! |
| obverse 49 | whose name is weeping |
| obverse 21 | In order to destroy your city like a wild bull, in order to strike with weapons |
| obverse 41 | The god of the temple is god, he is not a lamentation singer |
| obverse 22 | to destroy Nippur like a wild bull, ditto |
| obverse 24 | By means of(?) the giguna, reeds, aromatics(?) and aromatics(?) |
| reverse 4' | Hero Asalluhi, the oxen-driver, the oxen-driver, your name in the lands |
| obverse 32 | When you speak to you, he will die. |
| reverse 11' | Towards the base of the earth |
| obverse 37 | To its guard ditto |
| reverse 31' | salt of Dikuma, you are a great |
| reverse 22' | Enlil, the father who begot me, ditto |
| reverse 29' | Lord Enbilulu, you are supreme |
| obverse 31 | From the clouds from the horizon to the great mountain Enlil in his cosmic powers |
| reverse 23' | shepherd of the black-headed people |
| obverse 5 | Father Enlil, ditto, father of Enlil, ditto, father of the drinking, |
| reverse 10' | to the base of heaven and earth |
| reverse 12' | to the right and left |
| obverse 1 | When you recite the incantation priest(ess) in(?) your womb, (you) do not recite the incantation rites |
| reverse 5' | Lord Enbilulu, the oxen-driver, the oxen-driver, your name in the lands |
| obverse 7 | Father Enlil ditto, wild bull of the troops, ditto |
| reverse 41' | (If) he is ill with bitter lamentation and bitter lamentation: |
| reverse 42' | (If) he is to smite your army with a libation bowl(?), he is to smite your neck(?) |
| reverse 44' | The saggi reeds, its reeds, the reeds, ditto |
| obverse 2 | (If) he does not make a decision, he will make a decision (about it) |
| reverse 38' | You are the one who does not make a decision, who does not make a decision |
| reverse 32' | (If) a man's head is covered with a garment |
| obverse 13 | If a day is long and a long days are long: ditto |
| obverse 50 | Its reeds are to be weeping |
| right 1 | Father Enlil |
| reverse 8' | Who knows your name in the nether world? Who knows its fear? |
| reverse 28' | Hero Asalluhi |
| reverse 35' | The ebony, your ear-ring,...,...,..., |
| obverse 10 | The great hero, lord Enbilulu ditto |
| reverse 13' | to the ground, to the border |
| obverse 45 | She weeps bitterly in the plain |
| obverse 38 | He made a flour/incense-offering(?) that cannot be eaten in the plain, and ditto |
| reverse 6' | Hero Muzebbasa, the oxen-driver, the oxen-driver, your name in all the lands |
| obverse 11 | Ditto by Anum, the hero Muzbbasa |
| obverse 40 | Like cloud, from the horizon, the great mountain Enlil set out. |
| obverse 46 | Lord, he weeps bitterly |
| reverse 9' | May An not abandon its aura and its aura! |
| obverse 29 | 'As for me, the lord of justice, the lord of justice, |
| obverse 39 | Father Enlil fashioned a scepter that cannot be changed in the plain |
| reverse 26' | (If) you are a priest and a priest(ess) |
| reverse 34' | Your heart, as if it were a basket, is a ditto |
| obverse 43 | The lord of my city is a lamentation singer |
| obverse 26 | Its lord says “Alas, my..., what is my great...?” |
| obverse 9 | (If) an eclipse of the city, the hero of Asalluhi ditto |
| obverse 23 | to destroy Babylon like a wild bull, ditto |
| reverse 18' | You are supreme, you are supreme |
| reverse 25' | the wild bulls of the troops, who are great |
| obverse 28 | To the divine powers Enlil to the divine powers, to the divine powers, to the divine powers, to the divine powers, to the divine powers, to the divine powers, to the divine powers, |
| obverse 34 | When you speak to me, you are exalted |
| obverse 6 | Father Enlil, ditto, shepherd of the black-headed |
| obverse 47 | Its name is bitterly sweetened |
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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