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CT 46, 49 (P285856)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 46, 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285856 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 col 1 6' | They smashed the ground...... |
| reverse col 6 2 | ... his face has...ed |
| reverse col 6 1 | I did not... the word of my illness |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... like a... of water... |
| obverse col 2 2' | he did not know; in the land... |
| reverse col 6 22 | ... upon me. |
| reverse col 6 21 | ... your divinity may they tear out |
| reverse col 5 9 | he did not send to me; nobody... |
| reverse col 5 13 | You do not... like me, you do not... |
| obverse col 2 12' | In the midst of my heart... |
| reverse col 6 14 | ... joy and joy. |
| obverse col 2 6' | My eyes do not... |
| reverse col 5 3 | Without you,... will not come to you. |
| reverse col 5 1 | I am the one who slanders... |
| reverse col 6 5 | ......... and he... |
| reverse col 6 16 | ..., who is assiduous towards the heavens, |
| reverse col 5 21 | NEHa... |
| obverse col 1 1' | ......... |
| obverse col 2 11' | ... my |
| reverse col 5 18 | 'May he be alive, may he be alive, may he be alive |
| reverse col 6 15 | ... he entrusted... to the people. |
| obverse col 2 9' | ... in the morning |
| reverse col 5 14 | he smote me, day |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... to the statue... |
| obverse col 1 8' | He brought his face to an end like a snare. |
| reverse col 5 4 | You are the one who... the horns(?) |
| reverse col 5 16 | Like the one who in the thick of battle...... |
| reverse col 5 10 | they shall divide, one... |
| obverse col 1 14' | he will give me, he will become a widow, he will become a widow. |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... he fought with me. |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... my lips like... |
| obverse col 1 15' | I am shaved with a bed of igge-flour. |
| reverse col 5 23 | The land |
| reverse col 5 12 | The side of the bed of the lady |
| reverse col 5 2 | The one who... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ........ he smote... for the light. |
| reverse col 6 12 | ... he will recover. |
| reverse col 5 17 | In the ukurru I raised up(?) |
| reverse col 6 3 | ...... Ababu |
| obverse col 1 9' | he strews a harpû-vessel over my neck. |
| reverse col 6 24 | ... hostile... |
| reverse col 6 13 | ... of the gods, he makes perfect |
| obverse col 2 15' | ......... |
| obverse col 2 1' | The ugarra demon has smeared me |
| reverse col 5 8 | I, my brothers,... |
| reverse col 5 5 | they will not be gathered, or... |
| reverse col 5 19 | ...... |
| reverse col 6 7 | In accordance with the order that in the wood of the brewer |
| reverse col 6 28 | I am... |
| reverse col 5 6 | The weapon of Ningirsu |
| reverse col 5 24 | to |
| reverse col 6 9 | ... king of the land, who makes the life pleasant, |
| reverse col 5 22 | ... reed |
| reverse col 5 11 | his talent will not be equaled.... |
| obverse col 1 10' | 'I have sinned against it, but I have been negligent. My mouth |
| obverse col 2 10' | ... my heart like |
| reverse col 6 4 | He...ed...... with pleasure. |
| reverse col 6 10 | ...... like a scorpion... in a ritual assemblage. |
| reverse col 6 6 | ... the sabaru-disease was smashed, he... his... |
| obverse col 2 4' | My slander.... |
| reverse col 6 11 | ............ he will die. |
| reverse col 6 23 | ... who carries off my supplications |
| reverse col 6 20 | ... may they tear out?, may they tear out? |
| reverse col 6 18 | ... his... the assembly |
| reverse col 6 17 | ... the great gods |
| obverse col 1 11' | I am well; I am well. |
| obverse col 1 13' | He made the foundations of the ground firm; I did not go there. |
| reverse col 6 27 | ... to my head |
| obverse col 1 12' | he smote my breast, he smote my lips. |
| reverse col 5 20 | Good... |
| reverse col 6 19 | ... the great gods |
| obverse col 2 5' | May he turn to the statue... |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... of the people |
| obverse col 2 7' | By the command of my head... |
| reverse col 6 25 | ... my supplication(?) |
| reverse col 6 26 | ... of the gods, who decrees the fates, |
| reverse col 5 7 | They did not set a scepter... |
| reverse col 5 15 | ... a slander like a slander... |
| obverse col 2 14' | ... my well-being and... |
| obverse col 2 3' | and a lion to the ground... |
| reverse col 6 8 | he smote, he smote, and he... behind. |
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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