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BRM 4, 08 (P296527)
Literary, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296527 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01877 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 6 | In the heavens and in the earth you are exalted. |
| top 1 | By the command of Anu and Antu, may whatever I do in my hands be well. |
| obverse 9 | You are the lord of the temple, the shepherd of the Enamna temple |
| reverse 13' | he swore to your city like ama |
| reverse 7' | The youth, the one who makes supplications, and the river not cross |
| obverse 3 | You are supreme, you are supreme |
| reverse 17' | The chief of Uruk received from Anu-le'i, his son, who reveres Anu and Antu. |
| reverse 5' | (If) your standing-place does not have evil in your mind |
| reverse 14' | one-fourth, king of the universe |
| obverse 11 | You are the lord of the Earra temple, the lord of the great dais |
| reverse 4' | the enemy will not come out from your right side. |
| obverse 2 | In heaven and in heaven, you are exalted, |
| reverse 11' | Your fearsomeness, the land, the enemy, and the land |
| obverse 7 | lord Anu, you are supreme |
| obverse 19 | You are king, you are king, you are king, you are king. |
| reverse 8' | ...... he has not crossed the river. |
| reverse 6' | (If) he keeps watch over the gipar and gipar reeds: he will not reach the bird's reach. |
| reverse 15' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| reverse 18' | Uruk. Ullu. 26th day. 1st year. Antiochus, king of the lands. |
| reverse 3' | Who will devastate your good deeds? |
| obverse 15 | You are the lord of the Eanna temple, the lord of the Eulma temple |
| obverse 14 | O lord of the shrine, lord of the palace, heaven and earth, you are exalted. |
| obverse 18 | O lord of the Eanna temple, lord of the Egishhurankia temple, you are exalted |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 12 | O lord of the Esharra temple, lord of the great dais, |
| obverse 4 | In the underworld, you are exalted, you are exalted, |
| obverse 13 | You are the lord of the E-egal and the lord of the Egalanki temple |
| reverse 12' | to Uruk and its settlements he built. |
| obverse 8 | the lord of Uruk : you are supreme |
| reverse 16' | Tablet of Anu-ah-uabi, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, incantation priest of Anu and Antu. |
| obverse 17 | You are the lord of the Eanna temple, the lord of the Egihuranki temple |
| reverse 2' | Who will raise your eye? Who will raise your eye? |
| obverse 5 | You are supreme, you are supreme |
| reverse 10' | Your great fearsomeness and the mountain, the enemy, and the work |
| obverse 1 | You are supreme, you are supreme |
| obverse 10 | O lord, lord of the house, lord of the Enamna temple, you are exalted. |
| obverse 16 | Lord of Eanna and lord of Eulmash, you are exalted. |
| reverse 9' | Your divine radiance covers all the lands : and your divine radiance covers all the lands |
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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