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OECT 11, 016 (P348909)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Kiš · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 11, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348909 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-0853 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kiš |
| Coordinates | 32.5455, 44.5949 |
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' | The lord, my lord, who completes the cult centers, who performs the rites, the shepherd..., |
| obverse 10' | To Utu'e, to the sarrru-priestess of Utu |
| reverse 14 | Like a snare of the heavens, a snare of snare, |
| obverse 11' | your... from the rising of the sun to entering of the sun... that day... news |
| obverse 22' | Beloved, your eye is shaved off, your hair is shaved off |
| obverse 6' | Your lord, like a distant heaven, does not know its utterance |
| obverse 9' | In your queen's mouth you enter the mouth of the people. For heaven and earth... of the gods. |
| reverse 24 | May the gods of heaven and earth, the gods of the underworld, rejoice over you, |
| reverse 13 | The star of heaven, as if it were an empty wind |
| reverse 10 | In the lands, like a wild bull, he is a lion, |
| reverse 18 | May he restore it! May he restore it! |
| reverse 19 | May the water of the city of Nippur be poured out for you |
| obverse 23' | Where you see Damiqtu, you.......... |
| reverse 3 | the aglula priestess... |
| reverse 12 | his hero like a ama-demon he constantly seeks out. |
| reverse 25 | it is the u’ila (rite) of Enlil |
| reverse 4 | Whose kingship has heard, truth |
| reverse 26 | ...... |
| reverse 9 | Like a wild bull standing in the wild bull |
| reverse 20 | May the city ditto and its people be appeased. |
| obverse 5' | Who establishes the quay and...... |
| obverse 14' | ... from Nite-azu |
| obverse 21' | ... your... your... the distant cities, the houses for eternity. |
| obverse 18' | ...... |
| reverse 8 | Great one, great one of Enlil, mighty one, whose head is full of radiance, whose ear is full of radiance, whose utterance is supreme, |
| reverse 23 | May the lamentation singers of heaven and earth rejoice over you, may they soothe your heart |
| reverse 2 | I have sworn by the name of the king, my lord, that the king, my lord, can be glad. |
| obverse 20' | ... your sweet urudidli reed... to the mighty temple... daily... |
| obverse 12' | from the good heaven...... |
| obverse 2' | The lord of lords, who perfects the cattlepen and sheepfold, who dwells in the righteous shepherd |
| reverse 21 | May your heart rejoice, may your liver be calmed. |
| obverse 17' | ...... and... |
| obverse 15' | ... your... in the earth, in your report, to... |
| obverse 8' | The one who sees you, the one who sees you, the one who sees you, the one who dwells in heaven, the one who sees you, the one who sees you |
| reverse 6 | To the mention of your pure name, which like the heavens... Igigi he smote, the black-headed ones he shall cut off. |
| obverse 16' | ... abundant grass, |
| obverse 7' | O lord, your divinity, like the pure heavens,..., he has no rival. |
| reverse 1 | to eat and eat |
| reverse 5 | When you have chosen me for your holy rites like heaven, the Nungales will place the saggi priestess in the place of worship for you |
| obverse 19' | ............... |
| reverse 7 | (As for) the great mountain Enlil, the mountain range set on the right and left of the abzu, its holy foundation he built. |
| reverse 16 | (As for) the great one, ditto he is well; ditto he is well; the Ekur is well; the Eki'ur temple is well. |
| reverse 22 | May your heart rejoice over you, may your heart rejoice over you. |
| reverse 17 | May the wording of a good word be released for you |
| reverse 15 | Great mother, Ninlil, one who loves the E-ara, favorite of the E-kur, spouse of the E-giguna,egi of the E-ki'ur temple |
| obverse 13' | 'Your supplication will be placed in the sky, and the lands will be stricken.' |
| obverse 4' | The silo that makes the branches grow, the one who makes the people rejoice |
| obverse 1' | The great mountain, Enlil, who establishes uurû-priests, who constantly seeks out gods, who decrees destinies(?) |
| reverse 11 | like the i-ceremony of ama ulla |
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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