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AOAT 275, 428, BM 056488 (P349608)

Lexical; Literary; Wisdom or proverb, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationAOAT 275, 428, BM 056488
IDP349608
Museum no.BM 056488
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreLexical; Literary; Wisdom or proverb
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 44.2552

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse col 2' 13'has stolen
reverse col 2' 16'has stolen
reverse col 3 1'... like plants
reverse col 1' 7'......
reverse col 5 2'... is red: he will pay to him a mina of silver.
reverse col 2' 19'you have stolen.
reverse col 5 8'my heart gave
reverse col 2' 4'has gone
reverse col 2' 9'you have taken away.
reverse col 2' 6'he has seen
reverse col 2' 11'you have sworn
reverse col 2' 14'you have sworn
reverse col 2' 17'you have sworn
reverse col 3 6'in a reed mat
reverse col 3 8'to slander(?)
reverse col 3 13'Nanna
reverse col 3 19'Nanna
reverse col 3 4'which from the distant past
reverse col 5 3'..........
reverse col 2' 2'he has sworn.
reverse col 3 12'he built.
reverse col 3 18'he built.
reverse col 2' 3'he has borne
reverse col 1' 2'(a kind of profession)
reverse col 3 17'house of Mesanepada
reverse col 2' 10'you shall say.
reverse col 3 10'Enlil, his shepherd
reverse col 1' 5'(a kind of basket)
reverse col 1' 6'(a kind of basket)
reverse col 1' 1'(a kind of profession)
reverse col 2' 12'you have smashed
reverse col 5 6'[... n]...,
reverse col 3 9'......
reverse col 2' 8'you have sworn.
reverse col 1' 8'......
reverse col 3 16'he smote.
reverse col 3 22'he smote.
reverse col 1' 3'(a kind of profession)
reverse col 5 1'... before
reverse col 3 2'he swore by the mouth.
reverse col 5 7'I have sinned against my heart
reverse col 2' 5'he shall depart
reverse col 1' 10'......
reverse col 1' 4'bed
reverse col 3 21'ziiru-disease
reverse col 5 9'1 mina
reverse col 3 7'...-ID
reverse col 3 15'(a kind of profession)
reverse col 2' 7'he...
reverse col 3 5'he plundered
reverse col 5 5'and my heart
reverse col 5 4'in my presence he...
reverse col 3 14'to take, take
reverse col 3 20'to take, take
reverse col 1' 9'......
reverse col 5 11'barley
reverse col 2' 15'you have smashed,
reverse col 2' 18'you have smashed,
reverse col 3 11'house of Mesanepada
reverse col 3 3'the people of Asmat

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