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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 139 (P357079)

Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationCDLI Literary 000351, ex. 139
IDP357079
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 1May heaven, the enemy, be smitten by the horns, be smitten on your pure lips.
obverse 4Let me give you as a gift, and let me give you as a gift.
obverse 8the carpenter, the one who gives good advice :
obverse 2may your head not be strong(?), may he not be weak(?), may he not be weak(?)
obverse 5May the tibira offering be established for you, may the utensils be destroyed.
obverse 10May he kill you like a man, may he rejoice like a lion.
obverse 6May he set you on the ground, and may he be at peace with you.
obverse 9May he return as if it were a dead person. May he kill as if it were a malt.
obverse 3May a man be sated like a dais
obverse 7The young man who makes the righteous thing known :

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