CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 139 (P357079)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357079 |
| 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 1 | May heaven, the enemy, be smitten by the horns, be smitten on your pure lips. |
| obverse 4 | Let me give you as a gift, and let me give you as a gift. |
| obverse 8 | the carpenter, the one who gives good advice : |
| obverse 2 | may your head not be strong(?), may he not be weak(?), may he not be weak(?) |
| obverse 5 | May the tibira offering be established for you, may the utensils be destroyed. |
| obverse 10 | May he kill you like a man, may he rejoice like a lion. |
| obverse 6 | May he set you on the ground, and may he be at peace with you. |
| obverse 9 | May he return as if it were a dead person. May he kill as if it were a malt. |
| obverse 3 | May a man be sated like a dais |
| obverse 7 | The young man who makes the righteous thing known : |
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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