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BSOAS 20, 263 (P357100)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BSOAS 20, 263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357100 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 col 2 8 | You have made your neck firm, you have made your aura firm. |
| reverse col 3 4' | Let me write your two long tablet(s) |
| obverse col 2 5 | ....... he knows the scribal art and knows the scribal art. |
| reverse col 3 5' | ... let me give you a firm positive answer, |
| reverse col 3 7' | .................................... You write your name with pleasure. |
| obverse col 2 12' | my master |
| reverse col 3 9' | If he... he has written : |
| obverse col 2 3 | .............................................. |
| obverse col 2 4 | the scribal art knows |
| reverse col 3 6' | To strew your scribal art, to scribal art |
| obverse col 2 1 | you are a scribe |
| obverse col 2 9 | ... you return to your place and you make your greatness manifest. |
| reverse col 3 3' | You should not seize... from your mouth. |
| obverse col 2 7 | ..................... |
| obverse col 2 11' | ... of egala |
| obverse col 2 10' | ... your master |
| obverse col 2 2 | My brother, do not forget your fear |
| obverse col 2 6 | ... of the master(?), he fashioned the reed mat |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... good |
| reverse col 3 8' | to write |
| reverse col 3 1' | he made good |
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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