CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 126 (P357174)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357174 |
| Museum no. | BM 038155 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 5' | he has looked at it and has changed the dwelling. |
| obverse 31' | By Ninurta, the crown(?) of Enki |
| obverse 16' | The asakku-demon has not received his payment; his payment is much. |
| obverse 10' | You should not seize the wide... of the gods. |
| obverse 1' | In order to bring the hero to the kingship, he was there. |
| reverse 2' | The hero smote a tibira tree, and the god Sîn smote it. |
| reverse 0' | The land was destroyed, the storm was destroyed, the Anunna were destroyed. |
| obverse 32' | ... Ea has sent him. |
| obverse 35' | The lord said to the lord:... |
| reverse 18' | He smote the tree like a storm. |
| reverse 6' | he made the lord who rises in heaven and earth. |
| reverse 27' | He receives a libation bowl and a mushpalu-vessel; he fills the bowl. |
| obverse 30' | Whose great fearsomeness, whose strength is powerful and whose utterance is heard, |
| reverse 25' | He strews his flesh, he strews the sea, and fills the terrace. |
| obverse 15' | The asag demon that had risen up in the ziggurrat was destroyed. |
| obverse 36' | ... |
| reverse 14' | to the mitum weapon to the nether world |
| reverse 19' | The storm was destroyed, the storm was like a flood, its head |
| obverse 34' | O lord, son of ditto, what do you do? |
| obverse 19' | Its shining horns set the head on the weapon |
| reverse 15' | It is favourable to the supplication of his mouth. |
| reverse 26' | The tavern of the tavern, the one who fills the righteous ponds, |
| obverse 21' | By Ninurta, supreme copper, supreme copper, its superstructure will be split. |
| reverse 30' | He smote the great tree at its base, he smote the forest |
| obverse 27' | of the divine powers and gods |
| reverse 11' | He has sworn as if it were a storm, a samanu-disease of the heavens. |
| obverse 28' | ... of the gods. |
| obverse 33' | Uta-ulu, the lord, son of Enlil |
| reverse 1' | The enemy has been frightened. The day they have been frightened and the Anunnakku have returned. |
| obverse 11' | In the midst of heaven he made his name in the nether world |
| obverse 12' | Anu, who slanders me in his tablet, |
| obverse 24' | A warrior like a...... |
| reverse 22' | The hero, the exalted city, he made it shine before him. |
| reverse 21' | The flood will stand in its midst. |
| reverse 8' | to Ninurta his wife, from Danna-dishta |
| reverse 17' | They are able to smite the enemy in the land, |
| obverse 17' | from its troops he brought to the mouth of its troops |
| obverse 13' | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, what has he done? |
| reverse 12' | to bind the arms of the long scepter |
| reverse 3' | The qarrû-demon shook his head, and the gods shook his head. |
| reverse 16' | together with the weapons he eats. |
| reverse 9' | ditto for fighting in his city he..... |
| obverse 23' | the hero who like no one has fashioned |
| obverse 7' | When the Asag demon entered the boundary territory at that time |
| obverse 26' | My lord, who in the exalted scepter is frightened |
| obverse 14' | (As for) ditto, my lord, my lord, (and) ditto, what have you done? |
| obverse 29' | oxen in their midst, possessed of wild bulls, possessed of lustration and possessions, |
| obverse 18' | ... the wording of the mouth has diverted to his troops... |
| reverse 23' | to the qarrû, the exalted flood, which cannot be opposed, before his god |
| reverse 24' | ............... |
| obverse 20' | ... like Anu's, he is shaved off, and he is shaved off. |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | By Ninurta, the lord of the Abzu, the one who holds the hand in order |
| reverse 10' | As if it were a storm, it was a flood, it was a flood, it was a flood, it was a flood, it was a flood |
| obverse 4' | O ditto, your rites of the Apsu... to his hand, |
| reverse 20' | he set up the barley in the barge. |
| reverse 29' | .... he strews fire, he strews fire, he strews fire. |
| obverse 25' | the lord, the exalted lord, whose strength is supreme |
| obverse 9' | You should not take the yoke of the gods |
| obverse 8' | I... the boundary territory to his side daily... |
| obverse 22' | (If) ditto a supplication and a supplication is not favourable: his eyes will not be full. |
| reverse 5' | the Anunnaki as far as the heavens and the earth, |
| reverse 13' | he will pay back the money he will pay. |
| reverse 28' | he burns fire, burns fire, he burns. |
| obverse 2' | ... your warrior, your king, to......., |
| obverse 6' | He has made the uttannu-spirit shine forth, he has made the uttannu-spirit shine forth. |
| reverse 4' | The Anunna gods swore to me as if they were kings |
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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