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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 133 (P357207)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357207 |
| Museum no. | BM 123372 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 9' | he is a lion, he is a lion. |
| obverse 3 | the lord will make a decision |
| obverse 14 | like the mountain of your troops |
| obverse 4 | the lord of the steppe has seen them |
| obverse 13 | may they be able to smite the smiter(?) |
| reverse 2' | may he... the... that cannot be dispersed. |
| obverse 16 | The fearsomeness of my aura overwhelmed her. |
| obverse 12 | Like a great lion, your hero in battle, like a lion |
| reverse 1' | ... may he decree your fate. |
| obverse 1 | The hero sat down in the kasurra stone and spoke to him |
| obverse 8 | Ditto: When you return to my place |
| reverse 12' | In the days of the land, may it be a kingigdi ritual for him |
| obverse 10 | Ditto: When you stand like a frightened one, |
| reverse 13' | Now, in the land, a sick person has said that he should be a slave, |
| obverse 9 | You are the one who eats the kasurra stone, oxen, and sheepfolds |
| reverse 4' | In the midst of the land, he smote the hand of the city |
| obverse 2 | The hero sat down on the kasurrû-stone and sat down. |
| reverse 11' | Now in the destinies of Ninurta |
| reverse 6' | May you be the hero of battle, may you be the female worker |
| obverse 7 | When you bind the sû-stone (on) a weapon’s head |
| obverse 15 | Fear of melimju was smitten. |
| obverse 5 | they shall determine the fate of Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil |
| reverse 8' | In order to smite the sand dunes and the sand dunes, to make its name good, |
| reverse 5' | For the destruction of the land you should set out, and for the hand of the city |
| reverse 7' | You are a hero, a warrior, who holds the ground, |
| obverse 11 | You are the one who makes the wild bull bow down at the side of Erizana. |
| reverse 10' | Now the fate of Ninurta |
| reverse 3' | his..., who does not fear, may he not be negligent. |
| obverse 6 | (and) the hands(?) of Enlil they shall strew. |
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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