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CT 16, pl. 18, BM 047736 (P365368)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 16, pl. 18, BM 047736 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365368 |
| Museum no. | BM 047736 |
| 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 6 | who greets him |
| reverse 4' | In the evening, the evil udug priest of the scribal art |
| obverse 19 | pure gold, a fitting thing for the mountain range |
| reverse 8' | A copy of the tablet of Marduk-ibni-ai. |
| obverse 2b | That which ditto and ditto are lords |
| obverse 12 | I want to... the kidkida shrine of Asalluhi |
| obverse 13 | May the deeds of Marduk not be forgotten. |
| obverse 14b | I, the apu-demon of Eridu |
| obverse 8 | They were shouting at the namub(?) of Eridu |
| obverse 14a | I am the one who makes the people rejoice in Eridu |
| obverse 5 | They looked at Lutura, the son of Ishtar |
| obverse 4 | In the pure eridu-temple, he sat down. |
| obverse 22 | ... a qarnannu-snake, a pleasant snare, awe-inspiring radiance, one..., |
| reverse 1' | a good letter to a house entered, |
| reverse 3' | May the good udug (and) the good lama demons be subdued. |
| obverse 11 | Ea, he will not be negligent. |
| obverse 16 | The sahlû-plant which in the morning was created, from the outside it was bright. |
| reverse 5' | Incantation: O mighty storms, the evil Ishtar |
| obverse 1b | of ditto are the ones of ditto |
| obverse 15 | a zaili plant grown in the plain, suitable for the pure kuga plant |
| obverse 2a | Enki and Ninki, the lords of the holy mound |
| obverse 9 | He swore an oath by the mouth of Eridu |
| reverse 9' | son of um-libi, physician of Marduk |
| reverse 7' | to the command let me speak. |
| obverse 17 | When you have gathered your pure hands |
| obverse 3 | to Eridu, his sacred residence |
| obverse 7 | The son of his god will become frightened and they will seize him. |
| reverse 10' | Hand of Itti-Marduk-balau, son of Miirya. |
| obverse 18 | May he take it away from your pure hands and |
| obverse 10 | I shall say to you the divine plans of Enki |
| obverse 20 | May I be sated with a qarnu-spirit and a sadû-spirit. |
| reverse 2' | May the good udug, the evil ala and the evil ala demon be set aside. |
| obverse 21 | (As for) alkali-plant, malt, kurrasar, ursasar, together |
| reverse 6' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse 1a | the temples of Enki and Ninki |
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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