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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 120 (P370905)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370905 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | 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 25' | At that time, his lord had looked upon the netherworld with his weapons |
| obverse 18' | In the evening, in its midst, he was very frightened in his midst. |
| reverse 25 | The city was destroyed by lion colossi |
| reverse 26 | qarrdu-stone, ditto (and) qarradsunu-stone, the road, he carries them. |
| reverse 8 | The lord, the exalted one, does not know the fate of the land. |
| obverse 1' | in lapis lazuli, a libation bowl made of ghee |
| reverse 18 | I made my land bow down at my feet. |
| obverse 8' | The hero who is a ukallau-demon, the father who engendered him, |
| obverse 24' | (If) ditto, the lord, and ditto, the fate of his heart |
| reverse 30 | to his side, the gods of that city he made him bow down at his side. |
| obverse 12' | He roared like a lion to the land of the unsubmissive, he received his army. |
| reverse 22 | between them, as if it were a great lion, his weapon was torn out. |
| obverse 28' | (If) ditto to my lord ditto, ditto to my lord |
| reverse 23 | sû-stone, sagkal-stone, uz-stone, kagina-stone |
| reverse 28 | In the mountain, I slew the kushû-demon, and he will return. |
| reverse 6 | Whoever does not commit a crime, the strength of the insurrection is diminished. |
| reverse 17 | in the nether world, he entrusted the seed to him. |
| obverse 15' | the throne, the great throne that sits on his dais |
| obverse 21' | When Babu has destroyed your supplication, the king should not let him do it |
| obverse 26' | At that time, when my lord was killed, he was killed in the land. |
| obverse 5' | by Ninurta the king, son of Enlil, surpassing in himself |
| reverse 4 | To ditto the warrior who does not abandon the asakku-priest he made him walk. |
| obverse 20' | (and) with Anu and Enlil, in his supplication, in his prayer |
| reverse 1 | My king, in heaven and on earth he smote the tree. |
| obverse 30' | O lord, exalted one, in all my lords who dwell on your dais, |
| reverse 21 | he raised up its arms like a great wild bull |
| reverse 27 | They shaved the tooth of the mountain and shaved it out. |
| reverse 29 | he restored its labor and its gods to their places. |
| obverse 11' | As for the rest of the rebel lands, the troops of the tavern |
| reverse 3 | Ninurta, the hero who knows no fear, gave birth to the Asag. |
| reverse 14 | May he make the hero shine like a fecund one. |
| reverse 19 | together he named it and for his kingship |
| obverse 10' | May ditto, fearsomeness, and rejoicing be brought to the land. |
| obverse 7' | the hero, the aukalbi, the enemy, |
| obverse 9' | Ninurta, you are the one who reveres the Land |
| obverse 19' | when An and Enlil are to be satisfied with his good beer, |
| reverse 20 | he called his name with a frightened curse; he gave it to their kingship |
| obverse 16' | In the apsû, in its midst, in its midst, in its midst, |
| obverse 4' | The weak, the weak, the weak, the weak, the weak, in the land |
| reverse 7 | My king, the one who knows no father, the slaughtering of the netherworld |
| obverse 23' | by Ninurta, the lord, son of Enlil, may he decree his fate |
| reverse 24 | (If) ditto, ditto, a person's body, ditto, a adanu-stone |
| reverse 15 | My king will return to his city to his mother. |
| reverse 2 | The lord, Anu, was enraged with lamentation. |
| obverse 31' | Ninurta, your command is unalterable, you give your hand |
| reverse 12 | Ditto, a rage, a radiance that is pleasing to his face, |
| obverse 32' | (As for) ditto, your command does not change, your destiny is supreme |
| reverse 16 | The lord who goes at his side, slanders himself at his side, |
| obverse 6' | ditto, king, beloved of Enlil, at his own command they made him enter |
| obverse 29' | en priestess and en priestess of heaven, who sets the en priestess on the dais |
| obverse 14' | (and) ditto, king, great king, whose father to the apsû had given him, |
| reverse 11 | by Ninurta, mighty man, whose statue is joyful |
| obverse 3' | In order to purify the great snakes in the lands |
| reverse 13 | the hero, like an ox, set his arms on the shoulder. |
| reverse 10 | ...... which is in front of him, there is no shame. |
| obverse 2' | The utterance of the prince, whose radiance is supreme, whose kingship is supreme in his body |
| reverse 9 | who has no rival |
| reverse 5 | the child of Umma-gala, who does not sit, eat milk. |
| obverse 13' | to Ninurta the king, his son, with a frightened face, |
| obverse 22' | (and) ditto, by means of prayer, to the king in his steadfastness |
| obverse 27' | He spoke to aru, the lord of Ninurta |
| obverse 17' | When he sits in the festival, he is rejoicing |
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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