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Thompson Gilg. pl. 59 (P394866)
CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Thompson Gilg. pl. 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394866 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 1' | ...... to... |
| col 2' 8' | ... their...s |
| col 2' 6' | a female kurunnu of the city Kankanaa he rejoiced over her. |
| col 2' 9' | like a bull my master has seized, |
| col 2' 20' | ... the city of Nippur, the hands |
| col 2' 23' | ...... he sent to Borsippa |
| col 2' 10' | like a teeming eagle, they become frightened and the sanctuaries |
| col 2' 22' | ...... I gave my... |
| col 2' 3' | ... his...s and went down to the water. |
| col 2' 13' | the edu of Uruk, the street |
| col 2' 21' | ... of the Atman(?) of my supplications. Babylon, my aditia temple |
| col 2' 11' | the gods of Uruk |
| col 2' 16' | The awe-inspiring radiance, |
| col 2' 24' | ......... |
| col 2' 5' | ........ and he smote you, he smote you, |
| col 2' 4' | The boatman has shaved off his boat in the river |
| col 2' 17' | Itar will not set his head towards his enemy. |
| col 2' 2' | ... he made his goods shine. |
| col 2' 14' | he returned to the yoke and he was seized in the snare. |
| col 2' 18' | Enlil opened his mouth to speak, |
| col 2' 19' | To Itar the kingship he speaks words: |
| col 2' 26' | ...... Sin, your father |
| col 2' 7' | her husbands, the female slaves |
| col 2' 15' | 3 years: Uruk is not the enemy. |
| col 2' 25' | ...... the great gods |
| col 2' 12' | They have returned, and they have sinned against each other. |
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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