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CT 17, pl. 19-24, K 5141+ (P395904)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 19-24, K 5141+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P395904 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 21' | the water of the incantation over him |
| reverse 8' | ... he has turned... |
| obverse 17' | from the Aguziga temple |
| obverse 3' | ... : like that which in the oil... |
| reverse 14' | the namru of NUN |
| reverse 23' | the black-headed |
| obverse 22' | .......... |
| obverse 28' | ...... who brought her to his place, may they not return to his place. |
| reverse 9' | ... : ginna |
| obverse 14' | to Utu’s Eanna temple enters |
| reverse 11' | To the aid ofmud-dage, to the Azida shrine, to the Azida shrine |
| reverse 2' | he shall remove it |
| obverse 7' | ... with his life,... |
| obverse 29' | Be sworn by heaven! Be sworn by earth! |
| reverse 30' | ... and... |
| reverse 6' | ... may he be exalted. |
| reverse 7' | he will spend the day there |
| reverse 15' | the aglutu priestess |
| reverse 5' | may he establish as a pledge. |
| reverse 25' | to appoint |
| obverse 1' | ... : he who is like |
| obverse 16' | he smashed the ukuti-gila plant |
| reverse 22' | ... water of the messenger. |
| obverse 35' | ... a rejoicing rejoicing... like a rejoicing rejoicing... |
| obverse 13' | ukuti-gila plant |
| reverse 28' | by Damgalnuna |
| reverse 13' | seven times seven |
| obverse 30' | Incantation: Like a mountain range that has no rival |
| reverse 31' | ... a man |
| reverse 27' | by the command of Enki |
| reverse 24' | ... the one who cleanses the ground like... |
| obverse 5' | When you look at the strewn reeds of the hamban, he sees everything. |
| obverse 19' | from his standing place |
| obverse 31' | The one who strikes the ground like a mountain does not bring it to sleep. |
| obverse 10' | who establishes its end, |
| obverse 4' | as if it were a donkey with a horned tail |
| obverse 24' | gu-lu-tu-ra |
| obverse 33' | He has shaved the ground like a wild cow, he has shaved the ground like a sheep. |
| obverse 15' | like ama to his house |
| reverse 16' | of the Gulutu |
| obverse 6' | He eats it with his own hands |
| reverse 18' | he binds its arms. |
| obverse 23' | of the black-headed |
| obverse 18' | In the morning,... |
| reverse 19' | his limbs... |
| reverse 20' | the... of his bed |
| obverse 12' | to look at Asalluhi |
| reverse 26' | ... like water... |
| obverse 20' | ribu-disease |
| reverse 12' | May the sins, the radiance, be released... |
| obverse 27' | as if it were a king/a... who was like a prince(?) at its place |
| obverse 34' | As if (it were) a uru-priestess, he... for him. |
| reverse 17' | of the ziggurrat |
| obverse 21' | the brick of a female kid that has not mated |
| reverse 10' | ... he fashioned. |
| obverse 8' | Like a saggig drum, a heavy rainstorm, no one knows its way. |
| obverse 36' | ... its sadnu-vessel... |
| obverse 11' | He has sworn by the name of Arkassu.... |
| reverse 29' | by Asallalimnuna, the first-born son of Abzu |
| obverse 9' | ... which like a flood was heavy, his journey did not know. |
| obverse 32' | Like a black-headed person, he approached a man |
| reverse 1' | may he not let go of it. |
| reverse 4' | ... they are torn out. |
| reverse 3' | he determines. |
| obverse 2' | ... : like that of his heart |
| obverse 37' | ..... whose limbs are swollen... |
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- 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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