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K 06494 (P396578)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs > Bilingual Proverbs, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396578 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs > Bilingual Proverbs |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 25 | ... speckled... |
| 8 | ... a woman who has not a husband |
| 3 | the people who were not insubmissive |
| 4 | water that has not been poured |
| 6 | a field that is not cultivated |
| 5 | the troops who did not have a rival |
| 26 | ... the name of allure and splendor |
| 24 | he did not let bread fall. |
| 23 | urtur-vessel... |
| 13 | he weighed out. |
| 11 | a long-lasting life, a long-lasting reign |
| 12 | who reveres the gods |
| 16 | ... the child, the ud prayer... |
| 21 | weeping |
| 27 | ... is present |
| 9 | May the lord have; may he have; may the great lord have; |
| 18 | After he has sat down in the small intestines, he will give you bread. |
| 7 | the house of the lord is not |
| 1 | The people who are not a king |
| 10 | general who carries fearsomeness and terror |
| 22 | oil of a brother and a brother for him |
| 14 | the god who makes peace and the king |
| 19 | set up a libation bowl |
| 17 | ... all this |
| 2 | sheep that is not a shepherd |
| 20' | The young man will build you, the young man will build you. |
| 15 | he will greet him. |
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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