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K 08291 (P397571)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08291 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397571 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? 20' | ...... may his word be heard. |
| reverse? 17' | ... cannot be altered. |
| reverse? 9' | ... Adad will devastate. |
| reverse? 2' | ..... |
| obverse? 9' | ... great lord(?) |
| obverse? 19' | ..... whose word cannot be changed, |
| reverse? 10' | ... the wall was erected. |
| obverse? 24' | ... who seized my troops. |
| reverse? 7' | ... will fall into my army. |
| obverse? 14' | ... Adad will devastate. |
| obverse? 4' | ... the foundation of the kingship of the sons of his palace. |
| obverse? 3' | ... will kill him |
| reverse? 11' | ... the chief... |
| reverse? 13' | ... who is purified... in the palace: there will be a god in the land. |
| obverse? 25' | ... hand of his god, I do not go out. |
| obverse? 16' | ... built a scepter |
| reverse? 16' | ... you recite... in his heart. |
| obverse? 13' | ... he will make... rejoice. |
| obverse? 6' | ... the king killed the city. |
| obverse? 23' | ... into a weapon you slew. The army |
| obverse? 5' | may they kill him with their seals |
| reverse? 21' | ..., son of Gilgame, strong king of the great mountains. |
| obverse? 11' | ... he will die |
| obverse? 15' | ... built a scepter(?) |
| reverse? 19' | ... of the palace, prince will come to an end. |
| reverse? 12' | (If)... does not reach(?)..., he will go and go |
| reverse? 3' | ... you recite. |
| reverse? 8' | ... will not subdue, it will fall into enemy forces. |
| reverse? 20' | ... there will be strong... in the land |
| reverse? 5' | .......... lord of all lands, lord of... |
| obverse? 21' | ... weapon one way with lord |
| obverse? 22' | ... weapon one way with lord |
| obverse? 7' | ... they go |
| reverse? 22' | ... they will cut off. |
| obverse? 10' | ... a man will die |
| reverse? 4' | ... he conquered(?) the... of his eritau |
| obverse? 12' | ... he enters the open country. |
| reverse? 23' | ... he will complete the palace of the prince. |
| reverse? 18' | ...... the land of the king of the troops |
| obverse? 8' | ...-tu |
| obverse? 26' | ... the ground... |
| obverse? 18' | ... 2/3?... |
| reverse? 15' | ...... |
| reverse? 6' | ... the general will seize the illness. |
| reverse? 14' | ... there will be strong floods in the land. |
| obverse? 17' | ... does not have... |
| obverse? 2' | ... br? |
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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