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BL 131 (P398004)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398004 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| 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 | the great hero who eats the heart of Enlil |
| obverse 35 | Who surpasses the great hero, who surpasses all the rulers? |
| obverse 33 | the dais of silver of Sumer, the diviner |
| obverse 13 | the city ruler of Dr-Sibba |
| obverse 6 | great hero, lord Enbilulu |
| reverse 12' | The awe-inspiring radiance of the seed of the strewn heaven and earth. |
| obverse 29 | he will pay back the money he will pay back. |
| reverse 10' | The lord who is perfected(?) in the righteous utterance(?) of the city, your supplication/ritual/ritual/ritual/ritual |
| obverse 21 | of the Alima and the A-dabzu temple |
| obverse 14 | great hero, lord of the Ilu-rigu |
| reverse 4' | Nippur with a frog of water |
| obverse 11 | the city ruler of Babylon |
| obverse 16 | the great hero, lord of the Ematila |
| obverse 1 | Lord of the netherworld, who knows everything, who knows everything |
| reverse 6' | Babylon |
| obverse 4 | great hero, lord of Asalluhi |
| reverse 3' | In the small city |
| reverse 9' | Lord of all the lands, lord of lords, praise! |
| obverse 28 | Hero, the city that is surrounded by a lion, a lion that is not surrounded by a lion |
| obverse 2 | Lord of the earth, who knows everything, |
| reverse 7' | Enlil |
| obverse 5 | the lord of Asar-alimnuna |
| obverse 26 | He poured water into the mud wall, he poured water into it. |
| reverse 8' | Father Enlil |
| obverse 9 | the Alima and the hero Muzebbasa |
| obverse 34 | Who surpasses all the rulers, who surpasses all |
| obverse 30 | Who knows the radiance of the sage, who knows the greatness |
| obverse 17 | of the city and lord of the Etemenanki temple |
| obverse 25 | Great storm, fierce and low, approach heaven and earth |
| obverse 32 | who makes perfect the pure dais of Sumer |
| obverse 24 | (If) he is a uumgal creature, he will smite him with his kingship(?) |
| reverse 14' | The land |
| obverse 15 | the city ruler of Ezida |
| reverse 11' | When you speak to the lord of your city, you will return it. |
| obverse 7 | Alimma and the first-born son of Uru-zebba |
| obverse 22 | the great hero Asalluhi and heaven and earth, the one who makes the Asagsaga rejoice |
| obverse 27 | When the rage of the storm came out, the lands trembled. |
| reverse 13' | Like |
| reverse 5' | Nippur, city |
| obverse 10 | great hero, lord Dikuma |
| obverse 18 | great hero, lord of the Edara-ana temple |
| reverse 1' | Father Enlil, the brickwork |
| reverse 2' | who makes the barley grow high in the land |
| obverse 36 | Asalluhi, who is surpassing, who is above you? |
| obverse 12 | great hero, lord of the Esagila temple |
| obverse 23 | The utterances, the utterances, and the utterances of the young men |
| obverse 8 | the great hero, the pae priest of the Eshmah shrine |
| obverse 19 | to the city and the umargi |
| obverse 31 | extra..., unrivaled |
| obverse 3 | It is the alim priestess of Amaruk |
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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