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MC 24, no. 280 (P401737)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Fables, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 280 |
|---|---|
| ID | P401737 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Fables |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 2' | ...... |
| 7' | The mighty one, the one who strikes enemies with lightning, the one who strikes enemies with lightning: |
| 5' | The hand of a man was sounded as follows: "The door of Anzaninu |
| 8' | By the command of Itar, who gives life, |
| 1' | ... the assembly(?) |
| 6' | May Ishrum be well; may I be well. |
| 10' | in the clay and tin he will measure out. |
| 4' | When he entered the house, |
| 9' | ... he sat in the gate of lawsuit. |
| 3' | At the opening of the door of the mayor he opened it. |
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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