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K 16471 (P402050)
CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugal-e, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 16471 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402050 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugal-e |
| 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 7 | The young man who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries and entrusted to you : |
| obverse 3 | May a man be strong like a dais |
| obverse 5 | may he set up a tibira basket for you, may he cut off the grindstone. |
| obverse 4 | May my life be as long as I live, and may my life be long! |
| obverse 6 | May he establish the foundations of the netherworld, and may he keep you in good health. |
| obverse 8 | ... the... of a person who loves justice, : |
| obverse 1 | May heaven, the mountain, be smitten by the horns, be smitten at the pure place for you. |
| obverse 2 | May your supplication be favourable for you. |
| obverse 9 | May it resound like a dead man, may it resound like a malt. |
| obverse 10 | May he kill you like a man, may he rejoice like a lion. |
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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