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BWL pl. 58 1880-07-19,289 (P404889)

Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationBWL pl. 58 1880-07-19,289
IDP404889
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse col 2 8'the enemy of ama
obverse col 1 1'......
reverse 6'... did not...
obverse col 2 6'... strong thing
obverse col 1 6'... pure
obverse col 2 5'god and goddess
obverse col 1 2'... of heaven
obverse col 2 9'may it be the foundation of the surface of the earth
obverse col 2 13'The light of heaven, the heavens, the earth
obverse col 2 2'the silversmith and the silversmith
obverse col 2 1'like
obverse col 1 4'... rejoicing
obverse col 1 8'......
reverse 10'.........
obverse col 2 4'whose strength is unrivaled,
obverse col 2 15'......
obverse col 1 5'......
reverse 11'......
reverse 9'... Enlil daily
obverse col 2 3'as if it were a snare, it was a snare like the water
reverse 5'to......
obverse col 1 3'... of heaven
reverse 4'... to the house
obverse col 2 7'Who is your helper?
reverse 8'... to the house of his enterer not...
reverse 7'.........
reverse 2'to...
obverse col 2 10'I am the one who makes Utu rejoice
obverse col 2 12'May the flesh of a stranger be a stone
reverse 1'......
reverse 3'...... the day
obverse col 2 14'a strong thing
obverse col 2 11'be he who carries the strong possessions
obverse col 1 7'......

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