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BWL pl. 66 BM 038486 (P404903)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BWL pl. 66 BM 038486 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404903 |
| Museum no. | BM 038486 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ erin₂-bi-še₃ [...] | ... its troops |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ gi-me-a-aš-e-ne re-du-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | ... their reeds, the shepherds |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x x-a⸣-ni sud si sa₂ sud ak-lu šar-⸢ru⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... his ... (Akk) His ... ..., he ... the ... of the king |
| 5' | [...] ha-an TAG lu₂ še-še-ga da-a-a-nu [...] | ... may he not touch(?) ... the one who is angry, the judge |
| 6' | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ igi na-an-duh-du qar-ra-du ša₂ ⸢la⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... looks at him with fear, he is a hero, the heart of the ela temple (Akk) The hero who looks at you with fear |
| 7' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-re mu-e-ak-ak e-še i-x-bi a-⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) The eše temple ... (Akk) The E-e-e temple .... |
| 8' | ⸢ur⸣-[saŋ] ⸢kalag⸣-ga a-ŋi₆-a gaba gi₄-gi₄-a qar-ra-du-u₂ ⸢dan⸣-[...] | The ur-esa-plant, the kalag-e3 plant, the watercourse that is to be reopened, the warriors the e-dan-e3. |
| 9' | ⸢usu⸣-tuku {d}ŋeš-bar-ra al-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ u ⸢be⸣-el e-⸢mu⸣-[qi₂ ...] | (Sum) I am the one who is enraged by the power of Enlil (Akk) The one who has awe at Enki is frightened by Enki and Enki |
| 10' | ⸢ne⸣ [x] ⸢me₃⸣-a ur-saŋ-⸢e-ne⸣ an-nu-u₂ ⸢ta-ha-x⸣ [...] | “Heroes, this is the taha temple |
| 11' | ⸢ne⸣ [x] ⸢me₃⸣-a lu₂-zah₂-e-ne an-nu-u₂ ⸢ta-ha-x⸣ [...] | “These are the exorcists, this is the taha-plant |
| 12' | šu-[...]-⸢du₃-du₃⸣ ka-bi inim bal-bal-e ina qa-[ti]-⸢šu₂⸣ ul ip-⸢pu-uš⸣ [...] | (Sum) The mouth of the one who is to speak a word is not to be uttered in the qatīšû ritual (Akk) (The mouth of) a person who speaks an incantation does not utter a command |
| 13' | a [...] ⸢in⸣-ga-hul₂ ni₂-te-na ⸢ina x-nu mu-uh⸣-hi [...] | ... rejoices over me, in his own skin ... |
| 14' | ⸢ga⸣-[nam] ⸢in⸣-dug₄ ud ⸢DI zalag₂⸣-e-de₃ tu-⸢ša⸣ lu-ra-mi-[...] | In order to brighten the day, in order to shine brightly, I want to ... for you |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ tuku-bi mi-⸢in⸣-de a-na ma-⸢ti⸣-[ma ...] | ... ... who has a temple, I will go to the temple and |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-nam ur-ra-šu ki-i ⸢ša⸣-[...] | ... his dog like a ... |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣-nam ma-⸢ti⸣-ma ki-i ⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) I am the ... of the land, like ... |
| 18' | [...] u₂-⸢šam⸣-ši-ma mu-u₂-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | ... he will release him, and his name ... |
| 19' | [...] [...] ⸢x x⸣-na-šu₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... his ... ... |
| 20' | [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣ e-še ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | ... the house ... |
| 3' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ me-a ru-⸢ru-gu₂⸣ ra-aṭ mu-sa-re-e ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... where is the rugû-demon, the beloved of the mūrātu-priestess? |
| 4' | A ⸢x x x⸣ LI x NIŊ₂ ⸢x x⸣-[...] ⸢x⸣-ZA e-mi ni-is-sa-[...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the ... temple ... |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢bal-bal⸣-[...] iš-tu i-te-nu-u₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 6' | niŋ₂ ⸢diš⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ su sa-a ⸢nam-x-x⸣-[...] ši-ri u da-mu ni-⸢x⸣-[...] | “It is me, it is me! It is me’s me, the ... is my body, the Enam-... my body and my blood |
| 7' | umuš diŋir-⸢ra nu⸣-zu a-ra₂ diŋir-ra ⸢nu⸣-IGI-⸢x-x⸣ ṭe₄-em DINGIR ul il-lam-mad [...] | (Sum) The one who does not know the way to the dividing line(?) (Akk) You do not know how to the intertwining line(?), the way (to the) dividing lines The word of the god does not come near |
| 8' | ⸢niŋ₂-nam⸣ diŋir-ra pad₃-⸢da⸣ nu-⸢x⸣-dab₅-[...] mim-mu DINGIR a-na a-[...] | “If he slips in through a hole, he will not ... anything of the god to ... |
| 9' | ⸢lu₂⸣ ul₄-bi gu₃ de₂-a SAR-bi ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢gi₄-gi₄⸣ ša₂ ar-hi-iš is-su-[u₂ ...] | (Sum) The elû-priestess, whose voice is shouting(?) ... (Akk) Its young man whose cry is sung(?) |
| 10' | arad ⸢nu⸣-gin₆-na ⸢i-bi₂⸣-za ⸢x⸣-e [...] ⸢x x⸣ [ar]-⸢du⸣ la ki-nu I.⸢BI₂⸣.[ZA ...] | The servant of Enugina, Ibbi-eza, ..., Ar-e-du-e, untruthful one, |
| 11' | aš₂ ⸢bal⸣ dag-gi₄-a-ke₄ ⸢lugal-a-ni⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [ar]-⸢rat⸣ ba-ab-⸢x⸣ [...] | The one of the balaŋ drum, the šangû drum, his king ... the arutu drum |
| 12' | ⸢geme₂⸣ igi-bi ⸢tum₃⸣-ma nin-⸢a-ni di-di⸣ am-tu₄ ša₂ pa-nu-[...] | (Sum) The female slave, the one who sees (me) (Akk) The woman, the eye of the slave, his mistress (is) a wandering wanderer |
| 13' | su lugal-a-ni hur-⸢ra⸣-ab e-el be-⸢li₂⸣-[...] | His king's body is a mountain, he is the lord |
| 14' | dumu lugal-a-ni di-bi-ri ba-an-us₂ DUMU.ME be-⸢li₂⸣-[...] | son of his master, Ibiri, he established. The sons of Beli-e-[...] |
| 15' | ⸢igi⸣ hul-a-še₃ zah₂-a-e-de₃ lu-⸢mu⸣-[...] | In order to destroy the ešeŋa temple, in order to demolish it, I want to ... |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣-e sag₁₀-ga hul-bi ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the good ..., its evil ... |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x su nu⸣-dug₃-ga-ke₄ ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... the ešû-plant, the one that does not smell good |
| 18' | [...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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- 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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