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BWL pl. 30 VAT 10151 (P404968)
Literary, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BWL pl. 30 VAT 10151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404968 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10151 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | szu-ru-up#-[pa-ak{ki}] [...] | Šuruppak |
| 2 | {disz}ut-na-pu#-[usz-te ...] | Utnapušte |
| 3 | ma-ri lu#?-[szu-ur-ka ...] | I want to bring you my son ... |
| 4 | {disz}ut-na-pu-usz#-[te ...] | Utnapušte |
| 5 | a-szer3-ti [...] | “Ašerti . |
| 6 | a-mat aq#-[bu ...] | I spoke a word . . |
| 7 | mu-u2-ra na-[gi-ga la tu-sza-am ...] | Do not abandon the nagig priestess ... |
| 8 | me-re-sza i-na har#!-[ra-ni la te-re-esz ...] | Her limbs, on the road, you cannot approach ... |
| 9 | e-qe-el-ka [i-na ... la te-...] | He will take you, in ... not ... |
| 10 | ina me-re-szi-ka x# [...] | By your comma[nd ... ...] |
| 11 | e2-ka a-na re-[bi-ti ...] | Your house to the rear ... |
| 12 | qa-ta-te la te-le#-[eq-qe ...] | You will not take the hands . . |
| 13 | u3 at-ta qa-ta#-[te la te-...] | And you, do not ... hands. |
| 14 | a-na a-me-li mu-um#-[ma la ...] | To a man ... not ... |
| 15 | a-szar s,a-al-[te ...] | where robbers ... |
| 16 | s,a-al-tu a-na x# [...] | “The robbery to ... |
| 17 | [s,a]-al#-tu x# [...] | “Seizing-of-the-mouth ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | ki-is,-ri ki#?-[...] | The kiṣri structure(?) |
| 3 | ri-i-ib ri#-[i-ib ...] | The wild bull, the wild bull ... |
| 4 | a-he-e la tu-usz-[ta-kal s,a-al-ta la ta-...] | You should not eat together, you should not [... a famine]! |
| 5 | ma-ar-ti a-me-li# [ina ...] | “If a man’s limbs in ..., |
| 6 | EN e-mu-qi la [tu-usz-...] | Lord, do not ... your strength |
| 7 | et,-la la tu-usz-[...] | Do not ... the young man |
| 8 | a-kil2 kar-s,i [...] | (Sum) The one who ... the quay(?) ... (Akk) The water of the river ... |
| 9 | i-na pa-ni la ta-[za-az ...] | Do not stand before ... |
| 10 | ki-ma sa-ar-ri [...] | Like a šarru ... |
| 11 | ki-ma ser-ri i-[...] | Like a lion ... |
| 12 | [x] x# qar-ra-di [...] | ... warrior ... |
| 13 | [x x] {d}sza2-masz i-[disz-szi-szu ...] | ... Šamaš with him |
| 14 | [a-na qar]-ra-di [...] | To the hero . . |
| 15 | [a-na] {d}[sza2-masz ...] | to Šamaš |
Sources & licences
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