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BM 134790 (P423309)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 134790 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423309 |
| Museum no. | BM 134790 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4' | (If) they have sinned against (them), they have sinned against (them) and have seen (them). |
| reverse 8' | In those days I established a great cult center in Nineveh. |
| obverse 10 | ... behind(?) |
| reverse 7' | For my life, the guardian of my life, without ceasing, I built (and) completed my royal throne. |
| obverse 3 | The eyes.... |
| obverse 16 | ......... |
| reverse 11' | Be present in your Eukka temple, place in your presence a firm positive answer, and accept my prayer. |
| obverse 4 | king... An(?) |
| reverse 6' | I wrote the word of Nabû, (and) deposited my clay cone, as much as there is, in our tablets. |
| reverse 10' | The hand of a smiting lion in your house, a guardian of my land, whatever this work |
| obverse 9 | ... at noon... |
| obverse 7 | ...... like(?) |
| reverse 5' | Whoever among the magnates who came before me does not pay attention to this work. |
| obverse 8 | ... Nabû |
| reverse 3' | (If) his seed is red and he sees an incantation. |
| reverse 2' | ... shrine... |
| obverse 1 | ... great... |
| obverse 2 | .... |
| obverse 14 | ... fodder of heaven(?) |
| reverse 9' | That work, Nabû, with pleasure and kingship, wherever I am asking you |
| obverse 13 | ... of heaven(?) |
| obverse 18 | ... and(?) |
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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