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Sm 0526 + Sm 0557 (P426438)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0526 + Sm 0557 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426438 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 9' | You should not bring a bull like a bull for me |
| obverse 21' | May he resound the utterances of the elders! |
| obverse 4' | ... in your heart, in your heart, and in your heart, |
| obverse 15' | You should not enter the house of beer |
| obverse 32' | You should not twist a knot, you should not twist a knot. |
| obverse 7' | When you bring various bulls to us |
| obverse 36' | You do not write down the food which is in the middle of the night. |
| obverse 12' | You should not enter into the middle of the house and in the middle of the house. |
| obverse 29' | Do not let the small singers come out for you |
| obverse 23' | You should not set up a scribal art at the place of learning |
| reverse 4 | ... |
| obverse 22' | You do not write down the words of the one who resides in the city. |
| obverse 14' | You shall not make the garments for the garments, the garments for the garments. |
| obverse 13' | You should not smite me like a smiting equid |
| obverse 18' | You do not perform the ritual in the place of extispicy. |
| obverse 5' | She examines your heart, she examines your heart. |
| obverse 19' | You should not enter into the craft of the craftsman at the place where you are. |
| obverse 11' | When you are to enter the shrine of the lullaba priest(ess) |
| obverse 27' | You should not enter into the place where it is placed, |
| reverse 5 | the god U |
| obverse 16' | May my lord not enter a new house! |
| obverse 25' | Do not let the little ones come out from the place of learning |
| obverse 30' | You should not take a path away from me, you should not take a path away from me. |
| obverse 17' | Thus may he not return the border of beer to you |
| obverse 28' | Where there is truth, you do not enter. |
| reverse 2 | In the assembly... |
| obverse 33' | The dog of the cattlepen, the evil of a bull, did not abandon it |
| reverse 3 | of Ublila |
| obverse 1' | The hero, the hero, was filled with awe. |
| obverse 6' | In your heart, in your heart, in your heart, |
| obverse 26' | You should not take a copy of this inscription in a place of confusion. |
| obverse 31' | The cattlepen, the cattlepen, and its cows are all well. |
| obverse 3' | The heart is filled, your heart is filled, your heart is filled. |
| obverse 8' | You should not enter into the sanctuaries of the king, my lord. |
| reverse 1 | the daggan priestess |
| obverse 35' | May he not return to the cattlepen that he sits. |
| obverse 2' | The qarrdu-priest of Nergal and therein |
| obverse 10' | You should not make the incantation 'go out' of the incantation 'Go out!' |
| obverse 20' | May my lord not enter the place of rejoicing. |
| obverse 24' | May my lord not stand in the place of famine. |
| obverse 34' | You do not give it to the weak one who is in a pitfall and evil of the netherworld. |
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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