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BM 042300 + BM 042614 + BM 042908 + frag. (P470022)
Commentary, Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 042300 + BM 042614 + BM 042908 + frag. |
|---|---|
| ID | P470022 |
| Museum no. | BM 042300 + BM 042614 + BM 042908 + frag. |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
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 24' | May the goddess Blti in the heart of Uruk as long as she lives |
| reverse 8' | (Saying) “Sagku, the aiu-demon,... not Nabu,...,...,... with him |
| reverse 10' | The lamma protective deity has taken away (from it) (and) the gazelle (is) the atu-disease(?) of the ul-ahtu-demon(?), the work of the land, the mouth of the litu-demon |
| obverse 2' | (As for) the second woman, the eatum priestess of |
| obverse 18' | like a aknu-juniper...... Babylon... |
| reverse 17' | of the scepter of the place Dibana' has stood, for eternity the place Dibana'... |
| obverse 28' | ... my lady |
| obverse 13' | ... of heaven and earth, |
| obverse 22' | ... your... like a.... of............... |
| obverse 8' | (As for) the amtum priests who... the people who... as many as... |
| reverse 21' | The slander of Itar... the evil (deeds) |
| reverse 11' | to... the name of Uruk eternally to his king he returned. The name of Dubum |
| obverse 25' | ... to the city of my lady... |
| obverse 6' | He... and did not have a claim against them, nor did he... a claim |
| reverse 19' | The king is guilty... to the witnesses. Refrain. ditto. |
| obverse 21' | ... in kingship, who with a great... |
| obverse 4' | The kiln(?)... awe-inspiring radiance... their... |
| reverse 16' | and those who are not great, their names have been seized(?) |
| obverse 16' | Aru,... the great gods |
| obverse 15' | Exalted one of, |
| reverse 23' | I am a strong one, I am a weak one, and I am a weak one, |
| obverse 12' | to the women, the akintu, the kurgarrtu, to |
| obverse 3' | The aluzinnu-priestess whose rites no one |
| obverse 26' | ... he was very afraid...... |
| reverse 2' | ... and Igug... |
| obverse 1' | The... of Uruk, without rival, who does not protect |
| obverse 7' | a solitary cella... like a snare of a snare... |
| reverse 12' | The year (in which) ama (means) “the year (in which) ama (means) “the year (in which) ama (means) “the year (in which) ama (means)” |
| reverse 14' | I was able to smite (them) and when the lady... the bow that he smote |
| reverse 5' | .................. |
| obverse 11' | The lion of the lands, who is a itpu... |
| reverse 22' | 'May his supplication... with a sinnishtu-demon, fear and... |
| reverse 7' | The deities Sîn and Blet-il, who from the beginning... and the prince(?) |
| reverse 18' | ............. |
| obverse 29' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | ... which cannot be changed... |
| obverse 17' | they were seized, her body... |
| reverse 20' | Our lord is not like ama, fault of the palace, king of his land. |
| obverse 24' | ... in the uqumu... he destroyed |
| obverse 19' | .... that cannot be altered,... the earth. |
| obverse 27' | ... he has seen... |
| reverse 25' | This is not the work of Uruk... |
| reverse 9' | The god Sîn, the praiseworthy one, gives to me as a gift. |
| obverse 20' | ... Bl, who does not slander, |
| reverse 6' | .................................................. Ea... |
| obverse 14' | [...] you see [...] |
| obverse 9' | ... he gave the image of a young man...... I seized... |
| reverse 13' | The one who is seized, the one who... and the one who the goddess Itar, the lords, the guard... the wall |
| reverse 15' | The... of the Ekalkur, the... of the temple, the... of the temple, the... of the black-headed ones, they have done for me. |
| obverse 5' | The sahhû-demon, a strong, strong one,... all of the lands |
| reverse 4' | ... the Ezida temple |
| obverse 23' | ... I did not let go. The Urukean(?) |
| obverse 10' | The incantation priest who does not... his assinnu-priestess does not... |
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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