CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 008 (P479341)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479341 |
| Museum no. | BM 045528 + BM 046614 + BM 047173 + BM 047190 + BM 047197 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] x [...] | |
| 5 | [...]-u2#-[...] | ... ... |
| 6 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 7 | [...]-na#-ma# | ... to her |
| 8 | [...] szi#-i-mu | ... fate |
| 9 | [...]-szu2#-un# | ... their |
| 10 | [...]-iz-zak#-ru# | ... he smote |
| 11 | [...]-szi#-hu# | ...-šihu |
| 12 | [...] at#-ru# | … atru |
| 13 | [...] _mu#-an-na#-mesz#_ | ... years |
| 14 | [...] ab-be2-e#-szu | ... his fathers |
| 15 | [...]-masz#-szi-il#-ma | ...-maššil, and |
| 16 | [...] nu#-dim2#-mud | ... did not build |
| 17 | [...]-ma# | ... and |
| 18' | [...]-ih# | ...-ih |
| 19' | [...]-ni# | ... his |
| 20' | [...]-i#-sza# | ...-iša |
| 21' | [...]-me#-sza# | ... her |
| 22' | [...]-szi | ... her |
| 23' | [...]-szi-sza3# | ... ... her |
| 24' | [...]-usz-hal-laq-ma | ... destroyed, and |
| 25' | [...] t,a#-bi-isz | ... is sweet |
| 26' | [...]-ma#-al-lik | ...-mallik |
| 27' | [...] x [...]-um#-mi-szu | ... his ... |
| 28' | [...] x [...] e#-szi-tum | ... ešitum |
| 29' | [...] lu#-u# s,al#-la-at | ... may ... be black. |
| 30' | [...]-ru pa#-nu-szu | ... his face |
| 31' | [...] _dingir#-mesz_ ma#-re#-e#-szu# | ... of the gods, his audience gift |
| 32' | [...]-szad-[...] | ...-šad- |
| 33' | [...]-asz-saq# sza#-[...] | ... he heaped up |
| 34' | mim-mu-u2 ik-pu-du pu-uh-ru-usz-szun# | all that he had accomplished, their reward |
| 35' | [...]-nu# [...] | ...-nu ... |
| 36' | [...]-ul-[...] | ...-ul-... |
| 37' | [...] sza#-qu#-[...] | ... high |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-qi2#-qu# [...] | ...-qiqu ... |
| 2' | [...]-tum# i#-t,ib# [...] | ... he will recover. |
| 3' | [...]-ad#-di#-na [...] | ... gave to me |
| 4' | [pah]-ru-nim#-ma _dingir_ qi2#-rib#-szu#-un# | They approached me, and the gods in their midst |
| 5' | [...]-zu# a-na _dingir-mesz_ ba-ni#-szu-un | ... to the gods who created them |
| 6' | [...]-du#-usz ti-amat ti-bu-ni | ... Tiamat he built. |
| 7' | [...]-pu mu-sza u im-mu | ... night and day |
| 8' | [...]-ra# na-zar-bu-bu la-ab-bi# | ... is a narbubu-demon |
| 9' | [...]-ma# i-ban-nu-u2 s,u-la-a#-ti# | … and they swore an oath. |
| 10' | [...] pa#-ti#-qat# ka#-la#-mu# | ... is the guardian of all |
| 11' | [...] _musz#-husz#_-szu2# | ... his mushhush |
| 12' | [...]-ta#-'i#-i | ...-ta'î |
| 13' | [...]-ma-al-li# | ... is present |
| 14' | [...] u2#-sal-bisz#-ma# | ... he smote her |
| 15' | [...]-tasz#-szi-il# | ... he has raised |
| 16' | [...]-mi#-im# | It is ...-mim |
| 17' | [...]-rat#-su#-un# | ... their ... |
| 18' | [...]-mu# | ...-mu |
| 19' | [...]-lu# | ...-lu |
| 20' | [...]-ka# | ... your |
| 21' | [...]-qu#-u2# e-nu-tu2 | “...-qû, the dead, |
| 22 | [...]-x isz#-ti-ma | ... together |
| 23' | [...]-ni#-x-ha | ...-ni-x-ha |
| 24' | [...]-sza-ru# lisz#-rab-bi-ib | ... may ... enlarge. |
| 25' | [...]-tum pi#-ti-iq-sza# | … is her release. |
| 26' | [...] | |
| 27' | [...] | |
| 28' | [...] | |
| 29' | [...] | |
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