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OrNS 59, 480 (P480776)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 59, 480 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480776 |
| Museum no. | BM 034970 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU ⸢MU⸣ | ... ..., |
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢SA⸣ SA ⸢SA⸣ | ... esa’e23 sa |
| 2' | ⸢EN₂ {d}EN da-pi-in bu⸣-[kur₂ {d}bi₂]-⸢in⸣-DU₆.[KU₃] | Incantation: O mighty lord, son of Bēl-ibni, |
| 3' | ma-al-ku šu-pu-u₂ na-ši SU.LIM u NI₂.⸢GAL⸣ | (This is) the šupû-demon, the one who bears the radiance of heaven and earth. |
| 4' | {d}AG da-pi-in bu-kur₂ {d}bi₂-in-DU₆.KU₃ | Nabu, mighty one, son of Induku |
| 5' | ma-al-ku šu-pu-u₂ na-ši SU.LIM u NI₂.⸢GAL⸣ | (This is) the šupû-demon, the one who bears the radiance of heaven and earth. |
| 6' | e-tel-lu šu-pu-u₂ le-ʾ-u₂ qar-du | Exalted lord, mighty one, hero |
| 7' | mu-kil mar-kas₃ lal₃-gar pa-qid DU₆.KU₃.GA | who holds the scepter of lalgar, overseer of the Dukug, |
| 8' | er-šu₂ pal-ku-u₂ ha-mi-im šu-ki-a-am | (Sum) The one who sees the eye of the god is the one who knows the hand of the deity (Akk) The unceasing one, the one of the eye, is the oath |
| 9' | a-ša₂-red {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ a-ši-⸢ir⸣ {d}a-nun-na-ki | Assyrian, Igigi, Ašī-ēriš, Anunnaki |
| 10' | ga-mir šip-ṭu u EŠ.BAR bu-⸢ru-u₂⸣ KI.UR₃.⸢RA⸣ | Complete with šiptu and decision, būru, kiurru, |
| 11' | ša₂ {d}a-num {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}IDIM še-mu-⸢u₂⸣ zi-⸢kir⸣-[šu₂] | Of Anu, Enlil and Ea, Šemū-ēriš, his name |
| 12' | {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ za-ru-šu₂ a-mat-su ma-ag-[rat] | Marduk, king of the gods, his word is exalted |
| 13' | [ša₂ ina ba]-⸢li⸣-šu₂ ⸢šim⸣-tu₄ ⸢la⸣ iš-šim-mu la in-nam-⸢din⸣ [...] | Whoever in the future, at any time, violates (the contract) will not release (them) |
| 14' | [la] SUM{nu} tak-li-⸢mu⸣ [...] | he did not give. Takli-emu-e23 ... |
| 15' | [...] ⸢NUN{ki} ra-ʾ⸣-im ⸢e₂-sag-il₂⸣ | ... the great E-NUN, Esagil |
| 16' | [... tukul]-⸢ti e₂⸣-[zi-da] | ... my support for the Ezida temple |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | RU | |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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