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CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 (P491226)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P491226 |
| Museum no. | BM 055481 |
| 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' | [...-ma]-al#-ma-[...] | ... is there for me |
| 2' | [...] a-tir2 [...] | ... atir |
| 3' | [...] szur#-ru-uh lu-bu-usz-ti# [...] | ..., the exalted one, the lord of wisdom, ... |
| 4' | [...] mu#-na-at-ti i-du-szu2 gat-ti [...] | ... he gave birth to a child, he became a girl |
| 5' | [...]-me# ha-lip la-bisz [...] | ... we are ..., he is a slanderer ... |
| 6' | [...]-am#-ma it-ta-ziz _ugu_-[...] | ... and stood over ... |
| 7' | [...] i-ih-ha-mu-u2 _uzu#_-[...] | ... they fear ... ... |
| 8' | [...] be-el-ka [...] | ... your lord |
| 9' | [...] szum-ru-s,u [x]-qa-a-[...] | ... šumru-ṣû |
| 10' | [...]-am#-ma a#-ta-ma-a t,e#-mu-[szu2-nu] | ... and I have heard their report |
| 11' | [...] isz-pu-ru [a]-me-lu-[u2?] | ... he sent, mankind? |
| 12' | [...]-ma# ul# i-pu-la-an-ni# ma#-[am-ma] | ... he did not answer me, nobody |
| 13' | [...]-mu#-szi#-in-ni a#-na-t,al#-[...] | ... I will look at them |
| 14' | [...] szu-na-at a-na-[...] | ... is seized ... |
| 15' | [... _masz2]-ge6#_ at,!-t,u-lu mu-szi-[...] | ... the black-headed people ... |
| 16' | [...]-an ra-am-ku na-asz2 [...] | ... I am afraid ... |
| 17' | [{gesz}bi]-nu# mul-lil-lum ta-mi-[...] | “You are the one who ... the mullil-wood |
| 18' | [lal3]-ur2#-alim-ma _masz-[masz_ ...] | ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, incantation priest ... |
| 19' | [...] ub#-bu-bi-ka isz-pu#-[ra-an-ni] | ... he wrote to me about your anger. |
| 20' | [...] na-szu-u2# _ugu_-[...] | ... is responsible for ... |
| 21' | [...]-t,u# id#-[da-a] u2#-masz#-[...] | ... he gave, he ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] qe2#-e [...] | ... a hand ... |
| 3' | [... it]-tas,-ba#-[...] | ... has seized ... |
| 4' | [...-si]-na-ma [...] | ... them and ... |
| 5' | [...]-ni#-ib-t,u szu#-[...] | ...-nibṭu |
| 6' | [...] t,u#-pu-usz-ta-sza2-ma# [...] | ... her ṭupuštašama ... |
| 7' | [...] sza2# in-ni-is-ru [...] | ... who has sinned ... |
| 8' | [...] i-ret-ti sza2# [...] | ... the irretu priestess who ... |
| 9' | [...] ul#!-tap!-pi!-qu#! [...] | ... they have cut off ... |
| 10' | [...] i-szir2-ma [...] | ... he wrote and ... |
| 11' | [... sza2]-qu2#-u2 zu-un-ni-szu2 u2#-x-x-[...] | (Sum) ..., the exalted one, his body ... (Akk) He who is high, his flesh ... |
| 12' | [... kit]-mur-ti e-lisz i-szap-pa#-[ak ...] | ... he will raise a claim ... |
| 13' | [...] x u2-tam-mi-lu ha-ra-isz# [...] | ... they brought forth. Quickly ... |
| 14' | [...]-ni#-ta-szu2 za-ma-ru# [...] | ... his ..., the praise ... |
| 15' | [...] un#-s,u ut-tar-ru-u2 ki-i pi sza2 [...] | ... they are released, they are turned back like the mouth of ... |
| 16' | [...] _a-mesz_ sah-ha-szu [...] | ... water to wash him ... |
| 17' | [...] ip#-te#-nu# u2-bal#-[...] | ... opened and carried away |
| 19' | [...]-uz#-za-'-[...] at,-hu-ud# [...] | ... I rejoiced ... |
| 20' | [...] x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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