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BM 046399 (P550450)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 046399 |
|---|---|
| ID | P550450 |
| Museum no. | BM 046399 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 14' | May I be sated in your presence, joyfully and with you. |
| reverse 4' | ... the owner of the treaty and... |
| obverse 12' | the word that I speak, or the lands |
| reverse 7' | ... sweet reed in oil |
| obverse 17' | May the gods of the world bless you. |
| obverse 11' | Let me send you a message and a message |
| obverse 10' | In my presence, may it be accepted. |
| reverse 3' | Ea and Damkina may... |
| obverse 16' | May Enlil rejoice over you, may Enki rejoice over you |
| obverse 3' | Wherever they are to be brought, let me achieve it. |
| reverse 9' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| obverse 6' | May he say good things about me and your position. |
| obverse 2' | By your righteous command, may I live, may I be well, and may I praise your divinity. |
| obverse 5' | Be present in my heart, place in my heart a favorable word |
| obverse 9' | the god who provides for me, |
| reverse 2' | ...... may he... |
| reverse 6' | Its ritual: In his house he will raise his hand. You set up a censer of juniper |
| reverse 11' | For Enlil-ibni- |
| reverse 5' | Wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Marduk. |
| reverse 10' | Tablet of elamka-x |
| obverse 8' | May Itar stand at my left. |
| obverse 13' | May Marduk, the great lord, live and dwell |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | Establish truth and in my lips! |
| obverse 7' | May my (personal) god stand at my right side. |
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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