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MC 24, no. 29 (P556329)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 29 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556329 |
| Museum no. | BM 035496 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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 9 | ... may he return to its place and the Esagil temple. |
| reverse 5 | The... of the king of the gods (and) Marduk stand (with them). |
| obverse 3' | ... his deeds... |
| reverse 6 | ...... they are stricken. They are stricken with bitterness. |
| obverse 4' | ... of all the cultic rites... |
| obverse 10' | ... he rejoiced, the great lady he plundered, the water over Babylon and Esagil |
| reverse 7 | ...... he heaped up for the people, and all of them to the king, our lord. |
| obverse 6' | .................................... |
| obverse 8' | ...... great... is built. Its ritual: you are not the one who provides. |
| obverse 9' | I destroyed Babylon and Esagil with a weapon. |
| reverse 13 | ...... |
| reverse 1 | uturnah-ua(?), the king of the land Elam, rejoiced over the city, he carried off a large booty. |
| obverse 11' | he set up... his hands with his hands. |
| obverse 2' | ............ |
| obverse 12' | ...... in Ningal gave her, the scribal art and the child with weapons |
| obverse 13' | ...... he cut off Tudhulua, son ofgaz-lilza(?) |
| reverse 10 | May your? heart be established. Let the king, my lord, ask... |
| obverse 15' | he set up... his son with his hands on his hands. |
| obverse 7' | ...... lord of lords, Amurru, in the foundation of his heart |
| obverse 5' | ... before(?) the gods, the exalted one |
| reverse 2 | water poured over Babylon and Esagil. |
| reverse 12 | ...... sin does not... |
| reverse 3 | Kudur-naua, his son, has smashed his heart with iron sword and his heart. |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 16' | ... his... in front of this house |
| obverse 14' | ... he rejoiced, the totality of the people he plundered. Water upon Babylon and Esagil |
| reverse 8 | ... the heart of the gods, merciful one, Marduk, |
| reverse 11 | ...... his evil, his heart, the gods... |
| reverse 4 | ... his enemy took, and he screamed: "Let the evil kings, my lords, die!" |
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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