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MC 24, no. 293 (P556351)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs > Bilingual Proverbs, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 293 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556351 |
| Museum no. | BM 038274 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs > Bilingual Proverbs |
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 1' | ...... |
| reverse 13' | Let me bring water to you |
| obverse 4' | do not do |
| reverse 7' | exalted lord |
| reverse 9' | ... and the seal of your seal |
| obverse 2' | ... and |
| obverse 11' | do not do |
| obverse 12' | from the... of the dru-festival |
| obverse 15' | ...... |
| obverse 8' | ... in your heart |
| obverse 5' | ... fear |
| reverse 5' | who with a friend... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | the totality of your hand |
| obverse 6' | ... does not satisfy you |
| reverse 14' | ... he... and... |
| obverse 3' | ...-la... |
| reverse 12' | ... he smote and |
| reverse 4' | reed basket |
| reverse 6' | let him take in hand the captives |
| obverse 9' | do not neglect |
| obverse 13' | do not take |
| reverse 10' | let him take and... |
| obverse 7' | you do not make a decision |
| reverse 3' | ... as long as he lives |
| obverse 10' | ... evil |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 14' | ... a threshing floor with a threshing floor |
| reverse 11' | in the midst of... |
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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