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BM.38554.B (P556356)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs > Bilingual Proverbs, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38554.B |
|---|---|
| ID | P556356 |
| Museum no. | BM.38554.B |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; 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 5' | his beer he poured, and his wine he poured |
| obverse 6' | the sea of all of it |
| obverse 19' | he will replace the bricks of the Andabgigi. |
| obverse 11' | the fox, his wife, Annabbe and the elu-flour, to his wife spoke. |
| obverse 16' | We will lay the foundations on our feet. |
| obverse 15' | in Kulaba like a leather bag |
| obverse 12' | the storehouse of Uruk he built. |
| obverse 23' | a wicked thing in the city |
| obverse 9' | his beer he poured, and his wine he poured. |
| obverse 22' | I want to go to the house where you are going. |
| obverse 20' | reed basket |
| obverse 21' | reed basket |
| obverse 7' | my beer rations |
| obverse 24' | he has set up a reed bed for him |
| obverse 18' | in the city a lion and a wolf |
| obverse 14' | to slaughter, eat oil |
| obverse 10' | at my beer he poured a libation bowl for me. |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 13' | like a garden |
| obverse 4' | fox of the sea, |
| obverse 17' | to the city, 1 ninda is not brought in; |
| obverse 8' | to the bank of the Tigris and to the bank of the Idiglat canal |
Sources & licences
- 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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