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MC 25, 449 (P556436)
Hymn, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 25, 449 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556436 |
| Museum no. | BM 032655 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Hymn |
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 col 2' 5' | ... a great fate I will determine for you. : In a day and in a dark day I will do... |
| obverse col 2' 12' | May your name be as great as the king! |
| reverse col 1 2' | ... his |
| obverse col 1' 10' | ...... |
| reverse col 1 1' | ...-nir |
| obverse col 1' 5' | ... 30 |
| obverse col 1' 6' | ... the lord |
| obverse col 2' 8' | (If) he does not pay attention to the life of his mouth, he does not pay attention to me. |
| reverse col 1 4' | ... his |
| obverse col 2' 3' | May you be my helper! |
| obverse col 2' 6' | The king should not turn back to his mouth. |
| bottom 19' | of the chief eumu priest |
| obverse col 1' 8' | ...... |
| bottom 18' | (If) the Moon reaches its normal length: (the sign) which is on the tablet of his stone. |
| obverse col 1' 4' | ... are bright. |
| obverse col 1' 11' | ... 3 |
| obverse col 1' 7' | ... 30 |
| obverse col 1' 9' | ... 3 |
| obverse col 2' 9' | May your supplication and my supplication be known! |
| obverse col 2' 4' | May you be my battle. |
| obverse col 2' 13' | No one should do any work, no one should do it for him. |
| obverse col 2' 10' | May it be pure like the heavens. |
| obverse col 2' 11' | 'May my life be long, may it be good, may it be good. |
| obverse col 2' 1' | ... the great gods... |
| obverse col 2' 17' | May his enemy speak, and may he set out for him |
| obverse col 2' 14' | The king and the governor will not fear you. |
| obverse col 2' 16' | The king and the governor who are angry with you will approach you. |
| obverse col 2' 7' | May all the temple-enterers say good things about you |
| obverse col 2' 2' | May the chief of the storehouse be your name! |
| obverse col 1' 3' | ...... |
| obverse col 2' 15' | May the fate of the fates be established for future days. |
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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