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BM 036397 (P563009)
Royal Inscription, Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563009 |
| Museum no. | BM 036397 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
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 7' | Its gilgilgil drum(?) is a snare, it is a snare, it is a snare, it is a tongue, it is a snare |
| reverse 1' | In order to overturn the territory of Sumer and Akkad, in order to overturn the territory, in order to destroy the territory |
| reverse 2' | 'Let me be sated with the akkadû-demon! Ditto! Say to them a kuttimmu-demon! Say to them: |
| reverse 14' | like a bull for a ugin priestess I did not give it to anyone. |
| obverse 8' | Ihiltu, a letter, a message, a message,... |
| obverse 2' | You recite the incantation 'Attartu, supplication, supplication, and supplication'. You recite the incantation '... that does not have...'. |
| obverse 21' | ... the one who sees the stele, the one who slanders, the one who slanders my name, like my name, the one who slanders, |
| obverse 3' | I am the one who..., I am the one who..., I am the one who... the shrines, I am the one who... the shrines, I am the one who... the shrines, I am the one who... the shrines, I am the one who... the shrines |
| obverse 5' | The palace, the..., the..., the..., the..., the..., the..., |
| obverse 14' | I prayed to you, and I prayed to you, and I prayed to you, and I prayed to you, and I prayed to you. |
| obverse 26' | ...... Samsammu/memi... irnamgala, irnamgina, irnamgina, their crafty vessels... you take away. |
| obverse 17' | the emgi priestess of the tongue of Ur and Akkad : The emgi priestess of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue of the tongue |
| reverse 17' | If you do not pay attention to the place of the hero(?) : he does not pay attention to it : he does not pay attention to it : he does not pay attention to it. |
| reverse 5' | When you look at the field and look at the field, you say: "It is good, its labor is good, its labor is good, its labor is good." |
| reverse 11' | What should I say to you about me? |
| obverse 19' | 'Let them be brought in, let them be brought in, let them be brought in, let them be brought in, let them be brought in.' |
| obverse 20' | In order to... the songs of the musicianship, the songs of the greatness, to be heard, to be heard, |
| reverse 15' | he will not... the barley as he deems best. |
| obverse 18' | The tongue is not spoken. The tongue is a musukkannu-tree. The tongue is a musukkannu-tree. The tongue is a musukkannu-tree. The tongue is a musukkannu-tree. |
| reverse 23' | to En-name |
| reverse 12' | What does he do? What does he do? What does he do? |
| obverse 4' | I... this is why... |
| reverse 25' | as far as the land |
| obverse 24' | ... his supplications... faithfully.... and you... your...... you take away. |
| reverse 6' | 'For the sake of the igi-demon, the igibû-demon, the igibû-demon, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, as long as it is done, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, the ritual assemblage, |
| obverse 13' | The tongue of Ur, the one who looked at the heavens, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth. |
| obverse 12' | Beloved of the scribal art, who knows the scribal art, who knows the utterances of Sumer, |
| obverse 10' | You recite the incantation.....,...,..., |
| obverse 15' | ................................. |
| reverse 3' | Inimdudu..., the oxherd tongue, the oxherd tongue, the oxherd tongue, the oxherd tongue, the oxherd's tongue, who knows how to speak, |
| reverse 21' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 25' | ......, irnamgala, irnamgina, irnamgina, irnamgina,... faithfully(?) to determine(?) the foundation(?) of the destroyed plot, |
| reverse 16' | You will not be able to smite..., you will not be able to smite with you, you will not be able to smite with you. |
| reverse 7' | ...,...,..., and a harhar instrument, a harhar instrument, a musukkannu instrument, and a musukkannu instrument, are to be set up for him |
| reverse 24' | as long as... |
| reverse 4' | "May the word which is written in the womb, ditto; may he be sated; ditto; may he be sated; may he be sated; may he be sated; may he be sated. |
| obverse 9' | In the akisara temple, in the distant future, as far as..., he will know |
| reverse 13' | The one who constantly seeks out well-being, who constantly seeks out well-being : |
| reverse 8' | .............................. |
| obverse 11' | Your great scribe who listens to prayers and supplications of Sumer and Akkad does not agree |
| obverse 22' | ... faithfully set up..., Uka,..., faithfully knows |
| reverse 22' | oxen horns, calf |
| obverse 1' | ... the end of a plot, the totality of its middle..., whose horns do not have, their horns..., |
| reverse 9' | The mouth of my master has not possessed a scepter : I did not hear my master's word in my heart. |
| obverse 27' | ... of pureness |
| obverse 6' | (If) ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, he is sick... |
| reverse 10' | You do not speak : you do not speak a great thing to me. |
| reverse 18' | ... upon you : he is bitter in his heart |
| obverse 16' | You recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to recite the incantation 'I want to invoke the incantation priest'. |
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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