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BM 038169 (P563648)
Hymn, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563648 |
| Museum no. | BM 038169 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 2' 5' | ... who dwells on the dais. |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ...... |
| obverse col 2' 5 | (Possessing) a scepter, a scepter, a scepter, a..., |
| reverse col 1' 9' | Wherever the sun is positioned, life |
| reverse col 1' 1' | The awe-inspiring radiance... |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ... his |
| obverse col 2' 6 | You take... |
| obverse col 2' 1 | The eshû-demon, the erutu-demon,...... |
| obverse col 1' 2 | ...-tu |
| reverse col 1' 10' | The apa’a (temple) has ceased there, the totality of GIR |
| obverse col 2' 7 | They... the old ones, they...... |
| obverse col 2' 3 | The uppu-demon, the tirnu-demon, the reed of the ground, |
| reverse col 1' 2' | When I saw the awe-inspiring radiance... |
| obverse col 2' 9 | The pure one, your position,..., |
| obverse col 1' 1 | ...-a/ekalu(?) |
| reverse col 1' 5' | The snare, the rain, the rain, the snare... |
| reverse col 1' 11' | Where you do not give, you will recover. |
| obverse col 2' 11 | ... An(?) |
| obverse col 2' 4 | Where terti-disease is entrusted, entrusted to the heart, |
| reverse col 1' 3' | [...]... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| reverse col 1' 6' | The head is swollen... |
| reverse col 1' 4' | (For) Ninisina, the heir of Aur, my lord |
| reverse col 1' 7' | The one who drinks beer, the one who...... |
| reverse col 2' 4' | ...... |
| obverse col 2' 2 | Your tablet, your ubn vessel |
| reverse col 1' 8' | You scream his misfortune |
| obverse col 2' 8 | Ninisina, the mighty(?) one(?) of Aur, my lord |
| obverse col 2' 10 | ... your.... |
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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