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BM 038281 (P563717)
Hymn, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038281 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563717 |
| Museum no. | BM 038281 |
| 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 18' | ... diu-disease......... |
| reverse 9' | Enlil entered the Ekur |
| reverse 6' | ...... Ekur... |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| obverse 15' | ...... good...... |
| obverse 19' | ............ kingship... |
| obverse 13' | ............ |
| reverse 7' | ... he saw his... and... greatly... |
| reverse 14' | ... Enlil to your presence |
| obverse 22' | ... he did not do... |
| obverse 21' | ......... |
| obverse 12' | ... the utterance of women and their flesh... |
| obverse 14' | ... evil/dead... |
| reverse 13' | ... great... to the Ekur... |
| reverse 12' | ... you should not speak......., you should not return to your feet. |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 11' | ... you... |
| reverse 16' | ... to Ninlil |
| obverse 23' | ......... |
| obverse 20' | ... he will guard... not... |
| obverse 3' | ... or there is... |
| obverse 4' | ... or there is a bad... |
| reverse 3' | ... from the command of the Apsu... |
| reverse 15' | ... the king should give me... |
| reverse 10' | ... Enlil to Ninlil |
| reverse 5' | ... the gate of the Ekur temple... your face |
| obverse 10' | ... truth... |
| obverse 16' | .................. |
| obverse 17' | ............... |
| obverse 9' | ... is low,... is low(?) |
| obverse 8' | ... or there is... |
| reverse 11' | ... great... entered your presence. |
| obverse 24' | ......... |
| obverse 7' | ... or there is |
| obverse 6' | ... or there is... |
| reverse 17' | ... who... |
| reverse 4' | ... upon him(?)... like ama |
| obverse 5' | ... or there is good... |
| reverse 8' | ... like a good....... |
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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