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BM 038507 (P563859)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038507 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563859 |
| Museum no. | BM 038507 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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) |
|---|---|
| 4' | The deeds of his mouth are sprinkling, the gods are sprinkling, the evil is sprinkling, the evil is sprinkling like a lion. |
| 10' | ... he did not hear him, he was the king of all the heavens and earth. Now the gods of heaven and earth know him, |
| 9' | The gods of heaven and earth had mercy on him |
| 6' | The god who to that city is a god, he is a god, he does not stand in heaven, he does not stand in his supplications... |
| 3' | They... like mes tree(?) |
| 7' | his kingship... the mound... shall enter |
| 8' | his king will die, his illness will be released, his illness will be released, he will recover; he will recover. |
| 11' | he poured water for you |
| 5' | ... that... was not... |
| 2' | ... the heart of all the gods, |
| 1' | ... the water(?) |
| 12' | And the way of the king of the past, which I have seen, may I bring you to her mouth. |
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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