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BM.34138 (ebl:BM.34138)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Love, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.34138 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.34138 |
| Museum no. | BM.34138 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Love |
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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 17' | My donkeys, RU-ma-balî, my..., my..., |
| col 2 18' | 'Let them be destroyed, let them be destroyed, let them bring goods to the quay.' |
| col 2 25' | That river is a river, the river is a river, the gate is a canal, the gate is a canal, the gate is a canal, the gate is a canal. |
| col 2 8' | (If) he is a lion, he is a lion, ditto he is a lion, ditto he is a lion. |
| col 2 29' | You are a weak one, a weak one, and a weak one ditto. |
| col 2 26' | His gate is a kangû-vessel, a scepter...... |
| col 2 4' | ........... |
| col 2 14' | The field of batqa and umtu-offering ditto; |
| col 2 5' | ... that... |
| col 2 3' | ......... clay(?) |
| col 2 27' | May the earth give birth to the one who gives birth, as much as... |
| col 2 28' | The kizzanitu stone(?), the great(?)..., the sea |
| col 2 7' | Yamutbalu, the house of the gazelles ditto, his life |
| col 2 21' | On my own side, on my own side, on my own side, on my own... |
| col 2 2' | ... flesh(?) |
| col 2 6' | uragalama, the city of Banatu, I... |
| col 2 10' | (If) he is a sage, a lamentation priest, a lamentation priest and a lamentation priest ditto: ditto; he will die. |
| col 2 19' | of the gate of the city not to be abandoned, to ruin of the city not to... |
| col 2 30' | ... lapis lazuli |
| col 2 22' | (If) he is a donkey, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, |
| col 2 13' | ... road, road... ditto. |
| col 2 12' | Yamutbalu, the house of the gazelles, |
| col 2 24' | The small ones, the small ones, the ones who do not... |
| col 2 11' | I am a lion of the city that created me. I did not cross... |
| col 2 20' | My donkey he sat down, he sat down, |
| col 2 16' | You sweep the feet of a sheepfold. You go and the harrntu of the house of... |
| col 2 23' | They shall not kill me in my land, they shall not... |
| col 2 9' | (If) he is ill, he is ill, and he is ill: ditto. |
| col 2 15' | (If) he is a fox, he is a lion, and he is a lion, ditto, he is a man who... |
Sources & licences
- 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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