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BM.40136 (ebl:BM.40136)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40136 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40136 |
| Museum no. | BM.40136 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs |
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? col 1 18' | he smote... |
| obverse? col 1 21' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse? col 1 25' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 1' 4' | ......... |
| reverse col 1' 16' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 2' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 22' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 14' | ... of the gods |
| obverse? col 1 8' | in...... |
| obverse? col 1 12' | great |
| obverse? col 1 20' | (Possessor of) a face that is smashed(?) |
| reverse col 1' 13' | ... bread not chosen |
| reverse col 1' 7' | Its king is its name, its lord is its name. |
| obverse? col 1 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 7' | ... 30... |
| obverse? col 1 26' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 10' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 23' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 24' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 13' | to... |
| reverse col 1' 10' | he will devastate... the boat not |
| reverse col 1' 11' | he brought out... |
| reverse col 1' 15' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse? col 1 17' | ... is |
| obverse? col 1 11' | ......... |
| reverse col 1' 9' | ... surpassing |
| reverse col 1' 8' | Its ere priestess is not good, it is its name. |
| obverse? col 1 4' | in |
| obverse? col 1 5' | in |
| obverse? col 1 6' | in |
| reverse col 1' 6' | city of Ubim, |
| obverse? col 1 15' | ... is |
| obverse? col 1 3' | to |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 9' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 12' | bread made with oil, no salt... |
| obverse? col 1 16' | ... may it be my house |
| reverse col 1' 14' | cut of meat, no meat |
| obverse? col 1 19' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 2' | ... enters |
| reverse col 1' 5' | ...... |
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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