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BM.40522 (ebl:BM.40522)

CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugal-e, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.40522
IDebl:BM.40522
Museum no.BM.40522
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugal-e

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse? col 1 23'............
obverse? col 1 16'In the midst of the mountains you have sat down
obverse? col 1 9'(If) ditto, ditto, ditto, he is sick
obverse? col 1 8'mashda stone, dubban stone
obverse? col 1 19'May he bring the ditto like a flood
obverse? col 1 4'The lord(?) stood by ditto and
obverse? col 1 21'May the ditto, as if it were a bitumen, tear you out.
obverse? col 1 10'uruttu stone, the one who does not stand by the cosmic powers
obverse? col 1 22'may he be able to smite a furious knife
obverse? col 1 5'He spoke to the dubban and urutu stone
obverse? col 1 2'(If) ditto and ditto to the palace(?) you go, may it not say
obverse? col 1 12'May the foundations of the kasurra stone, as if it had been in a wall, be piled up.
obverse? col 1 3'My king set up the mada stone
obverse? col 1 25'... huppu? of a...
obverse? col 1 15'... the unsubmissive land like a flood,
obverse? col 1 20'may he make the storm pass by like a uruttu stone
obverse? col 1 11'ditto that does not stand(?) for anything
obverse? col 1 6'(If) ditto, ditto, he strews (it)
obverse? col 1 14'Let him write to you as if it were a place of relaxation.
reverse col 4 4'... not(?)
obverse? col 1 13'(If) ditto that of his tibuu-stone is like a gru-stone, he will be seized, or he will be seized
obverse? col 1 24'bronze... like a god
obverse? col 1 18'they shall give to him carnelian, as a sheep.
obverse? col 1 7'In the presence of Ninurta, the lord, son of Enlil, I shall write
obverse? col 1 26'......
obverse? col 1 17'...... in the mountain, you stand at night.

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