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BM.40821 (ebl:BM.40821)
ARCHIVAL > Administrative; CANONICAL > Historiography, Persian · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40821 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40821 |
| Museum no. | BM.40821 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Persian · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | ARCHIVAL > Administrative; CANONICAL > Historiography |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8' | ... the king, my lord, a good name, not a good name. |
| bottom 15' | ..., tree of Marduk-a-iddina, governor of Tattannu |
| obverse 2 | ... in the Apalû canal in the presence of Enlil...... |
| obverse 5 | ... the Furrow of the Great God of Nippur. |
| reverse 5' | ... he will make his... shine like a well. |
| reverse 2' | ... of the heavens,... of the face... |
| obverse 7 | ... this................. |
| obverse 4 | The Scales, the image of Marduk, and Nu'ea, entered inside it. |
| obverse 11 | ...... his eyes in...... |
| obverse 1 | ...... the year that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year does not... |
| reverse 9' | ... your..., the water of the sea, the king's gate, water of Nur'ea,..., the shepherd |
| obverse 9 | ... came... of the house of the weaver |
| reverse 6' | ... his..., as follows: “Who is in his presence, how is he in his presence?” |
| obverse 3 | The great..., in the presence of Ninurta, the smiter of the water, he brought out the scepter to the fate(?) |
| obverse 10 | ... his hero(?)...... |
| reverse 3' | ...... of a boat... the king(?) |
| reverse 12' | ... he (Ningirsu) knows... of my god, he (Ningirsu) knows no(?) king |
| reverse 7' | ...... Muranu has seized(?) and Muranu like he heard, but the rear(?) does not... |
| reverse 11' | ... entered the house of the temple-enterers. The flesh of........................ |
| obverse 8 | ... does not go, the priests do not go |
| reverse 10' | ... sanaggish provider of UBti, An,..., Muranu,... the land(?) of the land(?) |
| reverse 14' | he will speak. The field Murnu, the gate... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 6 | ................................... I will place. |
| reverse 4' | ... great... in a................ |
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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