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BM.41501 (ebl:BM.41501)
CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Cuthaean Legend, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.41501 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.41501 |
| Museum no. | BM.41501 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Cuthaean Legend |
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) |
|---|---|
| 11' | Father Urbara is a lion, he is a lion. |
| 4' | Alsi, son of the haruspex, appointed |
| 1' | ... if they are dead, the edû-demons are evil omens by the work of Enlil |
| 6' | I ask you, great gods, Itar of Ilaba, Zababa and Anunitu |
| 5' | 7 oxen in front of 7 lambs. |
| 8' | The praise of the great gods was not given to my city and my city. |
| 2' | The shepherd brought their report to me, and |
| 10' | Father Urmah, he smote a lion |
| 9' | ... I said as follows: "For my heart, may I be well; |
| 3' | I sinned against the oath. I destroyed the oath and killed it. |
| 7' | ulat, ani, ama, the warrior |
| 12' | Let me go as a son of habbatu, in my heart's desire |
| 13' | And let me take the god's word to me. |
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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