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BM.43161 (ebl:BM.43161)

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

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DesignationBM.43161
IDebl:BM.43161
Museum no.BM.43161
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 8'One who is a hero
obverse 6'Your arm does not smite, the head does not smite
reverse 2'... life
obverse 1'(If) ditto, the lord, as much as ditto
obverse 2'ebony of mesu-stone, may it be removed from it.
obverse 5'... like a heavy cloud you set up...
obverse 3'... who in my battle...
reverse 1'... they are for...
obverse 4'as if it had been a flood, you did indeed build it.
obverse 7'You shall not take it away, you shall not take it away.

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