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BM.45478 (ebl:BM.45478)
CANONICAL > Historiography > Letter, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.45478 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.45478 |
| Museum no. | BM.45478 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Historiography > Letter |
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 4 | Thus Damiq-iliu the king established, and |
| top 12' | In his midst Nabû, the lord who... the king |
| obverse 1 | by Apil-Suena the king at the gate of theijir gate(?) spoke to him |
| top 17' | May the abode of your great divinity, and your land, all of it, be established in your hands for all time, for all time! |
| reverse 4' | In order to kill the sin of ulgi |
| obverse 3 | When Damiq-iliu the king spoke to Iin |
| reverse 2' | to u-Suen, at his right side, the Esaggil temple, like..., its design is perfect |
| obverse 5 | ...... |
| top 14' | ... he carried away. A person who his god gave to him the kingship of his land |
| top 11' | his heir, exalted lord, great lord, Marduk, king of the gods, lord of the princes |
| reverse 6' | ... door...... |
| top 16' | In order to dwell in peaceful residences, in order to prolong your days, in order to... from your hand |
| reverse 3' | -Sîn, for his life in the Esagil, like a writing board of the heavens he made him enter. |
| top 10' | his exalted heir, the great lord Asalluhi, king of the gods... |
| reverse 9' | no god or goddess had created against his father. |
| reverse 1' | You speak to him in the nippu of an ox and in the nippu of his anger. |
| top 13' | May Nabû, who is now king, be praised! |
| reverse 7' | May a previous king who marches before you hear your heart’s desire. May azu rule |
| top 15' | to Smû-l-il, the king, the tiri(?), his hand which Anu named, he gave as kingship of his land. |
| obverse 2 | To Apil-Sîn(?) the king(?) bab-il speak(?) |
| reverse 5' | a curse which Shulgi had done against him, Ibbi-Sîn his son abandoned him and |
| reverse 8' | his father, Ea, in heaven and earth, he built for him. |
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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