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BM.47027 (ebl:BM.47027)
CANONICAL > Historiography > Chronicles > Chronicle; CANONICAL > Historiography > Letter, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47027 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47027 |
| Museum no. | BM.47027 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Historiography > Chronicles > Chronicle; 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) |
|---|---|
| 14' | to u-Suen, at his right side, Esagil, like |
| 9' | He did not complete his libation. He... his libation. He... his... in his body. |
| 11' | (and) Amar-Suena, his son, the great oxen, who the... of the door-jamb(?) of Esagil made whole |
| 8' | Its divine powers were not perfected, its lustration rites were... |
| 15' | -Sîn for his life Esagil like the writing of the heavens made him... |
| 3' | by his exalted command a warrior to kingship of his land wrote and to ama-egal he gave. |
| 4' | Utuegal, the fisherman... evil |
| 1' | ......... |
| 10' | Amar-Suena, his son,... the large oxen, the zagmug(?) of Esagil, did not alter |
| 6' | by ulgi, son of Ur-Namma, may he give kingship in the lands. |
| 7' | to ulgi, offspring of Ur-Nammu, king of all the lands he gave him |
| 13' | He said to him in the nippu of an ox and in the nippu of his brother: |
| 12' | He... the situn offerings of the oxen |
| 2' | to Utuegal |
| 5' | ama-egal, the ukudakku-priest, brought his hand to his city for evil, and he took away his image. |
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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