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BM.54680 (ebl:BM.54680)
CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM.54680 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.54680 |
| Museum no. | BM.54680 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Proverbs |
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) |
|---|---|
| 17' | I will give to you. Festival |
| 1' | reed |
| 12' | I am the fuller of the furrows (and) furrows |
| 7' | the seven... of Utu |
| 15' | a... garment, a... garment |
| 3' | ... the field... |
| 4' | may it be a barge(?) |
| 14' | to go to the ground like a nigilim vessel |
| 10' | ...,... without ceasing |
| 5' | may he be |
| 19' | ...... |
| 9' | I am the one who does not know fire(?) and does not know fire(?) |
| 18' | ... before... |
| 13' | ... like a snare of a young man, its... was destroyed |
| 6' | may he change it |
| 16' | beer for a banquet I sat on a great throne |
| 2' | ... tree(?) |
| 11' | ... does not... the city |
| 8' | ... he shall make a rebellion(?) |
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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