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BM.55500 (ebl:BM.55500)
Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.55500 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.55500 |
| Museum no. | BM.55500 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
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 col 3' 5 | for one day... |
| obverse col 3' 7 | the temple-enterer of Ninlil and |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... his shrine |
| obverse col 2' 13 | ... eats him |
| obverse col 2' 11 | ... Nabu, who eats oxen |
| obverse col 2' 7 | ... his ritual: 1 reed of Nabu |
| reverse col 2' 12' | ...... of the 1 1/2 liters (of barley for) the temple enterer |
| reverse col 2' 13' | ...... his food... |
| reverse col 2' 11' | 1 ginû-vessel of Nabu and ama of the property |
| reverse col 2' 7' | ... eats him |
| reverse col 1' 8' | That which he did for the life of Bl, for one day |
| reverse col 1' 5' | 1 ginû-vessel of Ninurta of the courtyard |
| reverse col 1' 6' | On the day one kiu-vessel of 1 qû of barley to... |
| obverse col 2' 4 | ... one... upon |
| obverse col 3' 10 | his hands... dates |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ... the height of a man... 12 qû |
| obverse col 2' 1 | ... of Esagil, 6... |
| reverse col 2' 4' | ... Lammu |
| obverse col 3' 11 | ... bread |
| reverse col 1' 3' | Its weight: 2 qû for the son of Adad-ibni. |
| top 1 | ... the king will write and he will see the king. |
| obverse col 2' 8 | ... for one day |
| reverse col 1' 10' | son of Damqa, 1 ginû, 1 ginû |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ... Ea |
| reverse col 2' 9' | 1+et of his body, of the Ninurta, the street of the temple-enterer |
| reverse col 1' 4' | ...... before ama |
| obverse col 2' 3 | ...... |
| obverse col 3' 8 | 1 ginû-vessel of Belet-Babili |
| obverse col 2' 12 | ... of the netherworld |
| obverse col 3' 15 | ... are placed, ditto... |
| obverse col 3' 3 | and the god |
| reverse col 1' 12' | of 1 qû the temple-enterer of |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ... ditto: he will die. |
| obverse col 3' 4 | 1 reed bed of Nin- |
| obverse col 3' 12 | of... for the day |
| obverse col 2' 6 | ... to Nunur, the a pi guard |
| obverse col 3' 6 | dates, one ur2 tree |
| reverse col 1' 11' | of Sin he will not give to you in a single day. |
| reverse col 1' 7' | son of ur-Ahi, 1 ginû, 1 ginû |
| reverse col 2' 6' | ... Gula and Lammu |
| reverse col 2' 10' | who ditto eats him |
| obverse col 2' 10 | ... on the 4th day |
| obverse col 3' 14 | ...... you... to... |
| obverse col 2' 5 | ... 1+et 1 ax |
| reverse col 2' 8' | 1 ginû-vessel of Iara for day |
| obverse col 2' 2 | ... you put... |
| reverse col 2' 5' | ... 1+et day |
| reverse col 1' 2' | The priest..., the priest... |
| reverse col 1' 9' | of 1 qû of the kurunn-priests Ana-Bl |
| obverse col 3' 13 | ... of bread and dates |
| obverse col 3' 9 | The ugarrû-priest on the 6th... |
| top 2 | ... will not be seen. |
| obverse col 2' 9 | ... 2 qû dates |
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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