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BM.59953 (ebl:BM.59953)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.59953 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.59953 |
| Museum no. | BM.59953 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4 | In my house they have become visible and they do not make the black and all day long. |
| reverse 11 | ... ama, judge |
| obverse 12' | which with me were angry and a sign... placed me. |
| reverse 10 | ... Blum |
| obverse 14' | ... black/black...... the evil/doer(?) |
| obverse 4' | ... wisdom... |
| reverse 5 | The great gods stand in my lawsuit and |
| reverse 16 | ... it is not visible behind it... |
| reverse 1 | ... may they reconcile with me. |
| obverse 9' | You are the great gods, the judge of heaven and underworld. |
| obverse 3' | ... on the left... |
| reverse 8 | May he take me away from your good deeds and praise your divinity. |
| reverse 7 | Ea, ama, and Marduk have sworn an evil word |
| reverse 14 | ... his |
| obverse 5' | ..., you are the one who decrees fates |
| obverse 7' | The captive....., the one who revives(?) the sick, |
| obverse 2' | ... in front of the ritual assemblage in... |
| reverse 2 | On this bird's throne that I have set, |
| obverse 1' | ... I... |
| obverse 6' | Who listens to prayers... |
| obverse 10' | He stood..., and he... a good.... |
| reverse 12 | ..., sage of the gods, Marduk |
| reverse 3 | I am afraid, I am afraid, and I am afraid. |
| reverse 6 | Do not abandon this evil bird and do not kill me. |
| obverse 11' | At your command, angry goddess, |
| obverse 8' | ...... life with... that one |
| reverse 9 | and my witnesses in the street... |
| reverse 15 | ... a bird rises and... enters and |
| obverse 13' | ... black... that I have written |
| obverse 15' | By your good deeds, the great gods, the diviner... |
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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