1,009 early Akkadian literary texts in transliteration, with translation and commentary. Hover or tap any word in a text to see its lemma and meaning.
SEAL no. 7579 · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 7581 · VAT 7445 // 579/t · Hymns and Prayers · Gods of the Night · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 7534 · Bo 547+ · Hymns and Prayers · Trilingual Hymn to Adad · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 7406 · Bo 1284 · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 34065 · Ki 1902-05-10, 26 · Lyrics · Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus)
SEAL no. 1658 · TM.75/77.G.161 · Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh)
SEAL no. 7021 · TM.75.G.2303 · Incantations · Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh)
SEAL no. 1622 · A 7478 · Love Literature · dialogue · Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) (uncertain); Nippur (mod. Nuffar) (uncertain) · 143 lines
SEAL no. 1638 · Love Literature · Nippur (mod. Nuffar) (uncertain) · 31 lines
SEAL no. 26583 · LB 1002 · Incantations · Misc. · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh) (uncertain)
SEAL no. 1633 · VAT 14039 · Hymns and Prayers; Love Literature · prayer to Shalmanesser I; Ištar and Dumuzi · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat) · 20 lines
SEAL no. 7412 · VAT 10420 · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 7413 · VAT 10420 · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 7414 · VAT 10420 · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 7415 · VAT 10420 · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 1591 · VAT 9940 · Epics · Epic of Tiglatpilesers Muṣru/Qumanu campaign · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 7383 · K 430/I · Incantations · bīt rimki · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat) · bilingual
SEAL no. 34082 · A 152 (Photo K 212a) · Lyrics · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat)
SEAL no. 1801 · RS 25.130; RS 23.034 + 23.363 + 23.494 + 23.721 + 23.721B; RS 25.424; Msk 74127ac + 74128x + 74136b + 74132t + 74137m + 74153 + 74344; Msk 74159j · Wisdom Literature · Sumerian/Akkadian · Emar (mod. Tell Meskene); Ugarit (mod. Ras Shamrah) · 183 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7541 · Erm. 6516 · Hymns and Prayers · Gula · Unknown · 4 lines
SEAL no. 7575 · Unknown
SEAL no. 1585 · VAT 9306 (KAR 13 = Van Dijk 1983 h); VAT 9710 (KAR 14 = Van Dijk 1983 d1); VAT 10565 (KAR 17 = Van Dijk 1983 q); BM 122625 + 122651 + 123380 (= Van Dijk 1983 pl. 64ff. n1); VAT 10628 (KAR 363); VAT 10643a-c + VAT 10959 (KAR 370a-c + KAR 251); BM 121117 (u · Epics · Sumerian/Akkadian Lugal-e, manuscripts h, q, d1, and n1 · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat); Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1659 · TA 1931 0729 · Miscellaneous · Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
SEAL no. 1660 · TA 1932 0009 · Miscellaneous · Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
SEAL no. 7040 · TA 1932 0015 · Incantations · ? · Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) (uncertain)
SEAL no. 1661 · TA 1933 0002 · Miscellaneous · Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
SEAL no. 1662 · TA 1933 0015 · Miscellaneous · Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
SEAL no. 7026 · Kish 1930, 143+175 h · Incantations; Love Literature · love · Kiš (mod. Tell el-Uhaymir) · 38 lines
SEAL no. 7280 · BM 120022 // RS 25.420 + RS 25.440 + RS 25.445 + RS 25.447 + RS 25.456A + RS 25.459C · Incantations · Lamaštu · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes) (uncertain); Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) (uncertain) · 50 lines
SEAL no. 27073 · CBS 15217 · Nippur (mod. Nuffar) · 14 lines
SEAL no. 1540 · A 1252 + M. 8696 · Epics · Mari (mod. Tell Ḥariri) · 40 lines
SEAL no. 1542 · MAH 10829 · Unknown · 38 lines
SEAL no. 1817 · L 74225 · Lamentations · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh)
SEAL no. 1587 · 1202/z · Epics · Cuthaean Legend · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 1588 · 316/a · Epics · Cuthaean Legend · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
SEAL no. 7525 · UM 29-13-688 (text A); St. Étienne 149+150 (text B) · Hymns and Prayers · Sargon · Unknown; Nippur (mod. Nuffar) · 77 lines
SEAL no. 7041 · Incantations · miscellaneous · Susa (mod. Shush)
SEAL no. 1832 · Sb 19319 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 15 lines
SEAL no. 1833 · Sb 21854 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 5 lines
SEAL no. 1834 · Sb 21855 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 11 lines
SEAL no. 1835 · Sb 19320 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 8 lines
SEAL no. 1837 · Sb 21856 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 4 lines
SEAL no. 1838 · Sb 21857 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 5 lines
SEAL no. 1839 · D 259 · Funerary Texts · Susa (mod. Shush) · 5 lines
SEAL no. 7576 · Susa (mod. Shush)
SEAL no. 1617 · VAT 17347 (Bab. 40294) · Love Literature · Abi-ešuḫ: to Nanaja and Muati · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes) · 43 lines
SEAL no. 1820 · VAT 17107 · Lamentations · Unknown · 46 lines
SEAL no. 26901 · MLC 1362 (YMP BC 001360) · Love Literature · Unknown
SEAL no. 39359 · MNB 1848 · Rituals · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 26178 · MS 2243/1 · Unknown · bilingual
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