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. 1644 · BM 97298 · Literary Letters · Unknown · 22 lines
SEAL no. 1645 · Di 525 · Literary Letters · Ur-Utu, the Chief Dirge Singer, to Annunītum · Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) · 21 lines
SEAL no. 26416 · AUAM 73.2645b · Literary Letters · to Ištar · Nippur (mod. Nuffar) (uncertain) · 12 lines
SEAL no. 1647 · Ni. 13088 · Literary Letters · Sîn-nādin-šumim to [Nabium] · Nippur (mod. Nuffar) · 39 lines
SEAL no. 1648 · U.16900 F · Literary Letters · Kuzullum to Nanna · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 44 lines
SEAL no. 1649 · BM 103768 · Literary Letters · Unknown · 19 lines
SEAL no. 1650 · L. 10934 (text a) + AO 4318 (text b) · Literary Letters · Ur-Nanše to Ninsiana · Girsu (mod. Telloh) · 21 lines
SEAL no. 1651 · Literary Letters · Unknown
SEAL no. 1652 · A. 1258 (= S. 115/a35) + S. 160 SN · Literary Letters · To Zimrīlīm · Mari (mod. Tell Ḥariri) · 115 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 27633 · CUNES 48-10-176 · Literary Letters · to the dead grandparents · Larsa area · 30 lines
SEAL no. 1646 · YBC 4578 · Literary Letters · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh) · 20 lines
SEAL no. 7454 · - · Incantations · kararatum · Emar (mod. Tell Meskene)
SEAL no. 1592 · BM 121033 (A), BM 98730 = Th. 1905-4-9, 236 (B), BM 98731 = Th. 1905-4-9, 237 (C), VAT 9596 + 12960 (D), VAT 10358 (E) · Epics · Tukulti-Ninurta · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat); Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus)
SEAL no. 7548 · VAT 13234 · Hymns and Prayers · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 7577 · VAT 13231 (Bab 36575) · Hymns and Prayers · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1739 · VAT 13236 (Bab 36576) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1774 · VAT 13357 (Bab 36579) · Wisdom Literature · dialogue · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1806 · VAT 13233 (Bab 36583) · Wisdom Literature · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1737 · VAT 13124 (Bab 36600) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1807 · VAT 13340 (Bab 36605) · Wisdom Literature · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1790 · VAT 13298 (Bab 36606) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1735 · VAT 17176 (Bab 36669, 5) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 1785 · VAT 17183 (Bab 36669,13) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1789 · VAT 17438 (Bab 36675) · Miscellaneous · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
SEAL no. 7600 · A 29976 (2N-T345) · Hymns and Prayers · Nippur (mod. Nuffar) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1732 · UM 29-16-596 · Unknown
SEAL no. 7250 · BM 122553 · Incantations · Evil (general) · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 8 lines
SEAL no. 7523 · BM 118551 // VAT 19236 // U.3263 // U.3355 // U.6965 · Hymns and Prayers · Hammurāpi · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes); Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 62 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7128 · U.17204 c · Incantations · jaundice · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 10 lines
SEAL no. 7519 · U. 7836 · Hymns and Prayers · Temple · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 18 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7524 · U.17222 · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 35 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7203 · Incantations · witchcraft · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 18 lines
SEAL no. 1762 · U.16865 (// U.17207, 60) · Wisdom Literature · Proverbs · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1763 · U.17207, 125 · Wisdom Literature · Proverbs · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · bilingual
SEAL no. 1764 · U.17207, 11 · Wisdom Literature · Proverbs · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 10 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 1522 · U. 16889 · Epics · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 51 lines
SEAL no. 1553 · U.16890 · Epics · Anum, Ea, Ištar · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 32 lines
SEAL no. 1818 · Lamentations · to Enlil? · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 7046 · U.16892D · Incantations · anger · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 24 lines
SEAL no. 1728 · U. ? · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 1816 · U.17900 A · Lamentations · over a destruction of a city. · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 18 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7504 · Hymns and Prayers · Nanāya · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 13 lines
SEAL no. 7507 · ia (for UET 6/3 579-581) · Hymns and Prayers · Nidaba and Enki · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 36 lines · bilingual
SEAL no. 7505 · Hymns and Prayers · Nanāya · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 26 lines
SEAL no. 7515 · Hymns and Prayers · Sîn · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 7531 · Hymns and Prayers · miscellaneous · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 1683 · Miscellaneous · hymn to Sîn? List of incipits of hymns to Sîn? · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 31663 · UET 7, 74 = U 7.80 (A); UET 6/3, 899 (B) · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 1684 · Miscellaneous · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar)
SEAL no. 1685 · Miscellaneous · incantation? · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · bilingual
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