szu-ila-Gebete, 1978, no. 39 (P240249)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | szu-ila-Gebete, 1978, no. 39 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240249 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Loretz, Oswald & Mayer, Walter · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . . ] lest sin [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . . l]ife [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] by the god[s] to go about tasks [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | For a man to be[ar] the hand of the gods. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | As for me, your servant, sin [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The boundary of the god [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Which from the days of my childhood [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Hear and in [your] heart [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Forgive my sin, [. . . my] punishme[nt] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Illuminate my confusion, [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [. . .] the guilt of my father, [my] grand[father . . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] the guilt of my mother, [my] grand[mother . . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [. . .] my big [sister . . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Its ritual: [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | You set out. Twelve loaves of emmer [. . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . .] mersu-cakes (made of) honey, ghee, [. . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | You libate first-rate beer. The seed of sikillu-plant [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | You grind. You throw (it) into the oil in front of [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | You recite this recitation three times, and [. . .] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢ma gul⸣-[lul-tu₂ ...] | |
| 2' | [... ba]-⸢la⸣-ṭa ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] i-tab-bu-lu ina DINGIR-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢ŠU ša₂⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ana LU₂ ⸢ba⸣-[ba-lu] | |
| 5' | ⸢IR₃⸣-ka ana-ku še-et-tu [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-tu-u₂ ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢ša₂⸣ iš-tu u₄-me ṣu₂-hur-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | ⸢ši⸣-me₂-e-ma ina lib₃-bi-[ka ...] | |
| 9' | ⸢an⸣-ni pu-ṭur-ma ⸢šer₃⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 10' | ⸢e⸣-ša₂-ti-ia₂ nu-um-⸢mer⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | an-na a-bi-ia₂ a-[bi a-bi-ia₂ ...] | |
| 12' | an-na AMA-ia AMA [AMA-ia ...] | |
| 13' | [NIN]-⸢ia⸣ GAL{ti} [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | DU₃.DU₃.BI ⸢NI⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | GAR{an} 1(u) 2(diš) ⸢NINDA⸣ AŠ₂.AN.NA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | NINDA I₃.DE₂.AM₃ LAL₃ I₃.NUN.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | KAŠ.SAG BAL{qi₂} NUMUN {u₂}⸢SIKIL⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢SUD₂⸣ ana ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ ŠUB{di} ana IGI [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢ŠID⸣{tu₂} an-ni-ti 3(diš)-šu₂ ŠID-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
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