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MSL 05, 143 B (P289805)
Lexical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MSL 05, 143 B |
|---|---|
| ID | P289805 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | {ŋeš}⸢as₄⸣-lum {<ŠU(ašlum)>}{lum} | “Ašlum, Hand of a Man |
| 2 | {ŋeš}⸢le-u₅⸣-um le-eʾ-u | “Leader of the e’um-demons, |
| 3 | {⸢ŋeš⸣}[maš]-dara₃ maš-ṭa-⸢ru⸣ | The mašdara priestess, the mashtaḫaru priest |
| 4 | {[ŋeš}me]-dim₂ ma-ṣar-ru | a type of insect |
| 5 | {[ŋeš}šag₄]-dim₂ ma-ṣar-ru | a type of mold |
| 6 | {[ŋeš}dib]-dib {<ŠU(dibdibbu)>}{bu} | to pass, pass |
| 7 | {[ŋeš}dib]-dib mu-zib-bu | who passes by, who escapes |
| 8 | {[ŋeš}dib]-dib mu-ši-ih-hu | who passes by, who flees |
| 9 | {[ŋeš}dib]-⸢dib⸣ mu-kan-zib-tum | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 10 | {[ŋeš}dib]-⸢dib⸣ ⸢maš⸣-tak-tum | “Seizing-of-the-mouth-disease, sneezing of the nose-drain |
| 11 | [...] [maš]-tak-tum | ... maštakkum-plant |
| 12 | [...] [a]-⸢ṣar⸣-ru | ... the A'ešaru |
| 13 | [...] [...] ⸢ša₂⸣-a-⸢ri⸣ | ... the ša-ea-ērī temple |
| 1' | {⸢ŋeš}x-x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}dub-dim₂ {<⸢ŠU⸣(dubdimmu)>} [...] | A scribal art, a hand-washing ritual |
| 3' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}šu-me-gi {<⸢ŠU⸣(...)>} [...] | šumegi-plant |
| 4' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}muštaptin ⸢mul⸣-[tap-tin-nu] | The eštaptin bird, the etaptinnu bird |
| 5' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ti-bal ṣa-[ad-du] | Tibal, the ṣaddu |
| 6' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}an-ti-bal ṣa-[ad-du] | “Antibal is the ṣaddu |
| 7' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}an-ti-bal niŋin {<MIN(ṣa-ad-du)>} ⸢li⸣-[mu-ti] | “Ešu-etibal, the nibin priestess of the E-li-e-muti |
| 8' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}igi-ŋal₂ ṣa-[ad-du] | “Igi-bal, the ṣaddu |
| 9' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}igi-ŋal₂ bad₃ {<MIN(ṣa-ad-du)>} ⸢du⸣-[u₂-ru] | The E’eš-Igi-bal temple, the wall ditto, the Edu-Uru temple |
| 10' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tun₃ ⸢ta⸣-[kal-tum] | “The eštun-plant, the eta-kaltum-plant |
| 11' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tun₃ šu ta-⸢kal⸣-[ti ...] | The hand of Ta’ekal-eti |
| 12' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tun₃ šu-i {<MIN(ta-kal-ti)>} ⸢gal⸣-[la-bi] | This is the eštun temple. Its palace |
| 13' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tun₃ apin {<MIN(ta-kal-ti)>} ⸢e⸣-[pi-in-ni] | “The plowmen, the ditto, the e’e-pinni |
| 14' | {ŋeš}tun₃ a-zu {<MIN(ta-kal-ti)>} a-[si-i] | “The limbs of the physician, the ditto asî-disease |
| 15' | {ŋeš}tun₃ ŋiri₂ {<MIN(ta-kal-ti)>} pat-[ri] | “The breast of the mountain is a takaltu-disease, it is swollen. |
| 16' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tun₃ gi-dub-ba-a {<MIN(ta-kal-ti)>} qa-an ⸢ṭup⸣-[pi] | a reed basket, a ditto basket, the hand of the ēšpupi-plant |
| 17' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ba su-pi-⸢in⸣-[nu] | The šupīnu priests |
| 18' | {ŋeš}ba šu {<MIN(su-pi-in-nu)>} qa-[ti] | Hand of a Man |
| 19' | {ŋeš}ba zu₂ {<MIN(su-pi-in-nu)>} ṣur-[ri] | a tooth of a ṣurru-plant |
| 20' | {ŋeš}ba zu₂ gal-gal mu-maš-ši-[hu] | a big tooth, a large tooth |
| 21' | {ŋeš}ba sim su-pi-in ⸢si⸣-[nun-ti] | a type of juniper, ēsi-nunti plant |
| 22' | {ŋeš}ba šab na-aš₂-ra-mu | I am the one who makes the heart tremble |
| 23' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ba kur ba-⸢kur⸣-rum | he conquered the land |
| 24' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ba tur ⸢ba-tur⸣-ru | “The small ones, the small ones |
| 25' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ba⸣ kuš pa-⸢šul-tum⸣ | a leather pouch of ēšultum-plant |
| 26' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ba⸣ zu₂ {<MIN(pa-šul-tum)>} | ēšû-disease of the tooth |
| 27' | {[ŋeš}ba] sig {<MIN(pa-šul-tum)>} | low-quality emmer |
| 28' | {[ŋeš}ba] siki bu-[u₂]-⸢du⸣ | wool of būdu-e23 |
| 29' | {[ŋeš}ba] balak bu-⸢u₂-du⸣ | balak-offering of būdu-e23 |
| 30' | {[ŋeš}ba] balak pa-as₂-qu-u | “Ba balak pasqû-disease |
| 31' | {[ŋeš}ba] ⸢balak⸣ su-pi-in pi-laq-qi | “Ba, balak, šupīn, pilaqqi |
| 32' | {[ŋeš}ba balak]-balak {<MIN(su-pi-in)>} pi-laq-qa-ti | “Ba balakbalak, ditto pilaqqāti |
| 33' | [...] {<ŠU(nadimmu)>}{mu} | ... hand |
| 34' | [...] {<[ŠU](...)>}{⸢bu⸣} | ... hand |
| 35' | [...] ⸢i-ṣi na-re⸣-e | Its ... is a stela |
| 36' | [...] ⸢ma-luṭ-ṭu₂⸣ | ... emaluttu-plant |
| 37' | [...] {<MIN(ma-luṭ-ṭu₂)>} | ... sulphur |
| 38' | [...] {<MIN(ma-luṭ-ṭu₂)>} | ... sulphur |
| 39' | [...] {<MIN(ma-luṭ-ṭu₂)>} | ... sulphur |
| 40' | [...] ⸢ma⸣-kad₃-[du] | ... ekaddu plant |
| 41' | [...] ⸢pi⸣-it-[nu] | ... a reed fence |
| 42' | [...] ra-bu-[u] | ... great ... |
| 43' | [...] ṣa-ah-⸢rum⸣ | ... Šaḫ-erum |
| 44' | [...] ⸢pi⸣-it-ni qa-⸢ti⸣ | ... his ‘hand-lifting’ |
| 45' | [...] {<[MIN(pi-it-ni])>} gal-la-⸢bi⸣ | ... the great ones |
| 46' | [...] [na]-⸢as⸣-pa-[nu] | ... a našepanu |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] [...]-⸢e⸣ | ...-e’e |
| 2' | [...] [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] [...] | |
| 4' | [...] [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 1'' | {⸢ŋeš}gu-za x⸣-[...] [...] | The throne |
| 2'' | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}[mes] [...] | The throne, the mes |
| 3'' | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}mes ⸢ma₂⸣-[gan-na] [...] | The throne, the mes of the Egana |
| 4'' | {ŋeš}⸢gu⸣-za zu₂ ⸢am⸣-[si] [...] | Your throne, the teeth of the colossus |
| 5'' | {ŋeš}gu-⸢za šu-sar⸣ kid ⸢du₃⸣-[a] [...] | The throne, the šūsar, the kid of the e’eda temple |
| 6'' | {ŋeš}gu-za ninni₅ kid du₃-a [...] | The throne of Ninni, built by the child |
| 7'' | {ŋeš}gu-za KA-DU₃ kid du₃-a [...] | The throne, built in a well |
| 8'' | {ŋeš}gu-za šu-niŋin₂-⸢na⸣ [...] | The throne, his hand ... |
| 9'' | {ŋeš}ka-muš ⸢gu⸣-[za] [...] | The kamuš drum of your throne |
| 10'' | {ŋeš}umbin ⸢gu⸣-[za] [...] | The neck of your throne |
| 11'' | {ŋeš}KAB gu-za [...] | ... throne |
| 12'' | {ŋeš}bad gu-za [...] | The wall of the throne |
| 13'' | ŋeš-dal gu-za [...] | The throne-bearer |
| 14'' | {ŋeš}i-zi gu-za [...] | The izi throne |
| 15'' | {ŋeš}saŋ gu-za [...] | The throne |
| 16'' | {ŋeš}⸢erim₂⸣ gu-za [...] | The enemy ... the throne |
| 17'' | {ŋeš}ENKAR gu-za [...] | Enkar, the throne bearer |
| 18'' | {[ŋeš]}šu₂-a [...] | My hand |
| 19'' | {[ŋeš]}⸢šu₂⸣-a du₁₀-us-⸢sa⸣ [...] | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! |
| 20'' | {[ŋeš]}⸢šu₂⸣-a [...] [...] | The ešû-demon |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ {<MIN(er-šu₂)>} [...] | ... e22x e23 |
| 2' | [ŋeš-nud šag₄]-tuku₅ {<MIN(er-šu₂)>} še-⸢x-x⸣ | šagtuku-liquorice |
| 3' | [ŋeš-nud šag₄-tuku₅] ⸢siki⸣ ga-rig₂ AK-a {<MIN(er-šu₂)>} ⸢ša₂⸣ pu-⸢šik⸣-[ki] | The šagtuku-disease of the E-siki-temple, a mighty storm, (and) the e-shrine of Pu-E-sviki-e-ki |
| 4' | [ŋeš-nud] ⸢šag₄-tuku₅⸣ siki ga-rig₂ AK-a {<MIN(er-šu₂)>} ša₂ šar-⸢ti⸣ [...] | The šagtukû-priest, the one who makes the hair grow thick, the ditto of the king |
| 5' | ⸢ŋeš-nud⸣ urim₂{ki}ga-dam-ta mu-⸢x⸣-[...] | After he has laid down, he goes out from Urim |
| 6' | ŋeš-nud urim₂{ki}ga-dam-ta mu-hu-⸢x⸣-[...] | After you have laid down in Urim, |
| 7' | ŋeš-nud urim₂{ki} u₂-ri-tum | offering of Ur, urītum-festival |
| 8' | ŋeš-nud uri{ki} ak-ka-di-tum | offering of Akkad |
| 9' | ŋeš-nud ka-muš er-šu₂ ka-muš-⸢ša-kum⸣ | “Behold, the kamuš-demon is the eršakum-disease, |
| 10' | {ŋeš}saŋ an-dul ŋeš-nud ki-⸢ti⸣-tum | “It is covered with a blanket, it is laid low! |
| 11' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}saŋ ŋeš-nud {<MIN(ki-ti-tum)>} | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! Its second part is the ki’itītum-festival |
| 12' | {ŋeš}AŠ ŋeš-nud {<MIN(ki-ti-tum)>} | a female kid, a male kid, |
| 13' | {[ŋeš]}⸢bar⸣-da ⸢ŋeš⸣-[nud] [...] | After you have laid down, after you have sat down, |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢KAD₅⸣ ⸢mut⸣-[tab-ri-tum] | ...-ēšum-iqbi, “Emutabritum’ |
| 2' | [...]-ga ⸢al⸣-[la-qi₂-tum] | ... elalaqītum |
| 3' | {[ŋeš}ma₂ ma₂]-ri₂ {<ŠU(mārītu)>} | a barge with barges |
| 4' | {[ŋeš}ma₂ a]-⸢šur₄⸣ aš₂-⸢šu-ri-tum⸣ | “A boat, a boat, an equid |
| 5' | {[ŋeš}ma₂] urim₂{ki} u₂-⸢ri⸣-tum | the boat of Urim, the u’eritetum |
| 6' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ uri{ki} ak-ka-di-tu₂ | the ešma-e23 of Ur, the Akkadian |
| 7' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ dilmun{ki} til-mu-ni-tu₂ | and the boats of Dilmun finished |
| 8' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ ma₂-gan-na ma-ak-ka-ni-tu₂ | The boat of Magan was sunk. |
| 9' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ me-luh-ha me-luh-hi-tu₂ | The ešma’e23, the meluḫaḫa, and the meluhhūtu |
| 10' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ su₃-a ṭe₃-bi-tu₂ | “It is a long boat, it is an empty wind |
| 11' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ dim dug₄-ga ha-riš-tu₂ | a good ‘boat’ |
| 12' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ šag₄-ha šah-hu-tu₂ | a šagḫu-boat, a sailboat |
| 13' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ gibil eš-še-tu₂ | New boat of the rites |
| 14' | {[ŋeš]}⸢ma₂⸣ sumun la-⸢bir-tu₂⸣ | The old boat that is torn apart |
| 15' | {[ŋeš}ma₂] libir-ra {<MIN(la-bir-tu₂)>} | Old boat |
| 16' | {⸢ŋeš}ma₂⸣ šu-lal₂ ⸢lu⸣-[...] | The šulal boat, the elu-boat |
| 17' | {ŋeš}ma₂-gur-gur {<ŠU(magurgurru)>} [...] | a type of boat |
| 18' | {ŋeš}ma₂ diŋir-ra ⸢e⸣-[...] | The boat of the intertwined canal |
| 19' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢an⸣-[na] [...] | The boatman |
| 20' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢x⸣-[...] [...] | The boat(?) |
| 21' | {ŋeš}ma₂-[aš-te] [...] | The boats |
| 22' | {ŋeš}ma₂-ur₂-[nu-ub-zu] [...] | Your boat(?) |
| 23' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢gur₈⸣-[nu-ub-zu] [...] | Your “barge-of-the-barge’ |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | {ŋeš}[...] [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | {ŋeš}[...] [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | {ŋeš}[...] [...] | ... ... |
| 4' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}[...] [...] | The ešu-priestess |
| 1'' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}[ma₂]-⸢gur₈⸣ [ninnu] [...] | “Seaḫšû-boats of Ninnu |
| 2'' | {ŋeš}⸢ma₂-gur₈ nimin⸣ [...] | The barge of the ditto boat |
| 3'' | {ŋeš}⸢ma₂-gur₈⸣ ušu₃ [...] | The ešû-boat(?), the boat(?) |
| 4'' | {ŋeš}⸢ma₂-gur₈⸣ niš [...] | The e22gur8-boat(?) |
| 5'' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢gur₈⸣ udiliyaₓ(|U.5(DIŠ)|) [...] | a barge for Udiliya |
| 6'' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢gur₈⸣ u [...] | a barge and |
| 7'' | {ŋeš}ma₂-⸢gur₈⸣ ia₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | “The barge is mine, the barge |
| 8'' | {ŋeš}u₅ ma₂ hi-⸢in⸣-[nu e-lip-pi] | a boat of ḫī-e-nu-flour broke |
| 9'' | {ŋeš}ad ma₂ ud-⸢di⸣ {<[MIN(e-lip-pi])>} | a boat for the ešdi’e festival |
| 10'' | {ŋeš}ad-us₂ ma₂ ⸢šid⸣-[di {<MIN(e-lip-pi])>} | “Ad-uš, the boat of the E-svid-e-di, ditto |
| 11'' | {ŋeš}ki ⸢ma₂⸣ qaq-[qar {<MIN(e-lip-pi])>} | In E’eš, the boat of the ground, ditto |
| 12'' | {ŋeš}ur₂ ⸢ma₂⸣ [...] | The scepter of the boat ... |
| 13'' | {ŋeš}si [ma₂] [qar]-⸢ni {<MIN⸣(e-lip-pi)>} | The horn of the boat of the haruspex, ditto, |
| 14'' | {ŋeš}si-si ⸢ma₂⸣ [qar]-na-a-ti {<MIN(e-lip-pi)>} | The horns of the e22ma-e23, the warriors, ditto. |
| 15'' | {ŋeš}ti ⸢ma₂⸣ ⸢ṣe⸣-el {<MIN(e-lip-pi)>} | “It is me, it is me! It is me’s me! I am the el-priestess, |
| 16'' | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ti-ti ⸢ma₂⸣ [i]-ga-ra-te {<MIN(e-lip-pi)>} | “It is the river, it is the boat’s canal, ditto, |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | {[ŋeš]}⸢gi⸣-[muš] [...] | The emesu priestess |
| 2' | {⸢ŋeš}eškiri⸣ gi-⸢muš⸣ [...] | The reed-beds of the orchard, the garden plot |
| 3' | {ŋeš}ŋisal ⸢gi⸣-[šal-lu] | a type of reed |
| 4' | {ŋeš}ŋisal šu {<⸢MIN⸣(gi-šal-lu)>} [...] | Hand of a Ditto |
| 5' | {ŋeš}ŋisal mud {<MIN(gi-šal-lu)>} [...] | “It is the mud of the reed-bed(?) |
| 6' | {ŋeš}ŋisal anše ⸢nam⸣-[ha-ṣu] | a thorny donkey |
| 7' | {ŋeš}ŋisal limmu₂ giš-⸢x⸣ [...] | “Fourth tablet of the eš-e23 series |
| 8' | {ŋeš}kul ŋisal [...] | The kiln, the tavern |
| 9' | {ŋeš}dilim₂ ŋisal [...] | “Dilim, Ištar |
| 10' | {ŋeš}zi-gan [...] | Zigan |
| 11' | {ŋeš}dilim₂ zi-gan [...] | “Like a lion, I am able to ... |
| 12' | {ŋeš}sigₓ(UMBIN) zi-⸢gan⸣ [...] | “Babylonian ..., |
| 13' | {ŋeš}gag [...] | The scepter |
| 14' | {ŋeš}ir ⸢ir⸣-[ru] | a type of insect |
| 15' | {ŋeš}ir-ku₅ ir-⸢ku⸣-[u₂] | Irkug |
| 16' | {ŋeš}ir-dim {<MIN(ir-ku-u₂)>} | Irdim, ditto |
| 17' | {ŋeš}ir-dim mah-⸢ra-šu₂⸣ | the great birdim demon |
| 18' | {ŋeš}ir-dim tim-mu | a birdim tree |
| 19' | {ŋeš}ir-⸢rab⸣ u₂-⸢ri⸣-in-nu | Ir’erab-ēriš and Urinnu |
| 20' | {ŋeš}⸢enkar⸣ {<MIN(u₂-ri-in-nu)>} | ēšu-enkar-e23 |
| 21' | {ŋeš}gag ⸢enkar⸣ sik-kat₃ {<MIN(u₂-ri-in-nu)>} | head of ēšû-plant, wool of a female lamb, |
| 22' | {ŋeš}šibir{ši-bir} ši-bir-⸢ru⸣ | šibir, svibirru, |
| 23' | {ŋeš}gag šibir sik-kat₃ [...] | The head, the scepter, and the yoke |
| 24' | {[ŋeš]}mar nar-kab-⸢tum⸣ | The narkab priestess |
| 25' | DUB 4-KAM₂-MA EŠ₂.GAR₃ ur₅-ra hu-bul-⸢lum⸣ | Fourth tablet of (the series called) “It is a storm, it is an elum ḫulû-demon’. |
| 26' | a-na tam-ri-GABA {m}{d}aš-šur-DU₃-IBILA DUMU LUGAL GAL{u} | To Tamri-raba, Assur-ban-apli, son of the great king, |
| 27' | ša₂ E₂ US₂{ti} {m}{d}aš-šur-PAP-ŠUM₂{na} LUGAL ŠU₂ MAN {kur}aš-šur{ki} | (Property) of the House of Succession. Esarhaddon, king of the world and king Of Assyria. |
| 28' | ŠAGINA KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL {kur}šu-me-ri | Babylon, king of the land of Sumer |
| 29' | u URI{ki} {m}IBILA-a-a {lu₂}ŠAGAN.LA₂ TUR | and Akkad, Apliya, the junior cupbearer |
| 30' | ma-ar {m}GIN-i {lu₂}ṭup-šar₄ DUMU MAN iš-ṭur-ma | After Keni, the scribe, the son of the king, has released, and |
| 31' | a-na DUMU MAN EN-šu₂ ki-i su-ra-ri u₂-ma-⸢ṣi⸣ | To the son of the king, his lord, as he wishes he shall remove. |
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