ABRT 2, 19 (P334932)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 2, 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334932 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... pr]aises you, lady [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] who [...] does [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... w]eeps, does not [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] there is [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] a woman [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [...]... she knelt, with her [hands ope]ned (in prayer) before Adad [her br]other. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | "What do you want from me, (my) sister, what should they give [you?] Let them give you fat oxen, fat sheep!" |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | "I do not eat fat oxen, fat sheep. Let them give to me the attractiveness of maidens, the handsomeness of young men!" |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Place in my hands the inexhaustible craft of medicine! |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | May the phlegm keep on falling on the ground like a flash of fire across the heavens! |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 15'b.e. 15'–b.e. 17'17' | She massages its chest with oil. She puts her finger into its mouth, and it will cough out the phlegm. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Incantation. In Belet-ili's own temple, in Ninegal's own cattle pen, pregnant ones [are preg]nant, those in labour are in labour. [Whoever is ab]le to, cries, unable to .... |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | His [e]xorcism [is ...], who [...] the bone |
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' | [x x]-⸢na⸣-ad-⸢ki⸣ {mi₂}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]-⸢ni⸣ ša₂ [x x] ta-nak-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]-ba-ki la [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x i]-ba-aš₂-ši a-⸢na⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ SAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ka-an-ṣa ki-⸢in⸣-[ṣa-ša₂] | |
| 7' | pa-[ta-ni up-na]-ša₂ ina pu-ut {d}IM ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ša₂] | |
| 8' | mi-nu te-riš-⸢in⸣-ni NIN mi-nu li-di-nu-[nik-ki] | |
| 9' | li-di-nu-ni-ki GUD-MEŠ ŠE-MEŠ UDU-MEŠ ma-ru-u-⸢te⸣ | |
| 10' | ul KU₂ GUD-MEŠ ŠE-MEŠ UDU-MEŠ ma-ru-u-te | |
| 11' | li-din-u-ni a.a-ši zi-mu ša KI.SIKIL-MEŠ ba-nu-tu₂ ša GURUŠ-MEŠ | |
| 12' | {lu₂}A.ZU-u-tu₂ ša la i-ga-ma-ru ina ŠU.2-ia šu-kun | |
| 13' | ni-ṣu ki-ma nab-li TA@v pu-ut AN-e | |
| 14' | li-ta-na-qu-ta ina kaq-qa-ri | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | {⸢uzu⸣}GABA-su ina I₃-MEŠ tu-ma-aš₂-ša₂-aʾ | |
| 16' | {⸢uzu⸣}ŠU.SI-ša₂ ina pi-i-šu₂ tu-še-rab | |
| 17' | ni-ṣu i-kar-ra-ar₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ ina E₂-ša₂ ša {d}be-lit—DINGIR-MEŠ ina TUR₃-ša₂ ša {d}NIN.E₂.GAL | |
| 2 | [e-ri]-a a-ri-a-te i-hi-la ha-a.a-la-te | |
| 3 | [ša i]-⸢la⸣-u-ni i-ba-ki la i-⸢la⸣-ʾi qa-la-tu₂ | |
| 4 | [x a]-ši-pu-⸢su⸣ man-nu [x x] {uzu}GIR₃.PAD.DU | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ba-a-te | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ga⸣-a-te | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] niš | |
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