BA 05, 657-658 (P336130)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 657-658 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336130 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | The great lord, the king of the gods, Ninurta, has sent [me]: |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | S[ay] to the prince, [my] outstretched hand, to the one who has received sceptre, throne, and regnal insignia, to the governor (appointed) by my own hand: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Thus speaks Ninurta, the great lord, the son of Illil [...]: |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | I am distressed, I am wrathful, I am angry [...]. (When) I am distressed, who [......]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | (When) I am wrathful, who [......]? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | (When) I am angry in my temple, who [......]? |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Truly, [who ...] to the one who created him? Where is the oath [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | And in her blood [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | You, when ...[......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | To the son [......] |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | to ...[......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | until/as far as ...[......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The message of Ninurta [to ......] |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | Palace of Assurbanipal, [king of the world, king of Assyria], whom Nabû and Tašmetu [endowed with great wisdom], and who with a sharp eye acquired [the gems of literature]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | While [none of] the kings who preceded me [had learned that craft], with the wisdom of Nabû I wrote on tablets [all extant] cuneiform writings, checked, and collated them, [and established them] in my palace for my reference and reading. |
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 | EN GAL-u₂ LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ {d}NIN.URTA iš-pu-ra-[ni] | |
| 2 | a-na ru-be₂-e ti-ri-iṣ qa-ti-[ia] | |
| 3 | a-na ma-hir {giš}haṭ-ṭi {giš}GU.ZA u₃ [BALA] | |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃.NITA₂ ša qa-ti-ia ⸢qi₂⸣-[bi-ma] | |
| 5 | um-ma {d}NIN.URTA EN GAL-u₂ DUMU {d}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣.[LA₂-ma] | |
| 6 | uš-šu-ša₂-ku ra-aʾ-ba-ku ze-na-ku [x x x] | |
| 7 | uš-šu-ša₂-ku man-nu li-[x x x] | |
| 8 | ra-aʾ-ba-ku man-nu ⸢li⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9 | ze-na-ku a-na E₂-ia man-nu [x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-bar-ša₂ a-na ba-ni-šu [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a.a-in-na ta-mi-⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ta-tan-ni-du-ku-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | u₃ ina MUD₂-ša₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | at-ta ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | a-na DUMU [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | ša₂ ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | bar ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-di a-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ši-pir-ti {d}40.⸢urta x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | E₂.GAL {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A [MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 5' | ša {d}AG u₃ {d}taš-me-[tum PI.2 DAGAL-tum iš-ru-ku-uš] | |
| 6' | i-hu-uz-zu IGI.2 na-⸢mir⸣-[tu ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti] | |
| 7' | ša i-na LUGAL-MEŠ-ni a-lik mah-ri-ia [mam-ma šip-ru šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 8' | [la i-hu-uz-zu] ne₂-me-qi₂ {d}AG ti-kip sa-an-tak-[ki ma-la ba-aš₂-mu] | |
| 9' | ina DUB-MEŠ aš₂-ṭur as-niq ab-[re-e-ma] | |
| 10' | a-na ta-mar-ti ši-ta-as-si-ia qi₂-rib E₂.⸢GAL⸣-[ia u₂-kin] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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