ZA 024, 169 + (P337163)
Prophecy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 024, 169 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P337163 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prophecy |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa09 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [O prote]ge of Mullissu, [...] of the Lady of Arbela! |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [They] are the strongest among the gods; they [lov]e and keep sending their love [to] Assurbanipal, the creation of their hands. [They g]ive him heart for the sake of his life: |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88–o 1515 | I roam the desert desiring your [lif]e. I cross over rivers and oceans, I traverse mountains and mountain chains, I cross over all rivers. Droughts and showers consume me and affect my beautiful figure. I am worn out, my body is exhausted for your sake. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616–o 1919 | I have ordained life for you in the assembly of all the gods. My arms are strong, they shall not forsake you before the gods. My shoulders are alert, they will keep carrying you. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | I keep demanding life for you with my lips; [...] your life; you shall increase life. |
| Obverse [21:25] o 2222–o 2525 | [O favourite of] Nabû, may your lips rejoice! [I keep spe]aking good words about you [in the assembly of] all [the gods]; I roam the desert [desiri]ng [your life]. |
| Obverse [25:28] o 2626–o 2828 | [In woe I will r]ise and slau[ghter] your enemy; [your ...] will [...] and retur[n] to his country. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | May Mullissu and the Lady of Arbela keep Assurbanipal, the creation of their hands, alive for ever! |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | By the mouth of the woman Dunnaša-amur [of Arbe]la. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Nis[an] 18, eponymy of Bel-šadû'a, governor of Tyre (650). |
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 | [ki-din]-nu ša₂ {d}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ | |
| 2 | [(x) x x] ša\p {d}GAŠAN—{uru}⸢arba⸣-il₃ | |
| 3 | [ši-na]-⸢ma⸣ ina DINGIR.DINGIR dan-na | |
| 4 | [i-ra]-⸢ʾa⸣-a-ma u AG₂-ši-na | |
| 5 | [a-na] {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ba-an—A DU₃-ut ŠU.2-ši-na | |
| 6 | [il]-⸢ta⸣-nap-pa-ra ša₂ TI\t.LA-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [u₂-ša₂]-⸢aš₂⸣-ka-na-šu ŠA₃-bu | |
| 8 | [ba-la]-ṭa-ka er-ša₂-a-ku-ma a-rap\d-pu-da EDIN | |
| 9 | [e]-⸢ta⸣-nab-bir ID₂\t-MEŠ\p u tam-tim-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ⸢e-ta⸣-na-at-ti\t-iq KUR-MEŠ\p-e hur-sa-a-ni | |
| 11 | e-⸢ta⸣-nab-bir ID₂\t-MEŠ\p ka-li-ši-na | |
| 12 | e-⸢ta⸣-nak-kal-a-ni ia-a-ši | |
| 13 | ṣe-⸢ta⸣-a-te sa-rab\d-a-te | |
| 14 | il-ta-nap-pa-ta\d ba-nu-u₂ la-a-ni | |
| 15 | an-ha-⸢ku⸣-ma ša₂-ad-da-lu-pu-ka la-a-ni-ia | |
| 16 | ina UKKIN DINGIR-MEŠ\p ka-la-me aq\t-ṭi-bi ba-la-ṭa-ka | |
| 17 | dan-na rit-ta-a.a la u₂-ram-ma-ka ina IGI DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 18 | nag-ga-la-pa-a.a har-ru-ud-da | |
| 19 | it-ta-na-aš₂-ša₂-a-ka a-na ka-a-ša₂ | |
| 20 | ⸢ina NUNDUN⸣-MEŠ-⸢te⸣-ia e-ta-nar-riš TI\t.LA-ka | |
| 21 | [x x x x x] TI\t.LA-ka TI\t.LA tu-ša₂-tar | |
| 22 | [x x x x x] {⸢d⸣}AG\t li-ih-da-a NUNDUN-MEŠ-ka | |
| 23 | [ina UKKIN DINGIR-MEŠ] ka-la-a-me | |
| 24 | [aq-ṭa-nab]-bi dam-qa\t-a-te-ka | |
| 25 | [TI.LA-ka er-ša₂]-ku-ma a-rap-pu-da ⸢EDIN⸣ | |
| 26 | [ina ŠA₃ u₈-a a]-⸢ta⸣-bi a.a-ab-ka a-ṭa-[ba-ah] | |
| 27 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma a-na KUR-šu₂ i-tu-[ra] | |
| 28 | [x x x x x x x]-u-ni a-ša₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] {d}[NIN].⸢LIL₂⸣ u {⸢d⸣}GAŠAN—arba-il₃{ki} | |
| 2' | [a-na] {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—A ⸢DU₃⸣-ut ŠU.2-MEŠ-⸢ši⸣-na | |
| 3' | ⸢lu⸣-u₂-bal-liṭ-ṭa a-na ⸢da-a-ri⸣ | |
| 4' | ša ⸢KA⸣ {mi₂}KALAG-ša₂—a-mur | |
| 5' | [DUMU.MI₂ {uru}arba]-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 6' | {iti}⸢BARAG⸣ UD 18-KAM lim-mu {1}EN—KUR-u-a | |
| 7' | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR ṣur-ri | |
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- 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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