STT 1, 065 (P338383)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338383 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
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 | [......] years |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] with [...] feet I grasped [the ...] of ... |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | O Nabû, to avoid sin, O son of Bel, to avoid guilt, [in view of] the culpable behaviour of my fathers and brothers, who neglected and disregarded [...], |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | I have yearned for Ezida, the lofty ground, the temple of our trust; I have longed for Ezida, to behold the threshold of delight. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | In my [c]hildhood, I longed for the Assembly, to sit in the tablet house. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | I ... the offerings of the precious temple of Nabû; I constantly think of its fine things; the fire of Ezida burns my heart. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | I have received wealth, precociously I achieved (my) goal; (but) old age has confined me to my bed before my time. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | I have become finished through pain, as if I did not fear your godhead; I weep (because) I did not experience the beauty of my life. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | I have become smaller than the small, lower than the low; my hands are stretched out even to the destitute one, who seeks out my door. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | I have prayed to slave and slave-girl, whom I equal in the scales. I have run into an adversary, a sorceress; she has swilled water over me. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | I am cut off from my city, the enemies of my dynasty surround me. Constant grief and ill health bring feebleness to me. |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121–o 2222 | I constantly cry out to distant gods, raising my hand in obedience to my goddess. I go around and around in circles; (my) fever ...... |
| Obverse [22:24] o 2323– | I do not see ... [...]; death eludes me like precious electrum. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | I repeatedly ascend the roof in order to fall down, but my life is too precious, it turns me back. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | I give heart to myself, but what (heart) have I got to give? I make up my mind, but what (mind) have I got to make up? |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | O Nabû, where is your forgiveness, O son of [Be]l, where are your directions? Where is your pleasant breeze which wafts and goes over the weak ones (devoted) to you? |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Lord, when in my boyhood was there darkness? Šamaš lights up over the land, but for me [...]..... Prosperity rains on the people, but on me rains [poison] and gall. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | My life is finished; Šidduk[išarra], where can I go? I have reached the gate of death; Nabû, why have you forsaken me? |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Do not abandon me, my lord, to the assembly where there are many who wish me ill! Do not abandon me, O Muduggasa, to the hands of ... my sorceress! |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | I am one in a weak condition, who fears you; do not let me come to shame in the assembly! I am one who guards truth; do not destroy the truth which I [have gu]arded! |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | May the lone one who has called to you, lord, not die! Nabû, seize the hand of the destitute one, who craves your divinity! |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Save the life of the weak one, whom my ill-wishers constricted; me, over whose head the ill-wishing women swilled as water their charms. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | In your breath may the one who is as dead live, may his finished life be again. |
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 x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x]-e MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra ⸢x⸣ e kal [x x x x x] in-tu-qa ina si-si-[x] | |
| 3 | [x x] ⸢it⸣-ti GIR₃.2-MEŠ [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢a⸣-ṣa-bat ša ma-aq-⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ ina la hi-ṭi-ia DUMU {d}EN [ina la šir]-ti-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | [ina še]-ṭu-u-ti ša AD-MEŠ-ia PAB-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ ša ⸢x x x x⸣-ni im-ku-u iš-ši-ṭu | |
| 6 | [a-na] E₂.ZI.DA uz-za-me kaq-⸢qa⸣-ru ša₂-qu-u E₂ tuk-la-te-e-ni | |
| 7 | [a]-⸢na⸣ E₂.ZI.DA u₂-za-me si-⸢pi la⸣-le-e dag-ga-li | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢la⸣-ku-u-ti-ia uz-za-mi UKKIN ⸢ina E₂⸣-ṭup-pi E₂⸣-ṭup-pi u₂-ša₂-bi | |
| 9 | ša aq-qa-ri E₂-DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢e⸣ E₂-DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢e⸣ ša {⸢d}na⸣-bi-um sur gan šu₂ a-mu-u-qu | |
| 10 | ah-tan-sa-sa dam-qa-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ i-⸢šat⸣ E₂.ZI.DA taq-qa-mu ŠA₃-bi | |
| 11 | at-ta-har NIG₂.ŠU ina la UD-mu-ia [ṣu]-⸢mu⸣-ru ak-ta-ša₂-da-ma | |
| 12 | ši-bu-te ina la si-me-ni-ia ⸢tu-us⸣-se-la-an-ni ina {giš}NA₂ | |
| 13 | ki-i la pa-lih DINGIR-MEŠ-u-ti-ka [o] ina šu-ta-nu-hu at-ta-ga-mar | |
| 14 | a-bak-ki ina ZI-ia [o] ⸢la⸣ a-mur-ra du-muq-ša₂ | |
| 15 | a-ṣa-hir a-na ṣi-hir-u-ti ⸢ina šap⸣-lu-ti as-si-pi-li | |
| 16 | {a}ana la-ap-pa-ni še-ʾi-i KA₂-ia-a ⸢ta⸣-ru-ṣa ŠU.2-a.a | |
| 17 | us-sa-ri-ri a-na {lu₂}ARAD u₃ ⸢GEME₂⸣ ša at-tan-ah-hu-ra ina zi-ba-ni-ti | |
| 18 | ga-ru-u {mi₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU a-ta-še-⸢ra⸣ A-⸢MEŠ⸣ tar-mu-uk ina EDIN-ia | |
| 19 | par-sa-ka ina URU-ia {lu₂}⸢KUR₂⸣-MEŠ-[ia] E₂-AD-ia E₂-AD-ia la-mu-u-ni | |
| 20 | ni-ziq-tu la ṭu-ub UZU ina UGU-[ia] ut-tah-ha-ṣa ina me-ne₂-še | |
| 21 | al-ta-⸢na⸣-ši DINGIR-MEŠ ru-⸢qu-ti⸣ ni-⸢iš⸣ ŠU.2 {d}U.DAR-MU ina še-me-i | |
| 22 | ⸢as-sa-na⸣-hu-ru ⸢um⸣-mu iṣ-ṣa-ah-⸢hi⸣-ra la-aš₂-šu₂ la ta-sa-na-ha UGU-MU | |
| 23 | [x x (x)] ri še BE ina la a-ma-ra UŠ₂ ki-i el-me-še ir-tu-⸢qa-an-ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e]-li ut-ta-ra {a}ana ma-qa-a-⸢ti⸣ u₂-ri aq-qa-rat ZI-ti ⸢tu⸣-ta-⸢ra⸣-an-ni | |
| 2 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bu-u₂ ra-me-ni a-ša₂-⸢kan mi⸣-nu-u₂ a-na ša₂-ga-ni-ia | |
| 3 | ṣi-bi-it ṭe₃-me a-ra-ši ⸢mi-nu⸣-u₂ a-na ra-še-ia-a-ma | |
| 4 | {d}AG a-le-e nap-šur-ka DUMU {[d]}⸢EN⸣ a-le-e te-ra-tu-u-ka | |
| 5 | a-le-e TU₁₅-ka DUG₃ ša iz-zi-[qa] il-la-ka ina UGU-hi an-šu-u-te-ka | |
| 6 | EN im-mat im-mat ina ma-ru-ti-a.a šak-na-[at] i-gi-il-tu-ma | |
| 7 | {a}ana KUR {d}ša₂-maš nap-ha a-na ia-⸢a-ši⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣-tu ⸢x⸣-an-ni | |
| 8 | {a}ana ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ i-za-nu-nu ⸢HE₂.NUN⸣.NA {a}ana ia-[a-ši i]-za-[nu-nu im-tum u₃] mar-tum | |
| 9 | ga-mar ZI-MEŠ-u-a {d}ŠID.DU₃.⸢KI⸣.[ŠAR₂.RA] a.a-e-še ⸢lu-ul⸣-li-ki | |
| 10 | ak-tal-da a-na ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL UŠ₂ {d}⸢AG am⸣-mi-i-ni am⸣-mi-i-ni tu-maš-šir₃-an-ni | |
| 11 | la tu-maš-šar-an-ni be-li₂ a-na ⸢UKKIN⸣ ša ha-da-nu-u-a ma-a-du | |
| 12 | ŠU.2 ma ad še da {mi₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU ⸢la tu⸣-maš-šar-an-ni {d}MU.DUG₃.GA.SA₄.A | |
| 13 | an-šu-u pa-lih-ka a-na-ku la ⸢tu-ba⸣-ša₂-a-ni ina pu-uh-ru | |
| 14 | na-ṣir ket-tu₂ a-na-ku ket-tu₂ ša [aṣ]-⸢ṣu⸣-ru la tu-hal-la-qa | |
| 15 | lu li-i-mu-ta e-du ša el-ta-šu-u-ka {d}EN | |
| 16 | {d}AG ŠU.2 ma-aq-tu DIB-bat ša a-na DINGIR-u-ti-ka u₂-pa-qa | |
| 17 | ⸢gi⸣-mil ZI-tim an-šu ša ha-da-ni-ia u₂-si-i-qa | |
| 18 | [ha]-da-a-ti kiš-pi-ši-na A-MEŠ ir-mu-ka UGU-MU | |
| 19 | [ina] ⸢TU₁₅⸣-i-ka UŠ₂ lib-luṭ ga-⸢mir⸣-te nap-šat-šu₂ lu-u ta-tur-ru | |
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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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