STT 1, 067 (P338385)
Hymn-Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338385 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Hymn-Prayer |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By Gurney, Oliver R. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Incantation: King of wisdom], creator of sagacity, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Exalted leader], one worthy of the Bit-Apsu, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Competent [Ellilbanda], reverently greeted one, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Hero of] Eridu, sage of the Igigi, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Lord] of the Bit-Engur, protection of the ziggurat, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Bearer of flood and plenty, one who makes the rivers exult. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | In seas and reed-thickets you let abundance prosper, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | On the meadow you create the life of people. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Anu (and) Ellil are joyfully exulting over you, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | The Anunnaku greet you from their shrines, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The people of the land praise your [honoured] name. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | You give advice [to] the great gods. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Ea, because of your incantation [of] life, a dead man does not die! |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | I am Banitu-tereš, son of his god, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] whose god is Sin, whose goddess is Ningal. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [On account of] the evil of ominous conditions (and) bad, unfavourable signs, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [that] occur [in] my house, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [I am frightened], and I am afraid, (and) I am constantly terrified. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [Raise] my [head], name my name! |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [At your command], may your utterance be heard,1 |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [Because of] your [concern], [...] ... to kindness, |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [Give me] life that I may be firm forever! |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | May [my speech] be agreeable to god and king, |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | May [god and king] do [what] I say, |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [...] pray devoutly for me. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | May [...] not ... [...], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | ... sorceror [...], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] their [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | the sage of the gods, Marduk. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [May] my limbs [be clean (of illness)], |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | May my limbs be agreeable [to] me. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | May heaven be joyful over you, may the Apsu rejoice over you, |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | May the great gods satisfy your heart, |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | May [the gods, the Igigi] say good things about you! |
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 | [EN₂ LUGAL ne₂-me-qi₂ ba]-⸢nu-u⸣ <ta>-šim-ti | |
| 2 | [mas-su₃-u₂ ṣi-i-ru] ⸢u₂-su-um⸣ E₂ ⸢ABZU⸣ | |
| 3 | {[d}EN.LIL₂.BAN₃.DA] it-pe-⸢šu ka⸣-ru-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 4 | [ur-ša₂-an eri]-⸢du₁₀⸣ ABGAL {d}[i₂]-gi₃-gi₃ | |
| 5 | [EN] ⸢E₂ ENGUR.RA⸣ ṣu-lul E₂ U₆.⸢NIR⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ba-bil₂ ILLU HE₂.GAL₂⸣ mu-riš ID₂-⸢DIDLI⸣ | |
| 7 | ina ⸢ta⸣-mat u ṣu-⸢ṣe⸣-e tu-deš-ši HE₂.NUN | |
| 8 | ina ⸢qer⸣-bi-ti tu-⸢šab⸣-ši ⸢ZI⸣{ti₃} ⸢UN-DIDLI⸣ | |
| 9 | {d}a-⸢nu₃⸣ {d}BAD ⸢ha⸣-diš-ši ri-šu-ka | |
| 10 | {d}A.NUN.NA.KE ina ma-ha-zi-⸢šu₂-nu i-kar⸣-<ra>-bu-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ KUR iš-⸢tam-ma-ru zi⸣-kir-⸢ka⸣ [kab-ta] | |
| 12 | [ana] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ⸢ta⸣-din ⸢mil-ka⸣ | |
| 13 | {[d]}e₂-a ina ⸢te⸣-e-⸢ka⸣ [ša₂] ⸢TI⸣ la ⸢i⸣-mat {⸢lu₂⸣}[UŠ₂] | |
| 14 | [ana]-ku {m}ba-⸢ni-tu₂⸣—KAM{[eš]} DUMU DINGIR-šu | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣-šu₂ {d}30 {d}15-šu₂ {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 16 | [ina] ⸢HUL⸣ A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-MEŠ HUL-MEŠ la₃ DU₁₀-MEŠ | |
| 17 | [ša₂ ina] ⸢E₂-ia₅⸣ GAL₂{a} | |
| 18 | [pal-ha-ku]-⸢ma ad⸣-ra-ku šu-ta-du-<ra>-ku(KA) | |
| 19 | [ul-li re-ši]-⸢ia⸣ i-bi šu-u-[mi] | |
| 20 | [qi₂-bi-tuk-ka] ⸢liš⸣-[še-mi] ⸢zi-kir-ka⸣ | |
| 21 | [ina lib₃-bi]-⸢ka⸣ ana SIG₅{⸢ti⸣} [...] HE₂ AN | |
| 22 | [šur-kam₂]-⸢ma⸣ TI.LA ⸢lu(LUL-)bur⸣ [ana] ⸢da⸣-riš | |
| 23 | [at-me₂-e-a] li-ṭib UGU DINGIR-⸢MEŠ u LUGAL⸣ | |
| 24 | [DINGIR u LUGAL ša₂] ⸢qa-bi⸣-ia li-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
| 25 | [...] ⸢liš-te⸣-me-⸢qu⸣-[ni] | |
| 26 | [... a]-⸢a⸣ IG x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] IŠ x x ⸢NI⸣ [...] x x | |
| 2 | x x x x x {⸢lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] x x x [...] x x x x x x x | |
| 4 | [...]-šu₂-un | |
| 5 | [...] x UD | |
| 6 | x [...] x [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢ABGAL⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ] {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | |
| 8 | [li-bi-ba mi-na]-⸢tu⸣-u-a | |
| 9 | ⸢meš-re⸣-[tu]-u-[a UGU]-⸢ia li-ṭib⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢AN⸣-MEŠ ⸢HUL₂-ka⸣ [ABZU] ⸢li-riš-ka⸣ | |
| 11 | DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ ⸢lib₃⸣-[ba-ka li]-⸢ṭib-bu⸣ | |
| 12 | dum-qi₂-⸢ka liq⸣-[bu-u DINGIR-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃] | |
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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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