STT 2, 341 (P338656)
Scholarly, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 341 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338656 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Scholarly |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · 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 arabānû is [the bird] of Marduk. Its appearance is luxuriant. It continually calls: "Great hero, lord of lords," or "Hunter". |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The rooster is the bird of Enmešara. It continually calls: "You have done wrong towards Tutu." |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The francolin is the bird of Papsukkal. It continually recites: "Kakka has done wrong to the weapon ...." |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The heron is the bird of the god .... Its beak is bowed, its cheeks are depressed. Ditto (it continually recites): "Dumuzi, the shepherd." |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The singurgurtu is the bird of Narudu. It continually calls: "Woe! Woe!" |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The suššuru is the bird of Anšar. It continually calls: "How are they left free?" |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The vulture is the bird of the god ... [...]. It continually calls: "... [...], the hero, killed Anzu." |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The stork is the bird of the crown prince. It continually calls: "[...] ... [...]. Go away! Go away from the hero Ninurta!" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The swallow is the bird of ... [...] Baba, alternatively: the bird of Tiamat. "šu-nir-zu ušumgal ka-bi-ta |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | uš₂ nu e₃," alternatively "uš₁₁ nu bi-iz : bi-iz-bi-iz-a," (translated:) "(Your emblem) is the great dragon from whose mouth no blood comes out," alternatively, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | "no poison trickles," it continually calls. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | The kubšānu is the bird of Nusku. Sirsir is Marduk, the sailor of the sea. Sublime Nabu, mighty Nabu, who .... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | The katimattu is the bird of the sister of the Seven. It continually calls: "Brother, ... of Anu." |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The goose is the bird of Asakku. It cannot go up from the ground without (its) kabbartu.1 When it is drinking water, it continually calls: "They sought to kill me." |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The raven is the bird of Ellil. It continually calls: "[...] ... the word of Nippur's citizen [...] a good reputation." |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | The hawk is the bird of Marduk. It continually calls: "Šazu, who knows the gods' hearts, who sees into (men's) minds." |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The rock-partridge is the bird of Asakku. It continually calls: "Shoo, Asakku! Shoo, Asakku!" |
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 | a-ri-ba-nu-⸢u₂{mušen⸣} [MUŠEN] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU IGI.LA₂-šu₂ NIG₂.TUK UR.SAG(SUR₂) GAL BE BE.BE ša₂-niš-ma ba-aʾ-i-ru <GU₃.GU₃{si>} | |
| 2 | DAR.LUGAL{⸢mušen⸣} MUŠEN {d}⸢EN⸣.[ME.ŠAR₂].RA ⸢tah⸣-ta-ṭa a-na {d}tu-⸢tu⸣ GU₃.GU₃{si} | |
| 3 | it-ti-du-u₂{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ {[d]}PAP.SUKKAL {⸢d⸣}ka₃-ka₃ uh-ta-bil a-na {giš}TUKUL RI ŠID.ŠID | |
| 4 | I₅.GAR{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ {d}x x ⸢qu₃⸣-du-du ap-pa-šu₂ TE-MEŠ-šu₂ tak₃-⸢ka {d}DUMU.ZI⸣ {lu₂}SIPA {<|KI.MIN|(ŠID.ŠID)>} | |
| 5 | si-im(IH-)kur{mušen} MUŠEN {⸢d}nar⸣-ru-⸢du⸣ u₈-u-a u₈-u-a ⸢GU₃.GU₃⸣{si} | |
| 6 | šu-u₂-šu-ru{mušen} MUŠEN AN.ŠAR₂ ki-ki-iʾ muš-šur-u GU₃.⸢GU₃⸣{si} | |
| 7 | zi-i-bu{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN {d⸣}x [...] x x [...] UR.SAG {d}IM.DUGUD in-e-ri {<|KI.MIN|(GU₃.GU₃{si})>} | |
| 8 | raq-raq-qi{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ DUMU ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] x [...] ri-i-qa ri-i-qa-a la-pa-an UR.SAG {d}MAŠ {<|KI.MIN|(GU₃.GU₃{si})>} | |
| 9 | šu-nu-nu-tu₂{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ IB [...] {⸢d}ba⸣-[ba₆] ⸢KI⸣.MIN MUŠEN tam-ti₃ šu-nir-zu ušumgal ka-bi-ta | |
| 10 | <uš₂> nu e₃ ⸢KI.MIN⸣ uš₁₁ ⸢nu⸣ [bi]-⸢iz⸣ ⸢bi-iz⸣-bi-iz-a šum-gal-lu₄(BU) ul-tu₂ KA-šu₂ UŠ₂ <la₃> E₃{a} KI.MIN | |
| 11 | ⸢im⸣-tu la in-⸢na-tuk⸣-ku GU₃.GU₃{si} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ku]-ub-sa-an{mušen} MUŠEN {d}⸢NUSKA⸣ {d}⸢SIRSIR {d⸣}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄ tam-ti₃ {d}MUATI ša₂-qu-u {d}MUATI dan-nu ša₂ ZA KIN/KAB ŠU₂ | |
| 2 | ka-ti-mat{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ a-⸢hat⸣ {d}7 ŠEŠ ⸢AB⸣ KA GA {d}a-nu₃ ⸢GU₃⸣.GU₃{si} | |
| 3 | kur-ki-i{mušen} ⸢MUŠEN⸣ {d}⸢A₂⸣.SAG₃ la ka-bar-tim-ma <ul> E₁₁ ina(U) qa-qa-ri me-e ina NAG{e}[šu₂] ; UŠ₂ u₂-ba-u₂-ni ⸢GU₃⸣.[GU₃{si]} | |
| 4 | ah-ru-⸢ha-ru{mušen} MUŠEN {d⸣}BAD [...] INIM DUMU NIBRU{ki} INIM.GAR SIG₅ {<|KI.MIN|(GU₃.GU₃{si})>} | |
| 5 | SUR₂.DU₃{mušen} MUŠEN {d}AMAR.UTU {d}⸢ŠA₃⸣.ZU mu-du-u lib₃-bi DINGIR ša(ŠU₂) i-ba-ru kar-ši {<|KI.MIN|(GU₃.GU₃{si})>} | |
| 6 | BURU₅.HABRUD.DA BURU₅.HABRUD.DA <MUŠEN> {d}A₂.SAG₃ ṣi-i {d}A₂.SAG₃ ṣi-i {d}A₂.SAG₃ GU₃.GU₃{si} | |
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