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CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 002 (P345481)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345481 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1a | ha-szur-nu-zu kur-ra-ke4 ki-gub mu-un#-na#-aka# | Hašur-nuzu of the netherworld is setting up a station for him |
| 1b | _ana_ min kur _la la-ma-di ir-[...]_ | To ditto: the land will not be able to see .... |
| 2a | u4-bi-a muszen-e am kur-ra-ke4 gu2 mi-ni-ib2-[gur4-gur4] | At that time, the birds roared like wild bulls of the netherworld |
| 2b | _i-nu-szu2 is,-s,u-ri ri-i-mu sza2 sza2-di-i u2-kab#-bi-ir_ | At that time, he gathered the wild bulls of the mountains. |
| 3a | anzu{muszen}-da am kur-ra-ke4 gu2 mi-ni-ib2-gur4-[gur4] | The Anzu, the wild bull of the netherworld, roared |
| 3b | _an-zu-u2 ri-i-mu sza2 sza2-di-i u-kab#-[bi-ir]_ | The Anzû, the radiance of the mountains, he made surpassing. |
| 4a | am# ti-la szu-bi-sze3 he2-em-la2 | Wild bull who lives, may he carry it in his hand |
| 4b | _ri#-mu bal-t,a ina qa-ti-szu usz-qa-lal-szu_ | The joy of life is placed in his hand. |
| 5a | am ug5-ga gu2-be2 he2-em-la2 | May the dead wild bull smite its neck. |
| 5b | _[...]-ti# ina ki-sza2-di-szu na-sza2-a-[szu]_ | ... is placed on his neck. |
| 6 | |A.LAM|-am3 LA-ba mu-un#-sa10 me2-mesz lam e QI ti szu sa a [...] | (Sum) It is an alammu(?), he bought it. (Akk) It was an alammu(?) that bought. |
| 7a | muszen-e za3 1(disz) am3# im-ma-[da-lu-ga] | The birds are circling around in one place |
| 7b | _is,-s,u-ru a-di isz-ten i-ti?#-[iq]_ | he guarded until he passed by. |
| 8a | anzu{muszen}-de3 za3 1(disz) am3 [im-ma-da-lu-ga] | The Anzud bird stands at its side for 1 (time) |
| 8b | _an-zu-u2 a-di isz-ten [i-ti?-iq]_ | the Anzu, until the seventh he passed |
| 9a | muszen-e gud3-bi-sze3 [szeg11 un-gi4] | The bird screamed at its nest |
| 9b | _is,-s,u-ru a-na qin-ni#-[szu isz-gu-um-ma]_ | he set up a guard over it and |
| 10a | anzu{muszen} gud3#-[...] | The Anzud bird ... its nest |
| 10b | _an-zu-u2 [...]_ | Anzu ... |
| 11a | amar-be2 [...] | Its calf |
| 11b | [...] | |
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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