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BL 139 (P357090)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357090 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ er₂-ša₃-hun-[ŋa₂ ...] | ... the eršahuŋa temple |
| 2' | [me-e] di-ku₅-ta me-⸢e⸣ [di-ku₅-ta] | I, from the judge's court, from (the) judge — |
| 3' | [umun]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ ma-ra ha-ma-da-hun-ŋa₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | May you be praised by Lugal-ešarra, ... |
| 4' | [me]-e di-ku₅-ta ni₂ ⸢tur⸣-[tur ...] | I, by means of the judge, fear the small etur temple |
| 5' | ⸢me⸣-e umun-ŋu₁₀-ra er₂-ra mu-⸢un⸣-[da-ab-ir] | The lord was weeping for me. |
| 6' | limmu er₂-ša₃-hun-ŋa₂ {d}⸢di⸣-[ku₅ (x)] | eponym year of Eršaḫunba. |
| 7' | ⸢me⸣-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ a-na-am₃ mu-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[ak] | What did the lord of the gods do? |
| 8' | šul dim₃-me-er an-na ša₃-ab hul-⸢ma⸣-[al-la-(ta)] | The prince, the god of heaven, from the evil heart |
| 9'-10' | gi-izi-la₂ gur₃-ru kur su₃-ra₂ uru ⸢bad⸣-[ra₂ ...] ki-tuš u₄ ul du₃-a-ta diŋir ša₃ dib-ba ša₃-⸢ba hul⸣-[dim₂-ma] | The reed mat that bears fire, the distant mountain, the city of the E-bad-e-ra temple, from the dwelling built in distant days, the dibir-demon, the one who passes by, the evil E-raba temple |
| 11' | umun dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ bara₂ ku₃-ga tuš-a-ra er₂ ⸢mu⸣-[...] | For the lord of the gods sitting on the holy dais, weeping |
| 12' | me-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ ni₂-da ba-an-na-ab-⸢tur⸣-[tur ...] | I, the god, was surrounded by fear |
| 13' | me-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ šir₃-re-eš ga-an-na-ab-⸢du₁₁⸣ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the god |
| 14' | me-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ a-ra-zu ga-an-na-ab-⸢du₁₁⸣ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the god |
| 15' | me-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ er₂-ra mu-un-da-ab-ir | I, the god, was carried away in tears. |
| 16' | me-e dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ di-ku₅ ga-an-na-ab-du₁₁ | I want to speak to the judge, the god. |
| 17' | me-e diŋir-ŋu₁₀ mu-e-ši-in-ŋen tug₂-ŋu₁₀ ga-an-na-ab-⸢ur₃⸣ | I am the one who carries a cross, I want to wear a cloak for him |
| 18' | ma-ma-al-la-še₃ sahar-ra ba-da-tuš | Because of what was there, he sat in the dust |
| 19' | umun dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ bara₂ ku₃-ga tuš-a-ra er₂-ra ša₃-ne-ša₄ in-da-ab-⸢ir⸣ | For the lord of the gods, who sits on the holy dais, he weeps bitterly |
| 20' | ša₃ dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ ki-bi-še₃ ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄ | May the heart of my god be restored to its place for me |
| 21' | ⸢me-na⸣-še₃ dim₃-me-er-ŋu₁₀ me-na-še₃ ur₅-gin₇ ba-til-en | How long, my god, how long will you live? |
| 22' | 1(u) 4(aš) er₂-ša₃⸣-[hun]-⸢ŋa₂⸣ diŋir lu₂-u₁₈-lu-kam₂ | 14 erša-eḫun-e22-ba-e23 dibir-vessels of men |
| 23' | [...] ⸢mu-un⸣-da-ab-⸢ir⸣ | ... he made it rise up for you |
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