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OECT 06, pl. 18, K 04615 (P357096)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 18, K 04615 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357096 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; 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 | [iri-zu larsa{ki}-ma sza3-ge pa3-da-zu nig2-gig-ga im-ma-an-ak] | Your city Larsa, your chosen in the heart, has done evil. |
| 1b | _[x] [al-ka ba-ab]-i3#-li2 i-tu-ut ku-un lib3#-[bi-ka] [x]_ | ... comes, Bāb-ilî has given birth, your heart ... |
| 2a | [sila] x eszemen2-ta#? [u4] zal#-[zal-la si-ga im-ma-an-si] | He filled the empty ... of the ešemen drum, which had been running for a long time |
| 2b | _[ri-be-e?]-ti-szu2 a-szar me-lul-tu4 [usz-ta-bar?]-ru-u2 [x?] im#?-ta-la#?-[a]_ | His rites, where evil has been released, have diminished(?) |
| 3a | [erin2 sa6]-ga#-zu gu2-e-me-en gar-gar-ra# [gi-gi-sig-ga]-gin7 si-il#-si-il-[de3 ba-an-til-le-esz] | You are the one who makes your good troops tremble like a reed fence |
| 3b | _[...]-ka# dam-qa-a-tu4 sza2 ip-hu-[ra ki-ma] ki-ik-ki-szu2 ul-ta-tal-li-ta#_ | Your good ... which has become weak like its knots, |
| 4a | [gurusz-zu sze u4] ga2-gin7 ba-gur10-gur10 gurun gibil#-[gin7] gur5-gur5-ru-usz | Your young man, like the barley of a storm, is being carried away like a new seed |
| 4b | _[x] [ki]-ma# sze-im ba-asz2-li i-te-en-[s,i-du ki-ma] in#-bi# esz-szu2 uq-ta-at-ti-pu_ | ... like roasted barley they have gathered, like a new wood they have heated up. |
| 5a | [un-ga2 alam im]-gu2#? ba-gul-le-esz# [ni2-bi-a ba]-an#-zal-le-esz | They destroyed the statue of me in my cella, they passed by in fear |
| 5b | _[...] [s,a]-lam t,i-it,-t,i usz#?-[tal-pi-tu] [...] it#-ta-har-ma-t,a_ | ... they destroyed the image of justice, they destroyed ..., they struck down. |
| 6a | [di4-di4-la2 ur2? ama-bi-ne-ta u4] bi ba#?-[an-da-kar-re-esz] | The little ones, from the lap of their mother, departed for that day |
| 6b | _[...] um-mi-szu2-nu u4-mu lem-nu x [...]_ | ... their mother, a bad day ... |
| 7a | [un-ga2 igi hur-re musz3-bi-a] ba-kur2#-[re-esz] | They changed the face of my cella and its midst |
| 7b | _[...] zi#-mu-szi-na il-tak#-[ru]_ | ... their faces have become bright. |
| 8a | [erin2 ga-an-sza-sza szu bar]-ra-am3? [kalam zi3-gin7] mu3#-mu3 | The labor-troops, whose hands are bound, grow like flour in the land |
| 8b | _[x] x x [...] [ki]-ma# qe2-mi# [i-qam]-mu#?-u#?_ | ... they will say like a qēmu |
| 9a | [szul {d}utu iri-za larsa{ki}-ma lu2] kur2-gin7 ba-gub-[be2-en?] | Youth Utu, in your city Larsa you are a stranger |
| 9b | _[...] [ba-bi]-lu# li-ma nak-ru ta-at-ta#-[zi]-iz#_ | … you have sat on the throne like an enemy. |
| 10a | [kur elam{ki}-ma buru5{muszen}-gin7 mah]-bi#? szub-ba nu-gal2#-la | The land of Elam, like a great flock of sparrows, was not present |
| 10b | _[x] [ki-ma er]-be2#-e ma-a'-da-at mi-qit-ta-szu2 ul ib-ba-asz2#-szu2_ | ... like a lot of arrows, his misfortune will not arise. |
| 11a | su#-bir4#{ki#} [muru9 dugud-da dingir-re-e-ne ni2-te]-ga2# nu-un-zu-a | Subir, the heavy wild bull of the gods, who does not know me |
| 11b | _[x?] su-ba-ru kab#?-[tu?] ki#?-ma#? im#?-[ba-ri? pa?-lah?] DINGIR la-i-du-u2_ | “Subaru, the important one, like an imbaru-bird, the one who reveres the god, |
| 12a | ma-da-bi szu tag#-ga be4-[be4] nu#-gal2-la | Its land was not in a state of distress |
| 12b | _ina ma-ti#-szu2 li-pit-tu2 nu-szur#-[ru-u] [...] [ul]-ib#-ba-asz2-szi_ | In his land, he is a lipittu-disease that cannot be undone ... he will not live. |
| 13a | [szimaszki ki dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 nu]-gig nu-mu-un-da-il2-la-e-a | Šimaš, the place of the gods, the nugig priestess who does not raise a claim |
| 13b | _[...] na#-di3-tu4 la i3-na-asz2-szu-u2_ | ... they will not raise a claim. |
| 14a | [erin2-a-ni u2-gin7 lu-lu-a numun-a-ni] dagal#-la | His troops are scattered like grass, his seed is wide |
| 14b | _[...] ru#-up#-pu#-szu2_ | … his limbs |
| 15a | za#-lam#-gar til-la# ki# dingir-re-e-ne-[ke4] nu-un#-zu-[a] | The zalamgar, the end of the place of the gods, which had not known |
| 15b | _[x] a-szib kusz#-ta#-ru sza2 asz2-rat DINGIR.[MESZ] la# i-du#-u2_ | ..., who resides in the hut of the assembly of the gods, who does not know. |
| 16a | szed3#/szed3#-szed3#/szed3#-gin7 e-ne su3-ud-da im-mi-e-a dingir-ra# [zi3]-esza# ezen siskur2# nu-un-zu-a | Like a rainstorm, when it rains down, the god does not know the flour of the festival and siskur offerings |
| 16b | _[x] sza2# ki#-ma# ri-kib <is,?>-s,u-ru ir-tak-ka-bu a-na DINGIR# [sza?/ta?]-as-qu-u2 i-sin-nu la i-du-u_ | ... who like a rīb priestess has been gathered, they have not known how to pray to a god. |
| 17a | nam#-tar# dugud a2-sag3 nig2#-gig-ga nu#-mu#-un-na-te-[ga2] | The heavy fate, the asag demon does not approach me |
| 17b | _nam-ta-ru kab-tu4 a-sak-ku mar-s,u# ul# i-t,e-eh-hi-szu2_ | The heavy punishment of the asakku-demon, the sick one, will not approach him. |
| 18a | mu? dingir-a-ni i3-sal-la nig2-gig#-ga-a-ni [i3]-gu7-e ugnim-a-ni silim-ma | The name(?) of his god is “Isalla,’ his sin is eaten—his army is in good health |
| 18b | _pa?-ra-as, sza2 nisz? [ili?]-szu2#-nu a-kil [ik-ki]-bi-szu2-nu um-KUR-szu2-nu szal-ma_ | “Remove the one who is in opposition to their gods, who is angry with them, their enemy is safe.’ |
| 19a | [mu-ia2-kam-ma-ta] uru2#?{x}-[ga2 szen-szen-na la]-ub#-du8-a nam-tar-ra a2-[bi nu-ga2-ga2] | From the first year onwards, in my city the battle was not fought, the fate was not decided |
| 19b | _i#-na# se#-ba-a sza2-na-a#-ti i#-[na] [x?] [ta-ha]-zu qab-lu ul ip-pat,-t,ar nam-ta-ru# is-su#-[x]_ | In the middle of the evening, in ..., the battle did not cease; the light ... |
| 20a | eden#-na#-ta ur-mah-a lu2#? [gu7-e] nu-mu-un-ib2-la2-[e] | From the steppe the lion does not feed the man |
| 20b | _i-na# s,e#-e-ri ne2-e-szu2# [...] [a]-ka#-la ul u2-mat,-[t,i]_ | In the morning, his sleep ... he did not sleep. |
| 21a | KA# sa6#?-de3#? i3-zu# [nu?]-zu# [x]-gin7 ga2-e ba-da-ak-esz | In order to beautify the mouth(?), you know how to do it, but you do not know (it) Like ..., they did it |
| 21b | _[x] x i-[de ki sza] [...] [la i-du]-u2# a-na-ku at-ti-pu-usz_ | ... knows that ... they do not know. I have done it. |
| reverse | ||
| 1a | dingir x [x x x x] u4-szu2-usz siskur2#? [x] [al]-gub-be2-en KA si3-si3-ke-da-mu mah-[am3] | The god ... daily a siskur offering ... I will stand. My supreme ... |
| 2b | _a-na#? [x x] u4#-mi-szam x [x x x x] [usz]-za-zu te-mi-qu-u2-a ma-a'-du_ | In the future, ... will be stationed ...; my instruction will be extensive. |
| 3a | szul {d}utu nam#-bi-sze3 uru2-[zu] [larsa]{ki#} igi zi u3-mu-un-szi-te-bar | Youth Utu, because of this your city Larsa has looked faithfully upon you |
| 3b | _et,lu {d}sza2-masz a-na szat#-[ti ana URU]-ka#? ba-bi-lu ki-nisz nap-li-is-su-ma_ | The young man, Šamaš, in the future, to your city, your lordship, be reconciled with him. |
| 4a | a-a uru2-zu tin-tir#[{ki}] gig#-ga ul4-la#-bi du11-ga-ab | Father, your city Babylon is bitter, speak to it quickly |
| 4b | _a-hu-lap iri#-ka# [...] szum-ru-s,a ar3-hisz qi2-bi_ | Give your city ... ... quickly! Speak! |
| 5a | dilmun{ki} kur-ra x [...] [en3?]-sze3# KA mu-na-ab-be2 | Dilmun, the mountain, how long will he speak to him? |
| 5b | _kab-bit KUR KI [x] [a]-di ma-ti qi2-bi-isz_ | The totality of the land with ... as far as the land, speak! |
| 6a | sza3-ne-sza4 tin-tir#[{ki}] [...] szu ti-ba-ab | In the midst of Babylon, ... hold him back! |
| 6b | _un-ni-na ba-bi-lu#? [...] x [x] le-qe_ | ... ... may he take. |
| 7a | nig2-gig-ga ak-szu-zu-ta#? [en3] [x]-ib2-tar-ra | Because of your act of kindness, he inquires after you |
| 7b | _a-na ma-ru-usz-tu4 in-[x] [...] [szi?]-ta#?-a'-al-szu-ma_ | ... for a gift ... he ... to him and |
| 8a | erim-husz-a sza3 uru2-zu BAD? [...]-ib2-ta#-e3 | The enmity of(?) the heart of your city has left |
| 8b | _a-na-an-tu4# i-na qe2-reb# [URU-ka] [x] szu-u2#-s,i#_ | Now, in your city, ... |
| 9a | a2-sag3 nig2-gig sza3 tin-tir[{ki}] [...] | The asag-demon, the evil in Babylon |
| 9b | _a-sak-ku mar#-s,u ina qe2#-reb# ba#?-[...]_ | The sick asakku-demon in the midst of ... |
| 10a | [x x] ba#?-da-zu gu2-zu x [...] | Your ..., your neck |
| 10b | _[...] x-ti-ka la x [...]_ | ... your ... not ... |
| 1a | [un tag4-a] szu nam#-usz2-a-ta bar-ra szub-ba? | After he was seized by the hand of death, he abandoned the outside |
| 1b | _[x] qa-at mu-ti ip-pal-t,a-a lib#-[lut,?] [x]_ | ... the hand of a dead man, may he live? |
| 2a | he2#-[ti-la? numun-bi he2]-mah#? | May it live, may its seed be great(?) |
| 2b | _[...]_ | ... ... |
| 3a | [...] x su3-ud-da-sze3 he2-ri-ib2#-[...] | ... to the distant future may ... |
| 3b | _[x] [da]-li#-ka a-na ru-qe2-e-[ti] [...]_ | ... I will come to you for the extispicy. |
| 4a | [u3 ga2-e ni2-te-ga2-mu]-zu#? nam-ti la-[mu-na-ab] | And if only you would say to him “I will live!" |
| 4b | _[x] [pa]-li#-hi#-ka ba-[la-t,u?] [...]_ | ... your fearsomeness, life ... |
| 5a | [zi su3-ud gal2 nig2-ba-e]-x ba-[mu-na-ab] | You set up for him a long life of abundance. |
| 5b | _[x] [a]-na# qisz-ti [qi?]-i-[sza?]_ | ... for the gift of her? hand |
| 7 | x x x x | |
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