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CDLI Literary 002397, ex. 010 (P357120)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002397, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357120 |
| 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 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | en-⸢na-me⸣-[še₃ ...] | Enameše |
| 2' | en-na-me-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | As long as he lives |
| 3' | en-na-me-še₃ [... sa]-ak-kat₃ | As long as he lives |
| 4' | en-na-me-še₃ LU [... ru]-uš-šu-šat | As long as a man is alive |
| 5' | KU ⸢x⸣ ŋa₂-ŋa₂ nam-te [...] ta-ad-dar | (Sum) ... (Akk) The ... of the ..., the life of ... you are torn out |
| 6' | ⸢saŋ⸣ ki-kal-la ŋeš nam-ba-an-[...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ta⸣-šem-mi | (Sum) Do not abandon the cult place, do not abandon it (Akk) Don’t abandon(?) the temple |
| 7' | ⸢nam⸣-nir-ŋal₂ nam-ba-tu-⸢lu⸣ [... pet]-⸢ne₂⸣-et ⸢ul⸣ ta-rab-bi-ib | (Sum) You are the one who carries off the enchainment, you are the animal-fattener (Akk) You carry off the inseminator, the animal fattener |
| 8' | [gu₂]-e ⸢dim₄-dim₄⸣-ma i-si-iš ba-ra-ne-en an-nu-u mas-naq-tum₃-ma ⸢ul⸣ ta-⸢na⸣-[as]-⸢su⸣-us | (Sum) I am the one who screams, this is a masnaqtu-demon (Akk) You are the one of the mašnûtum priestess who shouts and this is an awe-inspiring demon |
| 9' | [na]-⸢an⸣-dirig-dirig-gin₇-nam gu₂-MUR na-an-ak-a la ta-ta-dir la taš-[...]-i | Do not be afraid, do not ... like me! |
| 10' | [KA]-taka₄ ka-zu nam-si-a te-ke-e-ti pi-i-⸢ka la⸣ [ma]-li | Your mouth should not be full of complaints, |
| 11' | [...] ⸢kan₄⸣-še₃ nu-mu-un-gur-ra u₂-zu-un-ka ana KA₂ ⸢la tur⸣-rat | ... did not return to the gate of the gate |
| 12' | [... nam-dub]-⸢sar⸣-ra-še₃ tuš he₂-gurum-ma ana ṭup-šar-ru-ti ti-šab lu kan-šat | ... may he sit down for the scribal art and enter into the kingship. May it be secure |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x šag₄⸣-zu he₂-bal-e mu-ša₂ u ⸢ur-ra⸣ lib₃-ba-ka liš-ta-bil | ... may your ... turn into a mound. May your heart be pacified to the urra eš temple |
| [...]-⸢ba⸣ sag₁₀-ga tuku {d}lamma igi zalag₂-ga niŋ₂-šag₄-hab e₂-gal-la-ke₄ | The one who has beautiful eyes, the protective deity of the palace, | |
| [... i]-⸢siq⸣ da-ma-qi₂ ra-še-e la-mas-si i-⸢gu⸣ na-mir-tu hi-ših-ti E₂.GAL | (Sum) ... he smote, the lamassu-demon trembled (Akk) The ... of the oath, the slander of the palace | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} x x x x x x⸣ [...] | ... king of Assyria |
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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