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CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039+ (P365272)

lexical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039+
ID	P365272
Museum no.	BM —
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Sumerian; Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	lexical
Find spot	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates	36.3582, 43.1621

Transliteration (ATF)

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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 i
1	šir₃ za-ma-ru	(a kind of grass)
2	sur za-ma-ru	lapis lazuli skin
3	{mu-u}mu₂ za-ma-ru	the name of zamaru
4	{⸢du⸣-u}du₁₂ za-ma-ru	“The scepter of praise,
5	⸢i⸣-lu za-ma-ru	“It is high, it is bright,
6	⸢x⸣ [...] du₁₂ za-ma-ru	... a song of praise
7	i-lu ⸢du₁₁-du₁₁⸣{du-du} za-am-me-ru	The lamentation priest, the šammeru priest,
8	en₃ ⸢du₁₁-du₁₁⸣ za-am-me-ru	“Enquire about the eddudû-priests, the zammeru-priestess!
9	e-⸢la-lu⸣ za-am-me-ru	Elalû is the praise.
10	⸢su⸣ zu-um-ru
11	⸢bar⸣ zu-um-ru
12	a-HI-⸢AŠ⸣ za-mar	AHI-ešu-e23
13	tukum{tu-kun}⸢di⸣ za-mar	If it is clear to you
14	šir₃ ⸢ṣa⸣-ra-hu	In the ‘Environment of the Sea’
15	šir₃-saŋ [ṣa]-ra-hu	širsa (means) sbarahu
16	sur ⸢ṣa⸣-ra-hu
17	šir₃ ṣa-⸢ra⸣-hu	incantation of Ša-eḫu
18	du₁₂ ṣa-⸢ra⸣-hu
19	NE {<MIN(ṣa-ra-hu)>} [ša₂] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi	NE (means) “to be swollen.''
20	balaŋ-di ṣer-hu	bala (of the household) of Ṣerhu
21	gu₃ dub₂ ṣer-hu	roaring voice
22	gu₃ ra-ah ṣa-⸢ri⸣-hu	roaring loudly
23	i-lu-balaŋ-di ṣa-ri-⸢hu⸣	Ilu-baladi (is) Šarihu
24	i-lu-{du}du₁₁ ṣa-ri-⸢hu⸣	Ilu-dudu, Ṣari-eḫe
25	i-lu-di ṣa-ri-[hu]	iludi (means) ṣarihu.
26	i-lu-du₁₁-du₁₁ ṣa-ri-⸢hu⸣	Ilu-dudu, Ṣari-eḫu
27	i-lu-di-di ṣa-ri-⸢hu⸣	Illudi, Ṣarihu
28	{ŋeš}tukul-šu-nir ma-aṣ-ra-hu	his weapon he smote
29	ad ša₄ na-za-zu	a headband for the nazazu prayer
30	bar si-il {<MIN(na-za-zu)>} ša₂ he-pe-e	“Break out, shave your head!
31	isiš₂{i-si-iš} ni-is-sa-tum	Išsis, the nissatum
32	zarah ni-is-sa-tum
33	KU-KI-SAŊ ni-is-sa-tum	KU-KI-SA₄a means “weapon.‭
34	bad ne₂-su-u₂	the wall Nesû
35	su₃-ud ne₂-su-u₂	a long life
36	ri ne₂-su-u₂	“Long-tablet’s
37	\|EZEN×(A.LAL₂)\| ne₂-su-u₂	“Mount lord’s throne-bearer,
38	[x] me-se-e-tum	x, the mesētum-festival;
39	ha-ra-⸢an⸣ me-se-e-tum	“Ḫara’e-ana-e-me-se-tum,
40	du₁₀{du}LI-⸢DU⸣ me-es-su-u₂	Dudu-ēšû (means)
41	su₃-su₃ nu-us-su-su ša₂ KUN	Susa, the nussusu of the tail
42	dub₂-dub₂-bu {<MIN(nu-us-su-su)>} ša₂ pir₂-tim	“It is a squabble, it is an affliction of the heart
43	si-si-in {<MIN(nu-us-su-su)>} ša₂ tur₂-ru-ki	“The scepter of the heart of your womb
44	[nim] ⸢sahar⸣-ra nam-ṣa-tum	for the highland of the sahar-temple the namsbatum
45	[...] GAL₂ ṣa-ba-rum	... there will be
46	[...] {{ [...]-zu-u }} ṣa-ba-rum	... your ... ṣabarum
47	[...] DU₃ ṣa-ba-rum	... Ṣabarum
48	[...] ⸢x⸣ {<MIN(ṣa-ba-rum)>} ša₂ MUŠEN	... e’e23 (means) ... of a bird
49	[...] {<⸢MIN⸣(ṣa-ba-rum)>} ša₂ MUŠEN	... of the bird
50	[...] {<MIN(ṣa-ba-rum)>} ša₂ {giš}BALA	... ditto Babarum of the bala
51	[...] {<[MIN(ṣa-ba-rum])>} meš-re-ti	... of battle
52	[...] [...] ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣa-nam-bur	... ešṣānumbur
53	[...] [ṣa]-⸢ba⸣-rum	... ša-eba’erum
54	[...] [ṣa]-⸢ba⸣-rum	... ša-eba’erum
55	[...] [ṣa-ba]-rum	... ṣābrum
56	[...] [ṣa-ba]-⸢rum⸣	... Šabārum
o ii
1	a-šag₄ DIB-DIB-ba ṣu-ub-bu-ru ša₂ i-ki	(If) a field is seized by a ghost: that man will die.
2	eg₂ kalag-kalag-ga {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ i-ki	The strong one, the one of the heart—
3	DU-DU ŋa₂-nu {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ a-la-ki	DUDU (means) “to go.’
4	an-ta-sur-ra {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ lib₃-bi	the Antasura, ditto of the heart
5	šag₄ dab-ba {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ lib₃-bi	The one who is seized, ditto, of the heart
6	šag₄ HI-HI{bi-ir} {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ lib₃-bi	... of the heart
7	šag₄ keš₂-da {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ lib₃-bi	The one who binds the ‘heart’, the heart of the heart
8	šag₄ sur-ra {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ er-ri	The šag-sur-ra-plant, ditto, the erru-plant
9	šag₄ šu dab-dab-ba {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ er-ri	Hand of seized one, ditto hand of Erru
10	e₂-gar₈ hulu {<MIN(ṣu-ub-bu-ru)>} ša₂ er-ri	The evil wall, ditto, the heart of Erra
11	{na₄}za-gin₃ sig ṣib₂-rum	lapis lazuli with a reddish brilliance
12	{na₄}za-gin₃-dil ṣib₂-rum	lapis lazuli ṣibrum-stone
13	{na₄}za-gin₃-dil-dil ṣib₂-rum	lapis lazuli ṣibrum-stone
14	{na₄}za-gin₃ gu₂ ṣib₂-rum	lapis lazuli neck ornament
15	{na₄}za-gin₃ hi-a ṣib₂-rum	lapis lazuli beads
16	{na₄}za-gin₃ hi-a kug-sig₁₇ {<MIN(ṣib₂-rum)>} KU₃.SIG₁₇	lapis lazuli, red gold, gold
17	{na₄}⸢e⸣-gu₂-zag-ga₂ {<MIN(ṣib₂-rum)>} KU₃.SIG₁₇	eguzaga-stone, gold
18	ARHUŠ-da-ri ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum	Arḫušdāri (a kind of sulphur)
19	sukuš{su-ku-uš} KA-KA ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum	sukuskû-plant
20	sukuš saŋ₅{sag₃}{sag₃}saŋ₅ ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum	suckling male goat
21	sukuš di₄{di}di₄{di} ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum	a small suckling goat
22	SA-EN-KI-EN-DU ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum	Ša-Bēl-KI-BE-DU (means) ṣipratum.
23	gu₂ ki-iz-ki-iz i-ta-aṣ-bu-ru ša₂ LU₂	(If) the neck is swollen: he will die. Of a man
24	gu₃{gu} {di}de₂ na-ga-gu	to shout, to scream,
25	⸢gu₃⸣ de₂-de₂ na-ga-gu	“When I go to the temple, I will never tire!
26	⸢inim⸣ gi₄-gi₄ na-ga-gu	“I want to return, I want to ...
27	{hu-ul}hul₂ ne₂-gu-u₂	“Awe-inspiring joy,
28	[i]-lu ne₂-gu-u₂	lamentation priest
29	[i-lu] šag₄-ga ne₂-gu-u₂	The lament of the scepter
30	⸢x⸣-ga ne₂-gu-u₂	“Ega, the herdsman,
31	gu₃ ⸢de₂-de₂⸣ [na]-an-gi-gu	he did not raise a voice
32	šag₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢nu⸣-ug lib₃-bi	“The heart of the ešag-plant, the ...-plant (and) the enû-plant
33	šag₄ KA [...] nu-ug lib₃-bi	The ... of the heart is not satisfied
34	SU NIG₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] nu-ug lib₃-bi	(If) a person, the property of ešû-plant, ... he will not be satisfied.
35	[x] ⸢na⸣-gu-u	... ebony
36	niŋin₅ [...] ⸢na⸣-gu-u	The nībin-plant ... the ešangû-plant
37	ib₂-[ba] ⸢ug⸣-ga-tum	anger of the Eĝagātum
38	lipiš-[bala] ⸢ug⸣-ga-tum	“Extinguisher of the Eĝatum
39	šag₄ ib₂-[ba] [na]-⸢an⸣-gu-gu	He who is angry should not stand in the street
40	{a-⸢ga}aga⸣ a-⸢gu⸣-u₂	“It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient!
41	{me-en}men a-gu-⸢u₂⸣	I am the lord of the Agu’e temple
42	mudru₄{mu-ud-rum} {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} EME.[SAL]	a kind of lizard
43	saŋ zig₃ {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} EME.[SAL]	(a kind of lizard)
44	šu zig₃ {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} EME.⸢SAL⸣	Hand of a DITTO (a kind of lizard)
45	{ŋeš}aga-giŋ₄ {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} pa-a-ši	a type of sulphur
46	a-ŋi₆-a {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} pa-a-ši	“Ditto the river, the canal-inspector
47	kur(ŠE-)ku {<MIN(a-gu-u₂)>} pa-a-ši	“It is a mountain, it is an agû-disease
48	šembi{bi} e-gu-u	šembi-plant, egû-plant
49	da-ra-an-šub e-gu-u
50	še-bi-da e-gu-u
51	ŋal₂-la dag e-gu-u	“If he is ill, he will be ill.
52	gu₂ gid₂-i ma-ga-gu	stretched out a neck,
53	gu₂ gid₂-gid₂-i mi-tan-gu-gu	(Sum) My neck is stretched out like a long rope (Akk) I have stretched out my neck as if it were long rope
54	⸢x x x⸣ [ma]-⸢an⸣-gu	“..., I want to ...,
55	[...] [...]-⸢u⸣	... ...-e’e
r i
1'	{ni-gi-in}[niŋin₂] [...]	... a reed fence
2'	niŋin₂-⸢niŋin₂⸣ {{ la-gab MIN.NA-BI }} [...]	Its nīnû-demon (is) lagab-disease. Its ditto is ... .
3'	bu-bu-lu AK-⸢AK⸣ [...]	(Sum) The ... of the mountain(?) ... (Akk) The bubulu of the mountains ...
4'	kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ [...]	... the netherworld
5'	GI ⸢x⸣-[...]	reed of
6'	igi gi₄ {<MIN(sa-ha-rum)>} ⸢ša₂⸣ [...]	The young woman, ditto, the eša-e-plant
7'	igi ŋa₂-ŋa₂ {<MIN(sa-ha-rum)>} ša₂ [...]	before Baba, ditto of
8'	igi niŋin₂-niŋin₂ {<MIN(sa-ha-rum)>} ša₂ ⸢x⸣-[...]	before nībinni ditto of the e22
9'	{na₄}a₂-šuba si-ih-[rum]	siḫrum-stone
10'	{ŋeš}u₄-sakar gal sa-hi-rum	large sakar plant
11'	{dug}bur-zi-tun₃-na sah-ha-rum	a cup of fig-beer;
12'	{gi}dur gal tas-hi-rum	a large reed mat for tasḫirum
13'	{gi}dur sig tas-hi-rum	a low reed mat for tašḫirum
14'	{gi}dur gu-la tas-hi-rum	the great reed mat that is torn out
15'	zilulu{zi-lu-lu} tas-hi-rum	zillulu-plant, tasḫirum-plant
16'	⸢bad₃⸣ niŋin sah-hi-rat du-ri	“Its wall is a treasury of fearsomeness.
17'	uru₂ niŋin sah-hi-rat IRI	City whose fearsomeness overwhelms the city
18'	a-⸢gar₃⸣ niŋin sah-hi-rat u₂-ga-ri	“The aĝar of the nibin canal, the drainage ditch of the Ugari canal,
19'	{uzu}⸢šag₄-niŋin⸣ er-ru sa-hi-ru-ti	“The stag's ear is a saḫirûtu-disease.
20'	zi-⸢in⸣-[...] šu-har-ru-rum	Zi-e-in-E-[...] Šuḫarrum
21'	sig₉-sig₉-⸢ga⸣ ⸢šu⸣-har-ra-tum	“Bricks, bricks, (and) bricks
22'	hir [ša₂]-har-rum	ša-ḫarrum
23'	ur₂ ŋiri₃ [šu]-⸢har⸣ GIR₃	Root of a šu’eḫaru-plant
24'	hub₂-šu₂ šu-[ha]-⸢ar₂⸣ GIR₃	Hand of Šuḫear
25'	dug {sa-har}sahar₂ ⸢šu-har⸣-ra-tum	a bowl of sahar-saḫaratum-plant
26'	sa-{hi-ir}hir [ša₂]-har-rum	saḫirhir (means) šaharrum
27'	{e₂}suhur-ra [ša₂]-hu-rum	the supḫurra plant
28'	e₂-šag₄-⸢gan⸣-AMA-[...] ⸢ša₂⸣-hu-rum	E-šag-egan-e-AMA-[...]
29'	ab₂-suhur{[ku₆]} {<ŠU(abšahuru)>}{ku₆}	a kind of fish
30'	[x] na-as-hu-ru ša₂ ŠAG₄	x, the nashuru-offering of a goat
31'	⸢SI⸣ ka-lu-u
32'	DAR ⸢ka⸣-lu-u
33'	SAR ⸢ka⸣-lu-u	SAR (means) “to tremble.’
34'	DU ka-lu-u	DU (= Šumma Ālu XIV unknown) means “to be full.‭
35'	tak₄-a ka-lu-[u]	a kalû-vessel
36'	ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ka-lu-u	“Ba’aba, the kalû-festival
37'	ma-ma ka-lu-u EME.SAL	“Who is the kalû-demon of the lizard?
38'	er₂{er} {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	errû (means) lizard.
39'	gala {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	The gala-priest ditto (is) a lizard
40'	mu-lu {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	The one who ditto a lizard
41'	{su-ur}sur₉ {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	šursur (means) lizard
42'	lagar {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	Lagar, a kind of lizard
43'	la-bar {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} EME.SAL	labar, emesal
44'	TUN₃-MA₂ {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>}	TUNMA, ditto,
45'	BAD₃-AN {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>}	BAD-AN, ditto
46'	sur₉-ra {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>}
47'	surru gal {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>}	large surru plant
48'	nu-nus {pa}pad₃ {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>}	a woman appointed
49'	ka peš ka-lu-u ša₂ me-e	The mouth is full of tears, I want to drink water.
50'	ka dar {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} ša₂ me-e	“The mouth of the water-district, the heart of water,
51'	ka la₂ {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} ša₂ me-e	The mouth of the one who does not know water
52'	ka guru₅-uš {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} ša₂ me-e	The mouth of the granary, ditto, of water
53'	ku-ku-ru {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} ša₂ me-e	kukuru (means) “to drink water.'
54'	gul {<MIN(ka-lu-u)>} ša₂ a-me-li	the gul of the malevolent one
r ii
1'	[...] [...]-⸢x⸣-[...]
2'	[...] ⸢ka⸣-lak-ku	... elakku-plant
3'	[...] ka-lak-ku	... the kalakku-vessel
4'	[...] ka-la-ku	... are allotted
5'	{[dug}bur-zi] ⸢gal⸣ kal-lum	a bowl of kallum-wine
6'	[...] ⸢x⸣ ku-lu-lu	... is swollen
7'	\|KA×ŠE\| ša₂-qu-ma-tum	“Šaqumatum
8'	[...]-ga ša₂-qu-ma-tum	... of the high heavens
9'	[...] ⸢x⸣-ga su-qu ša₂-qu-um-mu	... the ... of the E-ga, the šaquummu
10'	sur šu-qam-mu-mu ša₂ u₄-me	My hair is thick, my days are long
11'	šeg₁₀ ša₂-ga-mu	My šeg-spirit
12'	[šeg₁₀] gi₄ ša₂-ga-mu	my rejoicing
13'	[šeg₁₀] gi₄-gi₄ ša₂-ga-mu	My rejoicing heart
14'	⸢inim⸣ sig₁₀-ga ša₂-ga-mu	my favorable words
15'	⸢KA⸣ šum₂-mu ša₂-ga-mu	“It is the day, it is my dream
16'	[ud] ul-la an-nu-um	In the future
17'	DUB DIŠ-KAM₂-MA \|SIG₇.ALAN\| nab-ni-tum	Tablet of the Diškama of Nibnītum.
18'	E₂.GAL {m}{d}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki}	Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, King of Assyria.
19'	ša {d}AK {d}taš-me-tum GEŠTUG-MIN DAGAL{tu} iš-ru-⸢ku⸣-šu₂	of Nabu, Tašmētu, wide understanding
20'	i-hu-zu IGI-MIN na-mir-tu ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti	He acquired for himself shining eyes, the pinnacle of scholarship.
21'	ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ{ni} a-lik mah-ri-ia	which among the kings who came before me
22'	mim-ma šip-ru šu-a-tu la i-hu-uz-zu	None of this work has been completed
23'	ne₂-me-qi₂ {d}AK ti-kip sa-an-tak-ki ma-la ba-aš₂-mu	the wisdom of Nabû, the tikpi of the net, as much as there is
24'	ina DUB-MEŠ aš₂-ṭur as-niq ab-re-e-ma	I have written on tablets, checked, collated, and
25'	a-na ta-mar-ti ši-ta-as-si-ia	For my reading and recitation
26'	qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-ia u₂-kin	I deposited (it) in my palace.

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