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ZA 002, 334-335 (P370904)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 002, 334-335 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370904 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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' | DAM-su ana E₂-šu₂ KU₄{ib} ⸢BARA₂⸣ [(x x x x x x)] ⸢APIN GAN ZIZ₂ ŠE⸣ ⸢ŠE⸣ | (If) his wife enters his house Ebara’e (means) epilepsy. Month of Kislimu, month of Šabaṭu, ešû-e (also means) |
| 2' | LU₂.TUR U₃.TU GU₄ SIG₄ NE APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) a baby gives birth: oxen, bricks, month V, month VIII, month XI, hand of hand. |
| 3' | še-gu-u is-si BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | šegû-plant issi. Dais: “Month II, month III, month VIII, month XI, hand-lifting prayer. |
| 4' | TUG₂-su DADAG BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) he wears his garment: a festival. Month II, month III, month VII, month VIII, month XI, hand, hand |
| 5' | PAD-su ana DINGIR-šu₂ GAR{un} BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU NE KIN DU₆ APIN GAN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | His tribute is presented to his god. Nisannu (Month II), month III, month VI, month VII, month VIII, month IX, month XI, eponym year of Šabāṭu (XI). |
| 6' | GARZA TI{qi₂} BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ DU₆ ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | GARZA (means) to take. Dais: “Ox, brick, Tašrītu (Month VII), Šabaṭu (XI), hand of hand. |
| 7' | NINDA SUM{in} BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ DU₆ ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | Bread is given. Dais: “Month II, day VII, month XI, eponym year of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, king of Assyria." |
| 8' | BARA₂ GIBIL{iš} BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ KIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | New dais, dais of oxen, bricks. Month VI, month XI, eponym year of Šamaš-aḫa-iddina. |
| 9' | lu KUN.SAG.GA₂ lu UB.LIL₂.LA₂ lu BARA₂ lu BARA₂.SI.GA lu IM.DU₃.A DU₃{uš} ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | “Whether a crown, or a reed-bed, or an oblong dais or an embankment, it is an imdû-container. XI, ŠE |
| 10' | DINGIR-šu₂ lu DINGIR šul-pu-tu₂ ud-diš BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ KIN DU₆ APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) his (personal) god or a deity is disturbed (and) the day of the Nisannu (Month II): Ayyaru (II), Simanu (III), Ululu (VI), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), (Year) XI |
| 11' | KI.MAH DU₃{uš} ŠU AB ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | KI.MAH (means) to build. Hand of cow. Month XI, hand of |
| 12' | PU₂ BAD{te} SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) a well is located on a wall: bricks will be made. Month V, Tašritu (VII), Araḫsamnu (VIII), Šabaṭu (XI), |
| 13' | KI.NE ŠUB{di} BARA₂ GU₄ KIN DU₆ APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | KI.NE (means) “to lay low.'' Dais. Month II, VI, Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabaṭu (XI), eponym year of emu-da’ina. |
| 14' | DUG A.GEŠTIN.NA GAR{un} NE ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | A pot of vinegar is placed. Month V, month XI, hand, hand |
| 15' | {giš}KIRI₆ iz-qup BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ NE KIN DU₆ APIN GAN AB ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) a garden is planted: a festival will take place. Month II, month III, month VI, month VII, month VIII, month IX, year X, month XI, ... |
| 16' | {giš}KIRI₆ {giš}GIŠIMMAR iz-qup BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU KIN DU₆ ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) a date orchard falls: dais of the ox, bricks. Hand of Ululu. Month VI, Tašritu (VII), Šabaṭu (XI), |
| 17' | {giš}KIRI₆ GIBIL{iš} BARA₂ GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU KIN APIN GAN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | New orchard, daises, oxen, bricks, hand, month VI, month VIII, month IX, month XI, hand |
| 18' | {giš}KIRI₆ ud-diš GU₄ SIG₄ KIN APIN ZIZ₂ ŠE ŠE | (If) a garden is late: Mercury, bricks. Month VI, Araḫsamnu (VIII), Šabaṭu (XI), |
| r i | ||
| 1 | {iti}BARA₂ 1 4.1/2 6.1/2 8 10 11 14 16 23.1/2 ŠE | (Favorable days in the month) Nisannu (I): 1 4 1/2 6 1/2 8 10 11 14 16 23 1/2 |
| 2 | {iti}GU₄ 2 6 8 10 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 ŠE | Ayyaru (Month II): 2 6 8 10 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 are owed |
| 3 | {iti}SIG₄ 3 5 9 11 12 13 15 16 22 24 27 30 ŠE | Simanu (month III): 3 5 9 11 12 13 15 16 22 24 27 30 are due. |
| 4 | {iti}ŠU 3 7 11 13 17 19 21 22 26 27 28 29 ŠE | Month IV: days 3 7 11 13 17 19 21 22 26 27 28 29 are delivered. |
| 5 | {iti}NE 1 2 6.1/2 10 12 15 16 ŠE | Month V: 1 2 6½ 10 12 15 16 is the equid |
| 6 | {iti}KIN 1 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 17 19 22 27 29 ŠE | Elul (VI): 1 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 17 19 22 27 29 are available |
| 7 | {iti}DU₆ 1 4 6 7 8.1/2 9 11 13.1/2 14 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 ŠE | (Favorable days in the month) Tašritu (VII): 1 4 6 7 8½ 9 11 13 1/2 14 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 are favorable. |
| 8 | {iti}APIN 2 6 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 ŠE | (Favorable days in the month) Araḫsamna (VIII): 2 6 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 are favorable. |
| 9 | {iti}GAN 1 5 9 11 13 16 18 21 23 25 29 30 ŠE | IX 1 5 9 11 13 16 18 21 23 25 29 30 are available |
| 10 | {iti}AB 7 11.1/2 13 14 17.1/2 21 22 23 24.1/2 25 26 27.1/2 28 29 ŠE | Ṭebētu (Month X): 7 11½ 13 14 17.” 21 22 23 24′, 25 26 27₈ 29 are available. |
| 11 | {iti}ZIZ₂ 1 7 10.1/2 11 14 17 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 29.1/2 ŠE | Šabaṭu (Month XI): 1 7 10½ 11 14 17 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 1/2 |
| 12 | {iti}ŠE 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 14/15 16 20 22 24 25 27 30 ŠE | (Favorable days in the month) Duʾuzu: 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 14/15 16 20 22 24 25 27 30 are favorable. |
| 13 | E₂ DU₃{uš} ša₂ {⸢giš⸣}IG i-zaq-qa-pu | A built-up house, which is surrounded by a door. |
| 14 | E₂ iq-qur ša₂ ⸢SUMUN KUR₂⸣-ma GIBIL ip-pu-šu | (If) he tears out a house: that old house will be destroyed and a new one will be built. |
| 15 | E₂ iṣ-ṣi ša₂ si-i-ri i-hal-la-šu | (If) he tears out the house's brickwork from the inside (of the house) |
| 16 | E₂ is-suh ša₂ lib₃-bi E₂ u₂-šap-pa-lu | (If) a house is torn down, the heart of the house will be disturbed |
| 17 | E₂-su] ⸢KUR₂{ir⸣} ⸢ša₂ la-pa-an GISKIM E₃⸣-ma ana E₂-šu₂ MAN-ma ir-ru-bu | (If) his house is surrounded by a mound: he will go out from the sign and enter his house. |
| 18 | ana E₂ ša₂-nim-ma KUR₂{ir}ma i-hi-iṭ ša₂ ana E₂]-⸢šu₂ ša₂-nim⸣-ma it-ti-qu | To that temple, he advanced against the enemy, to that temple he fell. |
| 19 | ... i]-⸢leq-qu⸣-u | they will take. |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | U₄-MEŠ DUG₃.GA-MEŠ | Good days |
| 2 | ša₂ ana DU₃{eš} A₂.AŠ₂ | who to do (this) |
| 3 | u₃ LU₂ mim-ma | and any man |
| 4 | A₂.AŠ₂-su | his wages |
| 5 | KUR{ad₂} DUG₃.GA-MEŠ | The good forts |
| 6 | a-di 25 MU-MEŠ | together with 25 years |
| 7 | mu-kal-lim-ti-šu₂ | his cultic performer |
| 8 | nis-hu | |
| 9 | lib₃-bi iq-qur DU₃{uš} | Its inside he smote. |
| 10 | ki-i KA DUB-MEŠ | According to tablets |
| 11 | man-du-u₂-ti | Manduti, |
| 12 | URU ina SUKUD{e} GAR{in} | (If) a city is set on a height. |
| 13 | iq-qur DU₃{uš} | Iqqur, the builder |
| 14 | u₃ AB.ŠE.GE.DA | and Absegeda |
| 15 | GABA.RI TIN.TIR{ki} | Copy of Babylon. |
| 16 | ša₂ {m}{d}AG-zu-qup-GIN | From Nabû-zuqup-kenu. |
| 17 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR | the scribe |
| 18 | [ana IGI].⸢DU₈⸣.[A]{⸢ti⸣} | in front of the Great Oval |
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