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OECT 06, pl. 07, K 04648 (P384942)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 07, K 04648 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384942 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; 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' | [...] | |
| ana NI [...] | To ... ... | |
| 2' | amalu ⸢šag₄ ib₂⸣-[ba ...] | The amalu priestess, in its midst, |
| ana {d}iš-tar ša₂ ŠA₃-[ša₂ ...] | To Ištar, whose heart is | |
| 3' | er₂-ra mu-un-da-⸢ab-ir⸣ [...] | He brought out the tears for him |
| 4' | šir₃-re mu-un-na-ab-be₂ [...] | He spoke to him in the midst of the forest |
| ṣer-ha lu-uq-bi-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) I want to utter a ṣerḫu prayer to him (Akk) May I utter an apprehension to him | |
| 5' | šag₄ de₃-en-na-huŋ-e KA ⸢x⸣ [...] | I want to pacify the heart for him |
| ina nu-uh ŠA₃-šu₂ PI-⸢x-x⸣ [...] | By his own power ... | |
| 6' | bar de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ niŋ₂-⸢ak-a-ŋu₁₀ ga⸣-[an-dug₄] | I want to pacify (the inhabitant of) the outer sanctum for him so that he can sleep peacefully |
| ina šup-šu-uh ka-bat-ti-šu₂ ⸢e-piš-ti lu-uq-bi⸣-[šu₂] | I may speak about his deeds in the midst of his sleep. | |
| 7' | dim₃-me-er zag-zu-ta nu-un-⸢x-x⸣-[...] | The god does not ... from your side |
| NI ⸢ul⸣-la-nu-uk-ka ul ⸢x x x⸣ | “It is not for you, it is not ..., | |
| 8' | amalu-ŋu₁₀ za-da nu-me-a ⸢mu nam-mu-da-pad₃⸣-da | No Amalû priestess is there with you, do not find me! |
| {d}iš-ta-ri ina ba-li-ka ⸢šu-mi₃ ul⸣ na-⸢bi⸣ | Ištar, without you my name would not be mentioned. | |
| 9' | dim₃-me-⸢er⸣-ŋu₁₀ šag₄ me-⸢er⸣-ra-zu ⸢ma-ra⸣ mu-⸢un-gig-ga⸣ | (Sum) Your god, when you enter the heart of your god, he makes it come forth for you (Akk) You are the one who makes the world tremble, you make the earth shake |
| i₃-<li₂> ŠA₃-⸢ka⸣ ez-zu ia-a-⸢ti u₂-šam⸣-ri-ṣa-an-ni | <(Why) do your angry heart and your furious heart curse me?> | |
| 10' | amalu-⸢ŋu₁₀ x x x x ma-ra mu-un⸣-tur-⸢tur-e-de₃⸣ | Amalû-ešum-ibni ... for me ... |
| {d}iš-ta-⸢ri x x x x x ia-a-ti⸣ un-niš-an-⸢ni⸣ | Ištar | |
| 11' | tur-ra nu-gin₆-⸢na-gin₇ bar-ra mu-un⸣-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-⸢e-de₃⸣ | Like a young man who does not rise up, he rises up from the outside. |
| ki-ma ma-⸢a⸣-ri ⸢la ki-nim⸣ ana ⸢nak-ri⸣ taš-ku-na-an-ni | When you have set me up for the nadītu-vessel, | |
| 12' | dim₃-me-⸢er-ŋu₁₀ ud-da-ta ugu⸣-ŋu₁₀ šag₄ ⸢dib⸣-ba-ke₄ | The gods of the day, the ones of the night, in the midst of the storm |
| ul-⸢tu u₄-um i⸣-li₃ ⸢iš⸣-bu-su i-li-ia | In the future, at any time, may a future ruler, my lord, | |
| 13' | ⸢amalu⸣-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ud-da-ta⸣ mu-un-⸢x-x-en⸣ | (Sum) When he enters a temple, he ... (Akk) He enters the temple of a bull, when he comes out |
| [...] iš-⸢x⸣-an-ni | ... came forth for me | |
| 14' | ⸢šag₄-zu mu⸣-un-⸢gul⸣ bar mu-un-ze₂-⸢eb-ba-ke₄⸣ | (Sum) The one who destroys your sanctuaries, the one who soothes the sick ones (Akk) Your temples are destroyed, the liver is shattered |
| ⸢ŠA₃-x x TE x⸣ ka-bat-ti ⸢it-ta-aṣ-rah⸣ | The ešû-plant approaches the e23-plant. | |
| 15' | ⸢x x x x UŠ⸣-gin₇ šag₄ ⸢x-x-x-x-ke₄⸣ | Like a ...-bird, the ... of the earth |
| ⸢x x x x x ṣu-ru-up⸣ lib₃-bi | the heart of a ṣurup̣u-plant | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢MI x⸣ [...] | The ešimmu-plant |
| ⸢x⸣ [...] | ||
| 2 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| ⸢x⸣ [...] | ||
| 3 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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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