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OECT 06, pl. 10, K 05298 (P384947)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 10, K 05298 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384947 |
| 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 | [...] ⸢x⸣ A NA [...] | ... ešû-plant |
| [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ||
| 2 | [...] na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ <(...)> | ... should not touch ... |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ DIŠ <...> | ...-e23 | |
| 3 | [...] na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-ŋu₁₀ <(...)> | ... should not touch ... |
| [...]-šu₂ ez-zu DIŠ <(...)> | ... your furious ... | |
| 4 | ⸢tum₉-gin₇⸣ [zig₃]-ga-bi na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-ŋu₁₀ <(...)> | Its rising like a flood, it should not be touched(?) |
| ⸢ša₂⸣ ki-⸢ma ša-a⸣-ri te-bu-u DIŠ <(...)> | “It is the same as the earth, it is the opposite of ... | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢ŋi₆⸣-a-gin₇ du₇-du₇ na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-ŋu₁₀ <(...)> | As if it were a flood, one should not touch it |
| ša₂ ki-ma a-ge-e i-sur-ru DIŠ <(...)> | That which is like a reed thicket | |
| 6 | a-ab-ba-gin₇ hu-luh-ha-na na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-ŋu₁₀ <(...)> | Like the sea, he should not touch his ... |
| ša₂ ki-ma ti-amat gal-tu₄ DIŠ <(...)> | Who like Tiamat, the wise one | |
| 7 | ⸢umun⸣ e-re-zu na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-bi duh-ab ki-za an-⸢kiŋ₂⸣-[kiŋ₂-e] | (Sum) The lord, your servant, may he praise you! (Akk) Your servant, the servant, praise your servant |
| be-lu₄ ARAD-ka ana pa-ṭa-ar an-ni-šu aš₂-ri-ka ⸢iš⸣-[te-ne₂-ʾe] | O lord, your servant, I ask you, your father, for this request. | |
| 8 | na-aŋ₂-tag-ga dugud-da mu-un-ma-al ki-za an-⸢kiŋ₂⸣-[kiŋ₂-e] | The heavy sin is there, your place An-eki is your place |
| aš₂-šu₂ an-ni kab-tu ša₂ iš-šak-na aš₂-ri-ka ⸢aš₂⸣-[te-ne₂-ʾe] | Because of the greatness of this word that I have written to you, may your word be heard. | |
| 9 | šer₇-da gal-⸢gal-la mu⸣-lu ba-an-us₂ ki-za [...] | The great one, the lord, sat down in your place |
| ina še-er-⸢ti ra-bi⸣-ti ša₂ te-me-ed-an-⸢ni⸣ [...] | In the great scribal art, which you have bestowed upon me | |
| 10 | ud-da-še₃ ⸢hul-a mu-un⸣-ma-al ki-za [...] | At that time, there was destruction, it was in your place |
| ana ša₂ ina u₄-mi ⸢lem-niš⸣ iš-šak-na [...] | To the one who on a day of enmity with you | |
| 11 | ŋi₆-da-še₃ ⸢hul-a mu⸣-un-zal-zal ki-⸢za⸣ [...] | In the river the evil ešaŋa-demon passed by, in the temple ... |
| ana ša₂ ina mu-ši ⸢lem-niš⸣ uš-ta-bar-[ru-u₂ ...] | To the one who in the night watch has seen evil ... | |
| 12 | ⸢aŋ₂⸣ nu-ze₂-eb-ba [...] | The one who does not eat a good meal |
| la ṭa-ba-a-ti [...] | (Sum) The one who does not speak ... (Akk) Do not speak | |
| 13 | umun-ŋu₁₀ na-⸢aŋ₂-tag-ga⸣-[...] | The lord should not touch it |
| be-⸢lu₄⸣ [...] | The lord | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢šag₄-zu⸣ [šag₄ ama tu-ud-da-gin₇ ki-bi-še₃ ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄] | May your heart be restored to its place for me, like the heart of a birth mother. |
| 2' | ama tu-ud-[da a-a tu-ud-da-gin₇ ki-bi-še₃ <(ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄)>] | Like a birth mother and birth father, may it be restored to its place for me |
| 3' | er₂-ša₃-huŋ-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...]-⸢am₃⸣ mu-[bi-im] [...] | It is an eršahû-lament |
| 4' | ⸢GIM⸣ la-bi-ri-šu₂ ⸢SAR⸣-[ma E₃] | Its old esarû-tree comes out. |
Sources & licences
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- 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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