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OECT 06, pl. 21, K 03153 (P384969)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 21, K 03153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384969 |
| 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 [...] | ||
| 2' | [...] ⸢x-ta⸣ [...] | ... from ... |
| [...]-ia ⸢dim⸣-[...] | My ..., the edim-priest | |
| 3' | ⸢gaba⸣-[ŋu₁₀] ⸢x-ta⸣ [...] | “(If) he slips through a hole in the ...-house, |
| ina ⸢ir-ti⸣-ia rap-pu [...] | In my broad womb | |
| 4' | ⸢kiri₃⸣-ŋu₁₀ er₂ sur-ra-ta ⸢ma⸣-[ra <(...)>] | In the orchard where tears are shed, in the reedbed |
| ina ap-pi-ia it-bu-ṭu ⸢ia⸣-[a-ti <(...)>] | (who) have smeared my lips, | |
| 5' | na-aŋ₂-tag-ga gig-ga hul-am₃ ma-⸢ra⸣ <(...)> | The sin is bitter, it is evil ... |
| an-na mur-ṣu lem-nu ia-a-⸢ti⸣ <(...)> | An, the evil illness of ya'etī-e23 | |
| 6' | {ŋeš}bar-us₂ hul us₂-sa-e-de₃ ma-ra <(...)> | To make the evil barus descend, ... for me |
| pa-ru-uš-šu₂ ša₂ lem-niš ir-ta-nid-du-u ⸢ia⸣-a-ti <(...)> | (Sum) The one who constantly seeks out evil, the eya’eati (Akk) The ones who continually seek out evil | |
| 7' | mu-du-ru mu-un-sag₃-sag₃-ga ma-⸢ra⸣ <(...)> | She trembles and shakes, she ... for me |
| haṭ-ṭu ni-ṭu-tu₄ ia-a-⸢ti⸣ <(...)> | “Have mercy, have mercy on me! | |
| 8' | šu bar mu-un-ba x te-te ma-ra <(...)> | The hand ... approached for me |
| qa₂-tu₄ ⸢x-x⸣-il-tu₄ ia-a-ti <(...)> | Hand of ...-iltu, me | |
| 9' | kiŋ₂ hu-luh-ha-⸢e⸣-de₃ ma-ra <(...)> | To make the earth tremble for me |
| šip-ri gal-tu₄ ia-a-ti <(...)> | “Open my mouth, my heart, | |
| 10' | ⸢usan₃⸣ sar-sar-ra ma-ra <(...)> | The esannu-house, the garden, for me ... |
| qin-na-az zaq-tu₄ ia-a-⸢ti⸣ <(...)> | (Sum) I am the one who smites the throat of the enemy (Akk) The one who kills the enemy | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢NE-NE⸣-la₂-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ma-ra⸣ <(...)> | ... elalu-plant, mara’e-plant |
| [...] ⸢hu⸣-mut-⸢tu₄⸣ [... ia-a]-⸢ti⸣ <(...)> | ... eḫūmûtu-plant | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢mu⸣-e-ši-⸢in⸣-[...] | “... ..., ... eši-esin |
| [...] ma-aʾ-du ⸢mar-ṣi⸣-iš uš-⸢ha⸣-[ra-ar] | ... he built a fortress to perfection. | |
| 13' | [...] hul mu-un-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... destroyed ... |
| [...] lem-niš tu-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... evil ... | |
| 14' | [...] | |
| [...] | ||
| 15' | [me]-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | I, the eše-priestess |
| ana-⸢ku⸣ x [...] | I will go out ... | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢kan₄⸣ mah-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | The great gate, the great gate |
| ina ba-bi-⸢ki⸣ [...] | In Babylon | |
| 2 | ⸢aŋ₂⸣-da-ba kug-ga-⸢zu⸣ [...] | In the “House of Heaven and Earth, the pure place of heaven and earth |
| ⸢ni-da⸣-be₂-ki el-⸢lu⸣-[...] | Enidaba, elû-priestess | |
| 3 | [u₂ i₃-pad₃]-⸢da⸣ [... ni₂-ŋu₁₀-ta nu-un-gu₇-e] | He finds food, he does not eat by himself |
| [a]-⸢kal ut⸣-tu-u [ina ra-ma-ni]-⸢ia⸣ [ul a-kul] | I will eat, I will not eat by myself. | |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣ i₃-pad₃-da [ni₂-ŋu₁₀]-⸢ta⸣ nu-⸢un⸣-[naŋ-e] | When he finds a house, he does not go out from it. |
| me-e ut-tu-u ina ra-ma-ni-ia [ul aš₂]-⸢ti⸣ | (Sum) The water of the uttû (temple) is not available to me (Akk) I have not been able to drink water by myself | |
| 5 | [a] kum₂-ma sed-de₃ ud-šu₂-uš i-bi₂-zu mu-[...] | In order to cool the cold water, in order to soothe the storm, your face ... |
| em-ma u ka-ṣa-a u₄-me-šam ma-har-ki [...] | “Ever since the beginning of time, before you | |
| 6 | [u₂] ⸢i₃-pad₃⸣-da-gin₇ ni₂-ŋu₁₀-ta mu-un-gu₇-e gašan-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | Like an ipad plant, he eats by himself |
| ⸢ki⸣-ma ša₂ a-⸢kal⸣ [ut-tu-u ina ra-ma-ni-ia a]-⸢kul⸣ be-el-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | In Ekalama that which A-ekala-e23 gave me, by my own power, A-Ekula-E23, the lord of eštûm | |
| 7 | a i₃-pad₃-da-gin₇ ⸢ni₂⸣-[ŋu₁₀-ta mu-un-naŋ-e gašan-ŋu₁₀ ...] | Like water that I found, he poured out for him from the e’eni temple |
| ki-ma ša₂ me-e ut-⸢tu⸣-[u ina ra-ma-ni-ia aš₂-ti be-el-tu₂ ...] | Like the water of the utû-demon, by my own will, the hand of the lady . . | |
| 8 | gašan-ŋu₁₀ na-aŋ₂-tag-ga-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣ [...] | Gašanbu, naytaggabu of the temple |
| be-el-ti an-nu-u-a ⸢ma⸣-[aʾ-da ...] | “My lady, this (is) what I want to say. | |
| 9 | ib₂-si ši-ŋu₁₀ zi-ir-ra ⸢šag₄⸣ [...] | (Sum) The šibbu priestess, the one who is enraged(?) (Akk) The lamentation priest, the lamenting priest(?) |
| ma-ṣi na-piš-ti i-ta-šu-uš ⸢lib₃-ba⸣-[...] | (Sum) My life has been taken away from me(?) (Akk) The life of my life is taken away | |
| 10 | e-ne nam-kug-zu nu-še-bi-da ⸢hul⸣-[...] | When you do not know your silver, the evil eše-demon |
| e-ki-a-am en-qu la i-še-eṭ gul-lul-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) In Babylon, the enqu-priestess does not obey (Akk) In the land, he does not listen to ... the cultic rites | |
| 11 | e-ne mu-lu uru₃-uru₃ nu-un-ze₂-er-⸢ze₂⸣-[er ...] | The one in charge of the city does not ... |
| e-ki-a-am ša₂ it-ta-aṣ-ru-ma la ⸢ih⸣-[he-el-ṣu-u ...] | Wherever he went, he did not fear (them) | |
| 12 | gašan-ŋu₁₀ e-re-zu-še₃ gur-an-ši-ib₂ ša₃-ne-⸢ša₄⸣ [šu te-...] | Gašanbu, turn back to your servant |
| be-el-tu₄ ana ARAD-ki na-as-hi-rim-ma ⸢le⸣-[qi-i ...] | O lady, I have turned to your servant and the eleqî-plant | |
| 13 | gašan-ŋu₁₀ na-an-gur-re-en gašan-ŋu₁₀ zag nam-mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | Do not turn away from the van! Do not abandon your van! |
| be-el-tu₄ ⸢la⸣ ta-sa-kip-in-ni be-el-⸢tu₄⸣ [la ...] | O lady, you have smashed me, O lady | |
| 14 | a-a ⸢ugu-ŋu₁₀ x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | (Sum) My father, my lord, ... (Akk) The father of my father ... |
| ⸢a⸣-[bu ...] | The ea-ebu-priestess | |
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