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OECT 06, p. 35-36, K 04899 (P384991)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 35-36, K 04899 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384991 |
| 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⸣ [...] | |
| [... ṣu₂-ru-up] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi ina bi-ki-⸢ti⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... of the inner city, in the middle of the temple(?) (Akk) The šurup of the interior of the city(?) | |
| 2' | [tum₁₂{mušen}gin₇ la]-⸢ra⸣-ah-a ŋi₆ ud zal-la-aš še mu-⸢un-na⸣-[an-ša₄] | Like a wind it will not rise up, when it passes the day, it will rise up. |
| [ki-ma su]-⸢um⸣-ma-ti i-dam-mu-um šup-šu-uq mu-⸢ša₂⸣ [u ur-ra] | Like a šu'emātu-demon, he is smitten, the light of the day and night | |
| 3' | [diŋir ni₂-ba]-⸢ke₄⸣ arhuš sud ab₂-gin₇ gu₃ im-me-⸢am₃⸣ | He cries out in joy like a wild cow |
| a-na DINGIR-šu₂ re-me-ni-i ki-ma lit-ti i-ša₂-⸢as⸣-si | To his merciful (personal) god, as he wishes(?) | |
| 4' | gig-ga mu-un-na-ra-ab-ŋa₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣ | He makes it pass by bitterly for him. |
| mar-ṣi-iš uš-tan-na-ah | he made a stag grow | |
| 5' | ⸢diŋir⸣-ra-bi ša₃-ne-ša₄ i₃-ak-a kiri₃-a šu mi-ni-ib₂-ŋal₂-la | Its ešāne’s were made, it was carried off in its hand. |
| ⸢a⸣-na DINGIR-šu₂ ina un-ni-ni ap-pa-šu i-la-ab-bi-in | (Sum) His (personal) god, in his utterance, his mouth is swollen(?) (Akk) His god, with his supplications, his ears are filled(?) | |
| 6' | ⸢er₂⸣-ra im-mi-in-šeš₂-šeš₂ nu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | They have sworn it, but they did not make it. |
| ⸢i⸣-bak-ki it-hu-sa ul i-kal-la | “If he slips through the door pivots, he will not be able to hold it. | |
| 7' | [niŋ₂-ak]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ ga-an-dug₄ niŋ₂-ak-a-ŋu₁₀ nu-di | I want to say good things, but I do not know what to say. |
| ⸢e⸣-piš-ti lu-uq-bi e-piš-ti ul ša₂ qa-be₂-e | Let me speak of my case, (but) my case is not my command | |
| 8' | ⸢inim⸣-ŋu₁₀ ga-mu-ra-ab-dug₄ inim-ŋu₁₀ ur₅ nu-gi₄-gi₄-e-de₃ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you, but the word is not to be answered. |
| a-ma-ti lu-ša₂-an-ni a-ma-ti ul ša₂ šu-un-ne₂-e | May he speak words to me, words that are not mine | |
| 9' | [diŋir]-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂-ak-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-an-dug₄ niŋ₂-ak-a-ŋu₁₀ nu-di | I want to say “I want to do it,’ but I do not know it. |
| ⸢i⸣-li e-piš-ti lu-uq-bi e-piš-ti ul ša₂ qa-be₂-e | (Sum) I want to speak of my deed, (but) it is not (the case) that I speak of it | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢aŋ₂⸣ [...] ⸢nu⸣-di-da | ... the ea-e-di-da |
| ⸢be⸣-li₂ a-⸢na⸣ [...] ⸢ul⸣ ša₂ qa-be₂-e | “My lord, when you enter ..., speak! | |
| 2 | ⸢inim⸣-ŋu₁₀ šu [... šu] ⸢nu⸣-gi₄-gi₄-⸢de₃⸣ | It is the incantation of the hand of ..., it is the one who does not return it |
| a-ma-ti ⸢lu⸣-[ša₂-an-ni ul ša₂ šu]-un-ne₂-e | The word of Elû-šāni is not mine | |
| 3 | u₂ hub-me-⸢en⸣ [... igi] nu-un-duh | I do not see the ... plant |
| su-uk-ku-⸢ka⸣-[ku ... ul a]-⸢na-aṭ⸣-ṭa-al | Sukku'eku, I am not the one who is to be seen. | |
| 4 | ⸢aŋ₂ im-mu-e⸣-[dug₄-ga-ta ...]-diri | After he had finished the temple, he was surpassing |
| [...]-⸢te⸣-er | ... to the king | |
| 5 | [...]-ri | ...-ri |
| [...] | ||
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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