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OECT 06, p. 37-39, K 04608 (P384993)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, p. 37-39, K 04608 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384993 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 1'a | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2'a | [...] E₂ | ... the house |
| 3' | [...]-gi₄ | ... returned |
| 3'a | [...]-⸢te⸣-ep-hi | ...-epḫi |
| 4' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ba-eš | ...-ebaeš |
| 4'a | ṣe-eh-⸢ri⸣ [...] u₂-za-iz | The ṣeḫarī-e-priest ... stood |
| 5' | ⸢e₂⸣-ul-maš ama₅-⸢zu⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]-an-ur₃ | Eulmaš Ama-ezu-e23 ... E... ...-an-ur |
| 5'a | E₂.UL.MAŠ E₂ [...] ⸢nak⸣-ru ⸢ib⸣-ta-aʾ | Eulmaš |
| 6' | ki-si₃-ga kug-ga-[zu ...] ba-an-pe-el-la₂-am₃ | Your pure throne is defiled. |
| 6'a | ki-si-ik-ki ⸢el⸣-[lu]-⸢ti⸣ ul-te-ʾi | “I have slain you, the elûtītu-priestess, |
| 7' | ki kug me-re-zu-še₃ ba-an-mar-ra | The place where you set your feet in gold, |
| 7'a | ana aš₂-ri-ki ⸢el-lim⸣ kib-si iš-ta-kan | To your servant Ellim he set up a net. |
| 8' | ki-tuš mah-am₃ [...] mu-un-hul-e-de₃ | In order to destroy the supreme dwelling |
| 8'a | šu-bat-⸢ki⸣ [...] ⸢u₂-šal⸣-pit | Šubat-Ea |
| 9' | me ⸢kal⸣-[kal-la-zu ...]-⸢un⸣-DU | Your kalekalla-me prayer |
| 9'a | par-[ṣi ...]-⸢x⸣ | Its ritual: . |
| r | ||
| 1 | en₃-še₃ gašan-⸢ŋu₁₀ x-x mah ama₅-za im-ši-in-kar⸣-ra-ta | After the great ... of your chamber had been removed, |
| 1a | a-di ma-tim be-⸢el⸣-ti nak-ru gap-šu₂ maš-⸢tak⸣-ki im-šu-⸢uʾ⸣ | As far as the land of my lordly majesty, the evildoer (and) the enraged one seeks you out, |
| 2 | uru₂ saŋ-zu unug(MURU₂){ki}še₃ ⸢mu₇-mu₇⸣ ba-an-mar | Your good city, Uruk, was made into a mound. |
| 2a | ina IRI-ki reš-ti-i u₂-ru-⸢uk⸣ rig₂-mu it-⸢taš⸣-kan | In your first city Uruk he set up a banquet. |
| 3 | e₂-ul-maš e₂ bar-ra-zu a mud-da-⸢gin₇⸣ mu-un-tag-en | You touch the Eulmaš, your outer house like water. |
| 3a | ina E₂.UL.MAŠ E₂ pi-riš-⸢ti-ki⸣ da-mi ki-ma me-e in-naq-qu-u | In the Eulmaš, the house of your supplication, blood flows like water. |
| 4 | kur-kur niŋin-na-zu izi mu-un-da-an-⸢šub⸣ še-mur-gin₇ ba-dub | All the foreign lands roared with fire, it was heaped up like a net |
| 4a' | ina nap-har ma-ta-ti-ki ⸢i⸣-ša₂-tu₂ ⸢id⸣-di-ma ki-ma tum₃-ri iš-pu-⸢uk⸣ | In all of your land, the ešātu-tree, the river, and like a wind blew, |
| 5 | gašan-ŋu₁₀ hul-a mah-bi la₂-a-ni | The evildoer, whose great fearsomeness is bound, |
| 5a | be-el-ti ma-aʾ-diš šal-⸢pu₂-ti⸣ ṣa-an-da-ku | (Sum) My lady, I am a šalpūtu-priestess (Akk) The lady, my lady is a hero |
| 6 | gašan-ŋu₁₀ BU-BU-ra-⸢ta⸣ gig-ga ba-an-du₃-e | He built a bitter (house) in the midst of(?) a pitfall(?) |
| 6a | tu-qat-tir-in-⸢ni-ma mar⸣-ṣi-iš tu-šem-in-⸢ni⸣ | You have slain me, and you have made me ill. |
| 7 | {lu₂}kur₂ mah-am₃ ⸢gi⸣ dili-gin₇ mu-un-sig₃-sig₃-ge | The exalted enemy, like a single ešû-house, trembled. |
| 7a | nak-ru dan-nu ⸢ki⸣-ma qa-ne₂-e i-di u₂-šib-⸢x-ni⸣ | The strong enemy entered E-e-ma, and he took the road. |
| 8 | dimma nu-mu-un-dab ⸢ni₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-uš-tuku men₃ | She does not grasp a thought, she does not have a dream. |
| 8a | ṭe₃-e-mi₃ ul ṣab-ta-ku ⸢ra-ma⸣-ni ul ha-sa-ku | (Sum) I am the one who does not speak, I am not his friend. (Akk) I do not speak to you, I have no friend. |
| 9 | sug-gin₇ ud ŋi₆-ga ⸢mu⸣-un-šeš₂-šeš₂ | Like a marsh on the day of the moon's disappearance |
| 9a | ki-ma ṣu-ṣe-e mu-šam u ur-ri a-dam-mu-um | like a šūṣû-demon, a dead man and a dying woman |
| 10 | ⸢ŋa₂⸣-e e-ri-za u₃-gul an-ma-ma | The ... of your servant, the overseer of heaven, |
| 10a | ⸢ana⸣-ku ARAD-ki ut-nen-ki | I am your servant, I have appointed you. |
| 11 | [ša₃]-⸢zu⸣ he₂-en-hun-e bar-zu he₂-en-sed-de₃ | May your heart be pacified, may your liver be soothed |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-še-er-ra ša₃-zu | ... your heart is an ašerru prayer |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢ša₃⸣-zu | ... your ... |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-an-ši-ib₂ | ... the ešib temple |
| 15 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 16 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
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- 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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