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OECT 06, p. 44-45, K 04837 + K 04927 (P384994)

Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	OECT 06, p. 44-45, K 04837 + K 04927
ID	P384994
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)
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1'	[...]
1'a	[...] ⸢x A LI x⸣ [...]	... ...
2'	[...]-⸢ZU⸣ mu-da-ma-⸢al⸣-[...]	... is there for you
2'a	[...] {⸢d⸣}marduk it-taš-ka-⸢nu⸣-[...]	... Marduk ... with you
3'	[ud-da] ⸢ib₂⸣-ta-suh₃-suh₃ ŋi₆-da ib₂-⸢lu₃-lu₃⸣	On the day that the etašuhsuh ritual is performed, on the riverbank it is ruined.
3'a	ina u₄-mi uš-šu-uš ina mu-ši dul₆-luh	On a day when the work is to be done,
4'	⸢u₃⸣ ma-mu₂-da-ta bu-bu-luh-e in-na-mar	After he had sex with me, he was struck by a flash of lightning.
4'a	u₃ ina šu-ut-ti gi-tal₂-lu-tum ša₂-kin-šu₂	and in the hand, a scepter is placed
5'	azu-e maš₂-a-ta si nu-mu-ni-ib₂-sa₂-e	(Sum) The physician does not make the supplication right by means of his own body (Akk) The doctor does not arrange the ‘song’ correctly
5'a	ba-ru-u₂ ina bi-ri ul uš-te-⸢šer⸣-šu₂	(Sum) The scribal art does not cease between (the gods) (Akk) The demon does not stop between the gods
6'	ensi-e še-e-ta i-bi₂-a nu-mu-un-na-an-bad-de₃	The governor does not look at him with his own eyes
6'a	ša₂-i-lu ina mu-uš-ša₂-ak-ka ul i-pe-te-šu₂	The šaŋilu-disease will not approach your body
7'	[aŋ₂]-⸢gig⸣-ga-bi-še₃ {tug₂}aŋ₂-la₂-a-ta nu-sed-de₃	The a’egig priestess will not be soothed by the abala garment
7'a	[a-na] ⸢ma⸣-ru-uš-ti-šu₂ ina ṣi-in-di ul i-na-ah	he will not be able to raise his hands in prayer.
8'	[šim-mu₂-e] ⸢ka⸣ kug-ga-aš nu-mu-ni-ib₂-te-en-⸢te⸣-en	The diviner will not let you enter the holy house.
8'a	⸢a⸣-ši-pu ina ⸢ši⸣-[ip]-⸢ti⸣ ul u₂-pa-aš₂-ša₂-⸢ah⸣-šu₂	(Sum) The eašpu plant does not grow in the spring (Akk) In the spring I do not grow
9'	gu₄-gin₇ kar-mud-⸢da-x⸣ e-da-šub	Like an ox, you enter Karmud-.
9'a	ki-ma al-pi [ina] ⸢i⸣-di-ip-ti-šu₂ na-di-ma	like a reed in its ēdiptu(-house) it is given, and
10'	udu-gin₇ murgu-ba ⸢e-da⸣-lu₃-lu₃	Like a sheep on its back, it is all over the E-lulu.
10'a	ki-ma im-me-ri ⸢ina⸣ [ta-ba-aš₂]-⸢ta⸣-ni-šu bu-lul-ma	Like a stag, you have smitten him, and
11'	ka karaš(\|KI.KAL×BAD\|)a-ta ⸢x⸣ [... e]-⸢da⸣-šub	From the mouth of the quay you enter.
11'a	ina pi-i ka-ra-ši [... na-di]-⸢ma⸣	In the mouth of the kalāšu-priest ... he is to be seen.
12'	ku₆ niŋin₅-na-⸢gin₇⸣ [...]	Like a fish floating in the water
12'a	[...]

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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