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CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 001 (P385872)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P385872 |
| Museum no. | BM 093015 = NBC 11595 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | e-nu-ma e-lisz la na-bu-u2 sza2-[...] | When above the one who is not named |
| 2 | szap-lisz am-ma-tum szu-mu la# [...] | Secondly, my name is not ... |
| 3 | _abzu_-u2 resz-tu-u2 za-ru#-[...] | the first-born Apsu, ... |
| 4 | mu-um-mu ti-amat mu-ma-al-li-da-at# [...] | The name of Tiamat is “The one who fills ... with joy. |
| 5 | _a-mesz_-szu-un isz-te-nisz [...] | Their water ... together .... |
| 6 | gi-par3-ra la ku-s,u2-ru s,u-s,a-' la [...] | The ŋipar is not tight, the ṣuṣaʾʾa is not |
| 7 | e-nu-ma _dingir-mesz_ la szu#-[...]-u2# [...] | When the gods did not ... ... |
| 8 | szu-um la zu-uk-ku-ru szi#-[...] | If he does not know, ... . |
| 9 | ib-ba-nu-u2 _dingir#_ [...] | ... the god ... |
| 10 | {d}lah3-mu-u {d#}[...] | Laḫmû, |
| 11 | a-di-i ir-bu#-[...] | as long as he . . |
| 13 | u2-ri-ki _u4#_ [...] | Your city ... the day ... |
| 14 | {d}a-num a-pi2#-[...] | Anu, Api- |
| 15 | an#-szar2# {d}a-num [...] | Anšar, Anu |
| 16 | [...] a#-num# [...] | ... Anu ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-u2# la# a-di-ru [...] | ... I am not afraid ... |
| 2' | ap#-pu#-na-a-ta is-ten esz-re-et-ti# [...] | You are the one who makes the sanctuaries of heaven and earth tremble |
| 3' | i-na _dingir-dingir_ bu-uk-ri-szu-nu szu-ut isz#-[...] | among the gods, their counsel ... |
| 4' | u2-sza2-asz2-qa {d}qin-gu ina bi-ri-szu-nu sza#-[...] | Qingu in between them |
| 5' | a-li-ku tu _igi_ pa-ni um-ma-nu mu-'-ir-ru-tu pu#-uh#-[...] | “I went, I saw the face of the army, I was frightened ..., |
| 6' | na-sze-e _{gesz}pa_ ti-is,-bu-tu de-ku-u a-na-an-ta | “The one who brings the tiṣbūtu-tree, the dekû-demon, is here. |
| 7'.a | szu-ut ta-am-ha#-a-TA! _gal_ sik-kat2-tu-tu | “That of the great flood, the sikkattû-demon, |
| 7'.b | ip-qid#-[...] | he entrusted |
| 8' | _ku_ ta-a-ka ina _ukken dingir_ u2-szar-bi-ka | “You are holy, I made you flourish in the assembly of the gods. |
| 9' | ma-li-ku-ut _dingir-mesz_ gim-ra-at#-szu-nu qa-tuk#-ka usz-mal-li | I filled your hand with the wisdom of all the gods. |
| 10' | lu szu-ur-ba-ta-a ha-'-a-ri e-du-u2 at-ta# [...] | May you be a fugitive, a young man, ... |
| 11'.a | id-din-szu _dub nam-tar-mesz_ i-rat-tusz u2-szat-mi-ih | he gave to him a tablet of fates he sat down, and he made it resplendent. |
| 11'.b | ka-at# [...] | The mouth of ... |
| 12' | in-na-nu {d}qin-gu szu-usz-qu-u2 le-qu#-u2# [...] | Then Qingu, the šu’ushqu-priestess, the one who took ... |
| 13' | ep-sza pi-i-ku-nu {d}bil-gi [...] | The deeds of your mouth, Gilgamesh |
| 14' | im-tuk kit-mu-ru ma-ag-sza-ru lisz#-[...] | May the one who trusts in you, the exalted one, ... . |
| 15' | _dub_ e-nu-ma e-lisz x re-esz ki-ma la-bi-ri#-[szu] | A tablet when, above ..., the top like its predecessor |
| 16' | _dub_-pi {disz}{d}na3-din-su-iq-bi _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}i-{d}marduk# | Tablet of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Iddin-Marduk |
| 17' | sza2 _szu_ {disz}{d}na3-din-su-iq-bi# _a#_-szu2 sza2 {disz}i#-{d}marduk# | in the charge of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Iddin-Marduk |
| 18' | x x szu2 disz x x x | ... hand of ... |
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