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RA 017, 167 (K 09998) (P393745)

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

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Designation	RA 017, 167 (K 09998)
ID	P393745
Museum no.	BM —
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	lexical
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 i
1	[...] [e]-re-bi	... they entered
2	[...] [e]-re-bi	... they entered
3	[...] [...]-⸢x⸣
1'	[...] [...]-⸢x⸣
2'	[...] [...]
3'	[...] [...]-⸢x⸣-ŠI	...-eši
4'	[...] [...]-⸢tum⸣	... ...-etum
o ii
1	{di-⸢im⸣}dim₄ sa-na-qu ša₂ ⸢ŠU⸣	Di’emdim, the sanaqu-plant of the hand of the ešû-plant
2	šu dim₄ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ ŠU	Hand of a DITTO
3	šu dab {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ ŠU	Handwashing, ditto
4	šu du₃ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ ṭup-šar-ru-ti	Hand of the kingship
5	⸢saŋ⸣ gid₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ LU₂	long grass, of a man
6	gin₆-na {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {lu₂}TUM₉	True, ditto of the herdsman
7	saŋ gid₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {lu₂}KUR₂	long-fleeced sheep of the enemy
8	⸢ku⸣-nu {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {lu₂}KUR₂	ekû-plant, ditto of the enemy
9	gu₂ gi {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ E₂	The neck of the reed of the house
10	gu₂ gilim {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ E₂	The neck of the reed-bed of the house
11	gu₂ gid₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {giš}IG	long neck, ditto of the door
12	gu₂ gilim {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {giš}IG	the neck of a reed, ditto of the door
13	šu ur₃ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {giš}IG	Hand of a Dog
14	saŋ DU {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ re-ši MU UD	(If) ditto, the head of the day
15	ki la₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ a-wa-ti	without ditto words
16	ki la₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ šu-qul-ti	Where no one compares with me
17	ki la₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR	with less ditto of silver
18	kug la₂ {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR	silver, less ditto, of silver
19	{da-ab}dab {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ {lu₂}DAB	seized by the hand of a fugitive
20	ka gin₆-na {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ pi-i	The true mouth, according to the mouth
21	{<MIN(inim)>} gin₆-na {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ a-wa-ti	“The true word, the word of the word
22	dug₄-ga zid {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ qi₂-bi₂-ti	The righteous one, the one of the command
23	⸢nundum⸣ zid {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ šap-⸢ti₄⸣	ēšû-plant (a kind of juniper)
24	[x] za {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ i-lim	... of the god
25	[x]-ke {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ u₂-si	..., ditto, of the musi
26	[...]-⸢a⸣ si₃-ke {<MIN(sa-na-qu)>} ša₂ ši-⸢x⸣-[x]	... a šēpê-vessel
27	[...] ⸢AK-a⸣ {<⸢MIN⸣(sa-na-qu)>} ⸢ša₂ x⸣-[...]	... eak-ae, eminaqu-plant, ...-plant
r i
1'	⸢x⸣ [...] [...]
2'	a-gar₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] [...]	In the meadow of the ešû-house
3'	{ŋeš}niŋ₂-gi-⸢na⸣ [...]	Niginae
4'	ku-ku-uš {<MIN(...)>}	kukūš-plant
5'	gab₂-gin₆-na mu-⸢kin⸣-nu	he erected (them).

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