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MC 24, no. 14 (P394096)
MONUMENTAL > Dedication, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, no. 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394096 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | MONUMENTAL > Dedication |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 36 | (As for) ditto, prince of the gods, whose word is pleasing to ditto, |
| reverse 46 | ... he brought forth rejoicing for the rebel land |
| reverse 44 | May its limbs be removed from the hand of a stranger |
| reverse 10 | (If) ditto in his nighttime (and) in the evening (and) in the evening (and) in the evening, ditto his greatness is supreme, in his nighttime. |
| reverse 5 | ...... the gilimgilim priests will determine the fates. |
| reverse 20 | who swore against an evil eye |
| reverse 12 | ... may he decree a fate for him, may he decree a destiny for him, may he give him life, a life of unceasing happiness. |
| reverse 21 | In order to destroy the construction of the chariot, in order to destroy the fierce gold and precious stones, in order to increase your possessions |
| reverse 13 | May he present to him. May he present to him a ita tree, a reed tree, and a true hand for him. |
| reverse 17 | May the lords of heaven and earth forever alter its reign. |
| reverse 30 | This is an incantation, whether a king or a eunuch, as much as there is, |
| reverse 25 | The chariot was brought to the place where he was erected, and he was brought to the place where he was not seen |
| reverse 2 | ...... they slew fiercely to all the enemies of the land. |
| reverse 3 | ...... as if it were a reed, the feet of the reed-beds were torn out, their evil was torn out |
| reverse 35 | May Ninlil, the lady of the gods, be her spouse at the place of Enlil's prayer. May her evil word come forth from him. |
| reverse 7 | for his life he poured out a...-stretched chariot for his life. |
| reverse 23 | As for Aban-zil-zil, the beloved one of his own, who... the new ones, |
| reverse 4 | ...... like a qanû-vessel they have smashed, and their brickwork they have smashed. |
| reverse 16 | May his foes be heard. |
| reverse 32 | May ditto, the lord of the lands, in the wrath of his heart rejoice over him, and that one, his name, his seed, his offspring, |
| reverse 11 | ... shall decree a good fate for him, and a good life, a good reign, shall be established for him in his reedbeds. |
| reverse 39 | To Uta'ulu the lord, the first-born son of Enlil his king who his weapon and his weapon may he not give to him in the place of battle. |
| reverse 1 | ...... the land of the Gu'erima, a furious..., |
| reverse 8 | ............ the one who is devoted to the ni[ght], his name for the life... |
| reverse 33 | Its inscriptions, its inscriptions, and its inscriptions, the mouths of the people, may his seed be finished, and the aballa-official may he not acquire. |
| reverse 34 | May he curse him with a curse. May he curse him in the mouth of the people, may he curse him, and may he not drink water. |
| reverse 41 | May his weapons be seized by his good deeds and his good deeds. |
| reverse 45 | that one and his family in the hands of his enemies may they pluck up. |
| reverse 14 | ..... may he give him to a destiny. May he make him stand before him. |
| reverse 43 | May his enemy stand above him : |
| reverse 6 | ...... they shall not... among them, they shall make a rebellion, they shall not make a rebellion. |
| reverse 19 | that a person who shall make an order of wickedness |
| reverse 18 | May his kingship come into existence in the midst of heaven and underworld. May his reign be everlasting. |
| reverse 42 | May he scatter his weapons, may he scatter his weapons, and his warriors. |
| reverse 24 | they shall remove and by his own craft they shall establish anew and they shall place. |
| reverse 29 | that man, whether a king or a governor or a man’s name, |
| reverse 28 | Because of this curse he caused to be smitten and he wrote my inscribed name and my inscribed name shall say. |
| reverse 37 | May his evil days be brought to an end in the Ekur. |
| reverse 15 | May he smite the hand of his enemy, may he not seize his enemy. |
| reverse 27 | As for the bala of the enemy, he swore by the name of his stationed name, and my name he swore by the name of his inscription |
| reverse 31 | Its man Enlil, the king of all the lands, utters a wrath in his heart. |
| reverse 40 | (As for) ditto, the lord, the first-born, the first-born, of ditto, the lord of the weapon, his mighty weapon, may he not give him, where he is residing, |
| reverse 9 | The... of Enlil, the great festival, whose utterances are numerous, his chariot of heaven, the one who stands in his chariot |
| reverse 22 | 'These are my greatness, I have made him bow down, and he is a lion, he is a lion, he is a lion, as many as there are. |
| reverse 38 | daily may his evil return to the pure Ekur. |
| reverse 26 | This is a greatness, where a second one becomes hostile, and to the Ekletu temple, where no one sees it. |
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
- 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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