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2R 30, 1 (P394154)

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

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Designation	2R 30, 1
ID	P394154
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'	[...] [...]-⸢tum⸣	... ...-etum
2'	[...] [...] KU₆	... fish
3'	[...] [...] ⸢IRI⸣{ki}	... the city E-e-e
4'	[...] [...]
5'	[...] ⸢x-x-ru⸣-[x]	... ...-ru
6'	[...] ⸢x⸣ {<ŠU(...)>} a-⸢x⸣-[...]	... ešû-plant
7'	[x]{⸢x-ba-an⸣} nisig u₂-ru-u ⸢ar₂-qu⸣	...-ban’e23, the doorkeeper of Urû, the gatekeeper
8'	⸢gur₅⸣-gur₅ u₂-ru-u ša₂ a-ri	(a kind of grass) that grows in the open country
9'	⸢a⸣-ra-li a-ra-al-⸢lu⸣-[u]	“I want to go down to the netherworld, to Arallû
10'	⸢arali⸣{{<MIN(a-ra-li)>}} {<MIN(a-ra-al-lu-u)>}	Earali E23
11'	{u₂-ru-gal}irigal {<MIN(a-ra-al-lu-u)>}	burugal-birigal
12'	gal₄{qa-al}{la}la u₂-ru	a lance of the city
13'	sal{sa-al}la {<MIN(u₂-ru)>}	salsa-la-la
14'	SAL-{ki-id}kid₂ {<MIN(u₂-ru)>}	SAL-kid, ditto
15'	murub₂{mu-ru-ub} {<MIN(u₂-ru)>}	the middle of the 'finger'
16'	nunuz-ti {<MIN(u₂-ru)>}
17'	gab-ba-ti-in-nu {<MIN(u₂-ru)>}	all of them
18'	ŋeš gur₅-⸢gur₅⸣ u₂-ru-u ša₂ GIŠ	“Bricks, bricks, ... of a wood
19'	{ŋeš}\|PA.TAR\|{gu-ug} kud-⸢ru⸣ {<MIN(u₂-ru-u)>} ša₂ GIŠ	a kind of scepter, a thornbush
20'	{ŋeš}tir su₃-su₃ {<MIN(u₂-ru-u)>} ša₂ {giš}TIR	Susa, the forest of the forest
21'	im sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ke ur-ru-u ša₂ IM	The yellow-green clay
22'	{si-ig}sig₈ ur-ru-u	a brick mould
o ii
1'	an si-⸢BAD₃⸣-[...] [...]	Heaven and earth ...
2'	si-u₉-⸢ba⸣ [...]	Sîba'eba
3'	si-un₃-⸢na⸣ [...]	Sîn-emana-e23
4'	kur u₉-ba [...]	In those distant lands
5'	kur un₃-na [...]	The wild mountain
6'	hur-saŋ un₃-na {<MIN(...)>} {<[MIN(...])>}	Ḫursa-unna
7'	[hur]-⸢saŋ⸣ sukud-da {<MIN(...)>} {<[MIN(...])>}	“Ḫur-esa-e23 sukudda-tree
8'	kur du-du-ru {<MIN(...)>} {<MIN(...)>}	The land of Duduru
9'	igi-nim ma-tum e-li-tum	before the land, above
10'	uru₂ saŋ-ŋa₂-ba IRI e-lu-u	The good city, the holy city
11'	uru₂ bad₃-da IRI {<MIN(e-lu-u)>}	The city, the wall, the city ditto
12'	e₂-gar₈ sukud-da la-a-nu {<MIN(e-lu-u)>}	“Sealed wall, lānu-disease
13'	lu₂ sukud-da LU₂ {<MIN(e-lu-u)>}	(for) a man with a long head, a ditto man
14'	{lu₂}UŠ-UD-am₃-kud ša₂ e-la-a-ti ep-šu₂	The king, my lord, should know (this).
15'	saŋ il₂ re-ša₂-an e-la-tum	raise up the head of the upper world!
16'	saŋ us₂ {<MIN(re-ša₂-an)>} e-la-tum	the lower side, above
17'	gu₂ an-na us₂ {<MIN(re-ša₂-an)>} e-la-tum	the neck of heaven, the lower length
18'	gu₂ an-ba-še₃ zig₃ {<MIN(re-ša₂-an)>} e-la-tum	on the bank of the Anbaš river, rising high,
19'	kiri₃ {du}du₃ ap-pu e-lu-u	“It is the rites that I have performed, the apsû-disease is high,
20'	a-ŋi₆ urunₓ(EN)na a-gu-u {<MIN(e-lu-u)>}	The water of the city, agû
21'	{ŋeš}dur₂-bi eš₂-ŋar ki-is-kir-rum {<MIN(e-lu-u)>}	Its throne is an ešbar kiskirrum
22'	{tug₂}bar-ra ṣu-bat e-lu-ti	a pure garment
23'	{tug₂}bar-ra-si-a₂-la₂ ṣu-bat e-li-tum	a robe of upper garments
24'	{tug₂}niŋ₂-ugu-gam-ma {<MIN(ṣu-bat)>} {<MIN(e-li-tum)>}	a ni’ugu-garment, ditto elitum-garments
25'	{na₄}na ab-nu e-lu-u	pure agate stone
r i
1	{na₄}na za₃-hi-li{sar} e-lit ur-ṣi	a stone of zaḫili-stone, elit uršu
2	barag ki gub-ba {<MIN(e-lit)>} ba-ša₂-mi	The dais, the place where one stands, was erected.
3	an-ta bal ki e-li-tum u ša₂-pil-tum	from above, above and below
4	gu₂{gu₄}gu₂ ki-ta an AK-a e-li-tum pi-tu₂	ox or bull, from above ...
5	nu-um-ma e-li-tum	“It is not the upper
6	za-na ŋeštug e-lit uz-nim	You are the scepter of wisdom.
7	za-na-ru ŋeštug e-lit {<MIN(uz-nim)>}	The za-na-ru of the ēlit elit šnim
8	ugu igi e-lit i-nim	upon the face of the goddess Ištar
9	bar igi e-lit {<MIN(i-nim)>}	The outer part is the eye of the goddess.
10	an-na igi e-lit {<MIN(i-nim)>}	In heaven, the eye of ditto,
11	en₃-du-an-na e-li-tum ša₂ za-ma-ri	Endu-ana, the high priestess of the heavens,
12	bar nisig e-lit ar-qi₂	The outer radiance, the light of the torch,
13	ab-du₃{du} nisig e-lit {<MIN(ar-qi₂)>}	Abdudu, the nisig priestess of the goddess Elit
14	gibil{gi} nisig e-lit {<MIN(ar-qi₂)>}	new reed, elītu-tree,
15	tun₃{tu} nisig e-lit {<MIN(ar-qi₂)>}	a nisig plant, elit sulphur
16	inim su₃-ga e-lit ša₂ a-ma-tim	a suga word, the exalted one of the sea
17	inim iri{ki} bala-e e-li-lum	the words of the city’s bala, elilum
18	e₂-lil₂-la₂ {<MIN(e-li-lum)>}	the Elila temple
19	bar-bar-ra e-la-a-tum	“Dirra, Elātum,
20	su-bar {<MIN(e-la-a-tum)>}
21	su-ga mu-da-ab-be₂ {<MIN(e-la-a-tum)>} KI-i i-ta-⸢mu⸣-[u]	He says to him “It is enough, it is enough!‭ (Sumerian)
22	su-bur₂-ra mu-da-bala-e {<MIN(e-la-a-tum)>} ⸢KI-i⸣ [...]	(Sum) The šubur priestess, the one who crosses over (Akk) The subur priestesses cross over over
23	gid₂-da [...]	Long(?)
24	sukud{⸢su}da⸣ [...]	Sukud-suda-e23
25	⸢x⸣ [...] [...]
r ii
1	⸢x x x⸣ [...] [...]
2	KU TAR [x] [...]	... ...
3	E-[x]-⸢x⸣ [...]	E...-e23
4	[x] ⸢šag₄⸣ [...]	... the šaĝ-priestess
5	[...] [...]
6	siki LAGAB{gur-[x]} [...]	wool of the lagar priestess
7	[x] ⸢x⸣ [...]
8	saŋ us₂ ša₂-qu-u ša₂ re-ši	(a kind of grass) with a high top
9	saŋ zig₃ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {<MIN(re-ši)>}	“Finger-nail of the zig-diameter, womb of the ditto,
10	saŋ il₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {<MIN(re-ši)>}	to raise up, raise up
11	gu₂ zig₃ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {<MIN(re-ši)>}	The neck is elevated, ditto, the heart
12	gu₂ il₂-e {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {<MIN(re-ši)>}	The one who raises the neck (is) the one who ditto (his head).
13	dirig ša₂-qu-u ša₂ LU₂	exalted one of the man
14	igi an-še₃ mu-ŠID {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ i-ni	before Anšu, ... of his heart
15	{ŋeš}ma₂ ru-ru-gu₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {giš}MA₂	A rugu-boat, a boat
16	a ru-gu₂-še₃ ŋa₂-ŋa₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ ma-hir-ti	“Alas, the rugû-demon, the slave of the slave-girl,
17	inim su₃-ga a-ma-tum ša₂-qu-tum	a slanderous word, a terrible word
18	naŋ ša₂-qu-u	to be high
19	NA₄ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ A.ŠAG₄	stone, ditto, of the field
20	{de-e}de₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ A.ŠAG₄	to go out, ditto, of the field
21	a dug₄-ga {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ A.ŠAG₄	good water, ditto of the hands
22	a de₂-a {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ A.ŠAG₄	Water of Ea, ditto of the field
23	uš₁₁ si₃ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ im-ti	“The wind, the horns of a ditto wind
24	uš₁₁ si₃ bal {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {<MIN(im-ti)>}	“It is the wind that blows, ditto, the mind
25	bal {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>} ša₂ {gi}GUR.HUB₂	bal of reeds
26	an-an ša₂-qu-u	high heaven
27	an-ta {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>}	above ditto,
28	an-ta-ŋal₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>}	I have carried off, ditto
29	[x] an-ta-ŋal₂ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>}	... I have carried off, ditto
30	[x an]-⸢ta-ŋal₂⸣ {<MIN(ša₂-qu-u)>}	“If he slips in through the window,
31	[...] [...]
32	[...] [...]-⸢u⸣	... ...-e’e

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