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K 02481 (P394458)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02481 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394458 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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' | ⸢sik₂⸣ [...] | The scepter |
| 2' | u₂ x [...] | ... plants |
| 3' | ⸢NIG₂⸣.NA [...] x-x | ... ešānu-plant |
| 4' | ana IGI {d}⸢UTU⸣ [kīam taqabbi ...] KI-tim | In front of Šamaš, you say thus: “... earth |
| 5' | DI.KU₅ AN ⸢u⸣ [KI ... AN].⸢TA⸣ u KI.TA | Judge of heaven, earth, , heaven, and earth. |
| 6' | DI.KU₅ KUR.⸢KUR⸣ [...] ⸢at⸣-ta-ma | Judge of the lands. |
| 7' | ša ⸢NENNI A NENNI⸣ [ša ilšu annanna {d]}15-šu NENNI-tum | (Property) of E-NENNI, son of So-and-so (and) of the gods of Annanna and Ištar, so-and]so |
| 8' | ZI.KU₅.RU.⸢DA⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-(x)] LU₂ IGI-ka | Zikurûrītu-ešuma-e3 ... the man before you |
| 9' | an-na-am ana IGI 20 3-šu₂⸣ [iqabbī-ma] BAL-tu₂ BAL-qi₂ | He speaks this in front of 20 three times and he speaks a balaŋ prayer. |
| 10' | E₂ {d}IMIN.BI [x-(x)] ⸢tum⸣ IL₂-ši-ma | The temple of the Sebetti ... raised the E-tum-e-23 and |
| 11' | {d}UTU DI.KU₅ kiš-⸢ša₂-ti⸣ 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu-ma | Šamaš, judge of the world quarters the three, |
| 12' | iš-tu IGI {d}UTU i-ri-iq-qa₂ | from before Šamaš he shall be beaten |
| 13' | ana {d}e₂-a u {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi i-qer-ri-ib | to Ea and Asalluḫi shall enter |
| 14' | {d}e₂-a LUGAL ba-nu-u₂ ṣal-mat qa₂-qa₂-di | Ea, the king who created the rebellious, |
| 15' | aš-⸢šum⸣ ZI.KU₅.⸢RU⸣.DA ša ⸢u₂⸣-piš ḪUL-tim | Ašum-ēṭer ZI.KU₅.E.DA (means) of evil. |
| 16' | [ša] ⸢NAM⸣.LU₂.U₁₈.LU ša kaš-du-nin-ni | of the E-NAM-E-LU.U., who is a muginnu |
| 17' | [x-x]-x ma-ḫar-ka aš-ku-un | I have established your supreme ... |
| 18' | [x-x-x] ⸢BUR₂⸣-ma da-li-li-ka lud-lul | ... I shall sing your praises. |
| 19' | [x-x-x]-x-ma E₂ {d}IMIN.BI | and the temple of Sebetti |
| 20' | [x-x-x-x]-x {giš}IG.MEŠ BAD.MEŠ | doors, walls |
| 21' | [x-x-x-x-x-x]-x ša₂ KA-šu₂ ta-paṭ-ṭar | ... you open his mouth |
| 22' | [...] x ta-paṭ-ṭar | ... you wipe clean |
| 23' | [...] ⸢ta⸣-ra-ḫa-aṣ | ... eštaraḫ |
| 24' | [...] x bu un | ... untranslatable |
| 25' | [...] ⸢SU₃⸣-ma | ... esû-plant |
| 26' | [...] x | |
| r | ||
| 10' | ana kiš-pu ana LU₂ u E₂.BI NU TE-e | For witchcraft not to approach a man and his house. |
| 11' | {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ {⸢u₂⸣}GUR₅.UŠ | maštakal-plant, ēru-plant |
| 12' | ⸢DIDA SIG₅⸣ [...] ⸢KA₂⸣ ka-mi-i | “(If) it is good (or) bad, he will be able to open the gate of the house. |
| 13' | [... i]-ḫal-li-qu | ... they flew away |
Sources & licences
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