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K 02540 (P394499)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02540 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394499 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| 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 17' | Whoever you are to seize, do not forget your sin. |
| obverse 9' | I have heard that all the gods are devoted to you. |
| reverse 18' | You take away the one who seized you in a treaty. |
| obverse 4' | ... you strew all of them. You give them advice. |
| reverse 19' | Whom an oath has sinned, you sat down. |
| reverse 27' | ... seed... |
| reverse 23' | ... when the radiance of his aura |
| obverse 11' | Your lordly majesty is supreme in all cult centers. |
| reverse 28' | nirgal-zri nirgal-zri |
| reverse 22' | ............ |
| obverse 6' | The gods of heaven and earth have sinned against your command. |
| reverse 26' | ... great king, king... |
| obverse 15' | Merciful, Nabû, your command |
| obverse 7' | To the one who gives you a firm positive answer, before you. |
| obverse 16' | Wherever you are, you hear it. |
| reverse 20' | ......... with him |
| reverse 21' | ... the... of Itar, a rejoicing abode |
| reverse 25' | ......... |
| obverse 10' | May your fierce weapons be praised! |
| obverse 13' | Your greatness is sweet for reading. |
| obverse 14' | Your praises are sweet, your praise is sweet. |
| obverse 8' | 'To their place of worship, their supplications, their utterances, their lordship, |
| obverse 5' | To the Igigi and the Anunnaki you stand (in front of him) |
| reverse 24' | ... the silver(?) |
| obverse 12' | Your word is unrivaled, your command is unrivaled |
| obverse 2' | ... the pure heavens, a rejoicing king...... |
| obverse 3' | Whoever among the gods does not place a fate in your presence, |
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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