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AfO 18, 289 pl. 12 (P394530)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 18, 289 pl. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394530 |
| 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)
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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 | ||
| 1' | [KIMIN ...] KI A.⸢MEŠ ZI.KU₅.RU.DA⸣-[a ...] | Ditto ... with the water of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual ... |
| 2' | ⸢KIMIN⸣ ... ina ki-šad ID₂ it-mi-ru ⸢KIMIN⸣ [...] | (If) ditto ... in the bank of the river, they will see (it). Ditto |
| 3' | KIMIN ... ina KU₅ UDU.NITA₂ u₂-šal-pi-tu ⸢KIMIN⸣ [...] | (If) ditto: ... in a sheep’s fat: e-ditto-plant . |
| 4' | KIMIN ... ina KI.TA {d}ku-ši [it-mi-ru KIMIN ...] | Ditto: ... they saw Kuši below; ditto ... |
| 5' | KIMIN ... ina KI.TA {d}e-qi [it-mi-ru KIMIN ...] | Ditto: ... they saw in the lower part of Eqi, ditto |
| 6' | KIMIN ... ina KAŠ₃ NI₂-šu₂ im-ḫu-ḫu-ma [...] | Ditto: he drinks it in his own beer and . |
| 7' | KIMIN ... ina URU ŠUB-i u na-me-e it-mi₃-ru [...] | (If) ditto ... in a city, a man and a woman see each other |
| 8' | EN kit-tum u mi-ša₂-ru muš-te-šer {⸢d⸣}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ...] | Lord of truth and justice, who guides the Igigi |
| 9' | DI.KU₅ {d}a-nun-na-ki [...] | Judge of the Anunnaki |
| 10' | {d}UTU ša₂ kaš-šap-ia₅ [...] | Šamaš, my cupbearer |
| 11' | e-piš-ia₅ u muš-te-piš-ti-ia ra-ḫi-[ia₅ u ...] | My sorcery and the incantation that I have incited against me, my anger and . . |
| 12' | kiš-pi-šu₂-nu ru-ḫe-šu₂-nu ru-se-šu₂-nu ⸢ḪUL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | Their witchcraft, their magic, their spittle, the ešḫul-plant |
| 13' | lib-bal-kit-šu₂-nu-ti ana muḫ-ḫi-šu₂-nu u la-[ni-šu₂-nu ...] | May their rebellion against them and against them |
| 14' | {d}UTU {d}gira tap-pu-ka li-tal-⸢lil⸣ [...] | May Šamaš and Gira, your companions, be reconciled |
| 15' | {d}UTU {d}gira₂ qa-mu-u₂ liq-mi-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ⸢lik⸣-[kel-me-šu₂-nu-ti] | May Šamaš and Gira command them. May Gira entrust them to me. |
| 16' | {d}gira₂ liš-ru-up-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ liḫ-ḫar-miṭ-su-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | May Gira release them, may Gira smite them |
| 17' | {d}gira₂ li-kab-bi-ib-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ag-⸢giš⸣ [...] | May Gira keep them alive! Gira, the agišu-priest |
| 18' | {d}gira₂ ZI-šu₂-nu GIM A.MEŠ [...] | Gira, their attack is like water |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}gira₂ ana kur-nu-gi₄-a li-[še-rid-su-nu-ti] | May Gira bring them to Kurnugi’a. |
| 2 | {d}gira₂ mu-nam-mer uk-li ek-le-ti [...] | Gira, who illuminates the darkness, |
| 3 | {d}gira₂ ana {d}nam-tar SUKKAL KI-tim [...] | Gira to Namtar, the vizier of the underworld |
| 4 | {d}UTU ša₂ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ [...] | Šamaš, the one of the four quarters (of the world), the one who possesses possessions |
| 5 | DINGIR LUGAL IDIM u NUN [...] | May god, king, noble, and prince |
| 6 | KI DINGIR u {d}15 u₂-ze-nu-in-ni [...] | When god and Ištar made me angry, |
| 7 | ina E₂ ṣal-tu₂ ina SILA pu-uḫ-pu-uḫ-ḫu ⸢iš⸣-[ku-nu-nim]-⸢ma⸣ | In the house of rebellion (and) in the street, you are torn apart.” |
| 8 | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u₂ DINGIR a-a-um-ma [...] | Does your great divinity know it? May the god not . |
| 9 | at-ta-ma ZU-u₂ a-na-ku NU ZU-u ša kaš-⸢šap⸣-[ia ...] | You know that I do not know, that my beer is ... |
| 10 | ša e-piš-ia u e-piš-ti-ia ša₂ ra-ḫi-⸢ia⸣ [...] | Whose sorcery and sorceries (are) my own fault |
| 11 | kiš-pi-šu₂-nu ina qi₂-biti-ka GIM giš-par-[ri ...] | Their witchcraft, at your command, like a chariot |
| 12 | a-na ša₂-šu-nu li-ba-ru-šu₂-nu-ti {d}[UTU ...] | To them may Šamaš extinguish them |
| 13 | GIM {dug}UTUL₂ ḫu-bu-su-nu-ti ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | Like a large bowl full of emešme-plant |
| 14 | li-ḫu-lu li-zu-bu [...] | May he be pacified, may he become calm |
| 15 | ⸢na⸣-piš-ta-šu₂-nu [...] | Their ‘seizing-the-mouth’ ritual |
| 16 | [šu]-⸢nu⸣ li-⸢mu-tu-ma⸣ [...] | May he be released, may he not be forgotten |
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