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Shamash 03 (P394721)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shamash 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394721 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Kiutu |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | en₂ en-e igi bad zalag₂ kukku₅ saŋ-gig₂-ga lu₂ {{ hi-pi₂ ⸢eš⸣-[šu₂] }} | Incantation: O lord, shining face, kukku-demon, sagiga-disease, man, ḫipi, e’eš e23 |
| 1a | be-lu₄ mu-nam-mir ek-le-ti pe-tu-u₂ pa-nu {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | O lord, who illuminates the darkness, who opens the face of sin, |
| 2 | diŋir saŋ sukud-da mu-un-gurum da-ri ba-an-<...> {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | (Sum) The dibir temple, the šukud temple, he ... eternity (Akk) The ibir temple(?) of the sukud temple |
| 2a | i-lu re-me₂-nu-u₂ za-qip haš-šu₂ ha-tin en-ši | Merciful god, who gives life, who makes enši-fruit abundant, |
| 3 | izi-ŋar-zu-še₃ dug₄-ga ak diŋir gal-gal-e-ne | Your ‘fire-of-your-blade’ is a good thing for the great gods. |
| 3a | a-na nu-ri-ka u₂-paq-qu DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | The great gods look upon your light. |
| 4 | {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-e-ne gi-bar-ra saŋ-zu mu-un-i-duh | The Anuna gods have heaped up your reed bundles. |
| 4a | {d}A.NUN.NA.KI gi-mir-šu₂-nu i-na-aṭ-ṭa-lu pa-ni-ka | The Anunnaku, all of them, are afraid of you. |
| 5 | eme ha-mun dili-gin₇ si mu-ni-ib₂-si-sa₂-e | He arranges the tongue like a single ḫamun tree. |
| 5a | li-ša₂-nu mit-hur-ti ki-ma iš-ten šu-me tuš-te-šer₃ | May they be reconciled like one another. |
| 6 | zig₃ saŋ-ne-ne igi la₂-bi-gin₇ zalag₂-ga {⸢d⸣}u₄-u₁₈-lu | Their horns are raised, their eyes are bright like a rainbow. |
| 6a | de-ka-a re-ša₂-ši-na i-na-aṭ-ṭa-lu nu-⸢ur₂⸣ {d}UTU{ši} | “Eka, the head of the gods, the one who does not rise, Šamaš, |
| 7 | dam-gin₇ i-gub hul₂-la-⸢hul₂⸣-la-bi | Its standing like a spouse is joyful. |
| 7a | ki-ma at-ta ta-az-ziz-zu ha-du-⸢u₂ nu⸣-ri-i-šu₂ | Like you, you stand (in prayer) for the ḫadû-priest and his ēriš-priestess |
| 8 | za-e zalag₂-ga-ta saŋ-kul sud-da an-na-ta | Because you are bright, because you are surrounded by a dense halo, |
| 8a | at-ta-ma nu-ur-šu₂-nu ša₂ kip-pat AN{e} ru-qu-u₂-tu₄ | You are the light of the circumference of the distant heavens |
| 9 | ki niŋ₂-daŋal-la-zu-še₃ igi-ne-ne he₂-nam-ma | May they be in your presence at your place of relaxation. |
| 9a | ša₂ er-ṣe-tu₄ DAGAL{ti₃} di-gi-il-ši-na at-ta-ma | You are the one who widens the understanding of the gods |
| 10 | zal-zal igi nam-mi-in-di hul₂-la uŋ₃ daŋal-la-eš am₃ | The one who passes by does not look at him with pleasure, he shouts with joy |
| 10a | i-na-aṭ-ṭa-la-ka-ma i-had-da-a UN-MEŠ rap-ša₂-a-ti | he will be sated, and he shall be satisfied. The vast people |
| 11 | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne na-de₃ ir si-im i-gub-be₂ | The great intertwined cult centers stand in prayer. |
| 11a | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ iṣ-ṣi-nu qut-rin-nu | The great gods swore an oath |
| 12 | u₂-a-na an kug-ga kaš saŋ sag₁₀-ga ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the uana, the pure heaven, the good beer |
| 12a | a-kal AN{e} el-lu ⸢ku-ru⸣-[un-nu ...] | The food of the pure heavens, the ekurunnu plants |
| 13 | niŋ₂ nu-tag-ga šu mu-un-[...] | (Sum) The one who does not fear the oath, he ... his hand (Akk) He did not fear his hand |
| 13a | ša₂ la il-pu-tu₂ qa-ti ⸢IS⸣-[...] | Whoever does not release, hand of ešû-plant |
| 14 | u₂ niŋ₂-gu₇-zu-še₃ ⸢x⸣-[...] | Because of your eating food |
| 14a | ik-ka-lu ⸢a-x⸣-[...] | they eat |
| 15 | igi il₂-la ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one who sees (me) ... |
| 15a | ta-RI-⸢x⸣-[...] | TaRI-e... |
| 16 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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