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K 03196 + K 03344 (P394863)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03196 + K 03344 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394863 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | ŠA₃-⸢šu₂⸣ UZU(ḫi).MEŠ-šu₂ x [...] | His flesh ... |
| 4' | A₂.MEŠ-ia₂ iš-⸢pu⸣-[ka ...] | My waters that I have poured out for you |
| 5' | u₂-ḫa-am-ma-ni-⸢ma⸣ [...] x-man-[ni] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 6' | {lu₂}GIG NU-šu₂ ⸢i⸣-[na-aš₂-ši-ma ina IGI {d}UTU] ⸢UR₅⸣.GIM DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ | (If) a sick person says: “Ei-našû, in front of Šamašē, ur5 egim-plant, |
| 7' | EN₂ {d}UTU an-nu-u ṣal-mi₃ ša₂ {⸢lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ [u₃ {munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU e-pu-šu₂ ana-ku NENNI ⸢DUMU⸣ [NENNI] | Incantation: “Šamaš, this is my rebellion, which I, so-and-so, and my daughter, have performed.’ |
| 8' | ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ NENNI {d}15-šu₂ NENNI-tu₂ ina IGI-⸢ka⸣ [GAR-(šu₂)] [ina an]-⸢ni⸣-ka GAL-e ina qi₂-bi-ti-ka ṣir-⸢ti⸣ | Whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so, (and personal) goddess is (also) present in your presence. At your great command, by your supreme command |
| 9' | ina nar₃-bi ša₂ {d}e₂-a ina up-ša₂-še-e ⸢ša₂⸣ {[d]}⸢asal⸣-lu₂-ḫi NU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU {munus}UŠ₁₁.[ZU-MU] | By the greatness of Ea by the deeds of Esaluḫ, I am not a criminal (or) an oath. |
| 10' | u₂-še-piš-ma ina IGI-ka aš₂-kun-šu₂-nu-ti IGI.MEŠ-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [IM].⸢GE₆⸣ ap-šu₂-šu₂ A₂{ii.}MEŠ-šu₂-nu ana EGIR-šu₂-nu ⸢GUR⸣-[ma] | I have written and placed them before you. Witnesses: “The Night of the Apsû, turn your feet back behind them!’ |
| 11' | ina SA AB₂ RI.RI.GA ak-su GIR₃{ii.}MEŠ-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ ina SA AB₂ RI.RI.GA ak-su-⸢ma⸣ | (If) it is abnormally hot in the south of a cow: I will kill him. |
| 12' | uš-te-ger ina di-ni-ia₅ GUB-iz-⸢ma⸣ lu la aḫ-ḫa-bil di-ni ⸢li-šir⸣ | I have turned back in my lawsuit. May my case not be brought to an end! |
| 13' | di-ni EŠ.BAR šur-ši šul-li-ma-an-⸢ni-ma⸣ | Judge my case, render a verdict for me! |
| r | ||
| 1 | {giš}DALA₂ GIŠIMMAR ša₂ UGU NU-[MU ušaḫḫaṭ ina muḫḫi ṣalmīšunu u₂]-⸢tak-kap⸣ | He strews a reed mat on top of a date palm, he sprinkles it over their heads. |
| 2 | lu-mun-šu₂-nu ana ⸢UGU⸣-šu₂-nu GUR-⸢ra⸣ [...] ⸢ki-su-ia⸣ | “If they turn against them, ... my land |
| 3 | lip-pa-aṭ-ru {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU ... A₂{ii.}MEŠ ša₂ NU-MU] ⸢DU₈-ar₂⸣ | Release the fugitive, the exorcist (and) the ešītu-priestess who do not belong to me. |
| 4 | A₂{ii.}MEŠ ša₂ NU-šu₂-nu a-ra-kas A₂{⸢ii}ia₂ lu⸣ [DU₈-ra A₂{ii}šu₂-nu lu KEŠ₂]-⸢ra⸣ | I will cut off those roads that I do not know. May my paths be cleared away, may their paths be sealed. |
| 5 | GIR₃{ii} ša NU-MU DU₈-ar₂ ⸢GIR₃{ii} ša₂⸣ [NU-šu₂-nu a-ra-kas GIR₃{ii}MU lu DU₈]-⸢ra⸣ | May my feet, which are not mine, be cut off. May the E-GIR-obî-ša-e-23 that are not theirs I shall strike. May my fingers be cut down. |
| 6 | GIR₃{ii}šu₂-nu lu ⸢KEŠ₂⸣-[ra ...] x | May their feet be bound ... |
| 7 | ina IGI DINGIR ⸢u {d⸣}15 ...] | in the presence of the god, goddess, |
| 8 | lu pu-⸢uḫ⸣-[ḫu-u₂ ...] | or a snare ... |
| 9 | ina di-⸢ni⸣-[ka ...] | In your judgment |
| 10 | lu ⸢nam⸣-[ra-ku ...] | I am indeed a lord |
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