CDLI Literary 002701.com, ex. 001 (P394923)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002701.com, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394923 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By CDLI · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | […] guilt […]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [… Guilt] (means) guilt. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | […] cold tremors. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [… Cold tremors] (mean) chill. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [… my masculine features] obscured. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [… Masculine features] (mean) outer appearance. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | […] … Protection (means) covering. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | […] I will lay hold of […]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | […] To lay hold of (means) to sieze. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | They set […] in alliance against me. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | […] Obstruction (means) fraud. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [My lips, which] chattered constantly, became those of a deaf-mute. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [To chatter] (means) to speak. Deaf (means) deaf. To become (means) to be like. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | I was (once) dignified but became a slave. Head (means) slave. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | In a rage (my) comrade would denounce me. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | Raging (means) rabid. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | My colleague made (his) weapon dirty [for spilling] blood. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | For spilling blood (means) for pouring out blood. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | My slave openly cursed me in the assembly. [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | A pit lies open for one speaking well of me. Pit (means) grave. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | The day (was) sighing, the night lamentation. Lamentation (means) weeping. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | (Every) month a daze, the year misery. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | Daze (means) stupor. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | My bad luck was increasing, I could not find prosperity. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | Bad luck (means) wrath. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | The dream interpreter did not clarify my case with his incense. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | Incense (means) offering of the dream interpreter. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | The exorcist with his ritual did not release the divine anger against me. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 29'29'–o 29'29' | Ritual (means) ritual procedure. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 30'30'–o 30'30' | I looked behind me, harassment and trouble. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 31'31'–o 31'31' | Trouble (means) fatigue (and) illness. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 32'32'–o 32'32' | Like the one who raves, and forgot his lord. He raves (means) to be lethargic. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 33'33'–o 33'33' | Prayer (was) common sense, sacrifice my rule. Rule/rites (mean) custom/ritual regulation. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 34'34'–o 34'34' | Their mind changes in a blink of the eye; literally, like opening and closing. : (Their mind changes like) day and night. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 35'35'–o 35'35' | When they are hungry, they become as corpses. Hunger (means) starvation. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 36'36'–o 36'36' | A wicked demon/cough has come forth from its Apsu. Shulu-demon (means) ghost. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 37'37'–o 37'37' | Debility broke through the land with the plants. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 38'38'–o 38'38' | Debility (means) illness. |
| Obverse [38:39] o 39'39'–o 39'39' | They strained my neck muscles, they made (my) neck limp. To cross over/strain (means) to loosen (and) to break. |
| Obverse [39:40] o 40'40'–o 40'40' | My broad build they leveled like rushes. Rushes (means) papyrus. |
| Obverse [40:41] o 41'41'–o 41'41' | I was thrown down like a dried fig, I was cast on my face. |
| Obverse [41:42] o 42'42'–o 42'42' | Dried fig (means) sungirtu-plant. |
| Obverse [42:43] o 43'43'–o 43'43' | If (it is) grain, I swallow it like stinkweed. Stinkweed (means) buʾšānu-plant. |
| Obverse [43:44] o 44'44'–o 44'44' | Indeed, (my) illness was chronic. |
| Obverse [44:45] o 45'45'–o 45'45' | Indeed (means) very much. Sickness (means) illness. |
| Obverse [45:46] o 46'46'–o 46'46' | (My) house became my prison. Prison (means) captivity. |
| Obverse [46:47] o 47'47'–o 47'47' | A fetter for my flesh, my arms were useless. |
| Obverse [47:48] o 48'48'–o 48'48' | Fetter (means) handcuff. |
| Obverse [48:49] o 49'49'–o 49'49' | A shackle to my person, my feet were done for. Shackle (means) fetter. |
| Obverse [49:50] o 50'50'–o 50'50' | The whip that beat me was full of thorns. |
| Obverse [50:51] o 51'51'–o 51'51' | Whip (means) whip. Thorns (means) needles. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | A goad covered with thorns pricked me. Goad (means) staff. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | I wallowed in my own excrement like a sheep. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Excrement (means) shit (and) piss. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | His hand was (so) heavy I could not bear it. Heavy (means) strong. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Laluralimma, resident of Nippur (means) Ṭabi-utul-Enlil (i.e., "sweet is the lap of Enlil"). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | She spoke my deliverance, “he is extremely exhausted.” My deliverance (means) how long? |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | A bearded man, wearing his crown. Bearded (means) strong. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | He caused the wind to carry off my acts of negligence. Acts of negligence (mean) sins. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | My ears, which were clogged and stopped up like a deaf man’s. Deaf (means) deaf. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | He removed their wax, he opened my hearing. Wax obstruction of the ear (means) ear shit. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | (My) throat, which was constricted, was blocked as with a lump. : Like a lump (refers to the man whose) body is stiff. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | He made it well and caused it to sound its songs like a reed flute. Reed flute (means) flute/windpipe. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Its swelling went down, and he opened its stoppage. Scales (mean) scales. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | The large intestine, which was lead away in hunger and woven together like a basket. Hunger (means) starvation. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | It accepts meals, it takes drink. Meals (mean) food. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | My neck, which was loose and twisted at its base, |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Root (means) root (and) ... |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | He strengthened it (as) a mountain, he planted (it) erect like a tree. Mountain (means) mountain. Tree (means) pine tree. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | He made my physique like one perfect in strength. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | Strength (means) strength : Physique (means) image. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | As to expel ..., he trimmed my nails. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | One who expels (means) one whom Ishtar expels to the fire. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | He dispelled their fatigue, their ... he made well. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | Fatigue (means) illness. [...] ... (means) head. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2525–r 2525 | My knees, which were bound and restrained like a būṣu-bird. Būṣu-bird (means) partridge. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 2626–r 2626 | The form of my body ... [...] ... Form (means) stature. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 2727–r 2727 | He wiped clean the dirt, he cleaned its filth. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 2828–r 2828 | To wipe (means) to wipe. Dirt (means) rust (and) like dirt. (The line means) clean. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 2929–r 2929 | (My) overshadowed masculine features have become brilliant (again). Masculine features (mean) outer appearance. |
| Reverse [29:30] r 3030–r 3030 | On the bank of the River, where people’s judgment is decided, |
| Reverse [30:31] r 3131–r 3131 | Bank of the River (means) ordeal. |
| Reverse [31:32] r 3232–r 3232 | I was struck on the forehead, I was released from slavery. [:] abbuttu-hair clasp (means) fetter. |
| Reverse [34:35] r 3535–r 3535 | [...] ... [...] ... mercy. |
| Reverse [35:36] r 3636–r 3636 | I walked along (the street) Kunush-kadru released. |
| Reverse [36:37] r 3737–r 3737 | Kunush-kadru (means) narrow street. |
| Reverse [37:38] r 3838–r 3838 | Let [the one who] was negligent of/sinned against Esagil learn from my example. To be negligent (means) to do wrong. |
| Reverse [38:39] r 3939–r 3939 | In/on the mouth of the lion that was eating me, Marduk put a bit/muzzle. |
| Reverse [39:40] r 4040–r 4040 | Lion (means) lion. Bit/muzzle (means) a bit for a horse’s mouth. |
| Reverse [40:41] r 4141–r 4141 | Marduk confiscated my pursuer’s sling, he turned back his sling stone. |
| Reverse [41:42] r 4242–r 4242 | Sling stone (means) slingstone. Sling (means) sling. |
| Reverse [42:43] r 4343–r 4343 | ... [...] ... Mourning rites (mean) weeping. |
| Reverse [43:44] r 4444–r 4444 | ... [...] ... (means) now. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-nu | |
| 2' | [...]-ba#-szu2 [... hur-ba-szu2 ku]-us,#-s,u | |
| 3' | [... u2]-tam#-mil [du?-u2?-tu? bu-un]-na#?-nu-u2 | |
| 4' | [...]-it,# : ta-ra-nu s,il-lu | |
| 5' | [...] a-tam-mah : [... ta]-ma-hu s,a-ba-tum | |
| 6' | [...]-szam#-ga-ru _ugu-mu_ nap-ra-ku pi-ir-ku | |
| 7' | [...]-as,#-ba-ra ha-szik-kisz e-me s,a#-[ba-ru da]-ba#-bu : ha-szik-ku suk-ku-ku : e-mu-u ma-sza2-lu | |
| 8' | szar-ra#-ha-ku-ma# a-tur a-na re-e-szi : re-e-szu _{lu2}ARAD_ | |
| 9' | na-al-bu-bu tap-pe-e u2-nam-ga-ra-an-ni na-al-bu-bu szi-gu-u2 | |
| 10' | x x x na#-aq# da#-mi ta-[bak da-mi ...] | |
| 11' | szu#-pisz ina pu-uh-ri e-ru-ra-an-ni _ARAD_ | |
| 12' | a-na qa-ab _{munus}saga_-ia pe-ta-as-su hasz-tum : ha-asz2-tum szu-ut#-[ta-tum] | |
| 13' | u4-mu szu-ta-nu-hu mu-szu ger-ra-a-ni : ger-ra-a-ni bi-[ki-tum] | |
| 14' | _iti_ qi2-ta-a-a-u2-lu i-dir-tu# _mu-an#-[na_] qi2-ta-a-a-u2-lu# qu-u2-[lu] | |
| 15' | za-pur-tum u2-ta-as,-s,a-pa i#-szar#-tum# ul ut#-[tu] za-pur-tum ru#-ub-[bu] | |
| 16' | i-na masz-szak-ki# _{lu2}ensi#_ ul i-sza2-pi di#-[ni] masz-szak-ku sur-qe2-nu sza2 _{lu2}ensi#_ | |
| 17' | _{lu2}masz-masz_ ina _ke4-ke4_-t,e3-e ki-mil-ti ul ip-t,ur _ke4-ke4_-t,u#-u2 ne2-pe-szi | |
| 18' | a-mur-ma ar-ka-tum# ri-da#-a-tum# ip-pe-e-ri ip-pe-ri : ma#-na-ah-tum : _gig_ | |
| 19' | a-na sza2 im-hu-u2 be-la-szu2# im-szu-u2 : im-hu-u2 ka-ba-tum | |
| 20' | tes2-li-tum ta-szi-ma-tum ni-qu-u2 szak-ku-u2-a : sak-ku-u par-s,u | |
| 21' | ki-i pe-te-e u3 ka-ta-me t,e3#-en-szi-na szit-ni : u4-mu u3 mu-szi | |
| 22' | im-mu-s,a-ma im-ma-a sza2-lam-tisz2# : im#-s,u bu#-bu#-tum# | |
| 23' | szu-lum lem-nu# it#-ta-s,a-a _abzu_-usz-szu2# : szu-lum e-t,em-mu | |
| 24' | it#-ti ur-qit KI-tum i-pe-es,-s,u lu-'-tum lu-'u-tum mur-s,u | |
| 25' | la-ba-ni i-ti-qu2 u2-ram-mu-u2 ki-sza2-du : i-ti-qu2 : ra-mu-u sze-be2-ru | |
| 26' | gat-ti rap-sza2-tu ur-ba-ti-isz usz-ni-il-lu4 : ur-ba-tu : {gesz}ur-ba-nu | |
| 27' | ki-i u2-lil-tum an-na-bi-ik bu-up-pa-nisz an-na-di u2-lil-tum su-un-gir-tum | |
| 28' | asz2-na-an szum-ma da-ad-da-risz a-la-ut : da-da-ru bu-'-sza2-nu | |
| 29' | ap-pu-na-ma e-te-rik si-le-tum ap-pu-na-ma ma-'-disz : si-le-e-tum : _gig_ | |
| 30' | a-na ki-suk-ki-ia i-tu-ra be2-e-tu : ki-suk-<ki>-ku ki-lum | |
| 31' | {gesz}il-lu-ur-tum szi-ri-ia na-da-a i-da-a-a : {gesz}il-lu-ur-tum is-qa-tum | |
| 32' | masz-kan rama-ni-ia muq-qu-tam sze-pa-a-a : masz-kan : bi-ri-tum | |
| 33' | qin#-na-zu it,-t,a-an-ni ma-la-a s,el-la-a-tum qin-na-zu is-tuh-hu : s,el-la-a-tum ka-ta-tum | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {gesz}pa-ru-us _udu-nita_ ina ta-ba-asz2-ta-ni-ia ta-ba-asz2-ta-nu : zu-u2 szi-na-tum | |
| 3 | kab-ta-at _szu_-su ul a-le-'i na-sza2-sza2 : kab-tu dan-nu | |
| 4 | lal3-ur2-alim-ma a-szip nibru{ki} : t,a-a-bi-u2-tu-ul-{d}idim | |
| 5 | iq-ba-a a-hu-la-pi ma-gal szu-nu-uh-ma : a-hu-la-pi a-di ma-ti | |
| 6 | et,-lu t,ar-ru a-pir a-ga-szu2 : t,ar-ru dan-nu | |
| 7 | e-ga-ti-ia u2-sza2-bil _im_ : e-ga-a-ti hi-t,a-a-ti | |
| 8 | _gesztu-min_-a-a sza2 ut,-t,am-me-ma us-sak-ki-ra! ha-szik-kisz : ha-szik-ku suk-ku-ku | |
| 9 | it-bal a-mir-szi-na ip-te-te nesz-ma-a-a : a-me-ra ze-e uz-ni | |
| 10 | ur#-u2#-di sza2 in-ni-is-ru u2-nap-pi-qu la-gab-bisz : la-gab-bisz sza2 a-mat pag-ri | |
| 11 | usz-t,ib-ma i-ra-ti sza2# ma#-li#-lisz# uh#-tal#-lil# sza2! ma-li-lum im-bu-bu | |
| 12 | la-ga-a-a-sza2 i-szir2 i-dil-tasz ip-ti : la-ga-u2 szi-ik-tum | |
| 13 | szam-ma-hu sza2 ina un-s,i it-tar-ru-u2 ki-ma pi-sa-an-ni ir-rak-su un-s,u bu-bu-tum | |
| 14 | i-mah-har ip-te-en-ni ub-ba-la masz-qi2-ta : ip-te-en-nu#? ma#-ka-lu-u | |
| 15 | ki-sza2-di sza2 ir-mu-u2 ere-na-ma ik-kap#-pu : e-re-e-na : szur-szu : e-ri-na-ti | |
| 16 | u2-pat-tin ki-ne2-e a-ma-lisz iz-qu-up kin-nu-u _kur_-u2 : a-ma-lu _{gesz}u3#-suh5#_ | |
| 17 | a-na ga-mir a-ba-ri u2-ma-szi u2-masz-szil : a-ba-ri e-mu-qu : u2-ma-szi s,al#-mu | |
| 18 | _gin7_ na-kim-tu4 szu-s,i-i u2-s,ap-pi-ra s,u-pur-a-a : {lu2}szu-s,u-u2# : sza2 disz-tar ana _izi e3_-a | |
| 19 | it-bu-uk ma-[na]-ah#-ta-szin ru#-usz!-sza2-szin usz-t,ib : ma-na-ah-ta# : _gig_ : [ru]-usz#-sza2-szu2 : _sag-du_ | |
| 20 | bir-ka-a-a sza2 uk-tas-sa-a bu-s,i-[isz u2-teb-bi]-t,a# bu-s,i : is,-s,ur hur-ri | |
| 21 | szuk-lul-tu4 pag-[ri]-ia isz-ta-ad-lu# [x x?] x szuk-lul-tu2 : la-a-nu | |
| 22 | im-szu-usz ma-am-me2-e ru#-szu-usz u2-zak-ki : ma-sza-szu2 : ka-pa-ru : ma-am-mu-u : szu#-uh-tu : ru-szi-isz : eb-bi | |
| 23 | du-u2-tum um-mul-tum it-ta-pir-di : du-u2-tu : bu-un-na-nu-u | |
| 24 | i-na i-te-e _{d}i7_ a-szar de-en _ug3-mesz_ ib-bir-ru : i-te-e _{d}i7_ hur-sza2-an | |
| 25 | mut#-tu#-tu# am#-ma#-szid# ab#-bu#-ut#-tum# ap#-pa#-szir# [ab-bu-ut]-tu# bi-ri-tu | |
| 29 | [ku-nu-usz] kad3#-ru i-na pi-szer3#-ti a-ba-'a [ku]-nu#-usz kad3-ru : su2-qi2 qat-nu | |
| 30 | [sza2] a-na e2-sag-il2 e-gu-u ina _szu_-ia li-mur : e-gu-u ha-t,u-u | |
| 31.a | i-na pi-i ger-ra _gu7_-ia ger-ra : _ur-mah_ | |
| 31.b | id-di nap-sa-ma {d}marduk nap-sa-mu : ma-ak-s,a-ru sza2 _ka ansze-kur-ra_ | |
| 32.a | {d}marduk sza2 mu-kasz-szi-di-ia | |
| 32.b | i-kim as-pa#-szu2 as-suk-ka-szu2 u2-sah-hir as#-suk#-ku# : [ku]-ub#-tu# as2-pu usz-pu | |
| 33 | id-di# [...]-bir : _ki-hul_-u bi-ki-tum | |
| 34 | u2#-[... ul]-ti# i-na-an-na | |
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