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Shamash Religious Texts pl. 10 K 03387 (P394978)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shamash Religious Texts pl. 10 K 03387 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394978 |
| 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 | [EN₂ {d}UTU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ AN-e u KI-tim ⸢EN NIG₂.GI⸣.[NA u NIG₂.SI.SA₂] | Incantation: O Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, lord of the treasures and treasures, |
| 2 | [DI.KU₅] ⸢la⸣ ṭa-aʾ-ti muš-te-še-ru [te-ne₂-še-e-ti] | Judge of the four quarters (of the world), who guides the people |
| 3 | [muš-te]-⸢šer⸣ kiš-šat UN.MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [x-x-x-(x-x)] | Who guides the whole of the people aright, |
| 4 | [na-an]-na-ru ša₂ ka-la te-[ne₂-še-e-ti] | the scepter of all people |
| 5 | [MAS].⸢SU₃⸣-u git₂-ma-lum bu-kur₂ {[d}30 | Perfect heir, son of Sin |
| 6 | [DI.KU₅ ṣi]-⸢ru⸣ ga-mir di-ni ša₂ ⸢qi₂⸣-bit-su [la ut-tak-ka-ru] | Judge a case, who renders a favorable verdict, whose verdict cannot be overturned. |
| 7 | [ina DINGIR.MEŠ] ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ qi₂-bit-su ma-[ag-rat] | By all the gods his command is accepted. |
| 8 | [LUGAL] ⸢AN⸣-e KU₃.MEŠ EN e₂-babbar-ra at-ma-ni ⸢ṣi⸣-[i-ri] | The king of the Eanna temple, the pure one, the lord of Ebabbar, his servant, the Ešbiri temple |
| 9 | {[d}a]-⸢a⸣ GAŠAN GAL-tum be-let ul-ṣi u ri-ša₂-a-ti ša ŠE.GA-at ⸢qi₂⸣-[bit-sa] | O Aplaya, great lady, lady of joy and rejoicing, by the command of Eqibitsa |
| 10 | [GAŠAN] ⸢e₂⸣-babbar-ra DAB-at a-bu-ti an-[ši] | (If) he is seized in the Ebabbar temple: the word of Anši |
| 11 | [mu]-ṭi-bat lib₃-bi {d}UTU qu-[ra-di] | I have seized the heart of Šamaš the warrior |
| 12 | ⸢IBILA⸣ gaš-ru šu-pu-u nu-ur₂ ⸢KUR⸣.[KUR] | strong heir, mighty one, light of the Ekur temple |
| 13 | [ša₂] be-lu-ut kiš-šat UN.MEŠ qa-tuš-šu₂ ⸢paq-du⸣ | Whose lordship over the totality of the people is the handiwork of eponymy |
| 14 | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ EN GAL-u a-na-ku NENNI A NENNI an-ḫu šu-nu-ḫu IR₃-ka | O Šamaš, great lord, I, so-and-so, son of so- and so, your exalted one, |
| 15 | [ša₂] iš-tu U₄.MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-ti GIG GIG-ku-ma | (If) he is ill with me for many days and |
| 16 | [kiš]-pu ru-ḫu-u ru-su-u DU₃-ni ia₂-ši | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 17 | [aš₂]-šu ma-miti GIG ta-ni-ḫu ur-ra u GE₆ u₂-ḫat-tu-ni-ma | (If) a man suffers from a curse: he will become ill in the morning and in the evening. |
| 18 | [ina] ⸢pul⸣-ḫi i-ta-na-šu-uš lib₃-bi | In the epulḫu-temple he has ceased therein |
| 19 | [ina] ⸢a⸣-di-ri u ni-ziq-ti tak-tu₂-ru ZI-ti | In ea-ediri and niziqtu, you have made my life pass by. |
| 20 | [a]-⸢di⸣ ma-ti be-li₂ GID₂-ad GIG | the land of my lord will be long; illness |
| 21 | [a-di] ⸢ma⸣-ti {d}UTU NIG₂.GIG en-da-ku | until the eponym year of Šamaš, I was enraged by sin. |
| 22 | [ina u₄-mi] ⸢an⸣-ni-i GUB-ma ši-me qa-ba-a-a | On this day, stand and hear my speaking. |
| 23 | [nap]-⸢li-sa⸣-ni-ma ši-me qa-ba-a-a | I have sworn by the word of my lord |
| 24 | [...] (x)-x-x šuk-⸢na⸣ | ... šuk-e23 |
| 25 | [... x]-ma-⸢am⸣ | ... ...-mam-e23 |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x-x-x-x | |
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