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BBR pl. 68 1883-01-18, 0437 (P394985)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 68 1883-01-18, 0437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394985 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 7' | By my command, my hand and my hands, as much as he does, |
| reverse 9' | he approached..., he set up the foundations. |
| obverse 24' | ........... may I be sated with a curse. |
| reverse 11' | ... cedar, pure cedar |
| obverse 8' | ...... light |
| obverse 9' | ama, lord of judgments, Adad, lord of..., I shall establish the ground. |
| obverse 15' | ............... |
| reverse 12' | Beloved of holy cedar, beloved of the great gods! |
| obverse 5' | ... the curse of the son of a haruspex before you |
| reverse 15' | By my command, my handiwork, whatever he does, |
| reverse 17' | ... your.... I shall enter... |
| obverse 1' | ... the ground |
| obverse 21' | The... of Apsu, your lord, the lord of the rites, |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 10' | ama, lord of judgments, Adad |
| reverse 5' | above and above, the heavens of Anu, as far as they are concerned, the earth |
| obverse 17' | The lady, the property, the..., and the... are done. |
| reverse 4' | ................................... |
| obverse 2' | ... the lower (parts) |
| obverse 25' | ... may I send... to me. |
| obverse 23' | .... ama and Adad, your great divinity, have mercy on me. |
| obverse 27' | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| obverse 22' | O lord, endu-disease for his life! O army, for his army, he has sworn. |
| reverse 3' | ama, lord of Ini (and) Adad, lord of divination, established for you the son of the haruspex of pure water. |
| obverse 4' | ... before the feet of... |
| obverse 20' | Before you, ama, who your creator... before you. |
| obverse 11' | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| reverse 8' | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| reverse 13' | May the water come out and Adad... and ama... |
| reverse 7' | The great gods, lords of fates, stand and |
| obverse 14' | the upper and lower countries... |
| obverse 16' | ... a life of life, a long life, |
| obverse 26' | ... he stood by me and |
| obverse 13' | ama, lord of judgments, Adad, lord of...,..., wolf |
| reverse 16' | he defeated... the smiting of the nose. |
| obverse 3' | ... pure |
| obverse 18' | ... I took (it) and took (it) as a loan. I deposited (it) in a censer. |
| obverse 6' | In truth and justice... ama and Adad stood and |
| reverse 6' | who rejoices..... |
| reverse 14' | In his name, the son of the haruspex, stood with truth, ama and Adad |
| obverse 12' | a thong (and) a leather bag |
| obverse 10' | he smashed the door of the door of ama and Adad, and |
| obverse 19' | your great divinity, ama, I surrounded. The ground, where the gifts |
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
- 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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