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K 03417 (P395002)

CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 03417
IDP395002
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3'[How] long, my lady, will you be angry? [. . .]
a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4'[How] long my lady, will you be enraged, and [. . .]
a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5'[Tur]n your neck, which [. . .]
a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6'[F]or a word of favor [. . . your] face.
a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7'[As] water "releases" the river, [. . .] your mood.
a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8'May I [. . .] those furious with me like the ground.
a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9'Make those angry with me submit t[o me, and]
a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10'Make (them) prostrate . . . [. . .]
a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11'[. . .] my prayer and [my] supplication [. . .]
a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12'[. . .] your very g[reat] forgiveness [. . .]
a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13'May the ones who see me in the street [. . .]
a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14'I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, . . . [. . .]
a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15'Ishtar [. . .]
a [15:16] a 16'16'–a 16'16'The lady [. . .]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
a
1'[...]-⸢ri⸣ [...]
2'[x x] ⸢nap-li⸣-x-[...]
3'[x x] ⸢x⸣ ma-ti GAŠAN-⸢MU ze-na⸣-ti-⸢ma⸣ [...]
4'[...] ⸢x⸣ ma-ti GAŠAN-MU ra-ʾ-ba-ti-⸢ma⸣ [...]
5'[tir]-ri ki-šad-ki ša [...]
6'[a]-⸢na a⸣-mat da-mi₃-iq-ti ⸢pa-ni⸣-[ki ...]
7'[ki-ma] A.MEŠ pa-ši-ir ⸢ID₂⸣ ka-bat-⸢ta-ki⸣ [...]
8'⸢ek⸣-du-ti-ia ki-⸢ma⸣ qaq-qa-ri ⸢lu⸣-[...]
9'⸢sab⸣-su-ti-ia ⸢kun⸣-ni-[šim-ma]
10'⸢šu⸣-pal-si-hi ⸢x x⸣ [...]
11'su-pu-u-a u su-lu-⸢u₈⸣-[a ...]
12'ta-a-a-ra-tu-ki rab-⸢ba⸣-[a-ti ...]
13'a-me-ru-u₂-a ina SILA ⸢li⸣-[...]
14'a-na-ku NENNI ⸢A NENNI x⸣ [...]
15'{d}iš-⸢tar⸣ [...]
16'⸢GAŠAN-ma⸣ [...]

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