Perry Sin pl. 04 (P395020)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Perry Sin pl. 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395020 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1a 1–a 1a 1 | The one with Innin-status among the gods, surpassing one among the ladies, |
| a [1:2] a 22–a 22 | Exceedingly great Ishtar, pre-eminent one among her brothers, |
| a [2:3] a 33–a 33 | Twin of Shamash, judge of the world, |
| a [3:4] a 44–a 44 | Princess, who with Enlil is pre-eminent in strength, |
| a [4:5] a 55–a 55 | Powerful one whose brilliance illuminates the darkness, |
| a [5:6] a 66–a 66 | (Who is) a favorable sign for all humanity, |
| a [6:7] a 77–a 77 | Pure Ishtar of the stars, light of the heavens, |
| a [7:8] a 88–a 88 | The morning, who opens the (celestial) paths like the solar disk, |
| a [8:9] a 99–a 99 | My lady, you rule the four corners of the earth. |
| a [9:10] a 1010–a 1010 | You shepherd the black-headed (people) like . . . . |
| a [10:11] a 1111–a 1111 | You are able to turn the weak into the strong. |
| a [11:12] a 1212–a 1212 | You have (the power) to make fortunate the lot of the unfortunate. |
| a [12:13] a 1313–a 1313 | The young women who do not breast-feed (lit. leave (their) breasts unused), you lavishly supply with temple income/water. |
| a [13:14] a 1414–a 1414 | The fool [. . .] to the head. |
| a [14:15] a 1515–a 1515 | He trusts in you, and [. . .] |
| a [15:16] a 1616–a 1616 | Exec[utive power . . .] you control in your hand. |
| a [16:17] a 1717–a 1717 | Who [. . .] man and woma[n]. |
| a [17:18] a 1818–a 1818 | If not for you, the people [. . .] |
| a [18:19] a 1919–a 1919 | [. . .] does not inseminate [. . .] |
| a [19:20] a 2020–a 2020 | Your pronouncement of mercy (is) life [. . .] |
| a [20:21] a 2121–a 2121 | Who soothes the angr[y] (personal) god [. . .], |
| a [21:22] a 2222–a 2222 | Soothe (my) ang[ry] (personal) god [. . .] |
| a [22:23] a 2323–a 2323 | My (personal) god and my (personal) goddess who fr[om . . .] |
| a [23:24] a 2424–a 2424 | In truth and justi[ce . . .] |
| a [24:25] a 2525–a 2525 | Make straight my path [. . .] |
| a [25:26] a 2626–a 2626 | O lady, [. . .] |
| a [26:27] a 2727–a 2727 | Greatly . [. . .] |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1 | in-nin-na-at DINGIR-MEŠ šu-tu-qa-at be-le-e-ti | |
| 2 | iš₈-tar₂ šur-bu-tu₄ e-tel-lit ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂ | |
| 3 | tu-am-ti {d}UTU da-i-na-at kib-ra-a-ti | |
| 4 | ru-ba-tu₄ ša it-ti {d}IDIM šit-lu-ṭa-at da-ba-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 5 | ga-šir₂-tu₄ ša ša₂-ru-ru-ša₂ uš-nam-ma-ru ek-le-ti | |
| 6 | it-tu₄ SIG₅{tu₄} ša₂ ka-lu ab-ra-a-ti | |
| 7 | el-li-tu₄ iš₈-tar₂ MUL-MEŠ ZALAG₂ ša-ma-⸢mi⸣ | |
| 8 | še-e-ru ša ur-ha-ti u₂-pat-tu-u ki-ma AŠ.ME | |
| 9 | GAŠAN{ti} kib-rat ar-ba-ʾ-i te-be-li-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 10 | ṣal-mat SAG.DU te-re-ʾ-i GIM ⸢ad-la⸣-a-ti | |
| 11 | en-ša-am a-na dan-ni te-le-ʾ-i i-ra-⸢am⸣ | |
| 12 | ši-mat la dum-qi₂ du-mu-qu ba-a-ši it-ti-[ki] | |
| 13 | ar₂(BI-)da-a-ti ša muš-⸢šu⸣ i-ki-šu tu-daš₂(AŠ-)šu ME [(x)] | |
| 14 | lil-la a-na re-še ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 15 | i-tak-kal-ki-im-ma [...] | |
| 16 | tam-ha-ti ri-tuk-ki ⸢te⸣-[ret ...] | |
| 17 | ša zik-ri u si-in-niš-[ti ...] | |
| 18 | e-la ka-a-ti ni-šu [...] | |
| 19 | la ir-ha-a NIN-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 20 | a-hu-lap-ki TI.LA [...] | |
| 21 | mu-sal-li-mat DINGIR ze-na-[a ...] | |
| 22 | sul-li-mi-im-ma DINGIR ⸢ze⸣-[na-a ...] | |
| 23 | DINGIR-MU u {d}iš₈-tar₂-MU ⸢ša⸣ iš-[tu ...] | |
| 24 | ina kit-ti u mi-ša₂-[ri ...] | |
| 25 | ur-hi li-šir₂ [...] | |
| 26 | be-el-⸢te⸣ [...] | |
| 27 | ma-gal ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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