K 03508 (P395053)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03508 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395053 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | You, [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | You made [. . .] profitable [for him . . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | And rejo[icing . . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | They are honored [and . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | They do not hav[e . . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | summ[ons . . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | To ju[dge] a case, [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | the well-being of li[fe . . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | You appoint god [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Without you, people [would not be conceived, living beings] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | would not be created, the bla[ck-headed ones, all (of them)], |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | as many as are created what[soever, are yours]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | As for the one (who has) a protective spirit (lamassu): The protective spirits [. . .] with water [. . .]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [. . .] (are) you. Among the gods . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [. . .] their (i.e., the lamassū's) bonds, who makes . . . ig[nite]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [Who so]othes the angry (personal) god (and) [angry] (personal) g[oddess], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Who] restores the living beings to life: It is you! |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [A]nu, Enlil, Ea, and Belet-ili, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The Earth who bore you, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The Heavens who raised you: You love (them). |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Inter[cede] with the gods who . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Speak [. . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | As for the amused, the furious, [. . .] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Sooth[e . . .] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | So that with [my] pra[yer . . .] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | My supplication [. . .] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | The word[ing . . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | In front of . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [. . .] for [. . .] god. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢at-ti⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | tu-kaš₂-⸢ši⸣-[šu ...] | |
| 3' | u₃ ⸢hi⸣-[da-a-tu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | kab-tu₂-⸢u₂⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 5' | ul i-⸢šu⸣-[u ...] | |
| 6' | i-si-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ši-⸢si⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 8' | ana di-ni da-⸢a⸣-[a-ni ...] | |
| 9' | šu-lum ⸢ZI⸣{[ti} ...] | |
| 10' | tu-kan-ni-ma DINGIR [...] | |
| 11' | ⸢e⸣-la ka-ši UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ul ir-re-ha-a šik-nat ZI{ti]} | |
| 12' | ⸢ul⸣ ib-ba-na-a ṣal-[mat SAG.DU ka-la] | |
| 13' | ⸢ma⸣-la ib-ba-na-a ⸢mim⸣-[ma šum-šu ku-um-ma] | |
| 14' | [ša₂] ⸢KI⸣.TI.LA A-MEŠ KI.TI.⸢LA⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [x x] AN at-ti-ma ina DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [x x x] mar-ka-si-šu₂-nu mu-⸢nam⸣-[me-rat ...] | |
| 17' | [mu-sal]-⸢li-mat⸣ DINGIR ze-ni-i {⸢d⸣}1(u) 5(diš) ze-ni-ti] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [mu]-⸢bal⸣-li-⸢ṭa⸣-at ⸢šik-nat⸣ na-piš-ti at-ti-ma | |
| 2 | {[d}a]-⸢num⸣ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a u DINGIR.MAH | |
| 3 | er-ṣe-ta a-lit-ta-ki(KA) | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣-ma-mi mu-⸢rab-ba-ki ta-ram⸣-me-ma | |
| 5 | a-na DINGIR-MEŠ ša ir-⸢ru⸣-[... a-bu]-⸢ti ṣab-ti⸣ | |
| 6 | qi₂-bi-i [...] | |
| 7 | ṣa-a-hu šam-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | sul-li-mi-[ma ...] | |
| 9 | i-na ik-[ri-bi ...] | |
| 10 | tes₂-li-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA ...] | |
| 12 | ana IGI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | ana ⸢DINGIR⸣ [...] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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