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Perry Sin 23-24 pl. 1 (P395234)
CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts > Ikribu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Perry Sin 23-24 pl. 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395234 |
| Museum no. | BM — + BM 099127 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts > Ikribu |
| 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 22 | Your eyes are the people, whose black-headed people rejoice. |
| reverse 12' | ..... |
| obverse 4 | Adad, the strong lord, in this sheep offering |
| obverse 33 | your mind... Marduk, true shepherd... |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 18 | In Eridu, his word is supreme |
| reverse 7' | ... speak! |
| obverse 6 | He strews a basket of... |
| obverse 2 | gave judgments...... |
| obverse 20 | Sîn, Nanna, in the heavens, the teeming tavern(?), the holy god |
| reverse 13' | ... small............... |
| reverse 8' | ... the... of the troops(?) |
| obverse 31 | he prayed to the god Sîn, my lord. |
| obverse 7 | Sîn, pure god,... Nanna |
| obverse 32 | ulpa’e, holy god, foremost of the gods, |
| obverse 8 | You rule over the world... |
| reverse 10' | ...... clay |
| obverse 27 | With you may the gods rule with you. May the gods rule with you. |
| obverse 26 | May the moon stand with you in the pure heavens. |
| obverse 24 | I am afraid, I am afraid, I am afraid, I am afraid. |
| reverse 11' | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| obverse 19 | You gave Urim to you, in the scepter... his head |
| obverse 5 | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| obverse 30 | By my command, my hand, and whatever he does, may the curse be favourable. |
| reverse 4' | ... her head |
| obverse 13 | Nanna, Sîn, the uqû-priest |
| reverse 14' | Copy of a... tree |
| obverse 34 | ... over the stars of heaven |
| obverse 36 | ... wall |
| obverse 23 | I have sent you to the people who are angry with you. |
| reverse 6' | ... her land |
| obverse 37 | ... of your heart |
| obverse 17 | singer of heaven, lord of the lands, who in... |
| obverse 11 | whose command cannot be changed, and whose report no god knows, |
| obverse 38 | ......... |
| obverse 35 | ......... awe-inspiring brilliance |
| reverse 9' | ...... |
| obverse 28 | May LAL, your vizier, overthrow your judgments. |
| obverse 12 | The moon at your appearance are the gods who revere our kings. |
| obverse 14 | and lapis lazuli for a gift |
| reverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 10 | Lord Sîn, his light, who marches before the people |
| obverse 9 | This is what my lordship... Sin is smitten. |
| obverse 21 | You will go before the moon at your appearance. The doors of the heavens will be set up. |
| obverse 15 | 'I, Sin, in the midst of the heavens,... |
| obverse 29 | May Sin, holy god, stand in the sheep offering of An. |
| obverse 25 | Sîn, lord of the warriors, the one who constantly seeks out the sanctuaries, |
| obverse 3 | By my command, my hand, whatever he does, |
| obverse 16 | prince who loves justice, heir of... |
| obverse 1 | Who... Adad, the strong lord, who dwells in... |
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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