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K 03933 (P395317)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Syncretistic Hymn to Nanāya, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03933 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395317 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Syncretistic Hymn to Nanāya |
| 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 31 | When Utu enters the Ekara temple in Sippar |
| reverse 57 | they gathered up in the Emahtila temple. |
| reverse 65 | Who provides light for the gods,... ditto. |
| reverse 53 | the... of heaven piled up. |
| obverse 28 | the... of Lalgar of Borsippa piled up in hand. |
| reverse 46 | At that time, in the azida (and) Meturna (and) Sumundar were bringing the divine powers into their hands. |
| obverse 40 | Ditto: Who is the dominion of the gods? Ditto. |
| reverse 68 | Tablet of Assurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 69 | descendant of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 66 | ...., may the Anura-demon be praised. I am Nanaya. |
| reverse 56 | ......turitu ditto |
| obverse 29 | in Borsippa, in the Ezida temple of Nanaya, |
| reverse 47 | In the city Meturna, in the Eaula temple, Aruru is the Gula star. Ditto! |
| obverse 1 | My lady, Suen, and Itar have given birth to the utudda prayer(?) |
| obverse 15 | ...... I completed the Egalmah... |
| reverse 49 | In Uruk, in Eanna,...,..., brother of Nergal |
| obverse 6 | Lady of the universe, queen of the universe, daughter of the god Sîn, the one who goes at the fore, the one who enters the houses |
| reverse 70 | arru-ukn, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 74 | May he destroy his name and his seed from the land. |
| reverse 42 | In the case, in the Egula, the lady of the gods... |
| reverse 61 | their...s I piled up. |
| reverse 48 | In Uruk, you are good, you are the one who passes by the hand |
| obverse 11 | In E’unir, Irnina and Damkina, the wife of Ea, speak! I am. |
| obverse 16 | at Iini in the Egalma Gula and Baba speaks, I, Nanaya |
| reverse 63 | the... of Itar, the iladagal priests who dwell in it |
| reverse 73 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint or breaks the contract, whether... |
| obverse 18 | In Nippur in the Ekur of Enlil you recite: Ninlil. Ninlil. Ninkalamgal-NIBRU. |
| reverse 67 | Nanaya, mistress of battle, to Eannaki, Tigris |
| obverse 22 | Lady of Ekurnizu, queen of all people, Baba, wife of Zababa, says to me: |
| reverse 54 | ... the life of god and king ditto. |
| obverse 17 | ... of the Ekur, our lord, wept and finished. |
| obverse 21 | ... ursag-kalama, Ihara, the mighty lady |
| reverse 50 | ... Nergal |
| reverse 43 | the creation of god and king, the wife of aya, says to me: |
| obverse 32 | In Sippar, in the Ebabbar of Nanaya, together with ama, ditto. |
| obverse 4 | in Babylon, the ziggurrat is a ziggurrat. I am Nanaya |
| obverse 30 | Ditto by Nabû and Marduk! |
| obverse 20 | the E-Uba, the mountain range of Kalama, |
| reverse 60 | In Erabrri, from Pirigal ditto |
| reverse 72 | king of the gods, Marduk and... |
| obverse 12 | When they have finished the utensils, and finished the utensils. |
| obverse 34 | At the threshing floor, in the Eulma, in the E-sugalia, my favorite house |
| obverse 8 | and the new scepter in her dream I made complete. |
| reverse 71 | Whose brilliance is unrivaled to Aur and Ninlil |
| obverse 19 | ... queen of Nippur who is the favorite of the Igigi, I am Nanaya |
| reverse 55 | they gathered up in their hands. |
| reverse 51 | ....... and the boat was negligent. |
| obverse 37 | In the quay house in the Great Oval of ala ditto |
| obverse 26 | among the Bb-il, in Esagil, Zarpanitu, wife of Marduk |
| reverse 64 | In the palace of the god Itar, the one who saves life, |
| reverse 59 | ... I piled up. |
| obverse 13 | in the Ekara, uluitu, wife of Enzaga and Meskilak |
| obverse 39 | In Der, in the Edimgalkalama, lady, the Eanna, queen of... |
| obverse 25 | ...... the lady of Itar seized |
| reverse 41 | and supremely exalted counsel they put in hand. |
| reverse 62 | In Emetebalaegi’agala (temple) erua, (saying): |
| obverse 10 | Lady of Eridu, queen of Eridu, queen of Kulla, queen of Kulla. |
| obverse 7 | He takes a hand in order to save the life of the king, his lord. |
| obverse 9 | The una priestess of Eridu the u’ana priestess of Kulaba were seated in the hands. |
| reverse 45 | In Kutê, in the Emeslam temple, Mamitu, from Meslamtaea ditto. |
| reverse 44 | The... of their rites are firmly in place. |
| obverse 14 | ... of Tilmun speak! I, Nanaya |
| obverse 2 | Lady of the god Sîn, sage of the god ama, sage in Borsippa, am I. |
| obverse 27 | The goddess Babili, queen of Babili, lady of Babili, the lady of Babili, says to me: |
| obverse 38 | the numerous en priestess(?) of Anshar and Kishar he slew. |
| reverse 58 | By..., in Emahtila, imaliya ditto |
| obverse 3 | In Uruk I am a widow, in Daduni I am a widow. |
| obverse 23 | the...s piled up in the hand |
| reverse 52 | ... and the temple of Nergal ditto. |
| obverse 24 | In the temple of Enlil, in Ku'ara, a great flood will afflict me. |
| obverse 5 | In Urim, Ur, the temples of the great gods, they sat down in the hand. |
| obverse 35 | Ditto by Anunitu of battle! |
| obverse 36 | the engi priests of Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 33 | In Agade the u’ila sealed document, they sat down in the hand. |
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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