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CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 005 (P395335)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395335 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] im-[szu-u2] | ... he took. |
| 2' | [...]-szu2# kab#-ti# [... a]-na#-ku am#-[szal] | ... his great ... I am. |
| 3' | ah#-su#-us-ma ra#-[man su]-up#-pu-u tes2-le#-ti# | I am afraid, and I am frightened, I am constantly terrified, |
| 4' | tes2-le-ti ta-szi-ma-ti# ni#-qu-u2 sak-ku#-u2-a | My supplications, my utterances, (and) my prayer |
| 5' | u4-mu pa-la-ah _dingir_ t,u-ub lib3-bi-ia | the day of the reverent deity of my happiness |
| 6' | u4-mu ri-du#-ti# {d}isz-tar ne2-me-la ta-at-tu-ru | “Days of joy, Ištar, you have turned away in fear |
| 7' | ik-ri-bi _lugal_ szi-i hi-du-ti | It is an offering of the king. This is a gift. |
| 8' | u3 ni-gu-ta-szu2 a-na da-me-eq-ti szum-ma | and his nigūtu-offerings for justice, if |
| 9' | u2-sza2-ri a-na _kur_-ia me-e _dingir_ na-s,a-ri | to my land the water of the god who guards |
| 10' | szu-mi disz-tar szu-qu-ru _ug3-mesz_-ia usz-ta-hi#-iz | the name of Ishtar, the exalted one, made my people rejoice. |
| 11' | ta-na-da-a-ti _lugal_ i-lisz u2-masz-szil | the praises of the king he made surpassing. |
| 12' | u3 pu-luh-ti _e2-gal_ um-man u2-szal-mid | and the fear of the palace, the king, he made complete. |
| 13' | lu-u i-di ki-i it-ti _dingir_ i-ta-am-gur an-na-a-ti | If he trusts in the god, these are yours. |
| 14' | sza dam-qat ra-ma-nu-usz a-na _dingir_ gul-lul-tum# | who loves good things, to the evil god |
| 15' | sza ina lib3-bi-szu2 mu-us-su-kat3 _ugu dingir_-szu2 dam-qat | who, in his heart, a supplication to his god is good, |
| 16' | a-a-u2 t,e3-em _dingir-mesz_ qe2-reb _an_-e i-lam-mad | Who can know the commands of the gods in the midst of heaven? |
| 17' | mi-lik sza2 an-za-nun-ze-e i-ha-ak-kim man-nu | Who will take away the advice of the Anzanunze? |
| 18' | e-ka-a-ma il-ma-da a-lak-ti _dingir_ a-pa-a-ti | he came, and the way of the gods of the windows |
| 19' | sza2 ina am-mat ib-lu-t,u i-mut ud-de-esz | (Sum) The one who dies in a dream, the one who is smitten by the storm (Akk) Who has died in the dream and the storm |
| 20' | sur-risz usz-ta-dir za-mar uh-ta-bar | (Sum) He sat down on the throne (Akk) He was sated with a sighing pain, he was afflicted with wailing |
| 21' | ina s,i-bit ap-pi i-za-am-mur e-le-la | (Sum) He shouts with the horn of a lion (Akk) With the roar of the lion, he shouts above |
| 22' | ina pi-it pu-ri-di u2-s,ar-rap lal-la-re-esz | In the opening of the threshing floor he covered (them) with wax. |
| 23' | ki-i pe-te-e u3 ka-ta-mi t,e3-en-szi-na szit-ni | “When you open and close their eyes, |
| 24' | im-mu-s,a-ma im-ma-a sza2-lam-tisz2 | he brought out, and then he made him into a mountain. |
| 25' | i-szeb-ba-a-ma i-sza2-an-na-na _dingir_-szin | he shall be sated with, and may his gods be satisfied. |
| 26' | ina t,a-a-bi i-ta-ma-a i-li sza2-ma-'i | He heard (this) in a favorable way, (saying:) “It is good, it is bad. |
| 27' | u2-tasz-sza2-sza2-ma i-dab-bu-ba a-rad er-kal-la | he is constantly arguing with her, the servant of Erkalla. |
| 28' | [ana] an#-na#-ti# usz#-ta#-ru#? qer#?-ba#?-szi#-na# la# al#-tan#-di# | I have turned my attention to these things, but I have not given them over to them. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | ni-t,a-tu#-[...] | Niṭātu- |
| 3' | qin-na-zi it,-t,a-an-ni ma-la#-[...] | The qinnāzu-priest approached me, ... |
| 4' | pa-ru-usz-szu2 u2-sah-hi-il-an-ni zi-qa#-ta# [...] | (Sum) He made his face tremble(?) (Akk) He shook my face |
| 5' | kal u4-mu ri-du-u2 i-re-ed-da#-[an-ni] | All day long, a lament will be uttered to me. |
| 6' | ina szat mu-szi ul u2-nap-pa-sza2-an-ni sur-risz# | During the night he does not listen to me; quickly |
| 7' | ina i-tab-lak-ku-ti pu-ut,-t,u-ru rik-su-u2-a | May my bindings be released by means of a ritual assemblage. |
| 8' | mesz-re-tu-u-a su-up-pu-ha i-ta-ad-da-a a-hi-tum | (As for) my limbs, they have twisted (them) in a knot. |
| 9' | ina ru-ub-s,i-ia a-bit ki-i al-pi | “In my youth, I was born like a lion’s |
| 10' | ub-tal-lil ki-i _udu-nita_ ina ta-ba-asz2-ta-ni-ia | when a ram in my wailing |
| 11' | _sa-gig_-ki-ia isz-hu-t,u _{lu2}masz-masz_ | my sickness has befallen, the incantation priest |
| 12' | u3 te-re-ti-ia _{lu2}hal_ u2-tesz2-szi | and my extispicies the diviner brought to her. |
| 13' | ul u2-sza2-pi a-szi-pu szi-kin mur-s,i-ia | I did not write down the omens of my illness, |
| 14' | u3 a-dan-na si-li-'i-ti-ia _{lu2}hal_ ul id-din | and the stipulated term of my šulītu service the diviner did not give |
| 15' | ul i-ru-s,a _dingir_ qa-ti ul is,-bat | He did not come out, the god did not seize my hand. |
| 16' | ul i-re-man-ni disz-ta-ri i-da-a-a ul il-lik | Ištar did not go with me. |
| 17' | pe-ti _ki-mah_ er-szu-u2 szu-ka-nu-u-a | the opening of the great shrine, my securing, |
| 18' | a-di la mi-tu-ti-i-ma bi-ki-ti gam-rat | until he has not died, and my house is ruined. |
| 19' | kal ma-ti-ia ki-i ha-bil2 iq-bu-ni | “All my land, as if it had been plundered, |
| 20' | isz-me-e-ma ha-du-u2-a im-me-ru pa-nu-szu2 | He heard of my joy, he saw his face. |
| 21' | ha-di-ti u2-ba-as-si-ru ka-bat-ta-szu2 ip-per-du | (Sum) He smites his stomach with bitterness (Akk) He makes his stomach tingle, he stings his liver |
| 22' | i-t,i# u4#-mu sza2 gi-mir kim-ti-ia | the light of the day of the totality of my family |
| 23' | [...] mu#-de-e {d}utu-su-un i-rim | ... the one who knows, their sun rises |
| 24' | [...] _szu#_-su ul a-le-'i-i na-sza2-sza2 | ... I do not know his hand. |
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