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2R 51, 2 (P395491)
lexical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 2R 51, 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395491 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | lexical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | id₂-sal-⸢la⸣ [...] [...] | The Salû canal |
| 2' | {id₂}e-de-eš-tum {<ŠU({id₂}e-de-eš-tum)>} [...] | The Edeštum River |
| 3' | {id₂}hal-hal {<ŠU({id₂}hal-hal)>} [...] | The Ḫal’ala canal |
| 4' | id₂ ku₆ ID₂ nu-⸢ni⸣ [...] | The fish of the river did not go out to the river |
| 5' | id₂ mušen ID₂ iṣ-⸢ṣur⸣-[x] [...] | The river, the snake(?) of the river Išbur |
| 6' | {id₂}gu₃-ha-an-de₂ a-ra-ah-[tum] [...] | Guhandum the Araḫtum |
| 7' | {id₂}unu₂-bi-tar-ra u₂-ru-tu₂ [...] | The Euphrates, the city |
| 8' | {id₂}{d}irhanₓ(|MUŠ.DIN.ŠE.NUN&NUN.BALAG|) [...] | Irhan |
| 9' | id₂ muš ID₂ ṣe-[ri] [...] | The river, the snake of the lower river |
| 10' | {id₂}dur-an-gal [...] | The Euphrates |
| 11' | {id₂}abzu-gal [...] | The Abzugal canal |
| 12' | {id₂}amaš-lil₂-le [...] | The Amašlil canal |
| 13' | {id₂}in-ni-na {<ŠU({id₂}in-ni-na)>} [...] | By Innina's hand |
| 14' | {id₂}lal₃-ab-us₂ tu-bil₂ nu-uh-ša₂ [...] | Lal-abuš, bringer of light |
| 15' | {id₂}sa-am-su-lu-nu-na-qab-nu-uh-šu₂ {<ŠU({id₂}sa-am-su-lu-nu-na-qab-nu-uh-šu₂)>} [...] | Samsulunaqabnuḫšu |
| 16' | {id₂}SAR-BAD {<ŠU({id₂}SAR-BAD)>} [...] | SAR-BAD |
| 17' | {id₂}ME-{d}en-lil₂-la₂ {<ŠU({id₂}ME-{d}EN-LIL₂-LA₂)>} [...] | On the Euphrates, Enlil |
| 18' | {id₂}mah-ṣa-at-{d}er₃-ra {<ŠU({id₂}mah-ṣa-at-{d}er₃-ra)>} [...] | Maḫšat-Erra |
| 19' | {id₂}{d}ma-mi-šar-rat {<ŠU({id₂}{d}ma-mi-šar-rat)>} [...] | The River Mamisvarrat |
| 20' | {id₂}tab-bi-{d}ma-mi {<ŠU({id₂}tab-bi-{d}ma-mi)>} [...] | Tibbi-Mami |
| 21' | id₂ e-pi-la-az{ki} {<ŠU(ID₂)>} e-pi-la-az{ki} [...] | The river of Epilaz, the hand of Epelaza |
| 22' | mul {id₂}idigna {d}a-nu-ni-tum [...] | The star of the Tigris, Anunitum |
| 23' | mul {id₂}buranun{ki} si-nun-tum [...] | The star of the Euphrates, the sīnuntu-festival |
| 24' | {mul}saŋ-me-ŋar [...] | The Crook ... |
| 25' | mul {d}AMAR-UTU ne-bi₂-ru₆ [...] | The star of Marduk, the herald |
| 26' | {mul}ud-al-tar da-pi-nu [...] | The mighty Udaltar |
| 27' | mul babbar pe-ṣu-u₂ [...] | The white star that rises ... |
| 28' | mul sa₅ ma-ak-ru-u₂ [...] | (If) a good star is smashed . |
| 29' | mul sa₅ me-qit i-šat [...] | (Sum) The beautiful star, the radiance of the horizon (Akk) The bright star, awe-inspiring |
| 30' | mul hulu lum-num₂ [...] | Evildoer ... |
| 31' | mul nu-me-a ba-lum [...] | Without a star |
| 32' | {⸢mul⸣}{lu₂}sa-gaz hab-ba-⸢x⸣ [...] | The E-star, the sagaz creature, the habba-e-star |
| 33' | [mul] lul-la sa-ar-[ru] [...] | The false star, the scribal art ... |
| 34' | [...]-⸢x⸣ na-[...] [...] | ... did not ... |
| 35' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣-nu-[...] [...] | ... eša’enu-plant |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [lu₂] eme [tuku] [...] [...] | A person who has a tongue ... |
| 2' | ⸢lu₂⸣ eme nu-[tuku] [...] [...] | A man who has no tongue |
| 3' | ⸢lu₂⸣ umuš nu-⸢tuku⸣ [...] [...] | (Sum) The one who does not have a wife, he is a woman who has no husband (Akk) The woman who does have nanny-goats, she is not a mother |
| 4' | {[lu₂]}zilulu [...] [...] | a man |
| 5' | {[lu₂]}ur-sal ⸢as⸣-[sin-nu] [...] | The ursal priest, the asesinnu priest |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂⸣}šabra {<ŠU(šabrû)>} [...] | The elû-priest, the šabra-priestess, |
| 7' | lu₂-gub-ba a-[pil-lu-u₂] [...] | The stand-in-priestess, the apilû priest |
| 8' | {lu₂}u₂-bil₂-la₂ {<ŠU(upellû)>}{⸢x⸣} [...] | The billu priestess, the e’e22-priest |
| 9' | {lu₂}tibira ⸢qur⸣-qur-[ru] [...] | The tibira priest, the equrqurru priest |
| 10' | {lu₂}tug₂-tag-ga ma-hi-ṣu ⸢ša₂ x⸣-[...] [...] | The garment-bearer, the eša priest |
| 11' | {lu₂}pan-tag-ga [...] | The pantaga priestess |
| 12' | {lu₂}kuš-tag-ga e-piš ⸢x-x-x⸣ [...] | The šutagga priest performs the ritual ... |
| 13' | {lu₂}ninni₅-tag-ga {<MIN(e-piš)>} tu-[un]-ši hup₂-[pu-u₂] | Ninni-tagga, you have been slandered. |
| 14' | {lu₂}bara₂-tag-ga {<MIN(e-piš)>} ⸢x⸣-[x]-⸢x⸣ šab-su-[...] | The baratagga priest, ditto, ... |
| 15' | {lu₂}nu-ban₃-da la-pu-ut-tu-[u₂] ha-za-[nu] | the nubanda-officials, the dependants, and the mayors |
| 16' | {lu₂}šar-rab-tu-u₂ ṣu₂-hur-tum | the šarrabtu-priest of Šuḫurtum |
| 17' | {lu₂}ki-zu-u₂ taš-li-šu₂(HU) ha-ne-⸢gal⸣-tum | Your enemy, the one of Hanegaletum |
| 18' | {lu₂}tiru AN-UD-i-rum man-za-az pa-ni | “The herald, An-UD-irum, the one who stands before |
| 19' | {lu₂}an-ni-ba-tu eš-še-bu-u mah-hu | “Annibatu, the exalted one, |
| 20' | lu₂-gidim-ma ša₂ e-ṭim₂-mu man-za-[...]-u₂ | The gidimma priestess, the one who created me |
| 21' | lu₂-saŋ-bulug-ga mu-še-lu-u e-ṭim₂-mu narₓ(ID₂)[ši-in-du] | The sabulga priest, the purifier, the narsindu priest |
| 22' | DUB 6(DIŠ)-AM₂ mur-gu₄ im-ru-u₂ bal-lum | Sixty tablets of murgu-plant, imrû-plant and ballum-plant. |
| 23' | E₂.GAL {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}aš-šur{ki} ša AN+AK u {d}taš-me-tum GEŠTUG-⸢MIN⸣ [...] | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, King of Assyria, on whom Anum and Tašmetu have bestowed wisdom. |
| 24' | i-hu-uz-zu IGI-MIN ZALAG₂{tum} ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ [...] | He acquired for himself shining eyes, the pinnacle of scholarship which among kings |
| 25' | mim-ma šip-ru šu₂-a-tu i-hu-zu ne₂-me-eq AN+AK ⸢ti⸣-[kip ...] | (who) has grasped the wisdom of the heavens, the earth, |
| 26' | ina DUB-MEŠ aš₂-ṭur as-niq ab-re-e-ma a-na ta-mar-[ti ...] | I have written on tablets, checked, collated, and for reading |
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