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4R2 11 (P395658)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395658 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| 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 | The lamentation singer does not let your heart be irrigated. |
| obverse 39 | Its utterances are unceasing, its lady does not die. |
| obverse 25 | he... its food offerings. |
| reverse 43' | (This is) the tablet of his good fortune. |
| reverse 32' | ... of the potter's work |
| obverse 43 | the lady whose divine powers were brought to the netherworld |
| reverse 18' | he poured water into the river for him. |
| reverse 29' | The pure Ninnippur will say: |
| obverse 21 | He weeps bitterly |
| obverse 7 | shrine Ebabbar and Edikukalama |
| reverse 19' | He has given birth to a sahluqtu-demon, a sahluqtu-demon, |
| reverse 24' | his wife he binds, and the god he binds. |
| reverse 22' | he filled the plain with a beautiful head. |
| reverse 30' | a pure kukura offering, a complete ka-nugal offering |
| obverse 1 | The merchant has changed the process, the rations are poured out. |
| obverse 38 | in a tanihu |
| obverse 50 | His heart... |
| reverse 33' | whose utterances are true, whose finish is finished |
| obverse 4 | who from the pure shrine and shrine Nippur |
| reverse 40' | I sat in the guard |
| obverse 42 | his lord heard, and he swore: |
| reverse 34' | which he had made surpassing |
| obverse 30 | He does not say any of his things. |
| reverse 23' | The black-headed people stand in the sky in the morning, variant: they stand in the morning. |
| reverse 46' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse 16 | his mistress, who is in distress, has sinned |
| reverse 20' | he made the grass grow in the plain |
| obverse 12 | brickwork of Etemenanki and the shrine Edara’ana |
| reverse 17' | He has been paid in full. |
| obverse 53 | ...... |
| obverse 41 | Its lord, the Tigris, went to the netherworld |
| obverse 32 | Your heart does not say: |
| obverse 46 | he will be able to shave his head. |
| reverse 31' | ... the land... |
| reverse 44' | a time when the sun was bright |
| obverse 17 | The city's lord who has inquired after it |
| obverse 40 | his lord is not residing, his mistress is not residing. |
| obverse 13 | He gave orders to the people of the city |
| obverse 29 | Its gudu(-officiant) does not bring joy |
| obverse 28 | his shepherd, in the midst of the dwelling,... |
| reverse 25' | he has guarded him, he says to him: |
| reverse 5' | of the brickwork of Dr-Sibba, evil |
| reverse 26' | of Enlil and his wife Ninlil |
| reverse 35' | You recite the incantation : you return. |
| obverse 48 | with the work that... has been kept away, |
| obverse 47 | He roared like a lion |
| obverse 5 | from the brickwork of the Ekur temple and the courtyard of the Enamtila temple |
| reverse 8' | of Etemenki, evil |
| reverse 16' | he entrusted it to me in the land of Nanna. |
| reverse 9' | from the Edara'ana temple evil |
| reverse 28' | The holy shrine of Nippur he brought to her. |
| reverse 6' | the brickwork of Ezida |
| obverse 18 | The city, its lord, and its rear shall not be reclaimed. |
| obverse 22 | ... of the temple... |
| obverse 24 | he will pay back the debts that he received. |
| obverse 44 | his mistress heard this, and he has left. |
| reverse 42' | Father Enlil, do not let your city drink water! |
| obverse 51 | its midst |
| reverse 13' | What is it that he has in his ears? |
| obverse 15 | The lady sat down with her black-headed people. |
| obverse 27 | he smote the shepherd's reeds with tears. |
| reverse 12' | and to its cult centers |
| obverse 37 | the lamentation singer will come out. |
| reverse 41' | You have not been able to go out to watch : you have sat down. |
| obverse 26 | he... him. |
| obverse 49 | Its midst is full of famine, it is full of famine. |
| obverse 10 | The barley of Adsiabba was changed |
| obverse 36 | His lord has been snatched in a snare. |
| obverse 14 | he will return to his lord. |
| reverse 38' | he set up a scepter for shepherding. |
| obverse 52 | its heart... |
| obverse 20 | ditto and for a prayer he... |
| reverse 3' | of the brickwork of Babylon, evil |
| obverse 35 | The en priestess went out from the gipar |
| reverse 39' | ... who sits on behalf of us. |
| reverse 4' | the brickwork of Esagil |
| obverse 23 | When you speak to the father of the father and father |
| reverse 37' | If you see it, you will see it. |
| obverse 34 | He has taken it as a loan. |
| reverse 27' | his sister and the lady of the Emah temple |
| obverse 9 | brickwork of Esagila and the shrine Tl-kalam |
| reverse 2' | shrine Ebabbar |
| reverse 1' | from the brickwork of Sippar evil |
| obverse 8 | (As for) the brickwork of Babylon that was changed |
| obverse 19 | who enters the sanctuaries of Enlil and Enlil |
| reverse 47' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 2 | He has sworn that all of the country has been smitten. |
| obverse 33 | Its gudu(-priest) went out from allure |
| reverse 45' | from the ama-gina canal I did not complete |
| obverse 11 | from the brickwork of Ezida and the shrine Ematila |
| obverse 6 | the brickwork of Sippar was changed |
| reverse 21' | ... he smote the evil demon in the morning. |
| reverse 10' | whose lordship is supreme |
| obverse 45 | they shall set its tail on the foxes. |
| reverse 15' | his pure ear, what has he done? |
| obverse 3 | from the city the merchant was changed, and the potter was poured out. |
| reverse 14' | I will fill her holy scepter with a scepter |
| reverse 7' | of the Emahtila temple |
| reverse 11' | What is it that my lord has there? |
| reverse 36' | who loves to be exalted |
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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