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K 04885 + K 05031 + K 05019 + K 16862 + K 05049 (P395768)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04885 + K 05031 + K 05019 + K 16862 + K 05049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395768 |
| 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)
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 | ||
| 1 | šag₄-zu de₃-en-na-huŋ-e [šag₄-zu AG₂ ...] | May your heart be appeased, your heart ... |
| ŠA₃-ka li-nu-uh [...] | May your hand be pacified | |
| 2 | ur-saŋ a-a {d}iškur [šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Hero, father Adad, your heart ... |
| qar-ra-du a-bu {⸢d⸣}[IŠKUR ...] | Hero, father Ea, | |
| 3 | ⸢dumu⸣-saŋ an-na-⸢ra⸣ [šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | “Ana-esa, your heart ... |
| ma-ru reš-tu-[u₂ ša₂ {d}a-nim ...] | first-born son of Anu | |
| 4 | ⸢ur⸣-saŋ šag₄ aš-[ša₄ ... šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Eur-esa |
| qar-ra-du git₂-[ma-lu ...] | Great hero, perfect one ... | |
| 5 | umun ud gu₃ ⸢de₂⸣ [šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord, storm, roaring flood, your heart ... |
| 6 | ⸢umun⸣ ud gu₃ ⸢ra⸣-[ra šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord, storm, roaring storm, your heart ... |
| 7 | [umun] e₂-ud-⸢gal⸣-[gal šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord of the E'udgalegal temple, your heart ... |
| 8 | [umun] e₂-⸢nam⸣-[he₂ šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord of the Enamehe temple, your heart ... |
| 9 | [umun] e₂-⸢pad₃⸣-[da šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord of the Epada temple, your heart ... |
| 10 | [umun] ⸢e₂⸣-[UD-ta-aš šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord of the E-e-UD temple, your heart ... |
| 11 | [umun e₂-he₂-nun-na šag₄-zu AG₂ <...>] | Lord of the Ehenuna temple, your heart ... |
| 1' | [... šag₄-zu] ⸢AG₂⸣ <...> | ... your heart ... the temple |
| [...] | ||
| 2' | ⸢šeŋ₃ izi⸣ [...] ⸢šag₄⸣-zu ⸢AG₂⸣ <...> | The šeŋ-tree, the “fire-of-the-mound,…, your e<vag’e-plant, ...] |
| mu-ša₂-[... i]-⸢ša₂⸣-ti UGU a-a-bi [...] | (Sum) The one who ... (Akk) I am the one who is ... over the enemy | |
| 3' | ⸢ur⸣-saŋ [mu-lu ŋeš]-⸢par₃⸣-bi-ta erim₂-ma ⸢nu⸣-[...] | The ur-esa-tree, the one of the ešpar, the enemy |
| ša₂ ina giš-⸢pa⸣-[ri]-šu₂ a-a-bi la [...] | Whose enemy with his scepter does not | |
| 4' | mu-lu e-⸢re⸣-za ib₂-ba-ta gu₂ zig₃-[mu-un-ši-ib₂] | May the one who is angry with you raise his neck towards him |
| be-lu ana ARAD-ka ša₂ ta-gu-gu šu-qa-⸢a⸣ [re-ši-ka] | O lord, turn to your servant, who loves to pray to you. | |
| 5' | 1(U) }} ⸢šu⸣-dul₆ šu-dul₆-ta mu-un-di-di-in [...] | The e22šu’e23-dul, from the dul |
| ina rap-pi rap-pu-ma it-ta-na-al-lak [...] | (Sum) He goes around in the wide open country (Akk) He roams about in the broad open country | |
| 6' | i-lu šag₄ sag₃-⸢ga⸣ ud mi-ni-ib₂-⸢zal⸣-[zal-e] | He spends the day in lamenting and wailing |
| ina qu-be₂-⸢e⸣ ṣu-⸢ru-up⸣ lib₃-bi u₄-me-šam uš-ta-⸢bar-ri⸣ | In qubê-ēreš, ruup’e, “The heart of the storm has escaped | |
| 7' | i-si-iš mud-da [...] ud mu-un-zal-la-⸢x⸣ | (Sum) She spends the day in a mud pit (Akk) I spend the day with a murky pit |
| ina qu₃-li₃ u ⸢ni⸣-is-[sa-ti₃ u₄]-⸢mu⸣ iq-ta-tu-⸢šu⸣ | In quli and essātu-disease, every day, he said to him: | |
| 8' | ma-bi mu-⸢un-gur₁₁⸣ [...] mu-un-kar-ra-e-⸢ne⸣ | (Sum) He ... its boat(s) (Akk) They ... their boats(?) |
| E₂-su u ma-[ak-kur-šu₂] it-tam-ša₂-a-aʾ-u₂ | his house and his land they shall swear | |
| 9' | di₄-di₄-la₂-bi [...] gi₄-ga-bi-e-⸢ne⸣ | Its little ones ... they shall return |
| ṣe-eh-ru-[tu-šu₂ ...] ⸢NI⸣ nu-up-pu-ṣu | Its second part is ... ēši-e-ṣuppu-plant | |
| 10' | ab-ba-bi ki [...] ⸢ba⸣-an-si-id | Its elders ... the earth |
| ši-bu-šu ⸢it⸣-[ti ...] ⸢it⸣-tam-nu-u₂ | His offspring, the eštamnu-disease | |
| 11' | mu-lu e-re-⸢za⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃-gul mu-un-ma-⸢ma⸣ | The one who is to enter ..., he is to open the gate for her. |
| be-lu a-rad-[ka ...] ⸢x⸣-šu₂ ut-nen-[ka] | O lord, your servant, ... his ... I have sworn by you | |
| 12' | {d}iškur-ra ⸢mu-un⸣-[...] NE [...] | Iškur |
| ša₂ {d}IŠKUR ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one of Adad | |
| 13' | u₃-⸢mu-un⸣ [...] | The lord |
| ⸢x⸣ [...] | ||
| r | ||
| 1 | še-⸢en⸣-[...] | Šēen |
| ša₂ [...] | Who ... | |
| 2 | ⸢mu-x⸣ [...] | “(If) he ..., |
| ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | The ša’e23-plant | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| [...] | ||
| 4 | ⸢UD x x⸣ [...] | ... ešubu-plant |
| ⸢KI⸣-[...] ⸢x-mu-šu₂⸣ [...] | E-e-[...] E-mušu-e | |
| 5 | ⸢gu₂-zu zig₃-mu⸣-un-ši-ib₂ [...] | May he raise your neck towards him |
| šu-uq-qa-a re-ši-ka [...] | My head is high, your head ... | |
| 6 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un gi₄-ra ⸢ša₃⸣-[ne-ša₄ šu te-...] | The lord, turn back! They are their e’eša temples |
| ⸢be⸣-lu na-as-hi-ra-am-ma ⸢un⸣-[ni-ni-ia li-qe₂] | “O lord, bring me down, and may my ancestors take (me)! | |
| 7 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un ka-aš bar-bar-ra [...] | The lord of the utterances(?) |
| ⸢be⸣-lum pa-ri-is pu-ru-⸢us⸣-[se-e ...] | (Sum) The ebullû-demon, the one who smite(?) the enemy (Akk) The hero, the hero who destroys the enemy | |
| 8 | [tum₉] ⸢dug₃⸣-ga ri-a-bi aŋ₂-⸢hul⸣ [...] | The wind that blows in the Dug temple, the evil wind |
| [ša₂]-⸢ar-ka ṭa-a-bu li⸣-[zi-qa ...] | May your heart be appeased, may it be pacified | |
| 1' | [egir₃ zid-da gašan-ka-teš₂-a]-⸢sig₁₀⸣-[ga-ke₄ siškur₂ <(de₃-ra-ab-be₂)>] | May the true princess Gašankatešaga speak a siskur prayer to you |
| 2' | [egir₃ gu-la gašan-ŋu₁₀] {d}na-na-[a a-ra-zu <(de₃-ra-ab-be₂)>] | Great princess, hero Nanaya, may he pray to you |
| 3' | {[d}ša-la mu]-ud-na ki aŋ₂-⸢zu⸣ [siškur₂ <(de₃-ra-ab-be₂)>] | May Šala, the spouse, say a prayer to you at the place of Azû |
| 4' | {[d}nu-nus-si]-⸢sa₂⸣ {⸢d⸣}i-šar-tu₂ ⸢a-ra⸣-[zu <(de₃-ra-ab-be₂)>] | Nussi-esa'e, Išartu, may he say to you "raise your eyes towards me" |
| 5' | {[d}nim-ŋir₂] ⸢sukkal mah⸣-zu ⸢siškur₂⸣ <(de₃-ra-ab-be₂)> | May Nimbir, your supreme vizier, utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 6' | [i-bi₂ zid bar-mu]-⸢un⸣-ši-ib₂ de₃-ra-ab-⸢be₂⸣ | May he/she say to you "look faithfully" |
| 7' | [gu₂-zu zig₃]-⸢mu-un⸣-ši-ib₂ de₃-<ra-ab-be₂> | May he/she say to you "raise your neck towards him" |
| 8' | [šag₄-zu de₃]-⸢en⸣-na-huŋ-ŋa₂ de₃-<ra-ab-be₂> | May he say to you "may your heart be pacified to him" |
| 9' | [bar-zu de₃]-⸢en⸣-na-sed-de₃ de₃-<ra-ab-be₂> | May he/she say to you "raise your neck towards him" |
| 10' | [šag₄-zu šag₄] ⸢ama⸣ tu-ud-da-gin₇ ki-bi-še₃ ha-ma-gi₄-⸢gi₄⸣ | May your heart, like the heart of a birth mother, be restored to its place for me |
| 11' | ⸢ama⸣ [tu-ud-da] ⸢a⸣-a tu-ud-da-gin₇ ki-bi-še₃ [<ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄>] | Like the birth mother, like the birth father, I will restore it to its place for me |
| 12' | ⸢er₂-šag₄⸣-[huŋ-ŋa₂] 58-am₃ mu-bi-im {d}iškur-⸢kam₂⸣ | It is the 58th eršag-eḫu’a. Its name is Iškur-e23. |
| 13' | x IM ZA ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ IM ZA ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 14' | GIM SUMUN-šu₂ [...] | Like his old |
| 15' | ⸢KUR⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-⸢DU₃⸣-[A šar₄ ŠU₂ šar₄ {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | Ekur-ea, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, King of Assyria |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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