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4R2 14, 3 (P395776)
MONUMENTAL > Dedication, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 14, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395776 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | MONUMENTAL > Dedication |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 7' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| reverse 3' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| obverse 5 | In order to raise the supreme scepter in the land |
| obverse 1 | The divine powers of Nabû, the supreme vizier, all of the divine powers |
| obverse 15 | ... a ud prayer, a scepter, a scepter,... |
| obverse 6 | The exalted one, who constantly seeks out the land... |
| reverse 5' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether the king or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, or the king, my lord, should know this. |
| reverse 2' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 2 | To the god Nabû, the exalted vizier, the one who all the rites |
| obverse 8 | ... the one who smites your scepter, who gives advice,..., |
| obverse 12 | ... a god who is seated at his disposal, may he be placed... |
| reverse 1' | The gods(?) Nabû, the exalted vizier |
| obverse 17 | strong one, king of |
| obverse 11 | The gods did not... the ditches, the ditches did not... |
| obverse 20 | ...... which in...... |
| obverse 19 | nir2 stone, carnelian |
| obverse 4 | Tablet of kingship, whatever he has to do for his sake... |
| reverse 8' | I deposited it in my palace for my reading. |
| reverse 6' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one whose sattukku offerings are as many as there are. |
| obverse 18 | ... strong, king... |
| obverse 9 | The ita priest who is present in the atum priestess of the atum priestess(?) |
| obverse 14 | O supreme lord,... your scepter,..., |
| reverse 0 | of the gods, Nabû, the exalted vizier |
| obverse 16 | She who listens to prayers, listens to prayers... |
| obverse 10 | ... the one who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries, the one who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries... |
| obverse 3 | the scribe of everything, its holyness is supreme |
| reverse 4' | They rejoiced over you, the eyes were bright, the joy of the scribal art. |
| obverse 7 | ... ginda... a lapis-lazuli field |
| obverse 13 | en priestess with a scepter |
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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