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BA 05, 668-669 (P395798)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 668-669 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395798 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| [...] nam-til₃-⸢la tar⸣-re-e-ne | ... of the destinies of the gods for the well-being | |
| [...] ⸢ṣir⸣-tum ša₂ ši-mat ⸢ba-la-ṭi⸣ i-šim-mu | ... the šīmû-plant, which is the destiny of the bālat-plant he decreed | |
| [...] nam-tar nam-til₃-la tar-⸢re⸣-e-ne | ... fate and life are to be decided | |
| [...] ⸢ṣir⸣-tum ša₂ ši-mat ba-⸢la⸣-ṭu i-šim-mu | ... the šīmû-tree, the one who decrees the fates, | |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ dam {d}suen-na lugal {d}dil-im₂-⸢babbar⸣ e-me-en | ... wife of Sîn king of Dilimbabbar am I. | |
| [... {d]}SUEN be-lum {d}nam-ra-ṣi-it at-ti-ma | Suen, lord of Namrasbit, you are | |
| [...] mu-un-gi-na ŋišgal-la | ... the one who firmly established ... | |
| [...]-⸢tim⸣ mu-kin-at man-za-zu | ... establisher of your position | |
| [...]-⸢zur⸣ dim₃-me-er kur-kur-ra si-sa₂ u₃-tu-ke₄ | ..., the god of all the lands, the one who establishes order | |
| [... ka]-⸢nu⸣-tu i-lat ma-ta-a-ti muš-te-še-rat nab-ni-ti | ... the ka’ēnûtu-priestess, goddess of the land, who guides the people aright | |
| [...] ⸢su⸣ uŋ₃ mu-un-na-⸢ke₄⸣ | (Sum) ... he goes up to the horizon(?) (Akk) The ... of the esû-temple comes up to him | |
| [...]-⸢a⸣ ina zu-mur ni-ši | ... in the midst of the night | |
| [...] ama dim₃-me-er gal-gal-e-⸢ne⸣ | ... mother of the great gods | |
| [...]-ti um-mi DINGIR-MEŠ ra-bu-[ti] | ... the mother of the great gods | |
| [... eš]-bar du₃-a-bi niŋ₂-nam-ma-⸢ke₄⸣ | ... its decision should not be made | |
| [...] pur-se-e ⸢ka-la mim-ma⸣ šum-šu₂ | ... pursû-vessel, all that is mine | |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ barag-ge₂-e-ne | The ... of the dais | |
| [...]-u {d}iš-tar ka-liš pa-rak-ki | ... Ištar, all of your sanctuaries | |
| [... gu₂]-erim-ma-ke₄ | ... of the enemy land | |
| [...]-⸢x a⸣-a-bi | ... its flood | |
| [...]-⸢ba⸣ ni₂-gal-la | ... of great fearsomeness | |
| [... {d]}⸢iš⸣-tar-tu la-bi-šat na-mur-rat | ..., the exalted one, the one who sees | |
| [... u₆]-⸢di⸣ la-la ⸢ŋal₂⸣-la | (Sum) ... the lord, the one who carries ... (Akk) The ... of the uŋi-edi temple, the lala temple | |
| [...]-hu ana tab-ra-a-ti la-la-a ma-la-at | (Sum) ... (Akk) For the ..., the abundance of the land | |
| [... a]-⸢ra₂⸣-bi dirig-ga | ... its flood is exalted | |
| [...]-⸢ti⸣ a-lak-tu₂ šu-tur₂ | ... the way of the young man | |
| [...]-⸢e⸣-ne šu-zu en₃ tar-bi | ... inquire about your hand | |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ qa-tuk-ki šup-qud | ... your hands are bound | |
| o | ||
| 15 | [...]-⸢x⸣-e-ne | the ... of |
| r | ||
| 1' | [E₂.GAL {m}{d}AN.ŠAR₂]-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, King of Assyria. |
| 2' | [... DUMU {m}{d}aš-šur-PAP]-⸢SUM{na} LUGAL⸣ ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | , son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria] |
| 3' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ti {m}{d}30-PAP-MEŠ-SU ⸢LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL⸣ KUR aš-šur{ki} | ...-ēti, Sennacherib, king of the world, King of Assyria |
| 4' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ {d}30 u {d}NIN.GAL ⸢tak⸣-[lu] | ... the gods Sîn and Nikkal |
| 5' | [...] ⸢NU⸣ TEŠ₂ {d}UR | ... ešunû-plant |
| 6' | [...] | |
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
- 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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