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4R2 24, 3 (P395800)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 24, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395800 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ||
| 2' | [... gu₃] ⸢dug₄⸣-ga-zu ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... your clamoring e-dug-plant |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ ina ša₂-ga-mi-⸢ka⸣ [...] | ... in the šagami temple | |
| 3' | [dim₃-me-er] ⸢gal⸣-gal-la-e-⸢ne⸣ [...] | The gods of the Egalegal temple |
| [...] ⸢ra⸣-bu-tu₄ mit-ha-⸢riš⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... the rābûtu-demon, the mitḫarišu-disease, ... (Akk) The ... of the reed-dwelling ... | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ du₆-du₆-aš mi-ni-⸢in-šid⸣ | He made the ... of the Dudu temple shine forth |
| [...]-bi-it til-la-niš tam-nu | ... is finished, it is an image | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ im-gin₇ mu-un-du₃-am₃ | ... built a house like clay |
| [...]-x-e-ti ki-ma ṭi-ṭi te-e-me | ... like a wind | |
| 6' | [ŋa₂-e] ⸢e⸣-re-zu i-bi₂-zu mu-un-gurum-am₃ | When you enter, your eyes are full of tears. |
| [... a]-rad-ka ma-har-ka kam₂-sa-ku | ..., your servant, I am standing before you. | |
| 7' | [umun ni₂ teŋ₃] hu-luh-ha mu-lu kur-ra bi₂-in-ri | Lord whose fearsomeness is terrifying, he encircled the man in the mountain |
| [be-lu₄] ⸢pu⸣-luh-ta-ka gal-lit-tu₄ ma-a-ta u ni-ši tar-me | O lord of eluḫta, wise one of the land and of the people, | |
| 8' | [... x]-⸢hu-luh⸣-ha gig-ga mu-un-ak-a | ... did bitterly ... |
| [be-lu₄ tu-gal]-⸢lit-an-ni ma⸣-ru-uš-tu₄ te-pu-ša₂-an-ni | O lord, you have directed my attention to me. You have instructed me. | |
| 9' | [... {tum₉}u₁₈-lu-gin₇] ⸢ba-an-dul₆⸣ | ... like a storm, he covered it with a curtain. |
| [... ki]-⸢ma⸣ a-le-e ik-tum₃-an-ni | ... he brought me to the place where the water flows. | |
| 10' | ⸢mu-lu⸣ [i-bi₂ ...] ⸢er₂⸣ muš₂ nu-tum₂-ma | The one who sees the ešumu-priestess, the one who does not fear the erētu-prayer |
| ina i-[ni]-⸢ia⸣ [di]-im-tu₄ ul ip-par-ku | In Isiya’e, justice will not be cut off. | |
| 11' | er₂ a-⸢še⸣-[er]-ra ud me-ni-ib₂-zal-zal | She spends the day weeping and wailing |
| ina bi-[... u] ta-ne₂-hi u₄-me-šam uš-ta-bar-ri | In ... and wailing, the days have passed. | |
| 12' | umun-ŋu₁₀ en₃-[še₃] ⸢u₃⸣-ma-ta kur-ra bi₂-in-sig₁₀ | As long as Lugalbu is gone from the E’ema temple, he will conquer the mountain. |
| a-di ⸢ma⸣-[ti₃] be-li₃ ina er-nit-ti-ka ma-ti₃ tas-pu-un | until the end of time, my lord, by your exalted command you have sent me the land | |
| 13' | umun šag₄-zu ⸢hu-luh⸣-ha an de₃-em₃-ma₃-huŋ-ŋa₂ | Lord, may An pacify your heart |
| be-lu₄ ⸢ŠA₃-ka⸣ gal-tu₄ ša₂-mu-u₂ li-ni-ih-⸢hu⸣ | May the lord of the E’eška temple rejoice over you. | |
| 14' | {d}iškur-ra ⸢bar⸣ [su]-⸢mu⸣-ug-ga-zu ki-a de₃-em₃-ma₃-⸢sed⸣-[de₃] | May Iškur calm down in the place where you rest. |
| ka-⸢bat⸣-[ta-ka] ⸢a-dir⸣-ti₃ er-ṣe-⸢ti₃ li-šap-ših⸣ | May the adirtu-priestess of Eršbētu release you from the ka’ebata-incantation. | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢er₂⸣ mar-ra [...] | The “carrying-of-the-mouth’-festival |
| ina ša₂-kan ⸢taq⸣-[rib-ti ...] | In the place of the etaqeribtu-plant | |
| 2 | [šu]-⸢luh sikil-la⸣ [...] | The pure šuʾaluh ritual |
| ina ⸢mi-is⸣ qa₂-[ti ...] | In the ‘hand’ of the hand | |
| 3 | ⸢ša₃-ne-ša₄ kiri₃⸣ [šu ma-al-la-ta ...] | The ešānê-priests, who have received from me ... |
| [...] x [...] | ||
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