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ASKT 20 (P395827)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ASKT 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395827 |
| 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 |
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 15' | who roars on the earth |
| reverse 21' | the lands of his sheepfold are not finished |
| obverse 4' | of Meslamtaea : great wild bull, lord of the rebellious lands, |
| obverse 5' | Meslamtaea is a hero |
| obverse 2' | The pure house, the place where the lord establishes the lord |
| obverse 9' | great wild bulls whose horns are single : hero |
| reverse 22' | Palace of Assurnasirpal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| obverse 7' | The pure house, the place where the lord establishes, |
| reverse 18' | whose design and divine attributes are pleasing to him |
| obverse 11' | The lord at his side |
| reverse 17' | ... : he is ill : : he is ill. |
| obverse 24' | pure house, the rebellious land |
| reverse 13' | They sat down in heaven and earth |
| reverse 7' | Stone : I am the one who destroys the cultic rites and the cultic rites, who destroys the cultic rites |
| reverse 9' | When you are to be torn out |
| obverse 13' | or that which is written in the niru |
| obverse 17' | ... : in the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst |
| reverse 14' | The gods of heaven and earth stand in battle. |
| obverse 12' | pure house of the rebel land and oxen prebend, |
| obverse 1' | ... may... be exalted. May... be exalted. |
| obverse 6' | 'and the hero who loves him |
| reverse 8' | ......... |
| reverse 19' | 'and he will recover.' |
| obverse 15' | ... he has done; he is a scribe. |
| reverse 12' | The gods, the sahluqtu-priests, the talut-priest : you strew. : You strew. |
| obverse 22' | It is indeed Meslamtaea and the white marsh |
| obverse 8' | The great wild bulls, the lords who set up the house in the rebel land |
| reverse 20' | To...,...,..., |
| obverse 10' | In the rebel lands, in the lords, in the lands, in the lands |
| obverse 20' | which is in the temple of the rebel lands and lands |
| obverse 23' | ... his supplication is favourable. |
| reverse 11' | to strew |
| obverse 16' | Elul, the temple of the rebel land and the sagdilba shrine |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | which is not equaled by the river |
| reverse 16' | May the gods of the netherworld make you bow down at your feet! |
| reverse 3' | What is it that you do? What is it that you do not know? |
| obverse 19' | and his heirs are black, and |
| reverse 5' | from the sea he seized the place. |
| obverse 21' | ... he who has seized him |
| reverse 4' | What is it that you do in the district? What is it that you do not know? |
| obverse 14' | Meslamtaea, the plow with its paws is indeed |
| obverse 18' | It is indeed the great wild bulls and birds of the harvest |
| obverse 3' | In the rejoicing, in the house of the unalterable land, the lord in his charge |
| reverse 6' | What are the features of the sea? of the sea? to you? |
| reverse 10' | You are supreme in your anger. |
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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