BMS 22 (P396461)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396461 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1a 1–a 1a 1 | [. . .] most exalted [. . .], so[n of . . .] |
| a [1:2] a 22–a 22 | [Exp]ert leader, scio[n of . . .] |
| a [2:3] a 33–a 33 | Nabu, who bears the tablet of destinies of the gods, [. . .] |
| a [3:4] a 44–a 44 | Lord of Ezida, shelter of [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 55–a 55 | Beloved of Nudimmud [. . .] |
| a [5:6] a 66–a 66 | [Most] exalted of Shuanna, who guar[ds . . .] |
| a [6:7] a 77–a 77 | [Can]opy of habitations, savi[or of . . .] |
| a [7:8] a 88–a 88 | [. . .] in the mouth of the peoples [. . .] |
| a [8:9] a 99–a 99 | [. . .] Marduk [. . .] |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1 | [...] SAG.KAL bu-[kur ...] | |
| 2 | [MAS].⸢SU₃⸣{u₂} i-te-ep-šu₂ i-⸢lit⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 3 | {[d]}AG na-aš₂ ṭup-ši-mat DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢EN⸣ E₂.ZI.DA ṣu-lul [...] | |
| 5 | ⸢na⸣-ram {d}nu-dim₂-mud [...] | |
| 6 | [SAG].⸢KAL⸣ ŠU.AN.NA na-⸢ṣi-ru⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [an-du]-⸢ul⸣ da-ad₂-mi KAR UN-MEŠ [...] | |
| 8 | [zi-kir-ka] ⸢ina⸣ KA UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-[ṭub₂-ba {d}LAMA₃] | |
| 9 | [... {d]}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ ina [...] | |
| 10 | [... ina qi₂]-⸢bit⸣ [DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{ti]} | |
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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