BMS 02 (P396564)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396564 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| side a [0:1] side a 1'side a 1'–side a 1'side a 1' | [. . . f]illed [. . .] |
| side a [1:2] side a 2'2'–side a 2'2' | [. . . whose] onsl[aught cannot be oppo]sed, |
| side a [2:3] side a 3'3'–side a 3'3' | [. . .] the great gods [. . .], |
| side a [3:4] side a 4'4'–side a 4'4' | [. . . your] head is high. |
| side a [4:5] side a 5'5'–side a 5'5' | [En]lil, [your] father, [. . .] |
| side a [5:6] side a 6'6'–side a 6'6' | [. . . of the god]s; it is he[ld] in your hand. |
| side a [6:7] side a 7'7'–side a 7'7' | [You pass] judgment upon the people. |
| side a [7:8] side a 8'8'–side a 8'8' | [. . . the mis]guided, the orphaned boy (and) girl. |
| side a [8:9] side a 9'9'–side a 9'9' | [. . .], you raise up the help[less]. |
| side a [9:10] side a 10'10'–side a 10'10' | You return the body (lit. his body) of the one being made to [de]scend [. . .]. |
| side a [10:11] side a 11'11'–side a 11'11' | You forgive the guilt [. . .]. |
| side a [11:12] side a 12'12'–side a 12'12' | [You] restore peace quickly [. . .]. |
| side a [12:13] side a 13'13'–side a 13'13' | [. . .], you (are) the hero. |
| side a [13:14] side a 14'14'–side a 14'14' | [I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so] whose (personal) [god] is so-and-so, whose (personal) goddess is so-and-so, |
| side a [14:15] side a 15'15'–side a 15'15' | [. . .]. I have strewn flour for you. |
| side a [15:16] side a 16'16'–side a 16'16' | [. . . inc]ense, a [sw]eet fragrance. |
| side a [16:17] side a 17'17'–side a 17'17' | [. . . sw]eet ale, beer [made from (lit. of) grain]. |
| side a [17:18] side a 18'18'–side a 18'18' | May the god[s of . . .] stand [. . .]. |
| side a [18:19] side a 19'19'–side a 19'19' | May the god[s, . . .], stand [. . .]. |
| side a [19:20] side a 20'20'–side a 20'20' | [. . .] me and [. . .]. |
| side a [20:21] side a 21'21'–side a 21'21' | [. . . ac]cept and [. . .]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| side a | ||
| 1' | [... ma]-⸢lu-u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... la im-mah-ha]-⸢ru⸣ qa-[bal-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [...] DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] LAL-a re-⸢ša₂⸣-[a-ka] | |
| 5' | [... {d}EN].LIL₂ AD-[ka] | |
| 6' | [... DINGIR]-MEŠ qa-tuk-ka tam-[hat] | |
| 7' | [ta-dan] de-en te-ne-še-e-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8' | [... la šu]-šu-ru i-ka-a e-ku-⸢tum⸣ | |
| 9' | [... la] ⸢li⸣-ʾa-a tu-šaq-qa-ri | |
| 10' | [ša₂ ... šu]-ru-du AD₆-šu₂ GUR{ra} | |
| 11' | [...]-⸢u₂⸣ tu-paṭ-ṭar ar₂-⸢na⸣ | |
| 12' | [... tu]-sa-⸢lam⸣ ar₂-⸢hiš⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢qu⸣-ra-du at-ta | |
| 14' | [ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR]-⸢šu₂ NENNI⸣ {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-šu₂ NENNI-tum | |
| 15' | [...]-sa ZI₃.EŠA as₃-ruq-ka | |
| 16' | [... qut]-rin-na i-ri-ša₂ [DUG₃].⸢GA⸣ | |
| 17' | [... du]-uš-šu-pu ši-⸢kar⸣ [aš-na-an] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢li⸣-zi-zu ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢li⸣-zi-zu ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 20' | [...]-an-ni-ma [...] | |
| 21' | [... le]-⸢qi₂⸣-ma [...] | |
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- 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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