BMS 11 (P396615)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396615 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . .] of a god, for [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . . si]ns though [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Disregard [(the sins) which] are known and not known, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Forgive my [si]n, [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Illuminate my [conf]usion, [my] consternat[ion . . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [. . .] of my father, [my] grand[father], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [. . ] of my mother, [my] grandmother, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [The guilt] of my brother, my sister, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [The guilt] of my family, my kin, and my clan, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | May it not draw near [to m]e. Let it go elsewhere. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [. . .] purify me [like] grass. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . . for] well-being and life entrust me. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | May I stand before you [per]petually [. . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [. . .] . . . [may . . . pr]aise you. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢DINGIR ana⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... šet]-⸢tu⸣-tu₂-um lu [...] | |
| 3' | [ša₂ ZU]{⸢u₂⸣} u NU ZU{⸢u₂⸣} mi-⸢ši⸣-[ma] | |
| 4' | [an]-⸢ni⸣ pu-ṭur [...] | |
| 5' | [e-ša₂]-⸢ti⸣-ia nu-um-mir ⸢dal-ha⸣-[ti-ia ...] | |
| 6' | [...] AD-ia ⸢AD⸣ [AD-ia] | |
| 7' | [...] AMA-ia AMA ⸢AMA⸣-[ia] | |
| 8' | [an-na] ŠEŠ-ia NIN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9' | [an-na] ⸢kim⸣-ti-ia ni-šu-ti-ia₅ u sa-la-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 10' | [a-na ra-ma]-⸢ni-ia a-a TE{a⸣} a-hi-tam-ma lil-lik | |
| 11' | [... GIM] {u₂}KI.KAL DADAG{an-ni} | |
| 12' | [... ana] ⸢šul₃⸣-me u TI.LA pi-iq-dan-ni | |
| 13' | [... ana] ⸢da₃⸣-ra-ti lu-uz-zi-iz-ku | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [li-na]-⸢ad⸣-ku | |
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