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K 06557 + K 16900 (P396632)

CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 06557 + K 16900
IDP396632
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 6all the way up to the ground......
obverse 11Like that of
obverse 10That which is unceasing...
obverse 1House(?), in the heavens, the goddess in the earth, is pure
obverse 3May the one who dwells in the pure heavens be appeased!
obverse 5I made your throne firm.
obverse 9Like a curse......
obverse 8like a lion you are constantly snatching...
obverse 2The scepter of the heavens to the earth
obverse 4Anu, your father, in the heavens, fates in the earth
obverse 7its horns... like that of a wild bull.

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