BMS 12 (P396760)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396760 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [. . . you pl]ace. Oi[l . . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . .] that oil, gyp[sum ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . . c]amelthorn, lup[in . . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . . you pulv]erize, into that oil [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [one from] alabaster, one from go[ld . . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [alab]aster, gold, lapis [lazuli . . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | You place (it) [alongside] the ritual assemblage, in a burzigallu-bowl [. . .] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [. . . in a sal]ve of boxwood alongside the ritual assemblage you place (it) |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Incantation]: O Marduk, lord of the lands, furio[us one . . .], |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Splendid one, ever-renewing, perf[ect one . . .] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Prom]inent, exalted one, who[se] [. . .] cannot [. . .], |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Cap]able one, broad-minded, sage of [. . .], |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [O Mar]duk, noble lord, supreme being, who[se . . .] is exa[lted], |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Mighty], massive, formidable one, [. . .] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | Armed [with the flood], without [rival] in battle [. . .] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [O Bindu]ku, perfec[t one . . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [... GAR]{⸢an} I₃⸣.[GIŠ ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ šu-a-tu ⸢IM⸣.[BABBAR ...] | |
| 3' | [... {giš]}⸢KIŠI₁₆⸣ {u₂}tar-[muš ...] | |
| 4' | [... ta-sa]-⸢ak⸣ ana ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ šu-a-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | 1(diš) ša] {⸢na₄⸣}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL 1(diš) ša KU₃.[GI ...] | |
| 6' | {[na₄}GIŠ].⸢NU₁₁⸣.GAL KU₃.GI {na₄}⸢ZA⸣.[GIN₃ ...] | |
| 7' | [ina DA] KEŠDA ina {dug}BUR.ZI.GAL GAR{⸢an⸣} [...] | |
| 8' | [... ina {giš}DILIM₂].⸢I₃⸣.ŠEŠ₂ {giš}TASKARIN ina DA KEŠDA GAR{⸢an⸣} | |
| 9' | [EN₂] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU EN KUR.KUR šal-⸢ba⸣-[bu ...] | |
| 10' | ⸢šar-hu⸣ ed-de-šu-u₂ git₂-⸢ma⸣-[lu ...] | |
| 11' | [ti]-iz-qa-ru ṣi-ru ša₂ la [...] | |
| 12' | [le]-⸢ʾ⸣-u₂ rap-šu₂ uz-nu ⸢ABGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | {[d}AMAR].UTU EN kab-tu šu-tu-ru ša ša₂-[qu-u₂ ...] | |
| 14' | [gaš-ru] ⸢pu⸣-un-gu-lu a-li-⸢li⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [a-bu-ub {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣ qa-bal la [ma-har ...] | |
| 16' | {[d}DUMU-du₆]-ku₃ ⸢git₂⸣-[ma-lu ...] | |
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