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K 07817 (P397305)

CANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Love, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 07817
IDP397305
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Monologue and dialogue > Love
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)
reverse col 1 15'The lamassu stone
obverse col 1' 16'... and which from his seed......
obverse col 1' 5'... your...
reverse col 1 23'I... your helper
obverse col 1' 14'... he created...
reverse col 1 19'The rites that you have given you...
reverse col 2 29'... your
reverse col 2 18'... the king, the one who purifies...,
obverse col 2' 1'Zarpanitu
reverse col 1 4'to Du-
obverse col 2' 6'Nabopolassar
reverse col 1 25'... of the uqatam priestess
reverse col 1 8'to the... of
reverse col 1 21'... your helper,...
obverse col 1' 4'... your...
reverse col 2 12'When he hews the water for me, he screams at me.
reverse col 2 33'... let me greet...
reverse col 2 3'... sealed documents.
reverse col 2 26'... screamed at me
reverse col 1 28'.........
reverse col 1 6'To the... of the temple
obverse col 1' 18'As for the guards of my battle, why did you do as you did?
obverse col 1' 24'......
obverse col 2' 3'Nabu to... Nabiya'anu
reverse col 2 31'... they swore.
reverse col 2 1'... Erua
reverse col 2 23'... in my fierce
obverse col 1' 21'his..., ditto(?) upon him
reverse col 1 22'For the woman who(?) the silver
reverse col 2 27'... has turned me away(?)
reverse col 2 7'... lord
reverse col 1 2'......
obverse col 1' 6'...
reverse col 1 14'when I seized...
reverse col 2 22'... your
reverse col 1 27'.........
obverse col 1' 15'.........
reverse col 1 10'in my presence(?)
reverse col 2 13'I will remove you like the wall.
reverse col 1 17'I will write...
reverse col 2 5'... who created me
obverse col 1' 12'... boatmen
reverse col 1 20'In her... lord
reverse col 2 16'... the foundation of the bow... I filled you.
reverse col 2 9'... of the world
reverse col 2 15'When you are to smite you
reverse col 1 30'... lord
reverse col 2 8'... of Amli
reverse col 2 6'.... he will become hostile to you.
reverse col 2 20'... let me establish for you.
obverse col 2' 4'The lady(s) of Nabu... like the... of the ground(?)
obverse col 1' 13'... I did not
reverse col 2 19'Come, O my creator!
reverse col 2 17'... the shandabakku in the field Namsukki
reverse col 2 30'... Ammeni ulaaza
reverse col 2 4'......
reverse col 2 24'... in fury
obverse col 1' 8'... of the borderland
reverse col 1 18'The lamassu-stone of your choice
obverse col 2' 5'... speak...
reverse col 2 11'I am a liar, he slanders me.
reverse col 2 2'... of ula
reverse col 2 25'... he smote... to his body
reverse col 1 7'who...
obverse col 1' 9'... among my friends
reverse col 1 9'to the water of his house
obverse col 1' 19'...... on top of...
obverse col 2' 7'.........
obverse col 2' 2'The hand of...
reverse col 2 14'he shall remove, as he pleases
reverse col 1 1'... water(?)
reverse col 1 13'like...
reverse col 1 16'The ziggurrat of...
reverse col 1 12'The extispicy...
reverse col 2 28'... he will raise you.
reverse col 2 21'... my(?)... he shall bring(?)
obverse col 1' 7'......
obverse col 1' 20'... he will raise... and....
obverse col 1' 11'... of Nabu(?)
obverse col 1' 2'... your
reverse col 1 26'... my heart, which is filled with rejoicing
reverse col 2 10'... a liar.
reverse col 1 5'Who...
reverse col 2 32'... may you be sated.
obverse col 1' 3'... he built.
reverse col 1 24'May the... of my supplications be loosened.
obverse col 1' 1'... oil
reverse col 1 11'......
obverse col 1' 10'... does not
obverse col 1' 17'.... and.. their ditto and

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