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K 07930 (P397382)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07930 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397382 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] nu x [...] | ... not ... |
| 3' | [x-x-x-x] ⸢MURU₂⸣-šu₂ [...] | ... his 'finger' |
| 4' | [x-x-x-x] DUR SIK₂ GE₆ ina x [...] | ... fog. Night in ... |
| 5' | [ina] ⸢UDUN⸣ BAḪAR₂ ZAG u GUB₃ x-[x-x-x-(x)] | (If) it is swollen in the ešāru-vessel: the right and left ... . |
| 6' | [ina IGI] {⸢d⸣}UTU NIG₂.NA {šim}LI GAR-an x-[x-x-x] | In front of Šamaš you set up a censer of juniper. |
| 7' | [x-x-(x)] ⸢ZAG⸣ u GUB₃ tu-ṣa-ad-ma ⸢UR₅⸣.[GIM DU₁₁.GA] | You draw the ... of the ešagānu-tree and the left side, and you speak as follows: |
| 8' | [EN₂ {d}UTU EN] ša₂-qu-u₂ mu-du-⸢u₂⸣ [kalāma] | Incantation: O Šamaš, exalted lord, who makes the whole world rejoice, |
| 9' | [dayyānu la]-⸢a⸣ ṭa-aʾ-ti mu-bal-liṭ [mīti] | (who) does not fear the day, who revives the life |
| 10' | [DINGIR re-me₂-nu]-u₂ ša₂ kul-la-tu₂ [...] | Merciful god, who . . the whole world, |
| 11' | [...] ⸢E₃⸣-ka kul-lat UN.MEŠ [...] | ... your temple, all the people |
| 12' | [...] {⸢d⸣}GIR₃ nam-maš-ša₂-a [...] | ... E-e-šēpê, whose name is |
| 13' | [i-ziz-za]-am-ma {d}UTU ši-⸢me⸣ [qa-ba]-⸢a-a⸣ | Stand and Šamaš, speak to me! |
| 14' | [...] ⸢im⸣-ḫur-an-ni li-mad ma-⸢ḫar⸣-[ka lu]-⸢ub₂⸣-luṭ | ... may the emḫurannu-plant grow wild, may I be able to erect your embankment(?) |
| 15' | [...] kaš-šap-ti ša₂ ⸢kiš⸣-[pi] ⸢ru⸣-ḫe-e | ... witchcraft of the ēkišpi-plant, eruḫbê-plant |
| 16' | [...] u₂-pi-še ḪUL.⸢MEŠ DU₃⸣.MEŠ-ni | ... evil machinations will be performed against me |
| 17' | {[d}UTU at]-⸢ta⸣ ZU-⸢ma⸣ [ana-ku] ⸢NU⸣ ZU-u | Šamaš, when you rise up, I rise up. |
| 18' | [x-x x]-u₂ ṣi-⸢da⸣-[nam] di-a-am | ... a verdict |
| 19' | [x-x-x (x)]-⸢ni⸣ a-[na mīti] i-ḫi-ru-u-ni | ... to whom he entrusted |
| 20' | [mê napištīya ina qabri] uš-ni-lu | The water of my life has been carried away in the quay |
| 21' | [...] DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | ... the great gods |
| 22' | [...] ⸢i⸣-pu-šu-u-ni | ... he performed |
| 23' | [x-x-x-x ina UGU-šu₂]-nu lu-uz-ziz | Let me stand upon them |
| 24' | [x-x-x GU₂.GAL] ⸢GU₂⸣.TUR ZIZ₂.A.AN GIG.BA | ... gugal-plant, ēqu-ešû-thornbush, emmer, wheat |
| 25' | [(x-x) GU₂.NIG₂.ḪAR].⸢RA⸣ 1-niš i-sa₃-mu-du-u₂-ma | they will measure out one piece of esarhaddon, and |
| 26' | [x-x-x-x] ⸢GU₂⸣.GAL ANŠE tu-ša₂-kal u ki-a-am DU₁₁.GA | ... you will feed the herdsman of the palace, and thus you will speak. |
| 27' | [EN₂ GIM GU₂.GAL].⸢MEŠ⸣ sa₃-an-du-ti | Incantation: “It is like the throne-bearer of the sand dunes. |
| 28' | [... ŠE.GAG] ⸢NU⸣ DU₃-u | ... is the price of a built-up house plot. |
| 29' | [... an-nu]-⸢tim⸣ la in-ne₂-ri-šu₂ | ... these have not been revealed to him |
| 30' | [ŠE.GAG-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ la e-lam-ma | his hand not to lift up |
| 31' | [... DI].⸢KU₅⸣ la tam-ma-ru | '... you will not see the judge.' |
| 32' | [...] x ḪUL.MEŠ | ... evil |
| 33' | [...] a-mat ma-ru-uš-tu₂ ḪUL-tu₂ | ... a word of fearsomeness, evil |
| 34' | [... ina] ⸢qi₂⸣-biti-ka MAN qu-ra-du | ... by your command, king of battle |
| 35' | [...] ⸢kaš⸣-ša₂-pi u kaš-šap-ti | ... beer and beer |
| 36' | [...] x te-qe₂-ber | ... you will accept. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [EN₂ x-x-x-x-x] ⸢ra⸣ su-lu-u₂ | Incantation: “... ra’e sulû-plant |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ZI⸣.KU₅.RU.DA su-lu-u₂ | ... ezi-ekurruda sulû |
| 3 | [...] ⸢su⸣-lu-u₂ {d}50 su-lu-u₂ EN₂ | ... esu’elû-plant, sulphur of Enlil, incantation. |
| 4 | [KA.INIM.MA ana rik]-si {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU DU₈ | Wording (of an incantation) for binding a woman. |
| 5 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI x-x-x] x UMBIN LU₂.U₁₈.LU | Its ritual: ... the head of a man |
| 6 | [x-x-x-x-(x) ina MAŠ].SIL₃ GUB₃-šu₂ SAR-ar₂ | Written and collated according to its original |
| 7 | [...] NIGIN EN₂ an-ni-tu₂ 7-šu₂ ŠID-nu | You recite this incantation seven times |
| 8 | [...] ⸢TI⸣-qe₂ A TU₅ | ... you take water from a well |
| 9 | [... kispa] ta-kas₂-sip-ši | ... you will harness (them) in the kispa |
| 10 | [... U₄] x.KAM GUR.GUR-ma | ... will return on the xth day and |
| 11 | [...]-ma SILIM-im | ... and it is favourable. |
| 12 | [...] x ud lu tu-ga-na | ... when he was born |
| 13 | [kīma labirīšu šaṭir-ma] BA.AN.E₃ | Like a labirû-demon, it is split in half. |
| 14 | [ēkal Aššur-bāni-apli šar kiššati šar māt] ⸢aš⸣-šur{ki} | Temple of Assurbāniapli, king of the world, King of Assyria |
| 15 | [ša ana Aššur u Mullilti] ⸢tak⸣-lu₄ | who to Assur and Mullil, the etak-elu-priest |
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