BMS 012 (P397419)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397419 |
| 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 say: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . .] of Ea and Asalluhi, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . .] loathesome sorcery, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] goddess and humanity, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Do not acc]ept cutting-of-the-throat (magic), |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [. . .] seizing-of-the-mouth (magic), |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [. . .]. Do not let [ev]il [. . .] approach me. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Establish for me [. . .] favorable [. . .]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [. . . recon]cile, so that they may speak with me truly. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [. . .] let me see (that is, experience) a favorable dream. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [. . .] the sage of the great gods. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [. . . you have] spoken, you pla[ce] (it) around his neck |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [. . . you plac]e. The incantation, "you are angry" three times |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [At the appropriate time], a torch, [. . .] |
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' | [...] DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ša₂ {d}e₂-a u {d⸣}asal-lu₂-⸢hi⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ ze-ru-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] {⸢d⸣}iš₈-tar₂ u NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.⸢LU⸣ | |
| 5' | [e tam-hu]-⸢ur⸣ KUD{is} ZI{ti₃} | |
| 6' | [...] KA.DAB.BE₂.DA | |
| 7' | [... lem-nu]-⸢ti⸣ e tu-ša₂-as-ni-qa a-na ia-a-ši | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢SIG₅⸣-tu₂ šuk-na | |
| 9' | [... sul-li]-⸢ma⸣-am-ma ki-niš li-tam-mu-u₂ KI-MU | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣.GE₆ SIG₅{ta} lu-mur luṭ-⸢ṭul⸣ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢ABGAL⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 12' | [... taq-ta-bu]-⸢u₂⸣ ina GU₂-šu₂ ⸢GAR⸣{[an]} | |
| 13' | [... GAR]{⸢nu⸣} EN₂ ez-ze-tu₂ 3(diš)-šu₂⸣ | |
| 14' | [ina u₄-me-šu₂]-⸢ma⸣ GI.IZI.⸢LA₂⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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