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K 08501 (P397657)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397657 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 2' | I am the guardian of my life, but I am not able to save my illness. |
| 11' | ... filled with radiance,... |
| 9' | May my illness not be dispersed, my sins not be set upon you. |
| 3' | ... of the throne of my kingship |
| 5' | in distant days he established. |
| 7' | Wherever I am, I will seize your hand. |
| 6' | That work, Nabû, joyfully, and kingship |
| 8' | At the arrival of your house, the guard of my territory |
| 1' | ... my life |
| 4' | At the threshing floor of the temple of Nabû that is in Nineveh, the great lord, my lord, |
| 10' | Wherever this work is placed, your Eukku-temple is placed, and your eyesight |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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