K 08815 (P397772)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08815 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397772 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . . who dwe]lls in the pure heavens |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . .] to me! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . .] I lay hold of your (garment’s) hem |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [. . .] . . . to hand down [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [. . . maintain]ing well-being is within your power (lit. with you) |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [. . .] you know how [. . . to s]pare, and to rescue |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [. . . su]blime, merciful mother, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [. . .] . . . [. . .] heavens |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [. . .] I turn to you, my ears [. . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [. . .] . . ., accept my prayer |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Let] me send you to my angry (personal) god [. . .] . . . |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [To] the god of my city who is furious [. . . with] me. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [On account of] oracle(s) and dream(s) that continually [hound me] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | O Gula, most exalted lady, through the word of your command [. . .] . . . |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | and your sure approval [. . .] . . . |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | My furious (personal) god [. . .] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | My angry (personal) goddess [. . .] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [The god] of my city who is furious [. . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [. . .] may he relent [. . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢bal-x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-KAM | |
| 3' | [... a-ši]-⸢bat⸣ AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [...] ia-a-ti | |
| 5' | [... TUG₂.SIG₂]{⸢ki⸣} aṣ-bat | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢pa⸣-ra-su | |
| 7' | [... šul]-⸢lu⸣-mu ⸢ba-šu-u₂⸣ KI{ki} | |
| 8' | [... ga]-ma-la u šu-zu-ba ti-de-e | |
| 9' | [... ša₂]-⸢qu⸣-tu₄ um-mu re-me-ni-tu₄ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] x [...] ⸢x⸣ ša₂-ma-mi | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢NIGIN⸣{ki} [ib-ša₂]-⸢ki⸣ GEŠTUG-2(DIŠ)-a-a | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢in⸣-ni-ma ⸢le-qe₂-e un-ni⸣-ni-ia | |
| 4 | [lu-uš]-⸢pur⸣-ki ana DINGIR-MU ze-ni-i [...]-ti | |
| 5 | [ana] ⸢DINGIR⸣ URU-MU ša₂ šab-su-[... it-ti]-ia | |
| 6 | [ina] ⸢bi⸣-ri u MAŠ₂.GI₆ it-ta-na-⸢aš₂⸣-[ka-nam]-ma | |
| 7 | {[d]}⸢gu⸣-la GAŠAN šur-bu-tu₂ ina a-mat qi₂-bi-ti-⸢ki⸣ [...]-⸢bat⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ an-ni-ki ki-ni [...]-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-MU šab-su [...] | |
| 10 | {[d]}⸢IŠ₈⸣.TAR₂-MU ze-ni-tu₄ [...] | |
| 11 | [DINGIR] ⸢URU⸣-MU ša₂ šab-⸢su⸣-[...] | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢li⸣-nu-⸢ha⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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