ABRT 1, 59 (P397828)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 1, 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397828 |
| 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 Craig, James A. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1'1'–a 1'1' | [Incantation: O Asallu]ḫi, the exorcist of the gods, [. . .] |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [O Asallu]ḫi, pure god, the conjurer of the god[s], |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [. . .] of the Apsu, whose incantation (is) lif[e], |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [Asalluḫi], the exorcist of the gods, who restores the de[ad] to life, |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [Who gives] the plant of life, who purifies the heavens and the ear[th], |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [. . .] furious storm, who drives out the great gallû-demons, |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | [. . .], lord of the incantation, in whose presence the gallû-demons (and) namtar-demons take refu[ge], |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | [. . .], the one who eradicates illness, who destroys the mountains, . . [. . .] |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [. . .], the hero of the gods, who destroys evi[l (things) . . .] |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [The he]ro of all (four) quarters (of the earth), who guards li[fe], |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | [. . .], who restores the dead to life, the great dragon of the heavens and the eart[h], |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | [. . .] intellegent (lit. open ear), extraordinarily wi[se], |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [EN₂ {d}asar-lu₂]-⸢hi⸣ maš-maš DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[d}asar-lu₂]-hi DINGIR el-lu₄ a-ši-⸢pu DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ABZU⸣ ša₂ tu-u₂-šu₂ ba-⸢la⸣-[ṭu] | |
| 4' | {[d}asar-lu]-⸢hi⸣ maš-maš DINGIR-MEŠ mu-bal-liṭ mi-i-[ti] | |
| 5' | [na-din] ⸢šam⸣-me ba-la-ṭi mu-lil AN{e} u KI{[ti₃]} | |
| 6' | [x x] u₄-mu ez-zu mu-ṭa-rid GAL₅.LA₂-MEŠ GAL-[MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [x x] EN EN₂ ša₂ ina IGI-šu₂ GAL₅.LA₂-MEŠ NAM.TAR-MEŠ im-me-du pu-uz-⸢ra⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 8' | [x x] na-si-ih mur-ṣi mu-ab-bit KUR-MEŠ E ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [x x] UR.SAG DINGIR-MEŠ mu-ab-bit lem-nu-[ti ...] | |
| 10' | [UR].SAG kal kib-ra-a-ti na-ṣir na-[piš-ti] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢mu-bal⸣-liṭ {lu₂}BE₂ UŠUMGAL AN{e} u ⸢KI⸣{[ti₃]} | |
| 12' | [... uz]-⸢na⸣ pe-tu-u₂ šu-tu-ru ha-[si-sa] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [...] | |
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