K 08978 (P397838)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08978 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397838 |
| 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 nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . .]s its pronouncement/prognosis [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [. . .] soak [in] water. |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . .] throw [. . .] into the river. |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . .] (is) your [. . .]; Dagan (is) |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [. . .] (is) your [supre]me strength; Ea (is) |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | [. . .], Nabu, (is) your capability, |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | [. . .]; your [streng]th (is) Nergal, |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [. . .] your judgeship (is) Shamash, |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [. . . sa]ge of the gods, O Marduk, |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | [. . .] merci[less . . .] |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | [. . . of bat]tle |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | [. . .]s . . . |
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' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ME.A-BI | |
| 3' | [... ina] A-MEŠ DIR-ma | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ ID₂ ŠUB{di} | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢ka⸣ {d}da-gan | |
| 6' | [... giš]-⸢ru⸣-ut-⸢ka⸣ {d}e₂-a | |
| 7' | [...] {d}MUATI ZU{ut}ka | |
| 8' | [... dan-nu]-⸢ut⸣-ka {d}U.GUR | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢DI⸣.KUD{ut}ka {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 10' | [... NUN].⸢ME⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 11' | [... la ga]-⸢ma⸣-lu | |
| 12' | [... qab]-li | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢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)
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