K 09000 (P397852)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09000 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397852 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| 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 [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1' | [. . . weal]th [. . .]. (Ditto: With you may) [. . .] (enter) |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . . acce]ptance [. . .]. (Ditto: With you may) amity (enter). |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [Be at peace. Ha]ve a seat. Calm do[wn]. |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | Establish favor [for the house] that you enter. |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [For m]e, with Shamash and Mar[duk] |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | assign favor. |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | May the great gods make Marduk's heart [hap]py. |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | May the [na]me of the Lord, Marduk, endure forever for all. |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [En]ter, O Divine Lamp. Establish good things. |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | May life go forth from your mouth. |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | Greet the house you enter, O Nusku. |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | When you have recited this, the sick man in front of the tor[ch] |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | you stretch out, and thus you make [him] recite: |
| a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14' | Incantation: O Nusku, king of the night, who illuminates the dark[ness], |
| a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15' | You stand (in the sky) at night and obse[rve] the people. |
| a [15:16] a 16'16'–a 16'16' | Without you judgment (and) decision are not rend[ered]. |
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' | [... meš-ru]-u₂ MIN [...] | |
| 2' | [... ma]-⸢ga⸣-ru MIN ⸢sa⸣-[li-mu] | |
| 3' | [nu-uh ti]-⸢šab⸣ šup-ši-[ih] | |
| 4' | [ana E₂] ⸢ter⸣-ru-bu SIG₅ šu-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 5' | [ia-a]-⸢ši⸣ ana {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.[UTU] | |
| 6' | [ana] ⸢SIG₅⸣{ti₃} pi-iq-dan-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7' | [ṭu₂]-⸢ub⸣ lib₃-bi {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ li-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 8' | [zi]-kir EN {d}AMAR.UTU ina kiš-ša₂-ti lu da-ri | |
| 9' | [er]-⸢ba⸣ nu-ru šu-kun ba-ni-tu₂ | |
| 10' | [ina] ⸢pi⸣-ka liš-ša₂-kin SIG₅{⸢tu₄⸣} | |
| 11' | [ana] ⸢E₂⸣ te-ru-bu ku-ru-ub {d}⸢NUSKA⸣ | |
| 12' | ⸢GIM⸣ an-nam ŠID{u₂} {lu₂}GIG ana IGI {d}⸢IZI⸣.[GAR] | |
| 13' | ta-tar-ra-aṣ-ma ki-a-am tu-šam-na-[šu] | |
| 14' | ⸢EN₂⸣ {d}NUSKA LUGAL GE₆ mu-na-mer uk-[li] | |
| 15' | ⸢GUB{az⸣} ina mu-ši UN-MEŠ ta-⸢bar⸣-[ri] | |
| 16' | ⸢ina⸣ ba-⸢li⸣-ka šip-ṭu EŠ.BAR ul ⸢SUM⸣{[in]} | |
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- 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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