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BID pl. 23 (P397889)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BID pl. 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397889 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 5' | EN₂ KU₃-tu {d}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣ [ša₂-qu]-⸢tu⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂-ru-[uḫ-tu (x-x-x)] | Incantation: Holy Ištar, supreme one of the gods, exalted one |
| 6' | e-pi-šat a-nun-⸢ti⸣ GAR-at ⸢tu⸣-[qu-un-ti] | The deed of Anunnatû is a part of the Etuquntu. |
| 7' | ša₂-ru-uḫ-tu git₂-mal-tu {d}[iš₈-tar₂-MEŠ] | Exalted one, perfect one of the goddesses |
| 8' | ina qa₂-bi₂-⸢ki⸣ {d}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣ iš-še-ra te-[ne-še-e-te] | In Qabbi-ēṭe, Ištar-E’e has written to you the following words: |
| 9' | ADDA TI-uṭ ka-su-u DU₈-ar₂ la na-⸢ṭi⸣-[lu ...] | (If) he is ill: he will recover. He will be released; he who is not to be released . |
| 10' | iš-šer₃ {d}15 la i-ša₂-ru ⸢a⸣-[mi-ru ...] | May Ištar not be forgotten, ea-emiru-disease |
| 11' | ana-ku šum₂-ru-ṣa-ku IGI-ki [...] | (Sum) I am the šumru-priestess, I am your eye(?) |
| 12' | ⸢ana⸣ da-nu di-ni-ia di-pa-⸢rat⸣ [...] | “Eana, Anu, my case, ... the eratu-priestess, |
| 13' | us₂-ḫi mur-ṣi lip-pa-⸢ṭir⸣ [...] | May he release the illness, may he break through the cracks |
| 14' | la ta-mar-re-e a-ša-⸢ku⸣ [...] | (Sum) Do not overlook (them)! I want to go out to the temple(?) (Akk) Do you not see(?) the temple/temple |
| 15' | ⸢ki⸣-ma ša₂ ina tar-kul₂-li ⸢maḫ-ṣu⸣ [...] | E’ema, which in the courtyard of the Emaḫšu-temple |
| 16' | e-piš taq-[bi-i ...] | You have said ... |
| 17' | {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU(su) {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU ...] | (If) a man, a woman |
| 18' | ša ri-kis kiš-⸢pi⸣ [...] | The one who the knot of witchcraft |
| 19' | NU.MEŠ-ia [...] | My dead ... |
| 20' | ana KU₅ ZI-⸢ia⸣ [...] | To cut off my ... |
| 21' | ⸢šu⸣-nu [...] | ... his hand |
| 22' | ana-ku ina IGI-⸢ki⸣ [...] | I in front of E-e-... |
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