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K 09836 + K 10338 + K 20638 (P398343)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09836 + K 10338 + K 20638 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398343 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 9' | before the right side |
| reverse 2' | May your hand be smitten, your foot... |
| reverse 9' | You return it to the other side and to the other side. |
| obverse 11' | As for the one who destroys the site of my temple |
| reverse 16' | Wording of a galla priest for Lugal-ura, the evil ala priest |
| reverse 13' | To the mention of.......... |
| obverse 1' | For my food, I will go to the place of good health |
| obverse 6' | Ninurta, warrior of the gods |
| reverse 14' | May the life of Uta'ulu not be forgotten |
| obverse 3' | Its holy offerings are plentiful from my mouth. |
| reverse 15' | Ditto, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, |
| reverse 17' | You do not approach the exorcist's house and whatever... he does not approach. |
| obverse 4' | I am the one who slanders them. I am in my mouth. |
| reverse 4' | Come to your place of learning, come to your place |
| obverse 10' | In the future, in days to come, |
| reverse 3' | You strew your hand. You recite the incantation. |
| reverse 18' | Its ritual: ama-inurta, male and female slave |
| reverse 12' | as its name he has chosen |
| obverse 2' | ... in the work wherever happiness... |
| obverse 12' | The evil will be released, they will be kept away from the ground. |
| obverse 5' | by Uta’ulu the hero of the gods |
| obverse 8' | (and) ditto, my lady, who loves me, |
| reverse 11' | I am the one who does the work of Ea and Marduk |
| reverse 10' | I am the messenger of Enki and Asalluhi |
| reverse 6' | from the... of my eyes to the... of my princess |
| reverse 7' | from the... of my right arm to the... of my left arm |
| obverse 13' | They set up a rejoicing eye on a different place |
| reverse 5' | You go to another place and return to the previous place. |
| reverse 19' | When you are to approach a sick man, may your brother... |
| reverse 8' | may he not bring it out from the heavens. |
| obverse 7' | (As for) the goddess Ninakudu, the lady who loves life |
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
- 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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