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K 09860 + K 13272 + K 13796 (P398361)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09860 + K 13272 + K 13796 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398361 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [... liṭ-ṭa]-⸢rid⸣ | ... may he go out |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GUR⸣-[ra ...] KU.NU | ... the ekurru-vessel |
| 3' | [... 3-⸢šu₂⸣ ŠID-nu-ma [... KID₂]-⸢iṣ NU⸣ {[d]}⸢nam⸣-tar DU₃-uš | You recite three times and . You do not perform the ritual. Nametar performs it. |
| 4' | [... la]-⸢an⸣-šu₂ SAG.DU-su ⸢ša₂⸣ [UR].⸢MAḪ⸣ ŠU{ii}⸢šu₂⸣ [GIR₃{ii]}⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU GAR | (If) he does not have , his head will become a lion's head, a snake's hand, an ox's foot, or a man's ghost will take place. |
| 5' | [IGI.MEŠ]-⸢šu₂ IM⸣.SA₅ ŠEŠ₂ ina IGI ZAG-šu₂ IM.GA.⸢LI ina⸣ GUB₃-šu₂ kam-ma te-qi₂ | (If) his eyes are covered with a cloud: in front of his right eye (he will experience) a headache. You stand on his left side and you take it. |
| 6' | ⸢SU⸣-šu₂ IM.SA₅ ŠEŠ₂ NU NIG₂.ḪUL ... DU₃-uš ⸢TUG₂ U₄⸣.1.KAM {tug₂}GU₂.E₃ | Its ešû-plant is surrounded by a cloud that cannot be dispersed. It is made. ETUG-plant on the 3rd day: a cloak |
| 7' | U₄.1.KAM MU₄.MU₄-su ZI₃ KASKAL tu-ṣa-ad₂-da-⸢šu₂⸣ KU₃.BABBAR ip-ṭi-ri-šu₂ | (If) on the 1st day his name is spelled: flour of the journey you will feed him; he will pay back the silver. |
| 8' | KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.SI₂₂ URUDU AN.NA A.BAR₂ KU₃.GAN(KAM₂) {⸢na₄⸣}GUG {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ | Silver, gold, copper, lead, tin, silver, carnelian, lapis lazuli |
| 9' | {na₄}NIR₂ {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ SIK₂ UZ₃ SIK₂.⸢ḪI⸣.A SIK₂ BABBAR SIK₂ SA₅ | (If) a snake eats a goat's thigh, a white pig's head, and a red head. |
| 10' | {⸢sik₂⸣}ZA.GIN₃.NA ina GIŠ.ERIN₂ LA₂-ma SUM-šu₂ {kuš}E.IB₂ {kuš}E.SIR₂ {⸢kuš}A⸣.GA₂.LA₂ {kuš}UMMU₃ ⸢SUM-šu₂⸣ | The ēsik-sisku-plant grows on the cedar and is given. |
| 11' | [... {lu₂]}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU ša₂ IM KI.GAR DU₃ ⸢MU-šu₂-nu ina MAŠ⸣.<SIL₃> ⸢GUB₃-šu₂⸣-nu ⸢SAR⸣-[ar₂] | (If) a man, a woman, an ešû-demon of clay (and) bricks is built on top of a wall: their name will be mentioned in a balaŋ composition, their names will be written in an inscription |
| 12' | [x-x-x-x] {⸢tug₂}GU₂.E₃⸣ [...] | ... a turban |
Sources & licences
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