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K 09906 + K 19789 (P398389)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Syncretistic Hymn to Nanāya, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09906 + K 19789 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398389 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Syncretistic Hymn to Nanāya |
| 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 5' | At that time, in the Eulma, in the E-sugalia, my favorite house, |
| reverse 10 | In Uruk, in the Eanna temple,..., the brother of Nergal, the brother of Nergal |
| obverse 9' | The n many Anshar and the entire world dwelled there. |
| reverse 6 | In Kutê, in the Emeslam, Ammitu, ditto! |
| reverse 11 | ... Nergal... their |
| reverse 1 | ... the lady of the gods, the lamentation priests say to me. I am Nanaya |
| obverse 8' | in the quay, in the E-ugal-gal ala speaks: I am Nanaya. |
| reverse 9 | In Uruk, the good aduga, the ziggurat, they slew. |
| reverse 8 | In the city Meturna, in the Eaula, Arurtu(?), the Great One, Elam, ditto. |
| obverse 7' | The engi priests of Karkar |
| reverse 5 | The... of the living creatures, the well-being of the sea, |
| reverse 2 | and the exalted counsel that I had given to you |
| reverse 12 | ... Nergal |
| obverse 1' | In Borsippa, in the Ezida of Nanaya, the great lady, the spouse of Nabû and Marduk speaks: I am Nanaya. |
| obverse 2' | When Utu enters the Ekara temple |
| obverse 4' | In Agade the u-illa sealed documents, firmly placed |
| reverse 7 | At that time, in the azida and meturna temples, the Sumun-dar temples, the rites of the apsû were piled up(?) |
| obverse 3' | In Sippar, in the Ebabbar temple, Nanaya, heir of ama, spoke a word to me, and Nanaya |
| reverse 4 | the family of Haya speak. I am Nanaya |
| obverse 6' | Anunitu of the battle speaks: I am Nanaya |
| obverse 10' | In Der, in the Edimgalkalama, lady of the Eanna, queen |
| reverse 3 | In the case, in Egula, mistress of the gods, and king, |
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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