K 10243 (P398574)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 10243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398574 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [. . . pre-emin]ent one of Eridu, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [. . .] Nudimmud, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [. . .] E-engur [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [. . . of Bab]ylon, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [. . .] life, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [. . .] of life, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [. . .] the widespread [peoples], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [. . . sanctu]ary, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [. . . is sw]eet [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [. . .] merciful [. . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [. . .] which occurred |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [. . .] unfavorable [. . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [. . .] are present [. . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [. . .] and |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [. . .] your [divinity] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [. . . let me ach]ieve. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [. . . in] my [mouth]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [. . . they did no lea]rn, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . . as many as ther]e are, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . . I colla]ted, and |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] I established |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [. . . As]hur |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [. . . w]rites |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [. . . may they ov]erturn him, and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [. . . may they] destroy |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [... e]-⸢tel⸣ ERI.⸢DU₁₀⸣ | |
| 2 | [... {d]}⸢nu⸣-dim₂-mud | |
| 3 | [... e₂]-⸢engur⸣-ra | |
| 4 | [... KA₂].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA{ki} | |
| 5 | [...] ZI{ti₃} | |
| 6 | [... mu-deš-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ TI.LA | |
| 7 | [... UN-MEŠ] ⸢DAGAL⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [... pa-rak]-ki | |
| 9 | [... ṭa]-a-ba | |
| 10 | [... re-me]-⸢nu⸣-u₂ | |
| 11 | [...]-⸢x⸣-tum | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢GAR⸣{na} | |
| 13 | [... DU₁₀].⸢GA⸣-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [... GAL₂]{a} | |
| 15 | [... lu-uš]-⸢lim⸣-ma | |
| 16 | [... DINGIR-ut]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 17 | [... lu-uk-šu]-⸢ud⸣ | |
| 18 | [... ina KA]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... la i-hu-uz]-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 2' | [... ma-la ba-aš₂]-mu | |
| 3' | [... ab-re]-⸢e⸣-ma | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₂-kin | |
| 5' | [... {d]}⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ | |
| 6' | [... i]-šaṭ-ṭa-ru | |
| 7' | [... lis]-⸢ki⸣-pu-šu₂-ma | |
| 8' | [... li-hal]-⸢li-qu⸣ | |
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
- 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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