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K 10807 (P398898)

Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 10807
IDP398898
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1'[. . . that I may si]ng your praises,
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[. . .] may pron[ounce] your [great]ness.
Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3'[. . .] I may sing your praises.
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'[It is . . .] to Marduk.
Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5'[. . . has finish]ed. You do not change where the head of the sheep is placed.
Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6'[. . . either on] a ritually unclean person or on a leprous person,
Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7'[. . . Mar]duk sent me; Ea commi[ssioned me].
Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8'[. . . goes] straight and behind [him . . .]
Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9'[. . . four . . .], [erkulla]-plant [. . .]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
r
1'[... lud-lu]-⸢la⸣ da₃-li₂-li₂-⸢ka⸣
2'[... nar]-⸢bi⸣-ka ⸢liq⸣-[bi]
3'[...] ⸢da₃⸣-li₂-li₂-ka ⸢lud-lul⸣
4'[...] {d}AMAR.UTU-[KAM]
5'[... TIL]-u₂ SAG UDU.NITA₂ KI GAR{nu} NU KUR₂{⸢ar₂⸣}
6'[... lu-u₂ ana UGU] ⸢U₂⸣.ZUG₂ lu-u₂ ana UGU ša₂ SAHAR.ŠUB.⸢BA{a⸣}
7'[... {d]}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ iš-pur-an-ni {d}e₂-a ⸢u₂-ma⸣-[ʾ-ir-an-ni]
8'[...] ⸢SI⸣.SA₂-ma ana ⸢EGIR⸣-[šu₂ ...]
9'[... 4(diš)-ta-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ {u₂}[er-kul-la ...]

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