K 12938 (P400145)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila; CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 12938 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400145 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| side a [0:1] side a 1'side a 1'–side a 1'side a 1' | that [I may pro]claim [. . .] (and) [. . . your] prai[ses]. |
| side a [1:2] side a 2'2'–side a 2'2' | [. . . the word]ing of a lifted-hand prayer [. . .] |
| side a [2:3] side a 3'3'–side a 3'3' | [. . . Gu]la, most exalted lady, who dwe[lls . . .] |
| side a [3:4] side a 4'4'–side a 4'4' | merciful [. . .], who gi[ves . . .] |
| side a [4:5] side a 5'5'–side a 5'5' | Whose [. . .] (is) acceptance, [. . .] |
| side a [5:6] side a 6'6'–side a 6'6' | [. . .] stand and hear |
| side a [6:7] side a 7'7'–side a 7'7' | [Ju]dge [. . .]; decide (my) case; [. . .] (my) wrongdoing. |
| side a [7:8] side a 8'8'–side a 8'8' | [. . .] like the he[m of . . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| side a | ||
| 1' | [... lu-ša₂]-⸢pi⸣ da₃-[li₂-li₂-ka ...] | |
| 2' | [KA-INIM]-⸢MA⸣ ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ [...] | |
| 3' | [... {d}gu]-⸢la⸣ GAŠAN šur-bu-tu₂ a-⸢ši⸣-[bat ...] | |
| 4' | [...] reme-ni-tu₄ qa-[i-šat ...] | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢us⸣-sa taš-mu-u₂ ⸢qi₂⸣-x-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] i-ziz-zi-ma ši-⸢mi₃⸣-[i ...] | |
| 7' | [... da]-⸢ni EŠ.BAR KUD{si⸣} hi-⸢biltu⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GIM TUG₂⸣.[SIG₂ ...] | |
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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