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K 14705 (P400938)

CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine; CANONICAL > Magic, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 14705
IDP400938
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine; CANONICAL > Magic
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
a [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1'[. . .] and you, . . . [. . .]
a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2'[. . .] the goddess may not [. . .]
a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3'[. . .] your word (lit. mouth) may . . . ac[cept . . .]
a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4'[. . . mer]cy, [. . .] (my) prayer
a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5'[. . .] est[ablish] compliance [for me].
a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6'[. . . establ]ishing favor belongs to yo[u . . .]
a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7'[It is the wording] of a [lifted]-hand prayer [to (a goddess)].
a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8'[. . .] a god(dess) [. . .]

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)
a
1'[...] ⸢u₃ at-ti lim-hu-x-x⸣ [...]
2'[...] {d}iš-tar a-a ⸢x⸣ [...]
3'[...] ⸢x⸣ pi-i-ki ⸢lim⸣-[hu-ur ...]
4'[... re]-⸢e⸣-mu un-ni-⸢nu⸣ [...]
5'[... ma]-⸢ga⸣-ru šu-[uk-ni ia-a-ši]
6'[... du-um-mu]-⸢qu⸣ ku-⸢um⸣-[ma ...]
7'[KA-INIM]-⸢MA ŠU⸣-[IL₂-LA₂-{d}x-KAM]
8'[...] DINGIR [...]

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