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K 14707 (P400939)

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

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DesignationK 14707
IDP400939
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts
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 [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2'[. . . let me sing your] praises!
a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3'[It is the wording of a] lift[ed-hand prayer].
a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4'[. . .] . . . and taking hold(?) of the chariot [. . .]
a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6'[. . .] fire(?) in a . . . [. . .]
a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7'[. . .] you sprinkle pure water [. . .]

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'[...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]
2'[...] ⸢da₃⸣-li₂-⸢li₂⸣-[ka lud-lul]
3'[KA-INIM-MA ŠU]-⸢IL₂⸣-[LA₂ {d}x-KAM]
4'[...]-diš-ma TAG {giš}GIGIR [...]
5'[...] ⸢i⸣ nu uš lu ⸢hi⸣ [...]
6'[...] ⸢IZI⸣ ina man-[...]
7'[...] ⸢x A KU₃⸣ SUD [...]
8'[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]

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