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K 15951 (P401693)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 15951 |
|---|---|
| ID | P401693 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 5' | Incantation: Exalted one, perfect one, son of Aimbabbar |
| 15' | You give the heir to an unceasing person. |
| 8' | ama, light of heaven and earth, sage of all lands |
| 14' | You make the righteous woman happy. |
| 17' | You set up a nu-vessel for nu-disease. |
| 10' | Beloved of Marduk, protector of Babylon. |
| 13' | The wide people take hold of the black-headed people, your warriors. |
| 9' | lord of the sippar, protective spirit of the Ebabara |
| 2' | ... let me sing... |
| 4' | ... and you recite this inscription. |
| 6' | The light is bright, the light is shining, the light of the people is light. |
| 7' | ama, who constantly seeks out the dead and the dead, |
| 11' | I will complete the ritual for you. |
| 12' | By your command, the gods, the Igigi |
| 16' | You release the pure rites of the heavens. |
| 3' | You set up a censer of juniper |
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
- 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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