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AOAT 034, 020 + OrNS 59, 487 (P402275)

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

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DesignationAOAT 034, 020 + OrNS 59, 487
IDP402275
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By Loretz, Oswald & Mayer, Walter; Mayer, Werner R. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
side a [0:1] side a 1'side a 1'–side a 1'side a 1'[. . .] my land [. . .]
side a [1:2] side a 2'2'–side a 2'2'[. . .] I am very afra[id].
side a [2:3] side a 3'3'–side a 3'3'[. . .] which is supr[eme] in Ekur.
side a [3:4] side a 4'4'–side a 4'4'[. . .] which can not be altered.
side a [4:5] side a 5'5'–side a 5'5'[. . .] May (my) angry (personal) goddess turn to me again with favor.
side a [5:6] side a 6'6'–side a 6'6'[. . . who is] in a rage, may he rele[nt]
side a [6:7] side a 7'7'–side a 7'7'[. . .] may he be sooth[ed].
side a [7:8] side a 8'8'–side a 8'8'[. . .] merc[iful] mother [. . .]
side a [8:9] side a 9'9'–side a 9'9'[. . .] of [Ea]

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)
side a
1'[...] KUR(ša₂-)MU [...]
2'[...] ⸢šu⸣-ta-du-ra-[ku]
3'[...] ⸢ša₂⸣ ina e₂-kur šur-[bat]
4'[...] ⸢ša₂⸣ NU BAL-⸢u₂⸣
5'[...] {⸢d}IŠ₈⸣.TAR₂ ze-ni-ta NIGIN-⸢ra⸣
6'[... ša₂ i]-⸢gu⸣-ga li-⸢nu⸣-[ha]
7'[...] BUR₂{[ra]}
8'[...] ⸢AMA⸣ re-⸢me₂⸣-[ni-tum ...]
9'[...]-⸢e⸣ ša₂ {d}[e₂-a]

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