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K 16929 (P402331)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 16929 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402331 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3' | According to your command, may a mistress be entrusted with me. |
| obverse 11' | By your own command, you have given me the power of lordship. |
| obverse 4' | The one who strikes your enemies, the one who strikes your enemies, |
| obverse 12' | You took me from the mountain to the shepherdship of the people. |
| obverse 9' | The people of Assyria did not know me and did not accept my divinity. |
| reverse 5' | May the merciful heart of his life be appeased! |
| obverse 7' | I created, and in the midst of the mountains, whose hands none of them |
| obverse 2' | Exalted one, who reveres your divinity, |
| reverse 2' | 'The sick one, the sick one, the sick one, |
| obverse 6' | son of am-Adad, king who reveres the great gods |
| reverse 6' | Protect his father for your beloved, father of the gods, warrior of Aur |
| obverse 1' | Ashurnasirpal, I am a bearded. |
| obverse 5' | Who provides beer for your heart, who loves me, |
| reverse 4' | The incantation of your rage that cannot be overturned, |
| obverse 3' | Who establishes your shrines, who cannot be altered, |
| obverse 10' | You, Itar, the great dragon of the gods, |
| reverse 1' | May your heart rejoice over me. |
| obverse 8' | I am not afraid, I am not afraid of your lordship; I am not afraid. |
| reverse 7' | In the future may my (personal) god praise your divinity. |
| reverse 8' | May I be happy among the gods of heaven and earth. |
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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