K 17059 (P402446)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | K 17059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402446 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [According to your august command] that cannot be chang[ed], |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [And your reliable affirmation] that cannot be overturn[ed]! |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [It is the wording of a lift]ed-[hand prayer] to Ishtar. |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . . pure water] you sprinkle. A portable altar you set u[p]. |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [. . .] fine meal [you set out]. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [ina qi₂-biti-ka ṣir-ti] ša₂ NU KUR₂{[ru]} | |
| 3' | [u₃ an-ni-ka ki-nim] ša₂ NU ⸢BAL⸣{[u]} | |
| 4' | [KA.INIM.MA ŠU.IL₂].⸢LA₂⸣ {d}INANA.[KAM] | |
| 5' | [... A KU₃] SU₃ GI.DU₈ ⸢GUB⸣{[an]} | |
| 6' | [...] ZI₃.EŠA [GAR{an]} | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.