K 17421 (P402764)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 17421 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402764 |
| 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 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1' | [. . ]. You [quickly] extingui[sh . . .] |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . . not att]ending to [him . . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [You] quickly destroy [. . .] |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . .] like the wicked. |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . . could] oppose you? |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [. . .] all [the god]s |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | Your counsel [is superi]or [. . .] |
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' | [...] ⸢tu-bal⸣-[la ar₂-hiš] | |
| 2' | [... la da]-⸢ga⸣-la pa-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [... tu]-⸢hal⸣-laq ar₂-⸢hiš⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ra⸣-ag-gi-⸢iš⸣ | |
| 5' | [... i]-ir-ru ka-a-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [... DINGIR]-MEŠ ka-la-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7' | [... a]-⸢tar⸣ mi₃-lik-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [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)
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