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K 05053 (P418125)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P418125 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | May my divinity resound your praises to the people. |
| obverse 6 | Who has sinned against you, who knows the face of the good, |
| reverse 5' | Your pure mouth... |
| obverse 7 | the one who smote me, at the threshing floor of all of them |
| reverse 7' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 8 | Whoever breaks the contract shall be merciful like a slave. |
| reverse 6' | And if you speak your name to... |
| obverse 4 | May I hear your prayer for the black-headed people. |
| obverse 2 | May I hear your prayer for the black-headed people. |
| reverse 4' | daily let me sing your praises... |
| obverse 9 | The salves, the salves, the sins, the sins, the sins, |
| obverse 3 | May Babu, your strength, sing your praises! |
| reverse 2' | ..., the messenger(?) |
| reverse 3' | ... let me speak... |
| obverse 5 | You do the ritual with the gods. |
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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