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Rm 2, 155 (P424966)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424966 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x-x [...] | |
| 2' | [x-x-x-x-x lubluṭ] ⸢SILIM⸣-ma da₃-⸢li₂⸣-[li₂-ka lud-lul] | Let me live, so that I may sing your praises. |
| 3' | [EN₂ {d}gira₃ x-x] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ DUMU {d}[a-nim qar-du] | Incantation: Gira, ... of the gods, son of Anu, hero |
| 4' | [DINGIR a-ri]-⸢ru⸣ a-la-lu-u [x-x-x-(x)] | The gods of arid land, alalû-disease |
| 5' | [x-x mu]-⸢kab⸣-bi-bu mu-la-iṭ [x-x-x-(x)] | ... he defeated, he conquered |
| 6' | [x-x-x] x mu-nam-mir [ek-le-ti] | ... who illuminates the dark, |
| 7' | {[d}gira₃] ⸢šit⸣-ra-ḫu ša₂ qi₂-bit-su [ṣi-rat] | Gira, the esvit-raḫbu-plant, whose command is confirmed |
| 8' | {[d}gira₃] ⸢šur⸣-bu-u ka-ši-du ⸢lem⸣-[ni] | Gira, the ēšur-ebû-plant, the seal-bearer of his elam-plant |
| 9' | {[d}gira₃] ⸢GAZ⸣-ik {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU] | Gira, the egaš-priestess, the female ešakku-priest, |
| 10' | {[d}gira₃] qa-mi₃ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ | Gira, hand of a fugitive |
| 11' | {[d}gira₃] qa-li {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ | Gira, the hero, the fugitive, |
| 12' | {[d]}⸢gira₃⸣ mu-ḫal-liq {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ | Egirae, the one who overthrows the enemy, the enemy |
| 13' | {[d]}⸢gira₃⸣ EN GAL-u tap-pe-e {d}UTU at-ta-⸢ma⸣ | O Egira’e, great lord, friend of Šamaš, you are (my) friend. |
| 14' | [anāku] ⸢NENNI⸣ A NENNI al-si-ka šum-ru-ṣu IR₃-[ka] | I call out to you, E-NIN-e-23, son of E-nIN-NI, (and) pray to you. May it be favourable for you. |
| 15' | [u₂]-⸢ṭap⸣-pi-lu-in-ni-ma NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ ḪUL.[MEŠ] | he made me fall, and the evil machinations |
| 16' | [u₂]-⸢la⸣-ʾi-bu UZU.MEŠ₂.MU u₂-kas₃-⸢su⸣-u ⸢A₂⸣{[ii.}MU] | he shall cut off my flesh. He shall tie up my arms. |
| 17' | [u₂]-⸢ra⸣-ʾi-bu mi-na-te-ia KA-ia [x-x-x iṣ-ba-tu] | “My words, my mouth, my |
| 18' | [liq] ⸢KA⸣-ia ub-bi-lu-ma [...] | “May my gate be open, and |
| 19' | [ka-a]-ša₂ am-ḫur-ka tuš-⸢te⸣-[šer ...] | You are the one who sits on your throne |
| 20' | [x-x] x ar₂-⸢ḫiš⸣ x-x-x [...] | ... Ar-eḫbišu-e23 |
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)
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