1879-07-08, 0050 unpublished unassigned ? (P451812)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1879-07-08, 0050 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P451812 |
| 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 |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . .] torch [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . .] . he achieves [his] desire. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [I have] turned(?) to your divinity, I direct [my] attention (lit. ears) to you. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [I st]rew an offering of pure juniper for you. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [I libate for you] a (ritually) pure, mixed, honey-sweetened kurunnu-beer. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Eat] the good (things); drink the sweet (things). |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [O my lady], stand here; forgive my guilt. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Because] you are [merci]ful and you are forgiving, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | . . . your . . . are . .. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Whatever] you acquire, you (acquire) in excess. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [Whe]rever you set your anger, you (also) release |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | the anger (lit. knot) of your heart. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [. . .] and speaking and agreeing are with you. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [. .] . . reviving are with you. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | I turn <to you> [for] the restoring of my life. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | I call on you at a [dis]ance; hear me up close. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [What]ever evil, the evil machinations of humanity, |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [that] beset me and <pursue me constantly> night and day, so that I am very afraid, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | Tear <it> out [from] my body, because your divinity <is> great |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | and because among the great gods you are exalted <. . .> |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | Among all of the Igigi, as many as there are, command <life for me.> |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | The one you strike, you (also) heal. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | The one you curse, you (also) bless. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | The one with whom you become angry, you (also) are reconciled. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | [S]tand here, O my lady; forgive my guilt. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | [With] you, may Anu, father of the great gods, stand. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | [With] you, may Enlil, the lord of humankind, stand. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 29'29'–o 29'29' | [With] you, may Ea, creator of the gods, fixer of fates, stand. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 30'30'–o 30'30' | [With] you, may Marduk, sage of the gods, who restores the dead, stand. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 31'31'–o 31'31' | [With] you, [may] the gods of the house(?), the place of favor, stand. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 32'32'–o 32'32' | [With you, may] Gazbaba and Kanisurra [s]tand. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] di-pa-⸢ru x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ i-kaš-ša₂-du ni-iz-⸢mat⸣-[su] | |
| 4' | [as-sa-hur] i-lut-ki ib-ši-a-ki uz-⸢na⸣-[a-a] | |
| 5' | [as-ruq]-⸢ki⸣ si-riq ŠIM.LI el-⸢la⸣ | |
| 6' | [aq-qi₂-ki] el-la bal-la da-aš₂-pa ku-ru-un-⸢na⸣ | |
| 7' | [a-ku-li] ⸢ṭa⸣-a-ba ši-ti-i da-aš₂-pa | |
| 8' | [be-el-ti] ⸢i⸣-ziz-zi-im-ma ʾ-il-ti pu-uṭ-ri | |
| 9' | [aš₂-šu₂ re-me₂]-ne-e-ti u mu-pa-aš₂-ši-ra-a-ti | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ZU⸣-uk-ki ib-ba-aš₂-šu-u₂ | |
| 11' | [ša₂] ⸢ta-ra⸣-aš₂-ši-i ta-at-ti-ri | |
| 12' | [a]-šar ug-ga-tuk taš-ku-nu ta-paṭ-ṭa-ri | |
| 13' | ki-ṣir lib₃-ba-uk-ki | |
| 14' | ⸢x x ZI⸣ u₃ qa₂-bu-u₂ u ŠE.GA i-ba-aš₂-šu-u it-ti-ki | |
| 15' | [x]-⸢x⸣ bu-ul-lu-ṭu i-ba-aš₂-šu-u₂ it-ti-ki | |
| 16' | [a-na] ⸢bu⸣-ul-luṭ na-piš-ti-ia he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ as-hur | |
| 17' | [ru]-qiš al-si-ki qer-bi-iš ši-min₃-ni | |
| 18' | [mim]-⸢ma⸣ lem-nu u₂-piš HUL{ti₃} ša₂ a-me-lu-ti | |
| 19' | [ša₂] ⸢šak⸣-nam-ma ur-<ra> u₃ mu-<ša> he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ šu-ʾ-du-ra-ku ana-ku | |
| 20' | [ina] SU-ia us-hi he-pi₂ GIM i-lut-ki ra-ba he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ | |
| 21' | ⸢u₃⸣ GIM ina DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ṣi-ra-a-ti he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ | |
| 22' | i-na kul-lat {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ qi₂-bi IG he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ | |
| 23' | ša₂ tam-ha-ṣi at-ti-ma tu-pa-aš₂-ša₂-hi | |
| 24' | ša₂ ta-ru-ri at-ti-ma ta-kar-ra-bi | |
| 25' | ⸢ša₂⸣ te-zi-zi at-ti-ma tap-pa-aš₂-ša-ri | |
| 26' | [i]-⸢ziz⸣-zi-im-ma be-el-ti ʾ-il-ti pu-uṭ-ri | |
| 27' | [it-ti]-⸢ki(KA) li-iz-ziz {d}a-num a-bi DINGIR-MEŠ GAL.<MEŠ> | |
| 28' | [it-ti]-⸢ki⸣ li-iz-ziz {d}EN.LIL₂ EN te-ne₂-še-e-ti | |
| 29' | [it-ti-ki] ⸢li⸣-iz-ziz {d}e₂-a ba-an DINGIR-MEŠ mu-šim ši-ma-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 30' | [it-ti-ki] ⸢li⸣-iz-ziz {d}AMAR.UTU ABGAL DINGIR-MEŠ mu-bal-liṭ mi-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 31' | [it-ti-ki li]-⸢iz⸣-zi-za DINGIR.E₂-MEŠ KI ša₂ du-um-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 32' | [it-ti-ki li-iz]-ziz {d}GAZ.BA.BA u {d}ka-ni-sur-⸢ra⸣ | |
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