1879-07-08, 0184 unpublished unassigned ? (P451877)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1879-07-08, 0184 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P451877 |
| 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 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [. . .] son of Namratsit. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [. . . who bring]s happiness to the people (lit. opens the face of the people), who sets (them) free (lit. reveals the light). |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [. . .] for the dead and the living, who sees everything. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [. . . the ear]th, splendor of the lands. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [. . . prot]ection of the Ebabbar. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [. . .] the trust of Babylon. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [. . .] humanity [pays att]ention to [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The Igigi gods attend to [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [. . . the black]-headed people praise your heroic acts. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [. . .] you make [. . .] acquire a [frie]nd. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [. . .] an heir. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [. . .] made him complete and broadened (his) understanding, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . . who] broadened [the wis]dom of Ea, and |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . .], whose mind grasps [the totality of scri]bal lore. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] He wrote and checked (it) [for reminding] (and) his practice. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [. . .] He placed (it) [within] his [palace]. |
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 | [...] ⸢a⸣-pil {d}AŠ.IM₂.BABBAR | |
| 2 | [... pe-tu]-u₂ pa-an UN-MEŠ mu-kal-lim nu-ra | |
| 3 | [... {lu₂]}⸢UŠ₂⸣ u {lu₂}TI ba-a-ri kal mim-ma šum-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [... KI]-⸢ti₃⸣ ša₂-ru-ur KUR.KUR | |
| 5 | [... ṣu]-⸢lul⸣ E₂.BABBAR.RA | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢tuk⸣-lat KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 7 | [... u₂-pa]-qa te-ni-še-tu₄ | |
| 8 | [...] u₂-taq-qu-u₂ DINGIR-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | |
| 9 | [... ṣal-mat] ⸢SAG⸣.DU i-dal-la-la qur-di-ka | |
| 10 | [... tap-pa]-⸢a⸣ tu-šar-ši | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢ap-lu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₂-šak-lil-šu₂-ma u₂-ra-pi-šu GIŠ.TUG₂.PI | |
| 2' | [... ša₂ ne-me]-qi₂ {d}e₂-a u₂-rap-piš-u₂-ma | |
| 3' | [... kul-lat ṭup]-šar-ru-u₂-ti ih-su-su ka-ras-su | |
| 4' | [... ana tah-sis]-⸢ti⸣ tam-ri-GABA-šu₂ ŠAR-ma IGI{sa} | |
| 5' | [... qe₂-reb E₂.GAL]-⸢šu₂⸣ u₂-kin | |
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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