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1882-03-23, 0044 unpublished unassigned ? (P452538)

CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation1882-03-23, 0044 unpublished unassigned ?
IDP452538
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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a [0:1] a 1a 1–a 1a 1[. . .] of discernm[ent].
a [1:2] a 22–a 22[. . . wor]thy one of E'[abzu].
a [2:3] a 33–a 33[E]xpert [. . .], greeted with revere[nce],
a [3:4] a 44–a 44[. . .] sage of the [Igigi].
a [4:5] a 55–a 55[. . .] protection of E'u[nir].
a [5:6] a 66–a 66[. . .], who makes the rivers rejoice.
a [6:7] a 77–a 77[... ree]d-thickets you bountifully bestow abun[dance].
a [7:8] a 88–a 88[. . . you c]reate the sustenance of the people, Grain.
a [8:9] a 99–a 99[. . .] are rejoicing joyfully on account of you.
a [9:10] a 1010–a 1010[. . .] greet you in their [sh]rines.
a [10:11] a 1111–a 1111[. . .] of all of the gods
a [11:12] a 1212–a 1212[. . .] humans whom you created.
a [12:13] a 1313–a 1313[. . .] the womb that you created.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1[...] ta-⸢šim⸣-[ti]
2[... u₂-su]-⸢um⸣ e₂-[abzu]
3[... it]-⸢pe⸣-šu₂ ka-⸢ru⸣-[bu]
4[...] ABGAL {d}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃]
5[...] ṣu-lul e₂-⸢u₆⸣-[nir]
6[...] mu-riš ID₂.[DIDLI]
7[... ṣu]-ṣe-e tu-da-aš₂-ša₂ ⸢ḪE₂⸣.[NUN]
8[... tu-šab]-⸢ša₂⸣-a nap-šat UN.MEŠ {d}aš-⸢na⸣-[an]
9[...] ḫa-diš ri-šu-⸢ka⸣
10[... ma]-⸢ḫa⸣-zi-šu₂-nu i-kar-ra-bu-⸢ka⸣
11[x-x-x-x-x] ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ DU₃.A-ma
12[x-x-x-x-x] ša₂ tab-nu-u₂ LU₂.MEŠ
13[x-x-x-x-x] ⸢ša₂⸣ tab-na-a ŠA₃.⸢TUR₃⸣
14[x-x-x-x-x-x] šim ši x [x]
15[x-x-x-x-x-x] ⸢šim⸣ me x [x-x]
16[x-x-x-x-x-x] x x [x-x-x]
2'[...] ⸢lem⸣-nu [...]
3'⸢u₃ šu⸣-[nu u₂]-⸢piš⸣ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [...]
4'{d}e₂-a ina te-ka ša₂ TI.LA mim-ma lem-nu [...] ; li-ne₂-ʾ i-rat-[su-un]
5'ri-kis {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU DU₈.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...]
6'KEŠ₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ḪUL.MEŠ li-paṭ-ṭir ⸢ABGAL⸣ [...]
7'li-bi-ba mi-⸢na⸣-[tu-u₂-a]
8'meš-re-tu-u₂-a UGU.MU [...]

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