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OrNS 59, 489 (P480769)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 59, 489 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480769 |
| Museum no. | BM 059916 + BM 071654 + BM 073426 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢nap-lu⸣-us-⸢ki⸣ taš-mu-u₂ [...] | “Naplû-euš-e23 you heard |
| 2' | ⸢re-min₃⸣-ni-ma {d}GAŠAN-MU [...] | “Heroes, my Lady, |
| 3' | ki-[niš] nap-lis-in-ni-ma TI{⸢i⸣} [...] | Look upon me with due favor and may my life be long |
| 4' | er-[(x)]-⸢de⸣ us-ki [iš]-di-[hu ...] | (Sum) The errû priestess, the one who ... (Akk) The herdsmen, the ones who roam around |
| 5' | ser₃-da-ki a-hu-uz₂ ⸢lu-bel⸣ [...] | (Sum) Your scepter is a liar, the lubel priestess is an ecstatic(?) (Akk) You are a hero, the heroism of lilītu priestesses |
| 6' | u₂-bil ab-ša₂-na-ki [...] | I carried your body |
| 7' | uq-qu SAG-ki li-ši-ra sa-⸢li⸣-[mu (x x x)] | May your head be elevated, may my radiance be exalted |
| 8' | eš-te-ʾ-i nam-ri-ir-ri-ki lim-[mi-ru ...] | May my radiance shine forth for you, may my . . [.] . |
| 9' | as-hur be-lu-ut-ki lu TIN u <la> ⸢šul⸣-[mu] lu-⸢ur⸣-[ši ...] | May your lordship be long and <that> of the esvul-emu-plant, lu-ur-e-ši-plant |
| 10' | ša₂ ar₂-ki-ki a-li-kat₂ {d}LAMA₃ lu-ur-ši ⸢ša₂⸣ im-nu-[uk-ki ...] | (As for) the one who goes after you, may the bull run away from you (and) the eša’e-demon surround you |
| 11' | dum-qi₂ lu-uk-šu-ud ša₂ šu-me-lu-uk-ku qi₂-bi-ma liš-še-mi ⸢zi⸣-[ik-ri] | May I achieve favor. Speak to Šumelukku, so that he hear my prayer. |
| 12' | ⸢a-mat a-qab-bu⸣-u₂ e-ma a-qab-bu-u₂ lu-u₂ ⸢ma⸣-[ag-rat] | The word that I speak, wherever I speak it, may it be accepted. |
| 13' | ina [ṭu]-⸢ub⸣ UZU u hu-ud lib₃-bi i-tar-ri-ʾ-in-⸢ni⸣ [...] | (Sum) In the midst of the temple, he smite(?) the flesh and joy of the heart (Akk) When he enters into the temple of the meat and happiness |
| 14' | U₄{me}MU ur-ri-ki ba-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ šur-[ki] | The day of your birth (and) the year of your passing |
| 15' | lu-ub-luṭ lu-uš-lim-ma ⸢lu⸣-uš-tam-mar DINGIR{⸢ut⸣}[ki] | Let me live, let me become healthy, so that I may praise your divinity |
| 16' | e-ma u₂-ṣa-am-ma-[ru] lu-uk-⸢šu⸣-[ud] | Wherever I go, I shall achieve (my) wish |
| 17' | AN{u₂} HUL₂-ki ABZU SUD-[ki DINGIR]-MEŠ ša₂ kiš-ša₂-ti lik-⸢ru⸣-[bu-ki] | May heaven rejoice over you, may the Apsu be glad on your account. May the gods of the universe greet you. |
| 18' | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ [lib₃]-⸢ba⸣-ki li-⸢ṭib⸣-[bu] | May the great gods look upon your heart. |
| 19' | KA-INIM-MA [ŠU-IL₂-LA₂] {d}INANA-⸢KAM⸣ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Ishtar |
| 20' | DU₃.DU₃-BI ana IGI {d}1(u) 5(diš) NIG₂.[NA {šim}LI GAR{an} ...] x [...] | Its ritual: Before Ištar you set up a censer of juniper |
| 21' | KI.ZA.ZA-ma ŠU IL₂-⸢ma⸣ [...] | Place (in it) a firm positive answer |
| 22' | GABA.RI TIN.TIR{ki} ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | Copy of Babylon, ešimmu-plant |
| 23' | [x x] {i}{d}AG-NUMUN-[...] | ... Nabu-zera- |
| 24' | [...] x [...] | |
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- 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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