BMS 10 (P238568)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238568 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | May [. . .] release [the bo]nd of witch and warlock. In [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | May the sage of the gods, Marduk, release their evil traps. May he [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | May my members be healthy. May the heavens rejoice for you, [. . .] the Ap[su . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | May the great gods laud you as a lord. Favor [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Marduk. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Incantation: O most exalted, perfect one, heir of Namraṣit, ever-ren[ewing] light, [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | O Shamash, who guides aright (both) the dead and the living, . . . |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | O Shamash, the light of heaven and earth, [. . .] . . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [. . .] of Marduk, the trust of [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The expansive [peo]ple, the black-[. . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] you [cause . . . to acquire] a friend. [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [. . . lo]cked bolts of [. . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [. . .] an enclosed [tab]let, not [. . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [. . .] of the gods, lord [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | Decree my fate [. . .] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [May . . . b]e favorable [. . .] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | The dreams that I saw, [. . .] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | Of my days, may (they) be favorable [. . .] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | In pleasure and celebrati[on . . .] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | May Divine Justice stand at [. . .] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | May a divine protector of well-being never leave [. . .] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | May Aya, your beloved wife, [. . .] pe[ace.] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | Let the heavens rejoice over you, let the earth be glad for you. [. . .] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | May Anu, Enlil, and Ea magni[fy your lordship.] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | [It is] the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Shamash. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | Incantation: O shining deity, who hears everything [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Until the donkey of your team (?) [. . .] . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | O Shamash, because . . . sick [. . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | So-and-so, son of so-and-so, who bears in [his] body [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Or he does not know its duration [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | May he come before you. Life [. . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [. . .] the wording of "Like water"(?) [. . .] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | According to . . . [. . .] |
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' | [...]-⸢un ru⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | [ri]-⸢kis kaš-ša₂⸣-pi u₃ ⸢kaš-šap-tu₂ li-pa(UD-)aṭ-ṭi-ir ina⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢giš⸣-par₂-ri-šu₂-nu lem-nu-tu₂ li-paṭ-ṭir ABGAL DINGIR.ME {d}AMAR.UTU ⸢li⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | meš-re-tu-u₂-a UGU-ia li-ṭi-ba AN{u₂} HUL₂-ka ⸢ABZU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ⸢e(giš-)tel-liš li-ša₂-li-lu-ka du-um-qi₂ [...] | |
| 6' | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}⸢AMAR-UTU-KAM⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢EN₂⸣ šur-bu-u₂ git₂-ma-lu a-pil AŠ.AN.AMAR.UTU ZALAG₂ ed-⸢deš⸣-[šu-u₂ ...] | |
| 8' | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ muš-te-šir LU₂.UŠ₂ u LU₂.⸢TI x x x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ ZALAG₂ AN{e} u KI{[ti₃} ...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [x]-⸢x⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU tuk-⸢lat⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [UN].⸢MEŠ⸣ DAGAL.MEŠ ṣal-⸢mat⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] tap-pa-a tu-[šar-ši ...] | |
| 13' | [... ed]-⸢lu⸣-tu sik-kur [...] | |
| 14' | [... ṭup]-⸢pi ar₂-mi la⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ EN [...] | |
| 16' | ⸢šim⸣-ti ši-i-⸢mi⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [lid]-mi-qa [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢MAŠ₂⸣.GI₆.ME aṭ-ṭu-la [...] | |
| 19' | [ša₂] u₄-mi-ia₅ lu-u SIG₅-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 20' | ina(DINGIR) ul-ṣi u₃ ri-ša₂-a-[ti ...] | |
| 21' | {d}NIG₂.SI.SA₂ li-iz-ziz ina [...] | |
| 22' | a-a ip-par-ki MAŠKIM šul₃-mu [...] | |
| 23' | {d}a-a hir-tu₂ na-ram-⸢ta-ka ši⸣-[lim ...] | |
| 24' | AN{u₂} HUL₂-ka KI{ti₃} SUD-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | {d}a-num {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}e₂-a li-⸢šar⸣-[bu-u be-lut-ka] | |
| 26' | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}UTU-[KAM] | |
| 27' | ⸢EN₂⸣ DINGIR nam-ri še-mu-u ka-la-ma ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ka ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢x x ANŠE⸣ ṣi-mit-ti-ka [...] x šu₂ [...] | |
| 3 | {d}UTU aš-šu₂ UR-ba-nu-u GIG ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | NENNI A NENNI ⸢IL₂⸣{ši} ina pag-ri-[šu ...] | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ la i-di a-da-an-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ana IGI-ka DU{ka} ba-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | KA-INIM-MA GIM A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ki-i KA-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
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- 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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