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CT 51, 105 (P285967)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285967 |
| Museum no. | BM 034813 + BM 035731 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| edge 1 | At the command of Bel and Bltiya may it be well. |
| reverse 12' | Let me bring you my scepter, let me sing your praises! |
| obverse 2 | qarrû-priest, the father who engendered him, overseer of the unsubmissive land |
| obverse 7 | Marduk, the udug priest of the city, |
| obverse 18 | Ditto by the lord of the shadû and tamatite! |
| obverse 12 | Ditto by the lord of life! |
| obverse 32 | ...... |
| obverse 19 | the first-born son of Zebba, the city Urur |
| reverse 16' | May my happiness be established for you, may my happiness be established for you. |
| reverse 3' | So that the people of the temple are piled up in heaps, so that their people are piled up in ruins |
| reverse 4' | his house and his city for the sake of his life, for the clearing of..., |
| reverse 5' | He restored the rites of your city, he restored the libation bowl and(?) E’e |
| reverse 17' | The water of the house comes out in the daytime. |
| obverse 6 | qarrû-priestess of ditto, descendant of the land of the unknown |
| reverse 9' | May your great deeds be established in all the lands |
| obverse 14 | Ditto by the lord of his stomach! Ditto! |
| reverse 7' | he repaid to you the ka-libation-offerings and rations of your temple. |
| obverse 13 | the shrine of azu, the exalted one, the one who soothes the heart |
| obverse 17 | eshese of the netherworld, snare of the rebellious, |
| obverse 26 | Ditto: owner of the house. |
| obverse 16 | (If) the lord ditto |
| obverse 3 | the city of Urur |
| reverse 13' | builder of a temple, builder of a city, brewing beer to its place, |
| reverse 15' | Be present in this ram, place in it a good name! |
| obverse 21 | the Umunum of Ku'ara, the awe-inspiring shrine |
| obverse 15 | temple builder of Sirsir, city builder |
| reverse 8' | May the gimillu of your house come forth? and may the land become old. |
| obverse 22 | " O lord, he is well; ditto. |
| reverse 2' | Whoever carries this tablet away, may it not cross over with you. |
| obverse 5 | the hero of Asar-alimnuna, with a reddish skin |
| obverse 28 | the owner of the house ditto |
| obverse 30 | the owner of the house ditto |
| obverse 20 | Ditto. The first part of Eridu: |
| obverse 29 | son of Emahtila, the rebellious |
| obverse 10 | (If) the lord ditto |
| obverse 24 | Ditto |
| reverse 6' | May he see the fullness of the land. |
| reverse 10' | Be present in this ram, place in it a firm positive answer. |
| obverse 4 | the warrior Marduk, the father who engendered him |
| reverse 11' | When you speak to the incantation priest, may the people be happy. |
| obverse 8 | (If) ditto a kakku-vessel is not before ditto |
| obverse 31 | ...... |
| reverse 19' | It is the uillakku-rite of Marduk. |
| reverse 14' | The house is to be built, the city is to be built, the land is to be small. |
| obverse 23 | the city of Babylon |
| reverse 18' | I am able to build a house, as long as he lives |
| obverse 27 | builder of the Ezida temple |
| obverse 1 | the hero of the city, the hero, the one who eats food in the rebel land |
| obverse 9 | the lord Enbilulu, his skin on the rebel land |
| obverse 11 | the god Tutu, the lord who loves the city, |
| obverse 25 | the lord of the Esagila temple, his furrow |
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
- 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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