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CT 51, 142 (P286003)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286003 |
| Museum no. | BM 038586 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 23 | he made your foundations firm. |
| obverse 15 | 'remove your sin, destroy the evil of his enemies! |
| reverse 29 | Incantation: son of Incantation: whose (personal) god (is) Incantation: his (personal) goddess (is) Incantation: |
| reverse 26 | the pure Anunnaku, the pure Anunnaku, |
| reverse 40 | who dwells in the night |
| reverse 25 | I have prayed to you, the great gods of heaven and earth. |
| reverse 32 | ... you enter |
| obverse 22 | I ask you, to your helper |
| obverse 21 | In the heart of the city they are constantly frightened. |
| obverse 10 | the father of Nergal, who the heart of the land |
| obverse 3 | seven, seven, seven, seven |
| obverse 4 | a judge, a slanderer, a slanderer, |
| reverse 39 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 7 | The aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu-disease of the aiu |
| obverse 14 | ulak, who swore |
| obverse 13 | ibtu of illnu and illnu |
| reverse 28 | Written according to the original and collated. |
| reverse 36 | You shall be expelled, you shall be expelled, |
| obverse 1 | the house of the Enuru |
| reverse 41 | In order to smite your omens, in order to seize your feet |
| obverse 12 | a scepter of scepter, a scepter of radiance |
| reverse 43 | Incantation formula: that which is written in the tablet. |
| obverse 19 | You go up and down in the middle of the following: |
| obverse 18 | (As for) the one who goes at his side, (and) the one who goes at his side, |
| obverse 2 | seven stars, seven stars, seven stars, seven stars, seven stars |
| obverse 11 | Copy of the hand of the gods. |
| reverse 44 | Incantation: O Isahhur, may you be seized. |
| reverse 33 | You enter the house. You return. |
| reverse 30 | ................ |
| reverse 34 | Where the extispicy I made, you did not abandon. |
| obverse 16 | the hand of his ear is full of fear. |
| reverse 42 | he looked at the offerings of Utu, |
| reverse 37 | or you have gone out, |
| reverse 45 | Written and collated. Tablet of ama-balassu-iqbi |
| obverse 8 | (and) the aitu-disease |
| obverse 6 | (As for) him, (as for) him, (as for) him, |
| reverse 31 | ........ you shall not approach. |
| reverse 27 | Its silver: sucklings and unfavorable. |
| obverse 20 | in the morning he constantly strews the dead. |
| obverse 17 | whose name is evil, whose fearsomeness is fearsome, |
| reverse 38 | after you have done your work |
| reverse 24 | After you have done your work, go and |
| reverse 46 | son of Dabibi, exorcist |
| obverse 5 | the oath of his wife |
| reverse 35 | You shall be released, you shall be released. |
| obverse 9 | the father of Adad, who from the heavens goes |
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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