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CUSAS 32, 061 (P342653)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 32, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342653 |
| Museum no. | MS 3187 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}e₂-a {d}UTU {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | Incantation: Ea, Šamaš, Asalluḫi, the great gods |
| 2 | E₃.MEŠ MAḪ.MEŠ SAG.KAL.MEŠ ... da-i-nu di-nu | “Exalted temples, supreme ones, kings, judges, |
| 3 | KU₅-is EŠ.BAR.MEŠ mu-šim NAM.MEŠ mu-ṣi-ru GIŠ.ḪUR.MEŠ | Who renders decisions, determines destinies, establishes plans |
| 4 | mu-si-qu₂ iš-qe₂-te ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim at-ta-⸢nu⸣-ma | You are the one who takes orders from heaven and earth, |
| 5 | EN₂-ku-nu TI.LA A.MEŠ-ku-nu SILIM-mu DU₃-iš ⸢KA⸣-<ku-nu> TI-ma | Your [incantation] is life. Your water is pure. Your E-KA-E-23 (means) life. |
| 6 | ⸢IGI.LA₂⸣-ku-nu TI.LA ḫa-sis-[ku]-nu SILIM-im IGI.BAL-<ku-nu> SIG₅ | Your face is life, your face is peace, your eye is good. |
| 7 | mu-KUR₂-ru lum-nu GAR-nu SIG₅ mu-BUR₂ ⸢UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁⸣ | (If) he afflicts him: evil will take place; he will recover. |
| 8 | NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ ša a-me-lu-te | evil machinations of mankind |
| 9 | KI.AG₂.GA₂ <ḪUL>.GIG DI.BAL.A ZI.KUR₅.DA | KI.AG₂.GA (means) <distortion of judgment.” DI.BAL.A (is a synonym of) zikurdu-disease. |
| 10 | KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ŠUR₂.ḪUN.GA₂ SAG.KI.DAB.BA | KA.DAB.BEDA (= Šurḫu XIV unknown) means “seizing-of-the-mouth. |
| 11 | ⸢DIMMA(ka).KUR₂.RA ṣu-ud pa-ni ša₂-nim ṭe₃-me NU še-mu-u | The ēdimmu-plant, the light of the face of the earth, the unceasing one |
| 12 | ša ina E₂ {m}{d}PA-NUMUN-AŠ DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ GISKIM ḪUL DU₃-uš | Whoever in the house of Nabû-zēru-iddina, son of his god, makes a bad sign |
| 13 | {d}e₂-a {d}UTU {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | Ea, Šamaš, and Asalluḫi, the great gods, |
| 14 | ⸢ša⸣ at-tu-nu ZU-a ana-ku NU ZU-u | You know (this), but I do not know (it). |
| 15 | ⸢lib⸣-bal-kit-su-nu-ti-ma UGU-šu₂-nu lik-⸢tu⸣-nu | May they be reconciled with you, and may they rule over you. |
| 16 | [a]-⸢di⸣ sur-riš a-na {d}gira₂ a-ri-ri pi-iq-da-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | a surriš priestess to Gira, the herald |
| 17 | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ liq-mu-šu₂-nu-te {d}gira₂ lik-šu-⸢su-nu-te⸣ | May Gira kill them, may Gira save them! |
| 18 | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ li-nar-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ li-⸢suḫ⸣-[šu₂-nu]-⸢te⸣ | May Gira sing their praises, may Gira praise them. |
| 19 | {[d]}⸢gira₂⸣ liṭ-ru-su-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ⸢liḫ⸣-[mu]-⸢su⸣-nu-⸢te⸣ | May Egira release them, Gira, eliḫ-mu-essunu-tē-e3 |
| 20 | {d}er₃-ra ina {giš}TUKUL dan-ni KA₂ ⸢li⸣-[še-ṣi]-šu₂-nu-⸢te⸣ | Erra with his mighty weapon at the gate of the Elišešunu temple |
| 21 | liṭ-ru-su-nu-te li-suḫ-[šu₂-nu-te] | let them be smashed, let them tear out |
| 22 | ID₂ li-še-bir-šu₂-nu-te ⸢ša₂⸣-[da-a liš-bal-kit];-su-nu-[te] | May the river cross over them, may the eša-edâ-priests carry them off. |
| r | ||
| 1 | {giš}ŠINIG GIR₃.PAD.[DU DINGIR.MEŠ li-lil-šu₂] | tamarisk, arrow of the gods, may they purify him |
| 2 | {d}ša₂-maš qud-du-šu₂ x [x-x-x-x-x-x] | Šamaš, his quddu priest |
| 3 | {d}dil-bat mu-⸢bal⸣-[liṭ-ṭu x-x-x-x] | Venus, the one who purifies ..., |
| 4 | ša ina E₂ BI KU₄ [E₃-u x-x-x-x] | who enters that house ... |
| 5 | kib-si tal-lak-⸢te⸣ [uṣ-ra ina KA el-li] | “You will go up to the threshold, in the pure mouth |
| 6 | NUNDUM eb-ba-ti te-[x-x-x x-x-x] | You ... a pure scepter ... |
| 7 | lu-ud-mi₃-iq NIG₂.⸢AK⸣.[A.MEŠ ITI E₃-u] | May I make pass the month with good fortune. |
| 8 | lit-bal MU.AN.NA ⸢KU₄⸣-[tu₂ x-x-x-x-(x)] | May he carry off the year of the ēkû-priesthood. |
| 9 | ana-ku {m}{d}PA-NUMUN-AŠ DUMU ⸢DINGIR⸣-[šu₂ pa-liḫ DINGIR-ti-ku-nu GAL-ti] | I, Nabû-zēru-iddina, son of Ea-ešu, who reveres your great divinity |
| 10 | nar-<<bit>>-bi-ku-nu ⸢lu⸣-[ša₂-pi da₃-li₂-li₂-ku-nu lud-lul] | May I resound your greatness (and) sing your praises. |
| 11 | a-me-lu lib₃-bi E₂ BI lu ⸢ba⸣-[liṭ lu SILIM-im] | (If) a man, the interior of that house, be it an eba-elit or a ‘well-being’ |
| 12 | a-na ṣa-at [u₄-me] | for the duration of days |
| 13 | ... dingir-silim-ma-ŋu₁₀ | Ilī-silimâ, |
| 14 | DINGIR mu-SILIM {d}AMAR.UTU(TE) | god who reconciles Marduk |
| 15 | ... {d}⸢asal-lu₂⸣-ḫi | Easalluḫi |
| lug | ||
| lug_rev | ša₂ {m}{d}PA-NUMUN-AŠ DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ ⸢ina GAR⸣-an AN.DUL₃ ... gi-mil nap-ša₂-su | Whom Nabû-zēru-iddina, son of his (personal) god, placed in a protective deity, a guardian angel, , who provides for his life |
| lug_top | ... ti ... DINGIR nam DIB BAR.MEŠ | ... god passed by. |
| lug_obv | {d}er₃-ra {d}U.GUR a-giš SILA ina DIB-ka lu-ba-aʾ KASKAL.MIN-tim | Erra, Nergal, may I be able to traverse the streets at your passing. |
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