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CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 023 (P349455)
Literary; Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P349455 |
| Museum no. | BM 036726 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary; Prayer |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {d}i-szum _i3-zi-zi zu ni ma ga_ | Išum, the one who rises, ... milk |
| 2 | _ku isz asz mu-un-sag3-ga a x x x_ | ... struck ... |
| 3 | _im e2 ir a an x x x su3 us ga ni ni_ | ... the house ... ... |
| 4 | _pa mah bi uru x x mu-un-na#-bal-e-de3 x x a kam_ | ... the city will revolt against him ... |
| 5 | {d}nin-urta _lugal x x zi x ta a-ni x x_ | Ninurta, king ... |
| 6 | _szir3 szi-mu x szir3 szim mu ta_ | a song of šimu ... songs of juniper from |
| 7 | [...]-bat# al-kat-su-nu szu-nu-ti# i-ga-me-la | ... ... they are exhausted, these are exhausted. |
| 8 | [...]-szu# _abzu_ za-ri _dingir-dingir_ ra-bi2-u3-ti3 | ..., Apsu, foremost of the great gods, |
| 9 | [...]-ma# {d}#mu-um-mu suk-kal-la-szu i-zak-kar-szu | ... and Mummu, his minister, will speak to him |
| 10 | [...]-um#-mu suk-kal-lu mu-t,ib#-ba# ka-bat-ti-ia | ...-ummu, the vizier who preserves my mood |
| 11 | al#-kam-ma s,i-ri-isz ta-wa-wa-ti i ni#-[...] | Come, and look with pleasure upon the tawanû-demons |
| 12 | il#-li-ku-ma qu-ud-mi-isz ta-wa-wa-ti u2-szi#-[...] | They went and ... battle with Tawawati |
| 13 | at-ta-ma# ina# _ka2-gal_ szi-ma-a-ti mu-ter-ri na-bu | You are the one who determines the fates at the city gate. |
| 14 | mu-ter-ri# na-a-a-lu ina qe2-reb# qu-bu-ru | The fugitive, the nālu-demon, in the midst of battle |
| 15 | musz-par#-[...]-u2 lal-la#-ra#-a#-ti# sza2# qu-bi-szi-na mar-s,a | The mušpār-demon, the one of the lamentation singers, whose voice is troubled |
| 16 | [...] id#-mu-mu ni-sza2-a-szu2 | ... spoke to his people |
| 17 | [...] _ugu#_-szu# ki-ma da-mi-szi-na bal-lu | ... over him, as if they were alive, |
| 18 | _[...] x_ : ti-bu-ut-tu | ... ... means “fear. |
| 19 | _[...]_ : _min_ e#-la-mi-i | ... ditto Elamite |
| 20 | _[...]-a2#-[...]_ : a-lu-u2 | ... : alû |
| 21 | _[...]-al-[...]_ : _min_ | ... ... ditto means |
| 22 | _gesz-balag-gal#_ : _min_ | harp ditto means |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[...] x sar_ : [...]-nu | ... sar means ... |
| 2 | _[...] x x_ : _min_ | ... ... ditto means |
| 3 | _[...] x_ : _min_ | ... ... ditto means |
| 4 | _[...] x_ : _szu_-hu | ... ... means "to touch." |
| 5 | _[...] x_ : gir x | ... ... means ... |
| 6 | _[...] gal_ : _min_ | ... ... ditto. |
| 7 | _[...]-da#_ : szad-du | ...-da means “to be frightened." |
| 8 | _[...]-da#_ : gar-ra# | ...-da means "to place." |
| 9 | _gi#-[...]-da#_ : _min_ | ... ... ditto means |
| 10 | _gi-[...]_ : par3-ri | ... : parru |
| 11 | _gi-pisan#-[...]_ : [...]-ab#-nu | gi-pisan-... means ... |
| 12 | _gi-pisan#-[...]_ : [...]-har#-tu4 | GIPISAN-... means ... |
| 13 | _[...]_ : s,i-in#-du | … means "shining." |
| 14 | _[...]-gig#_ : _szu_-gu# | ...-gig means : hand-burn. |
| 15 | _[...]-gub_ : _szu_bu# | ... stands : he will die. |
| 16 | _[...]-sa2_ : _szu_-u# | ...-sa2 means : hand. |
| 17 | _[...]_ : [...] szam#-ni# | ... : ... smoke. |
| 18 | _[...]_ : _min_ me-e | ... ditto means "water." |
| 19 | _kusz-[...]_ : masz-ku kal-bi | ... means ..., |
| 20 | _kusz-ur-[...]_ : _min_ mi-ra-nu | ... : ditto miranu |
| 21 | _kusz-ur-[...] : _min_ gir-ri | ... ... ditto girru |
| 22 | _kusz-ur-UN-[...]_ : _min min_ | ... ditto means "ditto." |
| 23 | _kusz-ur-{zi-ib}zib2_ : _min min_ | kušur-zib |
| 24 | _iti sze u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addaru, the day 24 |
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
- 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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