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AfO 24, pl. 03 JRL 1063 (P355874)
Prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 24, pl. 03 JRL 1063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355874 |
| Museum no. | JRL 1063 |
| Collection | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1ʾ | [ma₂ an]-⸢na⸣-gin₇ [gada] i-⸢im⸣-[bur₂] | Like a boat floating in the sky, it was sunk. |
| 2ʾ | [ma₂] ⸢lugal⸣-la-ke₄ niŋ₂-gur₁₁ i-im-si | The boat of the king filled with fear. |
| 3ʾ | ⸢ma₂ šu⸣ lu₂-ulu₃-ka {na₄}gug {na₄}za-gin₃ mi-ni-ib-si | He filled the boat of the man with carnelian and lapis lazuli. |
| 4ʾ | gal₄-la lu₂-ulu₃ pa₄-hal-la-ke₄ gu₂ ba-da-ab-la₂ | The vagina of the scattered people was carried away. |
| 5ʾ | {d}asar-lu₂-hi-e igi im-ma-an-sig₁₀ | Asalluhi looked at him. |
| 6ʾ | a-ra₂ min-kam-ma su ub-dug₄ | It is the second time that I have written a report. |
| 7ʾ | {na₄}gug nu-zu {na₄}za-gin₃ nu-zu | He does not know carnelian, he does not understand lapis |
| 8ʾ | a-na ib₂-be₂-en | what shall I say? |
| 9ʾ | nig₂-zu-a-mu | my possessions |
| 10ʾ | i₃ ab₂ ku₃-ga gara₂ ab₂-šilam-ma | oil of the pure cows, cream of the cows |
| 11ʾ | šu u₃-me-ti | Hand of a Ghost |
| 12ʾ | nam-šub eridu{ki}ga u₃-me-šub | The fate of Eridu has been decreed |
| 13ʾ | igi ka saŋ gal₄-la-ni | before the mouth of his vagina |
| 14ʾ | um-ta-e-gur₈ | he has returned. |
| 15ʾ | IM-A an-na-gin₇ he₂-em-ma-ra-an-duh | Like the wind of heaven, may it be released for you. |
| 16ʾ | [a mezem ur₃ bad-da]-gin₇ nam-ma-ra-du-du | Like a rainstorm blowing on the roof, one should not drag it for you |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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