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BRM 4, 11 (P363409)
Prayer, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363409 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01857 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 3' | ............... |
| reverse 2 | Your word, Esî, great... |
| obverse 5' | Your word surpassing the heavens. |
| obverse 21' | ... your word......... |
| obverse 11' | Your word is unalterable, it is unalterable, it is unalterable. |
| obverse 18' | When you speak to the harvest, he recites the incantations |
| obverse 14' | Your scepter, like a reed mat, has returned its son to its mother. |
| obverse 9' | The word of the heavens makes the heavens tremble. |
| reverse 11 | Year 108, king Antiochus. |
| reverse 9 | Tablet of Anu-belunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| obverse 7' | Your word is uttered as a lion. |
| obverse 4' | Your utterance goes to heaven, his utterance goes to heaven. |
| obverse 13' | Your word is a flood, which cannot be changed. |
| reverse 8 | You are queen among the gods. |
| reverse 6 | "Your word which has been constantly sprinkling, but he does not understand it" = Shumma alu 49 unknown. |
| reverse 10 | Uruk. Hand of Nidintu-Anu, his son. Uruk. Taritu. 18th day. |
| obverse 12' | Your word is a flood that has no rival |
| reverse 4 | Your word: I will bring all day to life. |
| obverse 24' | ......... |
| obverse 20' | Your slander is poured out, the orchard is poured out |
| reverse 3 | When you speak to your deeds, when you go to the mound |
| obverse 16' | Your utterances are set upon the marshes. |
| obverse 2' | ... for... |
| obverse 15' | Your word, the mother's word, as if it were a curse, he will make it clear. |
| obverse 10 | Your word is unrivaled, my aromatic substance is unrivaled |
| reverse 7 | You are the great one(?) of Immerbi, who goes at his side |
| obverse 19' | ... your word is spoken. In his utterance he swore. |
| obverse 17' | The word of your supplication is in his supplication. |
| obverse 8' | Your word is smitten by heaven, it is smitten by earth |
| obverse 22' | He is able to smite a lament in the quay |
| obverse 23' | ... your word,... your greatness,... |
| reverse 5 | Your word is a curse, it cannot be changed. |
| obverse 6' | Your utterance is firmly placed on the ground. |
| reverse 1 | You are the one who heaps up large mes(?) like reeds |
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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