CTN 4, 109 (P363523)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363523 |
| Museum no. | IM 067566b |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 1 | Incantation: May it be released [...] |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 22–o i 22 | When you were released ... [...] |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 33–o i 33 | When heaven and earth [...] |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44 | When (the stars) of Anu, Ellil (and) [Ea ...] |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55 | When the ilku-service for Gula and the ilku-service [...] |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66 | When the dark days of your goddess [...] |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 77–o i 77 | [...] ... eššēšu-festival, day [...] |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88 | [...] ... day ... [...] |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 99–o i 99 | When month, day and ... [...] |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 1010–o i 1010 | He has eaten a cursed person's bread; |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111 | He has drunk a cursed person's water; |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 1212–o i 1212 | He has kissed a cursed person's lips; |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 1313–o i 1313 | He has lain on a cursed person's bed; |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 1414–o i 1414 | He has sat on a cursed person's chair; |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 1515–o i 1515 | He has eaten at a cursed person's [table]; |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 1616–o i 1616 | He has drunk from a cursed person's cup; |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 1717–o i 1717 | He has taken a cursed person's path; |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 1818–o i 1818 | He has sworn at the rising of the great gods; |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 1919–o i 1919 | He has sworn while crossing the river; |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 2020–o i 2020 | Ditto (he has sworn) in boat, barge or processional boat; |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 2121–o i 2121 | [Ditto (he has sworn)] at sunrise or sunset; |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 2222–o i 2222 | [...] in street, lane or square; |
| Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 2323–o i 2323 | He has sworn while travelling the path; |
| Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 2424–o i 2424 | He has sworn in the assembly of many people; |
| Obverse Column i [24:25] o i 2525–o i 2525 | He has sworn at the advance of friends; |
| Obverse Column i [25:26] o i 2626–o i 2626 | Ditto (he has sworn) by kindled brazier or torch; |
| Obverse Column i [26:27] o i 2727–o i 2727 | In front of ... |
| Obverse Column i [27:28] o i 2828–o i 2828 | of the qadištu-priestess, he has confronted the morning's chaos; |
| Obverse Column i [28:29] o i 2929–o i 2929 | He has touched the throat of king, nobleman, [prince] or poor man; |
| Obverse Column i [29:30] o i 3030–o i 3030 | He has broken the bow at his disposal; |
| Obverse Column i [30:31] o i 3131–o i 3131 | He has trodden [...]; |
| Obverse Column i [31:32] o i 3232–o i 3232 | He ... [...] at his disposal; |
| Obverse Column i [32:33] o i 3333–o i 3333 | He has sworn [...] ...; |
| Obverse Column i [33:34] o i 3434–o i 3434 | He has sworn [...] garden plot; |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | EN₂ ⸢lu⸣ paṭ-⸢ra⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ki tap⸣-paṭ-⸢ra HI⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢ki⸣ AN{e} u₃ ⸢er-ṣe-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢ki⸣ šu-ut {d}a-nu₃ ⸢šu-ut⸣ {d}BAD šu-ut {⸢d⸣}[e₂-a ...] | |
| 5 | ki il-ki ša {d}⸢GU.LA u il⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 6 | ki ⸢u₄-mi⸣ e-ṭu₃-ti ša {d}⸢iš⸣-tar-ka x [...] | |
| 7 | [...] x U₄.EŠ₃.⸢EŠ₃⸣ U₄ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] x x x x x x U₄ x [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢ki⸣ ITI u₄-⸢mi⸣ u₃ x [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢NINDA⸣ ta-me-e i-ta-⸢kal⸣ | |
| 11 | A-MEŠ ta-me₂-e il-ta-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢ša₂⸣-pa-at(TA) ta-me₂-e it(IŠ-)ta-ši-iq | |
| 13 | i-na {giš}NU₂ ta-⸢me₂⸣-e it-ta-til | |
| 14 | i-na {giš}[GU].ZA ta-me₂-e ⸢it⸣-ta-šab | |
| 15 | i-na {giš}[BANŠUR] ta-me₂-e ⸢i⸣-ta-⸢kal⸣ | |
| 16 | i-na {dug}⸢GU₂⸣.ZI ta-me₂-e iš-⸢ta⸣-ti | |
| 17 | KASKAL ta-me₂-⸢e⸣ i-ṣa-bat | |
| 18 | i-na ni-ip-hi DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ{⸢te⸣} it-⸢ta⸣-ma | |
| 19 | i-na e-ber ID₂ it-ta-ma | |
| 20 | i-na {giš}MA₂ {giš}MA₂.U₅ u₃ {giš}MA₂.GUR₈ {<MIN(it-ta-ma)>} | |
| 21 | i-na ṣi-it {d}šam-ši u₃ e-reb {⸢d⸣}[šam-ši {<MIN(it-ta-ma])>} | |
| 22 | i-na ⸢SILA⸣ su-le-e u₃ re-bi-te [...] | |
| 23 | i-na a-lak har-⸢ra-ni it⸣-[ta-ma] | |
| 24 | i-na pu-uh-ri ma-⸢a⸣-du-ti it-⸢ta⸣-[ma] | |
| 25 | i-na me-⸢tiq⸣-ti ⸢ib-re⸣-e it-ta-ma | |
| 26 | i-na ⸢GUNNI GI⸣.IZI.LA₂ u GI.IZI.LA₂ {<MIN(it-ta-ma)>} | |
| 27 | i-na mi-hi-⸢ir⸣-ti ⸢na⸣-x-⸢ka⸣-ti | |
| 28 | {⸢munus⸣}NU.GIG{⸢ti⸣} SUH₃ šer₃-ti im-ta-har | |
| 29 | nap-šat ⸢LUGAL⸣ IDIM [NUN] u₃ MAŠ.⸢GAG⸣.EN il-ta-pat | |
| 30 | {⸢giš}PAN a-na pa-ni⸣-šu iš-ta-bir | |
| 31 | [... ik]-⸢ta⸣-ba-as | |
| 32 | [... a]-⸢na pa⸣-ni-šu iš-x [...] | |
| 33 | [...] x ⸢it-ta⸣-ma | |
| 34 | [... me]-⸢dir⸣-ti it-[ta-ma] | |
| 35 | [...] x [...] | |
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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