CTN 4, 111 (P363525)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363525 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [1:2] o? 2'2'–o? 2'2' | [By] kindled brazier [...]; |
| Obverse [2:3] o? 3'3'–o? 3'3' | [In] front of ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o? 4'4'–o? 4'4' | of the qadištu-priestess, [...] the morning's chaos; |
| Obverse [4:5] o? 5'5'–o? 5'5' | He has touched the throat of king, nobleman, prince or poor man; |
| Obverse [5:6] o? 6'6'–o? 6'6' | He has broken the bow at his disposal; |
| Obverse [6:7] o? 7'7'–o? 7'7' | He has trodden (on) bitumen; |
| Obverse [7:8] o? 8'8'–o? 8'8' | He ... [...] the ... (and) pestle at his disposal; |
| Obverse [8:9] o? 9'9'–o? 9'9' | He has sworn (by) bow or bellows; |
| Obverse [9:10] o? 10'10'–o? 10'10' | [He has sworn] in garden or garden plot; |
| Obverse [10:11] o? 11'11'–o? 11'11' | He ... [...] the stylus at his disposal; |
| Obverse [11:12] o? 12'12'–o? 12'12' | ... [...] the stylus in a quarrel; |
| Obverse [12:13] o? 13'13'–o? 13'13' | He ... [...] untruth (with) the stylus; |
| Obverse [13:14] o? 14'14'–o? 14'14' | He ... [...] untruth [...] ...; |
| Obverse [14:15] o? 15'15'–o? 15'15' | He has done true [...] ...; |
| Reverse [2:3] r? 3'3'–r? 3'3' | You ... [...]; |
| Reverse [3:4] r? 4'4'–r? 4'4' | ... with ... [...]; |
| Reverse [5:6] r? 6'6'–r? 6'6' | [...] ... who in ... [...]; |
| Reverse [6:7] r? 7'7'–r? 7'7' | [...] ... in the rump [...]; |
| Reverse [8:9] r? 9'9'–r? 9'9' | [...] ... sūtu of ... [...]; |
| Reverse [10:11] r? 11'11'–r? 11'11' | [...] ... Asalluhi [...]; |
| Reverse [11:12] r? 12'12'–r? 12'12' | [...] and the gods ... [...]; |
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? | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢GUNNI⸣ GI.⸢IZI⸣.[LA₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [ina mi]-hi-ir-ti x [...] | |
| 4' | {[munus}NU].⸢GIG⸣{ti} te-še(MU) ⸢še-er-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢ZI⸣ LUGAL IDIM NUN u₃ MAŠ.GAG.<EN> ⸢il⸣-[ta-pat] | |
| 6' | {giš}PAN a-na pa-ni-šu iš-[ta-bir] | |
| 7' | ku-pi-ra ik-ta-ba-[as] | |
| 8' | {giš}x {giš}GAN.NA a-na pa-ni-šu₂ ⸢iš⸣-[...] | |
| 9' | {giš}PAN u₃ nap-pa-ha-ti ⸢it⸣-[ta-ma] | |
| 10' | i-na mu-sa-ri u₃ me-dir-⸢ti⸣ [it-ta-ma] | |
| 11' | GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A a-na pa-ni-šu₂ iš-x [...] | |
| 12' | GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A ina ṣal-ti x [...] | |
| 13' | ⸢GI.DUB⸣.BA.A ⸢GI.DUB⸣.BA.A la kit-ti ⸢it⸣-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢DA⸣ AR la kit-ti iš-⸢ta⸣-[...] | |
| 15' | [...] x kit-ti i-te-pu-[uš] | |
| 16' | [...] x-ra-ti it-ta-[...] | |
| 17' | [...] x GIŠ RA u₃ ma-ku-x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x-la-a-ti it-x [...] | |
| 19' | [...]-la-a-ti x [...] | |
| r? | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | x AN NI SAG x [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢at⸣-ta MU HI ⸢GAL₂ SI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢BU⸣ IM BA it-ti A KUL x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] MU MA [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x LI ME KA BU ša₂ ⸢i-na⸣ x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x i-na šu-bur-ri [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x x BU UD x x x [...] | |
| 9' | [...]-a-aʾ {giš}BAN₂ {giš}BA.[...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢NAB⸣ TU BAD [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x A x {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ NA [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x x x EN x [...] | |
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