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CTN 4, 155 (P363569)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363569 |
| Museum no. | IM 067605 |
| 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 |
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 col 2 27 | If a sorcerer... |
| reverse col 3 24' | seeds of azullû-plant... |
| obverse col 2 18 | ......... in... |
| obverse col 2 14 | ...,...,..., |
| reverse col 3 35' | ... in |
| obverse col 2 29 | If a man... |
| reverse col 3 14' | Incantation: This............. |
| reverse col 3 40' | ... allu-disease... |
| obverse col 2 13 | ... eats heaven |
| reverse col 3 36' | ebony,... plant,... plant |
| obverse col 1 36 | ...... |
| reverse col 3 22' | ... innu plant |
| reverse col 4 18' | ... is thin...... |
| obverse col 2 46 | ..... does not fear... |
| reverse col 4 27' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse col 1 23 | I sat before me. |
| obverse col 2 17 | Total: 24(?) plants, brother of.... |
| reverse col 3 2' | ...... to |
| obverse col 2 34 | You say: "You say the night...." |
| reverse col 3 10' | ... he poured oil on the ground. |
| obverse col 2 8 | If a sorcerer... |
| reverse col 3 12' | You recite the incantation 'Asar in the Abzu'. |
| reverse col 3 15' | If a man... and... his body... |
| obverse col 2 39 | ... tiyatu-plant,...-plant |
| obverse col 1 13 | ... they did not overwhelm him, and they saw him. |
| obverse col 2 40 | You crush... kurkurru-plant. You crush it with either wine or in a censer. |
| obverse col 1 32 | ... and |
| reverse col 4 17' | .................. |
| obverse col 1 18 | Incantation: "I am a nadtu-priest, heir of Marduk. |
| obverse col 2 15 | ... 20(?)... |
| reverse col 3 26' | ... his heart and body... |
| obverse col 1 25 | brother of Marduk, mother. |
| reverse col 3 38' | If ditto, the base of a man's bed |
| reverse col 3 19' | (If) he does not wait for him, he... in the presence(?) |
| reverse col 4 19' | ... kurra-plant, LUH.HA-plant, |
| reverse col 3 16' | ...... his heart... |
| obverse col 2 19 | protective spirit... |
| obverse col 2 35 | In the evening, his feet are set towards the ground. |
| obverse col 2 38 | ...... his illness will bring a lament for his life. |
| reverse col 3 4' | ...... lid(?) |
| obverse col 2 30 | or the... plant that... |
| obverse col 2 31 | ... the wall... which... |
| obverse col 2 21 | In |
| obverse col 2 20 | If a sick person...... |
| reverse col 3 9' | Incantation:........ |
| obverse col 1 34 | ... the door(?) |
| reverse col 4 9' | ... acacia plant |
| reverse col 3 21' | ... ankintu-plant(?) |
| reverse col 4 25' | ...... a plant of juniper, juniper, in a fire, its name |
| reverse col 3 34' | ...-plant,...-plant in leather |
| obverse col 2 37 | (If) a man's heart afflicts him: he will become frightened. |
| reverse col 3 41' | If ditto a mole is located on the site of the quay |
| obverse col 1 26 | May my father make a month with me. |
| obverse col 1 28 | O merciful one, Marduk, |
| obverse col 1 19 | Zappu gave me a scepter, he gave me a scepter. |
| obverse col 2 45 | ... evil(?)... in a skin |
| reverse col 4 13' | If a man is seized by an oath and he is ill with fever and sweat: he will recover. |
| obverse col 1 31 | ... his eyes |
| reverse col 4 24' | ... not given, in.... |
| reverse col 4 22' | ......-plant,...-plant |
| obverse col 2 44 | ...,...,...,..., |
| obverse col 2 9 | ...... |
| reverse col 3 28' | (If) a man..... a curse... |
| reverse col 4 2' | ...-biqu |
| reverse col 3 11' | to the... of kingship he smote |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... stone,... stone |
| obverse col 1 33 | ...... |
| reverse col 4 20' | ... a plant(?) |
| reverse col 3 13' | Wording of a curse in the body of a man |
| reverse col 4 26' | If a man's...s are yellow-green: he will die. |
| reverse col 4 8' | ......... |
| obverse col 2 23 | ... ewe |
| obverse col 1 29 | Incantation formula: curse. |
| obverse col 2 36 | (If) he does not drink it with oil, he will recover. |
| obverse col 1 21 | [I] have [not] let [my hands] be loos[ed]. |
| obverse col 1 9 | ...... |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... in the mother(?) |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... does not |
| obverse col 1 10 | ......... |
| reverse col 3 20' | ... nindaba plants |
| obverse col 1 22 | You set up in a cloister and a cloister. |
| reverse col 4 16' | ... to eat and to eat. Its ritual: You libate mashtakal-plant, sulphur, (and) salt in a water that cannot be changed. |
| obverse col 1 24 | O Itar, lady, the heir of my place |
| obverse col 2 12 | ... seed(?) 12 'litre' of seed...... |
| obverse col 1 15 | ... oil, sipi-aromatic,...-wood,...-wood |
| reverse col 4 11' | ... moonrise to sunrise: n°; |
| obverse col 2 43 | ............ |
| reverse col 3 25' | If a man is ill with his heart and he eats bread, he eats beer and.... |
| obverse col 1 20 | Luu took me to the quay. |
| obverse col 1 30 | Its ritual: you recite the incantation on the water or on the beer. |
| obverse col 1 35 | ...... |
| reverse col 3 32' | If ditto a uum-tree (and) eubû-plant |
| reverse col 4 12' | ... 4/mu... of kukû-stone, interest of An |
| obverse col 2 28 | The supreme wall, the dwelling of Gula |
| reverse col 4 7' | ... he will die. |
| obverse col 2 26 | If ditto... ewes |
| obverse col 2 16 | ... to... stone |
| reverse col 3 31' | nikurru-stone is located on his left shoulder. |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... does not know(?) |
| reverse col 3 5' | ... juniper/juniper |
| obverse col 2 33 | You libate first-rate beer before Gula. |
| reverse col 4 10' | ... oil of his omens. |
| obverse col 1 14 | He goes to the house and a sacrifice will be given to him. |
| reverse col 4 14' | The day of the eponymy of him, the day of the eponymy is favourable. |
| reverse col 3 1' | ... plant(?) |
| reverse col 4 28' | Tablet of..., man(?) |
| reverse col 4 23' | ... in the first part of the night,... reed |
| reverse col 3 17' | ... a curse... |
| reverse col 3 39' | ... agate(?) for Utu |
| reverse col 3 23' | If ditto a man's eyes... |
| reverse col 3 37' | seeds of tamarisk, seeds of... |
| reverse col 3 33' | a type of... plant |
| reverse col 4 15' | If he is seized by an unrelenting curse and... |
| reverse col 3 30' | Ditto: breccia, tin, hand-washing stone. |
| obverse col 2 11 | ... a man in... |
| obverse col 2 42 | ... his(?) husband eats |
| obverse col 2 10 | If ditto, an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., an i.e., |
| reverse col 3 18' | ... a plant |
| reverse col 3 8' | In... : and with a leather bag it will be placed on his neck. |
| obverse col 2 41 | his illness shall place |
| obverse col 2 32 | ...... a jar...... |
| obverse col 1 17 | You recite the incantation 'The many... of the land' that you desire. |
| obverse col 2 22 | If a sorcerer.... |
| reverse col 3 27' | ... not... his(?)... |
| reverse col 3 29' | ...-plant, aumtu-plant |
| reverse col 4 21' | ... no... grass(?) |
| reverse col 3 6' | [......] donkey stallions |
| obverse col 1 27 | All the praises of my land I have heard. |
| obverse col 1 16 | You recite the incantation 'Itar of the Land' to be favourable. |
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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