CTN 4, 157 (P363571)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363571 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | He [...] into the middle of the grave. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [...] ... and ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [...] ... [...] ... to the man and his house [...] ... is added. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | [...] an offering. The man [...] a linen cloth [...] he keeps bringing across [...] and [...] ... with potash [...] he kills .... |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | You make [...] speak as follows to it (the brick mould). |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [...] ... limbs [...], brick mould, you are fixed. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [...] ... of the evil sign [...] may it (the evil) not draw near, may it not approach me, may it not reach me. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] the mountain, like smoke may it keep going up to heaven. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [...] an uprooted [...] may it not return [...] its place. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | [...] ... and you purify the blade with fire. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] propitious [...] ... a spade and shovel. |
| Obverse [17:21] o 1818–o 2121 | [...] tamarisk, a maštakal-plant, a palm-shoot, [...], gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, hulālu-stone, red [...], cedar oil, good oil, cedar [...], cedar, [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | You purify [...] the brick mould. |
| Obverse [22:25] o 2323–o 2525 | [...] ... on a propitious day the spade [...] you form the [...] and [...] ... and |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | He makes a funerary offering [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | He makes a funerary offering [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | He makes a funerary offering [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] a-na ŠA₃ KI.MAH iq-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] x-ma ⸢LA⸣ [...] x [...] | |
| 3 | [...] LIŠ ŠU KU TE DI [x] AR a-na NA u₃ E₂-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | [...] x GIŠ x-HI.A ur-te-ed-[de] | |
| 5 | [...] {udu}{nita₂(na)}SISKUR LU₂ {tug₂}ŠA₃.⸢HA⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] uš-ta-na-bal-kat₃-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] x KU x x i-na NAGA.SI NAGA.SI | |
| 8 | [...] NIG₂ x NI GAZ{ak} | |
| 9 | [...] UR₅.⸢GIM⸣ tu-šad-bab-ši | |
| 10 | [...] x UŠ ⸢TA⸣ AD bi-na-ta | |
| 11 | [... na-al]-⸢ba⸣-an-tu₂ kun-na-a-ti | |
| 12 | [...] x x GISKIM HUL{te} | |
| 13 | [...] a-a ⸢DIM₄⸣ a-⸢a⸣ iq-ri-ba a-a KUR{an-ni} | |
| 14 | [...] KUR ki-[ma] ⸢qut⸣-ri li-tel-li a-na AN{e} | |
| 15 | [... ZI]{⸢hi⸣} [x KI]-⸢šu₂⸣ a-a i-tur | |
| 16 | [...] x IGI RA u ⸢EME⸣ ina IZI tul₂-lal | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢ŠE⸣.GA LIŠ U₄ Aʾ EZEN {giš}MAR {giš}MAR.ŠE.RAH | |
| 18 | [... {giš]}ŠINIG {giš}IN.NU.UŠ {giš}GIŠIMMAR.TUR | |
| 19 | [... KU₃].⸢SI₂₂⸣ {na₄}GUG {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}NIR₂ | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢HUŠ⸣ I₃ {giš}EREN.NA I₃ DU₁₀.GA | |
| 21 | [... {giš]}EREN {giš}e-re-na | |
| 22 | [...] {⸢giš⸣}U₃.ŠUB tul₂-lal-šu | |
| 23 | [...] x x ina U₄ ŠE.GA {giš}MAR | |
| 24 | [...] ⸢ta-ba⸣-aš₂-šim-ma | |
| 25 | [...] ⸢MUŠ⸣-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢i-kas₂⸣-[sip] | |
| 2' | [...] i-kas₂-sip | |
| 3' | [...] i-kas₂-sip | |
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