Unread Atlas

Home › Tablets › P363583

CTN 4, 169 (P363583)

Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets

DesignationCTN 4, 169
IDP363583
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenrePrayer
Find spotKalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Coordinates36.1022, 43.3385

English translation

By Wiseman, Donald J. & Black, Jeremy A. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1[Incantation: . . .] pre-eminent of the gods, mighty Marduk,
Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22[judi]cious one, beloved of Ea,
Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33[Wh]ose command (lit. act of his mouth) [cannot be] annulled,
Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44[. . .] proud [. . .] the great Igigi give attention,
Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55The Anunnaki [never ce]ase bowing down before you,
Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66[. . . liv]ing creatures, [merc]iful one, who multiplies [. . .],
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[. . .] . . you give.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1[EN₂ ...] ⸢e⸣-tel DINGIR-MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU gaš-ru
2[mun-tal]-⸢ku⸣ na-ram {d}e-a₂
3[ša₂ la uš]-⸢tam-sa(NI-)ku e-piš pi-i-šu₂
4[...] ⸢x⸣ šar₂-hi u₂-taq-qu-u ⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃
5[ul ip-pa]-⸢rak⸣-ku-u {d}a-nun-na-ki IGI-ka kam-su
6[... šik]-⸢nat na-piš-ti reme⸣-nu-u mu-šam-⸢dil⸣ [...]
7[...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...]
r
1'[...]-šu₂ ⸢ZU x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x]
2'[...]-⸢x⸣-ra-a ta-nam-⸢din⸣

Sources & licences

Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.