CTN 4, 182 (P363596)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363596 |
| 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 Wiseman, Donald J. & Black, Jeremy A. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [O] furio[us] bull, [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | your mood [. . .] |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | Your favorable eyes [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [With] your radian[t] face [. . .] |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [Dr]ive away the evil machination[s of my] body |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | [Let me] see your radi[ant light]! |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | How [lo]ng, [my] lady [. . .] |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [. . . lo]ok upon me with malevolence? |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [. . .] . . . untruths |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | They [pla]n evil (against me). |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | My [persuers] (and) [my] gloaters, |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | They [gloat(?)] over [me]. |
| a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14' | [How] long, my lady, |
| a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15' | [. . . (and) l]ame advance past [me]? |
| a [15:16] a 16'16'–a 16'16' | [. . .] the weary [. . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [ri-i]-mu šab-⸢ba⸣-[su-u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | ⸢ka⸣-bat-ta-ki [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢SIG₅-MEŠ⸣ IGI-MIN-ki [...] | |
| 5' | [ina] ⸢bu⸣-ni-ki nam-⸢ru⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 6' | [uk]-ki-ši ⸢u₂-pi-ša HUL⸣-[MEŠ ša₂] ⸢SU⸣-[MU] | |
| 7' | [ZALAG₂]-ki ⸢x⸣ nam-[ru lu-mu]-ur | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [ma]-ti be-el-[ti ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ne-kel-mu⸣-nin-[ni (x)] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x la⸣ ki-na-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 11' | [i-kap-pu]-du lem-nu | |
| 12' | [re-du-u₂]-a ha-du-u₂-[a] | |
| 13' | [iš-tam-ma]-ru UGU-[MU] | |
| 14' | [x x x] ⸢ma⸣-ti be-el-[ti] | |
| 15' | [... a]-⸢ku⸣-u₂ i-ba-⸢ʾ(MA-)an⸣-[ni] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢muq-qu₃⸣ [...] | |
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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