BMS 02d, K 00223 (P393796)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 02d, K 00223 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393796 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [You secure jus]tice for the misgui[ded, . . .]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [You] take the hands of the powerless, [. . .]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . . of the one . . . in]to the netherworld. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . . his] bo[dy . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | You forgive [. . .] has [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | You restore pe[ace . . .] to the one whose (personal) god (and personal) goddess are angry [. . .]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | O Ninurta, foremost of the gods, you (are) the hero. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | I, your servant, Ashurbanipal, son of his god, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | whose god is Ashur, whose goddess is Ashuritu, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Have set up a ritual arrangement for you. I have strewn flour for you. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I have strewn incense for you, a sweet fragra[nce]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | I have libated sweet ale for you, beer made from (lit. of) grain. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | May the gods of the (Path of) En[lil] stand with you. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | May the gods, those of E[kur], stand with you. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | On account of the evil of a lunar eclipse, which occ[urred] in month (and) day, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | (And) the evil of portents (and) omens, unpleasant (and) unfavorable, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Which ar[e] present in my palace and my land, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Look upon me with due favor and hear my speaking. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Accept my prayer; receive (my) appeal. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | May my speech please you. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Be at peace with me, the one who fears you. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I have seen your face. May I indeed prosper. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | You are [favo]rably disposed; look upon me with due favor. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Re]move [. . .]; [for]give (my) offence. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [. . .] my [si]n [. . .]; [. . .] [my] neg[ligence]. |
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' | [tuš-te]-⸢šir la⸣ šu-⸢šu⸣-[ra ...] | |
| 2' | [ta]-⸢ṣab⸣-bat ŠU-2(diš) en-⸢ši⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [ša₂ a]-⸢na⸣ a-ra-⸢al⸣-[le-e ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢pa⸣-[gar-šu₂ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢i-šu⸣-u₂ ta-pa-⸢ṭar⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢ša₂ DINGIR⸣-šu₂ {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-šu₂ zi-nu-u ⸢tu-sa⸣-[lam ...] | |
| 7' | {d}nin-urta a-ša₂-red DINGIR-MEŠ qu-ra-du at-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 8' | ana-ku IR₃-ka {m}AN.ŠAR₂.DU₃.A DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ | |
| 9' | ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ aš-šur {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}aš₂-šu-ri-⸢tum⸣ | |
| 10' | ar-kus-ka rik-sa ZI₃.EŠA as₃-ruq-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 11' | as₃-ruq-ka qut-rin-na i-ri-ša₂ ṭa-a-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 12' | BAL-ka du-uš-šu-pa ši-kar aš-na-⸢an⸣ | |
| 13' | KI-ka li-ziz-zu DINGIR-MEŠ šu-ut {d}EN.[LIL₂] | |
| 14' | KI-ka li-ziz-zu DINGIR-MEŠ šu-ut ⸢E₂⸣.[KUR] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina HUL AN.GI₆ {d}3(u) ša₂ ITI U₄ ⸢GAR⸣{[na]} | |
| 2 | HUL A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-MEŠ HUL-MEŠ NU DUG₃.⸢GA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ša₂ ina E₂.GAL-MU u KUR-MU GAL₂{[a]} | |
| 4 | ki-niš IGI.BAR{ni}ma ši-mi qa-ba-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 5 | un-ni-ni-ia TI-ma mu-hur tas-lit | |
| 6 | zik-ri li-ku(ṭib) UGU-ka | |
| 7 | si-lim KI ia-a-tu-u₂ pa-lih-ka | |
| 8 | pa-ni-ka a-ta-mar lu-še-ra ana-ku | |
| 9 | [mu]-⸢up⸣-pal-sa-at ki-niš IGI.BAR{an-ni} | |
| 10 | [... pu]-ṭur šer₂-tim [pu]-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 11 | [... gil-la]-⸢ti-ma⸣ hi-[ṭi-ti ...] | |
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- 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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