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Babyloniaca 07, 139-144 (P393811)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 07, 139-144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393811 |
| 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 |
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 32' | and not...... |
| obverse 26' | reed-bed... of the shatttu-disease of the water of the brothers : like a garment I am a slave, |
| reverse 34 | ... your divinity. |
| obverse 22' | The people of my city have been constantly wailing and wailing. |
| reverse 2 | Then he heard the word of Itar |
| reverse 11 | May my life be long, may your strength be supreme. |
| reverse 9 | My (personal) god is his helper, he is your helper. |
| obverse 8' | Now, on the sea... the land of the boat |
| reverse 4 | May he speak to me, and the work of his work... |
| obverse 33' | Because it is not his |
| reverse 19 | May my ill-wisher take away the fish, may he carry off the river. |
| obverse 24' | I have eaten, mashtakal-beer, and mashtakal-beer. |
| reverse 5 | Holy water, the water of the gods,..., |
| reverse 3 | What...? |
| obverse 3' | ... not |
| obverse 18' | ... good advice |
| obverse 31' | Because I did not go out...... |
| reverse 27 | I am a dream-interpreter, I am a good one |
| reverse 8 | To my exalted helper, he is the one who is full of famine. |
| obverse 13' | The boat has entered the mountain, life |
| obverse 6' | I do not see (them) for light. |
| reverse 24 | With a evil deed you should keep me safe and keep me safe. |
| obverse 36' | May he see the news of... in your mouth. |
| obverse 9' | I am stricken with water. |
| reverse 21 | I have seen, and like gold |
| obverse 7' | ... will not come to me. |
| obverse 27' | I have seized the reeds of the people; I am |
| reverse 28 | May Mamu, god of the black-headed people, be present in my head. |
| reverse 1 | Who... with a god for life? |
| obverse 30' | Whoever does not have a report... will place..., and he will experience famine. |
| reverse 18 | May my evil demon be brought to the heavens. |
| reverse 22 | May I be as clean as a liar in your presence. |
| obverse 25' | reed of the krunnu-vessels, saffron, water, and droops(?) |
| reverse 14 | My (personal) goddess has sinned against me and (personal) goddess has treated me. |
| obverse 28' | a curse, a curse, and a curse, my name |
| reverse 17 | [May] I be sated with my prayer. |
| obverse 20' | (If) a good du (and) good lamassu are located on my wall: rebellion against me. |
| obverse 2' | ... my heart... |
| reverse 15 | May my sins be released; may my sins be released. |
| reverse 26 | (If) he is swollen: he will be good. |
| reverse 25 | 'May my dream be good!' |
| reverse 30 | To Marduk, merciful, to good deeds, to good deeds, |
| reverse 10 | Itar-iddin, who has sinned against me, |
| reverse 13 | (If) he... a day: you will be able to... together : (If) he does not : my (personal) god will return to me. |
| obverse 14' | He smote me............ evil |
| obverse 5' | I am like one who does not fear the god. |
| obverse 4' | ... many... |
| obverse 29' | What is it that he knows? Who has gone? |
| reverse 31 | May I sing your greatness, |
| obverse 11' | or... may he be seized. |
| obverse 16' | I did not take the order(?) of his god. |
| reverse 7 | Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by all the gods? |
| reverse 33 | In the presence of the gods, may the people be sated. |
| reverse 29 | uribanni and to Esagil, the palace of the gods, the temple of life. |
| obverse 35' | the work for life... |
| obverse 10' | ... strong wind blew me. |
| obverse 12' | Give me a firm positive answer to the four world quarters! |
| reverse 12 | O lord, merciful one, merciful Marduk, |
| obverse 21' | In the evil place, a sick person will die. |
| obverse 17' | I did not know the word of my father that I was speaking(?) |
| reverse 20 | May this nammaû-demon of the steppe be released. |
| obverse 19' | She is the one who has no rival, the one who has no rival. |
| reverse 16 | May my sin be released, may my sin be released. |
| reverse 6 | And may I be happy. The sanctuaries of the great gods |
| obverse 23' | The god approached and is located on the right. |
| obverse 15' | Like a bird in... I will make... disappear. |
| obverse 34' | Because you hear and hear... |
| reverse 32 | May the people of my city be appeased. |
| reverse 23 | Let me guard the tablet of evil, let me guard my life. |
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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