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BL 072 (P394375)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394375 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 27 | faithful vizier of Mushebbasa |
| reverse col 4 17 | of Lil-ena, lady of Gunisurra |
| col 1 26' | The word of Uguarra, he is indeed a slave, he is indeed a slave. |
| col 1 31' | he made the great storm rise from heaven |
| reverse col 3 1' | of Enki and the ewes |
| col 1 15' | great hero |
| reverse col 4 22 | Enki and the wild bull of Eridu |
| col 1 13' | I am the one who speaks a word of Nudimmud |
| reverse col 4 28 | Egia and the first-born son of Ura |
| col 1 34' | The reed baskets were piled up from the well. |
| col 1 18' | the mes trees, alub trees, and the great hero |
| reverse col 4 32 | a great hero who is commanded by the hand |
| col 1 32' | The storm that destroys the food and drinking shall be dissolved. |
| col 1 35' | (As for) the harvest, he sank (it) down from its branches |
| col 1 16' | to the south, great hero |
| col 1 20' | The balagdi drum(?) is there, and it is there for him |
| reverse col 4 35 | whose utterances are pleasing |
| reverse col 4 6 | of Aruru and the lady of Enlil |
| col 1 4' | ... a beautiful name with a lapis lazuli face, a great hero |
| col 1 1' | ... the Ebabbar temple and the great hero |
| reverse col 4 4 | the heart of Nuska |
| col 1 36' | from the Egidimbi temple he made grow |
| col 1 38' | he poured out the kamarrabi beer. |
| reverse col 4 19 | the lord of the Irigal and Meslamtaea |
| reverse col 3 2' | in Asalluhi and the ewes |
| reverse col 4 15 | who destroys mountains and lady of the Eanna temple |
| col 1 30' | Nanna has ceased there, an empty wind (is set?) for him |
| col 1 14' | from sunrise to sunset |
| reverse col 4 34 | rejoicing rejoicing |
| reverse col 4 36 | the mother of the city of Sagga and the lady-of-tablets |
| col 1 24' | the supreme lord of Ikur, he is now giving birth, and he is giving birth. |
| reverse col 4 14 | who pleases the mother, the lady of the cattlepen of the Land |
| reverse col 4 16 | my righteous princess and lady Nanaya |
| reverse col 4 39 | builder of the temples in the earth |
| col 1 10' | I am the eldest son of holy An |
| reverse col 4 31 | sage, chief temple administrator of the Abzu |
| reverse col 4 24 | of the Ilurugu and the judges of the Land |
| reverse col 4 7 | mother of the house, lady of Nibgal |
| reverse col 4 29 | the vizier of An and the lady of the ubur |
| reverse col 3 3' | of Enbilulu and the ewes |
| reverse col 4 12 | lord of Nanna and lord of Dilimbabbar |
| reverse col 4 23 | the mother of the great shrine Damgalnuna |
| reverse col 4 5 | princess of the enemy and mother Ninlil |
| col 1 28' | heaven was smashed and earth was smashed |
| col 1 29' | ama in the horizon |
| col 1 23' | The omen of the great hero, he is indeed a lion, he is indeed a lion |
| reverse col 4 42 | ...... |
| col 1 12' | I am the great shrine of my father and Suen |
| reverse col 4 20 | the great hero, lord of Ura |
| col 1 7' | shining prince, mighty warrior, hero |
| reverse col 4 37 | the hero, the lord of the judges |
| col 1 3' | good quality ebony, great hero |
| reverse col 4 9 | shrine Nippur... of heaven and earth |
| reverse col 4 38 | to the lord of Adhal(?) and Ura |
| col 1 37' | He made the city of its foundations firm. |
| col 1 33' | he smote him in all the lands. |
| reverse col 4 33 | the adgg priestess of Enlil |
| col 1 8' | At the edge of heaven, the great hero |
| col 1 2' | beautiful shrine, son of Ningal, great hero |
| col 1 11' | I am the great son of Enlil |
| reverse col 4 8 | holy lady, lady who returned to me |
| reverse col 4 18 | of Adad and the wild bulls in the daytime |
| col 1 27' | to its utterances, heaven was smashed, earth was smashed |
| col 1 6' | prince who sits on the dais, great hero |
| col 1 25' | When you speak to Ugude, what is it that is it that is this? |
| col 1 9' | Umunsa poured out a libation bowl |
| reverse col 4 25 | righteousegi of Kisa, beautiful woman |
| reverse col 4 2 | The heart of the lord Diku is supreme |
| reverse col 4 1 | In(?) the midst of Muebbasa, the ewe, in its midst |
| col 1 21' | The scepter of the great heavens is indeed, and he is indeed. |
| col 1 22' | The word of Enlil is indeed, and he is indeed. |
| reverse col 4 26 | May the Anuna gods, your beloved sons |
| reverse col 4 40 | vizier |
| reverse col 4 41 | vizier |
| reverse col 4 30 | supreme minister and king of Nuska |
| reverse col 4 3 | the heart of the great hero |
| col 1 17' | the Upper Sea, the great hero |
| reverse col 4 11 | My god, the weak and weak, the weak, |
| reverse col 4 21 | Marduk, the one of the mountain range |
| col 1 19' | from the alub tree, forest, and cedar cut, the great hero |
| reverse col 4 10 | In the midst of the city, your name |
| reverse col 4 13 | youth Utu, lord of the hero |
| col 1 5' | prince fitting for the dais, great hero |
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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