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JNES 33, 314-315 (P394377)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JNES 33, 314-315 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394377 |
| 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 6' | of the god who created me, I have gone to the Asakku |
| reverse 15' | This is not this. I myself have sworn. |
| reverse 34' | ......... |
| reverse 23' | May my sins be many! May my holy merciful merciful mercifulness be manifested against me! |
| reverse 17' | May the gods make the heart rejoice in your heart |
| reverse 19' | Written according to the original and checked. Your heart |
| reverse 30' | ... my allies |
| reverse 35' | ... is exalted(?) |
| reverse 48' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not learned that work |
| reverse 33' | .... may... be pure... |
| reverse 39' | ... of the... of the... who enters, may I live. |
| reverse 21' | 'May my guilt be much! May my guilt be released! |
| reverse 32' | ... may.. be uttered to me. |
| reverse 43' | Ilu-iddina does not know your mighty extispicy. |
| reverse 3' | I stood before you. I prayed to you, but I did not forget. |
| reverse 2' | I, your servant, have sinned against the entire universe. |
| reverse 44' | Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 26' | ..... my lord, have been negligent in my life. |
| reverse 14' | In the fierce heart of my heart, I stood by your divinity. |
| reverse 22' | May my heart be reconciled with my seven gilatu priests. |
| reverse 20' | In your midst, where I heard, may it be well with me. |
| reverse 47' | The first-fruits offerings are pure, offering of scribal art. |
| reverse 25' | ... in the middle of the ground, my heads |
| reverse 45' | who is devoted to Ashur and Illil |
| reverse 9' | I marched to your silver, the precious metal. |
| reverse 29' | ........ who speaks... |
| reverse 41' | May I hear your praises, may I praise your divinity. |
| reverse 16' | I went and brought all of the treasures into my presence. |
| reverse 40' | May he restore (it) to the shepherd of the people. |
| reverse 42' | I may sing your praises to the wide people. |
| reverse 5' | I did not fear. I said to them: "Let me live!" |
| reverse 38' | ... let me bring(?) |
| reverse 31' | ... may they... |
| reverse 8' | For your great divinity, I have taken hold of my face. |
| reverse 37' | ... let me bring a copy of this tablet. |
| reverse 4' | I uttered grievous blasphemies. |
| reverse 10' | As for the one who does not erase my inscribed name, I destroyed it. |
| reverse 11' | I entered the Ekur without my permission. |
| reverse 7' | I made a rejoicing radiance manifest in your exalted radiance. |
| reverse 36' | ...... |
| reverse 28' | .............. |
| reverse 46' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| reverse 12' | I have sworn by the strong(?) NIG.GIG. |
| reverse 27' | ... in my body... may he be frightened. |
| reverse 24' | My (personal) god, I constantly pray to you. |
| reverse 18' | May Itar, who you love, do as he deems best. |
| reverse 13' | You are the one who has shaved off a sick person. |
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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