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Maqlu 2, 37-41 (P394395)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Maqlu 2, 37-41 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394395 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}en-lil₂ SAG.DU-MU pa-nu-u-a [...] | Incantation: O Enlil, my first-born son, |
| 2 | {d}uraš DINGIR git₂-ma-lu la-mas-sat pa-⸢ni⸣-[ia] | Uraš, the perfect god, the one who illuminates my face |
| 3 | GU₂-MU ul-lu ša₂ {d}⸢gu-la⸣ | My neck is high, that of Gula |
| 4 | A₂.MEŠ-a-a {d}gam-lum ša₂ {d}30 {d}MAR.⸢TU⸣ | my waters, Gamlum of Sin, Amurru-eṭir |
| 5 | ŠU.SI.MEŠ-u₂-a {giš}ŠINIG GIR₃.PAD.DU DINGIR-u₂-⸢ti⸣ | My fingers are the tamarisk, the arrow of my (personal) god |
| 6 | la u₂-ša₂-as-na-qa ru-ḫe-e a-na zu-um-⸢ri⸣-[ia] | I did not let the ruḫê-demon pass by my body. |
| 7 | {d}lugal-edin-na {d}la-ta-rak GABA.⸢MU⸣ | Lugal-edina, Latarak, my breast |
| 8 | kin-ṣa-a-a {d}mu-uḫ₂-ra GIR₃.II-a-a ša₂ DU.DU-⸢ka⸣ ; ka-li-ši-na {udu}laḫ₃-⸢ri⸣ | The work of Muḫa, my šēpê-priest, all of them, the lahar-priestess |
| 9 | at-ta-man-nu DINGIR lem-nu ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ ; iš-pu-ru-niš-šu₂ a-na GAZ.⸢MU⸣ | You, O evil god, who sent me to kill a man and a woman, |
| 10 | lu-u₂ e-re-ta la tal-la-⸢ka⸣ | or a slave, you shall not bring (him) up. |
| 11 | lu-u₂ ṣal-la-a-ta la te-teb-ba-[a] | Be it a freed man, do not abandon me! |
| 12 | INIM.MEŠ-ka lu {giš}ḪAŠḪUR ina ⸢IGI⸣ DINGIR u LUGAL li-nu-[ša₂] | May your words be exorcistic. May god and king be present in the ēšû-vessel. |
| 13 | ul-te-šib ina KA₂-MU {d}lugal-ir₉-ra DINGIR dan-[nu] ; ⸢SUKKAL⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ {d}pap-⸢sukkal⸣ | At my gate, Lugal-irra, the strong god, the vizier of the gods, Papesukkal, |
| 14 | ⸢maḫ-ṣa⸣ [TE ša₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-⸢MU⸣ | Emaḫšba'e |
| 15 | ⸢tir⸣-[ra INIM-sa] ⸢a⸣-na KA-ša₂ TU₆ EN₂ | Its word is a flood, it is its mouth. Incantation formula. |
| 16 | [...] qu-um-qu-um-ma-tum | ... quumqummatum |
| 17 | [...] kut-tim-ma-tum | ... kuttimmatum |
| 18 | [...] eš-še-bu-tum | ... ešebūtum |
| 19 | [... e-piš]-⸢ti⸣-ia₅ nar-šin-da-tum | ... of my extispicy, the singer |
| 20 | [...] ⸢tu-ub⸣-ba-li ZI-⸢tim⸣ ana ma-al-ki | (Sum) ... the ešubû-demon (Akk) The tub’ebali ritual for the entrance(?) |
| 21 | [... pu]-⸢šur kiš⸣-pi-⸢ki {u₂⸣}tu-lal na-ša₂-⸢ku⸣ | ... of Kiš-ēpî, tulal-plant, naṣālu-plant |
| 22 | [... KUR]-⸢i GAZ.MEŠ KEŠ₂-ki⸣ | ... the enemy will kill you. |
| 23 | [...] ⸢TU₆⸣ [EN₂] | ... ešû-plant |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | ina ⸢SAG⸣ [...] | In the esaĝ-house |
| 2' | dan-⸢na⸣-[at ...] | Dan-emanat |
| 3' | EN₂ e {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU-MU ... raḫ-ḫa]-⸢ti⸣-[ia₅] | Incantation: “Ha, my lady, my slanderer, |
| 4' | ša₂ a-na 1 DANNA.AM₃ ⸢MU₂⸣-[ḫa ...] | which for 1 bēru of ešumu-eḫa-plant |
| 5' | a-na 2 DANNA iš-tap-pa-ra ⸢DUMU⸣ [...] | He has sent (it) to 2 bēru. |
| o iv | ||
| 0' | [EN₂ rit-ti man-za-at₂ GIR₂.TAB] | Incantation: Hand of Scorpius |
| 1' | [DUB 6.KAM ma-aq-⸢lu⸣-[u] | Sixty tablets of Aq-elû. |
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