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BBR pl. 73 K 02399 (P394402)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 73 K 02399 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394402 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 17' | I made it stand as a marvel to the evildoer |
| fragment K.11075 22' | Lu-ulu, the son of his father-in-law, has abandoned it. |
| obverse 24 | he smote all the people, he smote them. |
| reverse 4' (seq 48) | I am a uluhhu priest, I am a singer |
| fragment K.11075 21' | Enki, the chief of the scribal art, has abandoned it |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 6' | In the evening, in the evening, in the evening, in the evening, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 9' | Incantation: Like a yellow pomegranate |
| obverse 25 | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 1' | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| obverse 2 | to the sky, to your base, to the earth |
| obverse 3 | your mouth to the sky, to the sky |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 4' | from the mountain of the aur tree to the horizon |
| reverse 1' (seq 54) | to burn |
| fragment K.11075 25' | Like his old man he wrote and... |
| reverse 8' (seq 61) | tongue whose horns |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 12' | The light of heaven and earth, its foundations |
| fragment K.11075 20' | He sanctified heaven and earth, he sanctified earth. |
| reverse 7' (seq 51) | may a man be holy(?) |
| obverse 15 | He purifies all the people, he purifies them. |
| reverse 10' | in the place where the earth quakes |
| reverse 8' (seq 52) | may he keep secure. |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 15' | who goes out from the mountains |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 16' | He made the ka-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 14' | the house of Enlil, its ziggurat |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 5' | whose horns surpass the field |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 7' | He smote all the people, he smote them. |
| fragment K.11075 13' | May Gibil resound from its tongue, may Gibil resound from its tongue! |
| reverse 1' (seq 45) | ...... |
| obverse 20 | by the right side of Utu |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 10' | a medicinal plant, a plant |
| reverse 6' (seq 50) | It is the uluh prayer for him |
| obverse 16 | I made it stand outside as a marvel. |
| obverse 17 | Incantation: O pure reed, a pure reed planted in the heart |
| fragment K.11075 11' | the evildoer |
| fragment K.11075 16' | I made it shine out from the pure Euphrates. |
| reverse 6' (seq 59) | The one of heaven, the one of heaven, came out(?) |
| obverse 19 | above the sky the star rises |
| reverse 5' (seq 58) | ... female lamb that is not bright |
| reverse 2' (seq 46) | house of uluha |
| reverse 3' (seq 56) | ... the evil tongue |
| fragment K.11075 24' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 8' | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
| fragment K.11075 17' | If he is able to smite (against) the yellow-green(?) and the abzû-demon, he will give to him a scribal art |
| obverse 7 | He made the kalulu flourish, he made the king rejoice. |
| reverse 9' (seq 62) | for the life of life, the happiness of..., |
| obverse 14 | the top of the head, the top of the water: |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 3' | from the pure mountain to the pure mountain |
| obverse 6 | at its top, at its top, watered |
| fragment K.11075 15' | Incantation: O lord, you have fashioned it from a mountain. |
| obverse 22 | reed basket with irrigated water |
| obverse 8 | May the evildoer stand outside |
| reverse 4' (seq 57) | Incantation: O Gibil, from the great mountain range |
| reverse 7' (seq 60) | May he bring his pure horns to you. |
| obverse 5 | ... of the gods |
| fragment K.11075 26' | Palace of Assurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 18 | out of heaven, from earth, was surrounded; |
| obverse 13 | May your supplications be carried off. |
| fragment K.11075 18' | he destroyed Eridu’s yellow-green tongue. |
| fragment K.11075 12' | may Gibil be holy from its tongue. |
| fragment K.11075 14' | let the evil tongue stand at the threshing floor. |
| obverse 10 | to heaven your face, to earth UrPA |
| reverse 5' (seq 49) | pure uluh priestess |
| obverse 12 | to the ground, to the ground, he purified it |
| reverse 9' (seq 53) | I made stand(?) |
| obverse 26 | Incantation: Incantation of incantation of dispelling |
| fragment K.11075 23' | he entrusted to him, he entrusted him with |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 11' | whose fragrance is sweet, whose star is purified |
| obverse 21 | at the lower end of the uluh offering of Enki |
| obverse 23 | May the powerful man be able to irrigate water! |
| obverse 9 | Incantation: O innu plant grown from the Abzu |
| obverse 1 | house: iu-wood, cedar, grown in the plain |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 13' | in Eridu the great canopy |
| reverse 2' (seq 55) | As if it were heaven, he was holy |
| fragment K.11075 19' | he destroyed the cedar and destroyed the aur. |
| obverse 11 | He made your face rise to heaven. |
| obverse 4 | Your ur temple is a beautiful foundation |
| reverse 3' (seq 47) | of the uluamen |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 18' | Incantation: Oath |
| fragment K.2399 +/(+) K.17718 2' | Incantation: This is the plant of the great mountain range |
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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