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Meier Maqlu 06 K 02420+ (P394420)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 06 K 02420+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394420 |
| 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)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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 | ||
| 0' | [EN₂ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂-ma {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂] | Incantation: O curse, curse |
| 1' | {[šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ x-x x KUR.MEŠ KU₃.MEŠ qud]-⸢du-šu⸣-[ti] | kukru-aromatic |
| 2' | [TUR.MEŠ ter-ḫi ša₂] ⸢e⸣-ne₂-⸢ti⸣ | small goats of the ēšû-priests |
| 3' | [TUR.MEŠ {giš}ŠE.U₃.SUḪ₅.MEŠ] ⸢ša₂ qa₂⸣-aš-da-a-ti | small ēšû-trees |
| 4' | [al-ka-nim-ma ša₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU ; [dan-nu] ⸢GAZ⸣.MEŠ KEŠ₂-sa | Come, and the one of my evildoer and my evildeer, the strong one of the Egaš-eše plant, will be released. |
| 5' | [tir-ra] ⸢kiš⸣-pi-ša₂ ana me-ḫe-e INIM.MEŠ-ša₂ ana IM | Tirra (means) ekišu-piša-plant. Its words to the wind |
| 6' | [li-in]-⸢ne₂⸣-eš-pu kiš-pi-ša₂ ki-ma IN.BUBBU | May they release its witchcraft like a pig |
| 7' | [li-ṣal]-⸢li⸣-mu-ši ki-ma di-ik-me-en-ni | may it resound to him like my case |
| 8' | ⸢ki⸣-[ma si]-⸢ri⸣ E₂.GAR₈ liš-ḫu-ḫu kiš-pu-ša₂ | May the gates of E’ema and Sîr tremble with terror. |
| 9' | ⸢ša₂⸣ {[munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU]-⸢MU⸣ lip-pa-ṭir KEŠ₂ lib₃-bi-ša₂ | May the ešû-demon (and) the Illut-Šameši release the knot of her heart. |
| 10' | EN₂ {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂-ma {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ | Incantation: “Ešim-ekurru-plant and kukru |
| 11' | {šim}⸢GUR₂.GUR₂⸣ [x-(x)] x KUR.MEŠ KU₃.MEŠ qud-du-šu-ti | “The evildoer, the ... of the pure mountains, |
| 12' | TUR.MEŠ ⸢ter⸣-ḫi ša₂ e-ne₂-ti | small eterḫi plants of the word |
| 13' | TUR.MEŠ {giš}ŠE.U₃.SUḪ₅.MEŠ ša₂ qa-aš-da-a-ti | small reed bundles of the qašdatu-tree |
| 14' | al-ka-nim-ma ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU ; dan-nu GAZ-a KEŠ₂-sa | Come, and kill the one of my sorcerer and sorceress, the mighty one, |
| 15' | ⸢u₃⸣ mim-ma ma-la te-pu-ša₂ nu-tir a-na IM | “Anything that you have done, the nutir-demon to the wind |
| 16' | [... e] {⸢munus⸣}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU e-le-ni-ti-ia₅ | ... my upper sister-in-law |
| 17' | [...] ⸢la⸣ taš-ku-ni tu-qu-un-tu | ... you have brought the battle line |
| 18' | [...] ina E₂-ki i-qat-tur qut-ru | (Sum) ... he throws ... in your house (Akk) .... he scatters in your temple |
| 19' | [a-šap-pa-rak]-⸢kim-ma⸣ {[šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ U₂] ⸢BUR₂-ti⸣ | Ašaprār-ekimma-e23 |
| 20' | [...] | |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | [... {d}nin-gir₂]-su ina KUR il-su-u {d}a-la-la | ... Ningirsu in the land Ilsû and Alala |
| 2 | [... i]-⸢lu⸣-u a-na na-kas₂ {giš}ŠINIG | “... he will go up, for the sealing of the tamarisk |
| 3 | [... {munus}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ ša₂ ana NENNI A NENNI tu-kap-pa-ti NA₄.MEŠ | (If) a woman, who to so-and-so, son of so- and so, you scatter stones |
| 4 | [taš-te-ne₂-ʾe]-⸢e⸣ le-mut-ta | Tēštene’e, the evil one |
| 5 | [a-zi-qa-kim]-⸢ma⸣ GIM IM.SI.SA₂ IM.MAR.TU | Aziqakim-ema'e is like the north wind. The west wind |
| 6 | [u₂-sap-paḫ] ⸢DUNGU⸣-ki u₂-ḫal-laq u₄-um-ki | I scattered your e’e-dungu-plant, I destroyed your days |
| 7 | [u₃ mim-ma ma-la] te-pu-ši u₂-tar a-na IM | and whatever you have done, he will return it to the tablet. |
| 8 | [EN₂ un-du] {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU u₂-kaš-šip-an-ni | Incantation: “A woman has seized me, |
| 9 | [raḫ-ḫa]-⸢tu₄⸣ u₂-re-eḫ-ḫa-an-ni | he smote me, |
| 10 | [e-piš]-⸢tu₄⸣ iš-bu-šu SAḪAR.ḪI.A GIR₃.II-ia | The extispicy that he performed against me has been carried off. |
| 11 | [muš-te-piš]-⸢tum⸣ il-qu-u₂ GISSU ina E₂.⸢GAR₈⸣ | The one who took the scepter in the house of the governor |
| 12 | {[d}U.GUR] ⸢EN⸣ ERIN₂.ḪI.A {d}e₂-a EN NAM.⸢MEŠ⸣ | Nergal, the ēl-e-priestess, the army of Ea, lord of destinies |
| 13 | {[d}asal-lu₂]-ḫi EN a-ši-pu-[ti] | Asalluḫi, lord of the assembly |
| 14 | [maḫ-ṣa] TE-sa tir-ra INIM-sa ana ⸢KA⸣-[ša₂] | (If) she approaches a great mountain, her words will reach the E-KA-e-ša. |
| 15 | [e]-⸢piš⸣-tum u₃ muš-te-piš-[tum] | “Epištum and the one who instigates it |
| 16 | [...] ⸢lu⸣-u I₃.UDU NUNDUM.MEŠ-ša₂ lu TUG₂.ḪI.A.MEŠ KU₅.MEŠ-⸢ti⸣ | ... elû-soapwort, fat from a nundum-vessel, or pure turbans |
| 17 | [...] ⸢SAG.DU⸣ si-lit {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ | ... ēsagdû-plant, resin of kukru |
| 18 | [... a]-⸢ḫa⸣-miš la i-qar-ri-bu | ... they will not approach the watercourse |
| 19 | [...] ⸢ru⸣-ḫu-ša₂ ru-su-ša₂ up-ša₂-šu-ša₂ lem-nu-ti | ... the evil machinations of the ešû-demon |
| 20 | [... TE.MEŠ]-⸢ni⸣ NU i-qar-ri-bu-ni ia-a-ši TU₆ EN₂ | ... they will not approach me. Incantation formula. |
| 21 | [... at]-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ te-pu-ši ka-la-a-ma | ... the Atātû-priestess, whom you have performed all the time |
| 22 | [... te-pu]-⸢ši⸣ ia-a-ši u₃ šim-ti-ia | ... you have performed against me and my life |
| 23 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ KUR-i GAZ.MEŠ KEŠ₂-ki | ... of the mountain will kill you. |
| 24 | [... GUB₃]-⸢ki⸣ IM.1 lit-bal TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | ..., may the north wind carry off. Incantation formula. |
| 25 | [... KU₃]-⸢tu⸣ DUMU.MUNUS AN-e GAL.MEŠ ⸢ana-ku⸣ | ..., the great daughter of the heavens, I am |
| 26 | [...] ib-na-an-⸢ni-ma⸣ | ... he built for him |
| 27 | [...] ⸢u₂-še⸣-[ri]-⸢du⸣-[ni ...] | ... his ešēdu-plant |
| 1' | [GIM i]-⸢pu-ša₂-a-ni⸣ [... i]-⸢le-ʾa⸣-a-⸢in-ni⸣ | (If) a ghost appears: he will seek me out; if he seeks me out, |
| 2' | [GIM] ⸢e⸣-pu-šu-ši-na-a-ti ⸢al⸣-te-ʾi-ši-na-a-ti | (If) they are like epušû-plants (or) elteališīnu-plant |
| 3' | [e]-⸢tel⸣-la-a GIM KU₆.MEŠ ina A.MEŠ-MU | Etel-Elâ like fish in my water |
| 4' | ⸢GIM⸣ ŠAḪ ina ru-šum-di-ia₅ | The ēšû-plant is sown in my garden plot |
| 5' | GIM {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ ina u₂-šal-li | like innû-plant in the reedbed |
| 6' | GIM {u₂}KI.KAL ina a-ḫi a-tap-pi | Like kikkal-plant in the middle of a canal, |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | GIM NUMUN {giš}ESI ina a-ḫi tam-tim | Like the seed of ebony in the seashore |
| 2 | e ša₂ {d}KASKAL.KUR-e e ša₂ {d}KASKAL.KUR-e | “Hand of the enemy, hand of enemy land, |
| 3 | nar-qa-ni a-na qaq-qa-ri | The narqānu-festival on the ground |
| 4 | ša₂ tu-na-sis-a-ni qim-mat-ku-nu ia-a-ši | Whom you have entrusted to me, your hands are not mine |
| 5 | {d}ID₂ SAG.DU-MU PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ pa-da-at-ti | Ištar, my head (and) the ‘eye’ of the river are encircled. |
| 6 | GIR₃.II-a-a na-a-ru ša₂ mam-ma ⸢NU⸣ ZU-u₂ qe₂-reb-⸢ša₂⸣ | My feet are the torch of the one who knows the ešunû-vessel inside it. |
| 7 | {u₂}AN.ḪUL₂.LA KA-MU a-ab-ba [ta-ma]-ta DAGAL-tum ⸢rit-ta⸣-[a-a] | Anḫullû (a plant) is my mouth, the sea is a wide sea |
| 8 | ⸢GIM⸣ {d}ID₂ ⸢SAG⸣.DU-MU ⸢GIM⸣ [PIŠ₁₀.{d]}⸢ID₂⸣ [...] | The ēriš-plant, the river, the Ēsag-edu-iddina, the ‘E’-plant (and) the ...-plant |
| 9 | GIM {⸢u₂⸣}[AN.ḪUL₂.LA ...] | Like an e’û-plant |
| 10 | meš-⸢re⸣-[tu-u-a ...] | My first-fruit offerings |
| 11 | ina [...] ; [...] | in ... |
| 12 | {⸢d⸣}15 ...] | Ištar |
| 0' | [EN₂ e {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU e-le-ni-ti-ia ZU-e ul ZU-e] | Incantation: “Ha! My upper woman knows, I do not know! |
| 1' | [x-x-x-x-x x (x x)] x-x [x-x-(x)] | |
| 2' | [x-x-x-(x) ul]-⸢la⸣-nu-uk-ki x [x-x] | ... Ulaenukki ... |
| 3' | [ina DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂] AN-e BARAG.<MEŠ> ša₂ qaq-⸢qa⸣-[ri] | among the gods of heaven, the dais(s) of the earth |
| 4' | [x-x-x-x] PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ DUMU.MUNUS DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ | PN, daughter of the great gods |
| 5' | ⸢DU₈⸣.[MEŠ kiš-pu]-ki ina U₄.NA₂.AM₃ ... BUR₂.MEŠ ru-ḫe-e-ki | Your witchcraft on the day of disappearance of your spittle |
| 6' | EN₂ at-ti ⸢MUN⸣ ša₂ ina aš₂-ri KU₃ ib-ba-nu-u₂ | Incantation: “You are the salt of the salt that was created in the pure hand. |
| 7' | ana ma-ka-le-e DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ i-šim-ki {d}en-lil₂ | For the praise of the great gods he appointed you, Enlil. |
| 8' | ina ba-li-ki ul iš-šak-kan nap-tan ina e₂-kur | Without you a meal was not offered in the Ekur |
| 9' | ina ba-li-ki DINGIR LUGAL IDIM u NUN ul iṣ-ṣi-nu qut-rin-nu | Without you, god, king, noble, and prince would not be present. |
| 10' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ kiš-pi ṣu-ub-bu-tu-in-ni | I (am) so-and-so, son of [so-and] so, who slanders me with witchcraft |
| 11' | up-ša₂-še-e le-eʾ-bu-in-ni | who performs sorcery against me |
| 12' | BUR₂ kiš-pi-ia MUN pu-uš-ši-ri ru-ḫe-e-a | Release my witchcraft, release my fearsomeness |
| 13' | up-ša₂-še-e muḫ-ri-in-ni-ma GIM DINGIR ba-ni-ia ; lul-tam-mar-ki | May the machinations of my head be seen like the god who created me. |
| 14' | EN₂ e {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU lu raḫ-ḫa-ti-ia₅ | Incantation: “O my lady, may she be my friend! |
| 15' | ša₂ a-na 1 DANNA.AM₃ ip-pu-ḫu IZI | that for 1 bēru he will pour out, fire |
| 16' | a-na 2 DANNA iš-tap-pa-ra DUMU šip-ri-ša₂ | for 2 bēru he sent, son of Šipriša |
| 17' | ana-ku i-de-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu | I know and trust (in you). |
| 18' | ina ⸢UR₃⸣-MU ma-ṣar-tu₂ ina KA₂-MU az-za-qap₂ ki-din-nu | (Sum) In my cloister, I stand at my gate. (Akk) I stand in my door jamb (lit. “door of my gate’) (and) I set up the sealed document. |
| 19' | GIŠ.NA₂-MU al-ta-me {tug₂}u₂-li-in-na | I have heard of my bed, a cloak |
| 20' | ina SAG GIŠ.NA₂-MU a-sa₃-raq {u₂}NU.LUḪ.ḪA | I have strewn on my bed. Nuḫurtu-plant |
| 21' | dan-na-at {u₂}NU.LUḪ.ḪA-ma u₂-na-ḫa-ra kal kiš-pi-ki | strong one of nuḫurtu-plant, who covers all your witchcraft |
| 22' | EN₂ e {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU lu raḫ-ḫa-ti-ia₅ | Incantation: “O my lady, may she be my friend! |
| 23' | ša₂ a-na 1 DANNA.AM₃ MU₂-ḫa IZI | which is for 1 bēru of fire |
| o iv | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢DANNA⸣ iš-tap-pa-ra DUMU šip-ri-ša₂ | ... sent a message to the ēša-priestess |
| 2 | [...] ⸢i-de⸣-ma at-ta-kal ta-ka-⸢la⸣ | ... I will go out and you will eat. |
| 3 | [...] ⸢UR₃⸣-MU ma-⸢ṣar⸣-tu₂ ina KA₂-MU az-za-qap₂ ki-⸢din⸣-nu | (Sum) ... I will lay the foundation(?) of my temple (Akk) In my temple, I shall lay foundation(s) of the temple (var.) in my temple |
| 4 | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GIŠ.NA₂-MU GAR-an 12 {giš}ša₂-⸢ʾi⸣-ir-ri | ... you set up my bed. 12 ša-e-ali-irri plants |
| 5 | ⸢KURUM₆⸣ GIDIM ri-ḫi-it {d}⸢gira₂ qa⸣-mi-ki | “Kurum-ēriš (is) the ghost, the resplendent one of Egira, your hand |
| 6 | u₃ {d}nisaba šar-ra-tu mu-ga-⸢ṣi-ṣa-at ŠU⸣.SI.MEŠ-ki | and Nisaba, the king, the one who raises your hands |
| 7 | EN₂ e {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU e-le-ni-ti-ia₅ | Incantation: “Ha! My upper woman, |
| 8 | ša₂ GIN.MEŠ-ki kal KUR.KUR | Whose radiance covers all the lands |
| 9 | ta-at-ta-nab-lak-ka-ti kal KUR.MEŠ-ni | You have kept you awake all the lands. |
| 10 | ana-ku i-de-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu | I know and trust (in you). |
| 11 | ina UR₃-MU ma-⸢ṣar⸣-tu₂ ina KA₂-MU az-za-qap₂ ki-din-nu | (Sum) In my lap, I stand at my gate. (Akk) I stand in my lap (lit. my gate). |
| 12 | ina ZAG KA₂-MU u ⸢GUB₃⸣ KA₂-MU | at the front of my gate and at the gate of my house |
| 13 | ul-te-ez-ziz {d}lugal-ir₉-ra u {d}mes-⸢lam-ta⸣-e₃-a | Lugal-irra and Mes-elamta-ea |
| 14 | DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ ma-⸢ṣar⸣-te na-si-iḫ lib₃-bi muš-⸢te⸣-[mi]-⸢du⸣ ELLAG₂.MEŠ | The gods of the mashbartu, the one who soothes the heart of the (divine) muštē-edu-e23, the kidneys |
| 15 | {⸢munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ li-du-ku-ma ana-ku lu-⸢ub⸣-luṭ | Let them kill a woman, but let me live!” |
| 16 | [EN₂] ⸢e⸣ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU e-le-ni-⸢ti⸣-ia₅ | Incantation: “Ea, my lady, my princess, |
| 17 | [ša₂] ⸢GIN⸣.<MEŠ>-ki kal KUR.KUR | of the Ekunaeans, all the lands |
| 18 | [ta-at]-⸢ta⸣-nab-lak-ka-ti kal KUR.MEŠ-ni | You are able to conquer all the lands. |
| 19 | [ana-ku i-de]-e-ma at-ta-kil ta-ka-lu | I know and trust in you. |
| 20 | [ina UR₃-MU ma-ṣar]-⸢tu₂⸣ ina KA₂-MU az-za-qa-ap ki-din-nu | In my lap, I stand at my gate. |
| 21 | [x-x-x-x-(x)].⸢MU DUB⸣-ak ⸢KUR-a el⸣-lu | “It is a tablet of ēkû-disease, elulu-illness. |
| 22 | [x-x-x-x-x-(x-x)] x-[x] | |
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