BMS 15 (P394531)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394531 |
| 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 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1' | [. . . in] my [hea]rt |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . . beaut]iful [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [. . .] I |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . . I shall not] have [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . . I shall n]ot have [. . .] |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [. . . I shall n]ot have [. . .] |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | [. . . dis]honesty |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | [. . .] behind me |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [. . .] may I not experience evil. |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [. . .] to me |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | [. . .] fates |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | [. . .] may [. . .] rejoice on your account. |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | [. . . may they] decree your fate. |
| a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14' | [. . .] may they bless you |
| a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15' | [. . .] in the dwelling of my relief. |
| a [15:16] a 16'16'–a 16'16' | May [. . .] speak my favor to you. |
| a [16:17] a 17'17'–a 17'17' | It is [. . .] to Marduk. |
| a [17:18] a 18'18'–a 18'18' | [. . .] water of an agubbu-vessel you set up. |
| a [18:19] a 19'19'–a 19'19' | [. . .] a portable altar you set up. |
| a [19:20] a 20'20'–a 20'20' | [. . .] fine flour you heap up. |
| a [21:22] a 22'22'–a 22'22' | [. . .] you set up |
| a [22:23] a 23'23'–a 23'23' | [. . .] the incantation three times you recite |
| a [23:24] a 24'24'–a 24'24' | [. . .] of juniper you set up. |
| a [26:27] a 27'27'–a 27'27' | [. . .] . you libate |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [... ina lib₃-bi]-ia₅ | |
| 2' | [... ba-ni]-tu₄ | |
| 3' | [... ana]-ku | |
| 4' | [... a-a] ⸢ar₂⸣-ši | |
| 5' | [... a]-⸢a⸣ ar₂-ši | |
| 6' | [... a]-⸢a⸣ TUKU | |
| 7' | [... la] ke-e-nu | |
| 8' | [...] EGIR-MU | |
| 9' | [...] NIG₂.HUL a-a a-mur | |
| 10' | [...] ia₂-ši | |
| 11' | [...] NAM-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [...] SU₃-ka | |
| 13' | [... li-ši]-⸢mu ši-mat⸣-ka | |
| 14' | [... lik]-⸢ru⸣-bu-ka | |
| 15' | [...] ina šu-bat ta-ni-ih-ti-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 16' | [...] SIG₅{ti}MU liq-bi-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 17' | [...] {d}AMAR.UTU-KAM | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ A A.GUB₂.BA GIN{an} | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢GI⸣.DU₈ GIN{an} | |
| 20' | [... ZI₃].⸢EŠA⸣ DUB{ak} | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ser₂-qu | |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIN{an} | |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ EN₂ 3(diš)-šu₂ ŠID{nu} | |
| 24' | [... {šim]}⸢LI⸣ GAR{an} | |
| 25' | [...]-⸢x⸣-aṣ | |
| 26' | [...]-⸢qu⸣-nu | |
| 27' | [...] ⸢x⸣ BAL{qi₂} | |
| 28' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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