BMS 01 K 03332 dupl. (P394701)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 01 K 03332 dupl. |
|---|---|
| ID | P394701 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O Sin, [. . .] luminary [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | O Sin, perpetually renewing one, who ill[uminates . . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Who provides light [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | To the black-headed people [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Your shining appearance is bright [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Your torch is magnificent [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Your awe-inspiring luminosity fills the [. . .] earth; [. . .] at you |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | O Anu of the heavens, whose [. . .] no [. . .] can le[arn], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Your shining appearance is [sup]reme [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [. . . kn]eel before [you . . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [The de]cision of the land[s . . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [On account of] the evil of a lunar eclipse [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Evil of portent[s . . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [Which] (are) in [my] palace [. . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [God]s [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [They] si[t . . .] your [. . .] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | O [Sin . . .] of you, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | You give the ora[cle . . .] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | The day [of the new moon (is) the day of] your [orac]le, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | A sec[ret of the] great [gods], |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [. . .] your [fest]ival, |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [. . .] your [divini]ty, |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [. . . unri]valed [. . .] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | Whose [. . .] no one [. . .] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | I str[ew before you . . .] pure [. . .] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | I off[er] to you first-clas[s . . .] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | I kn[e]el, I stand [. . .] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | Estab[lish for me] a favorable and just oracle, |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | My god [and] my [g]oddess, who from [. . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Are angry with [me], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Through truth (and) justice, may they be reconciled with me. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | May my path be favorable, may my way be straight. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | I (hereby) send Anzagar, god of dream[s]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Let him absolve [my] sins at night. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Let me be whole, let [me] be purified of my punishment. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Let me pr]oclaim [your] pr[aises] forever! |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The wording of a [lifted-hand prayer] to Sin. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Incantation: O valiant Ishtar. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}3(u) NANNA{ru} [...] | |
| 2 | {d}3(u) ed-deš-šu-u₂ mu-[nam-mir ...] | |
| 3 | ša-ki-in na-mir-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ana UN-MEŠ ṣal-mat SAG.DU [...] | |
| 5 | nam-rat UD.DA-ka [...] | |
| 6 | šar-hat di-pa-⸢ra⸣-ka [...] | |
| 7 | ma-lu-u₂ nam-ri-ru-ka KI{ta} [...] ka-a-ša₂ | |
| 8 | {d}a-num AN{e} ša₂ la ⸢i⸣-[lam-ma-du ...] | |
| 9 | [šu]-⸢tu⸣-rat UD.DA-ka ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [kam]-⸢su⸣ IGI-[ka ...] | |
| 11 | [EŠ].⸢BAR⸣ KUR.[KUR ...] | |
| 12 | [ina] ⸢HUL⸣ AN.⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | ⸢HUL⸣ A₂-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 14 | [ša₂] ina E₂.⸢GAL⸣-[MU ...] | |
| 15 | [DINGIR]-MEŠ [...] | |
| 16 | uš-[bu ...]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 17 | {d}3(u) ...]-⸢ka⸣-ma | |
| 18 | ta-[mit ...] ⸢SUM⸣{in} | |
| 19 | ⸢UD⸣.[NA₂.AM₃ u₄-um ta-mit]-ti-ka | |
| 20 | ⸢pi⸣-[riš-ti DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL-MEŠ | |
| 21 | [... i-sin]-⸢na⸣-ka | |
| 22 | [... DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka | |
| 23 | [... la ša₂]-⸢na⸣-an | |
| 24 | ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] ⸢ma⸣-am-ma | |
| 25 | ⸢as⸣-[ruq-ka ...] ⸢el-lu⸣ | |
| 26 | ⸢aq⸣-[qi₂]-⸢ka⸣ re-eš-⸢ta⸣-[a ...] | |
| 27 | kam-[sa]-ku az-za-az [...] | |
| 28 | INIM.[GAR] ⸢dum⸣-qi₂ u mi₃-ša₂-ri ⸢šu⸣-[kun UGU-MU] | |
| 29 | DINGIR-⸢MU⸣ [u {d]}⸢iš₈-tar₂-MU ša₂ iš-tu⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | is-bu-su UGU-[MU] | |
| 2 | ina kit-ti NIG₂.SI.SA₂ lis-⸢li⸣-mu KI-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 3 | ur-hi lid-mi₃-iq pa-⸢da⸣-ni li-⸢šir⸣ | |
| 4 | u₂-ma-ʾ-ir-ma AN.ZA.GAR₃ DINGIR ša₂ MAŠ₂.⸢GE₆⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ina šat GE₆ DU₈-MEŠ ar₂-⸢ni⸣-[ia] | |
| 6 | ⸢lu⸣-uš-lim(me) šer₃-ti ⸢lu-ta⸣-lil₂ [ana-ku] | |
| 7 | ana da₃-ra-ti [lud]-lul ⸢da₃⸣-[li₂-li₂-ka] | |
| 8 | KA-INIM-MA [ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d]}⸢ZUEN⸣-NA-KE₄ | |
| 9 | ⸢EN₂⸣ qa-rit-⸢tu₂⸣ {d}iš-tar | |
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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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