BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. (P394706)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. |
|---|---|
| ID | P394706 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | Judge my case [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Because [. . .] to save [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Because [. . .] to preserve (and) maintain life [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | O lady, in you I trust [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | My ears are attentive to you. Save [me! . . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Accept my prayer (lit. the lifting of my hand) [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Let me send you to my angry (personal) god [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | To the god of my city who is furious (and) enraged [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | On account of dreams and oracles [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | On account of the evil of a lunar eclipse which in the month of [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | On account of ev[il] portents (and) omens [. . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Which in my palace [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | I am afraid and in fea[r . . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Through the word of your command [. . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | And your su[re] approval [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [. . .] angry [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Your] ca[nopy . . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Requital of [. . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The praise of [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The greatness of [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [. . .] the word[ing of . . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Its] rit[ual . . .] |
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' | ⸢di-ni di-ni⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | aš-šum e-⸢ṭe-ra⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | aš-šum bul-lu-ṭu šul-[lu-mu ...] | |
| 4' | GAŠAN ana ka-a-ši at-⸢kal⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 5' | ib-ša₂-a-ki GEŠTU-2(diš){a-a} eṭ-⸢ri⸣-[in-ni ...] | |
| 6' | ILA₂ ŠU-MU muh-⸢ri⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 7' | lu-uš-pur-ki ana DINGIR-MU ze-⸢ni⸣-[i ...] | |
| 8' | ana DINGIR URU-MU ša₂ šab-su kam-⸢lu⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ina MAŠ₂.GE₆ u bi-ri [...] | |
| 10' | ina HUL AN.GE₆ {d}3(u) ša₂ ina ⸢ITI⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | ina HUL A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-MEŠ ⸢HUL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 12' | ša₂ ina E₂.GAL-MU [...] | |
| 13' | pal-ha-ku-ma ad-⸢ra⸣-[ku ...] | |
| 14' | ina a-mat qi₂-bi-ti-ki [...] | |
| 15' | ⸢u₃⸣ an-ni ⸢ki⸣-[nim ...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢šab-su⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢šu⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ṣu⸣-[lul-ki ...] | |
| 3' | gi-⸢mil⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | da-⸢lil⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢nar⸣-[bi ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢KA⸣-[INIM-MA ...] | |
| 7' | DU₃-[DU₃-BI ...] | |
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- 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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