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BMS p. xix (P394707)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS p. xix |
|---|---|
| ID | P394707 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 13 | Incantation: "As for you... |
| obverse col 1 1 | Incantation: House of the Black Headed One. |
| obverse col 1 15 | Total: 7(?) incantation: Marduk, great lord,.... |
| obverse col 1 16 | It is the wording of a rejoicing prayer to the god. |
| obverse col 2 2 | Incantation: ama, judge of the heavens |
| obverse col 1 12 | Incantation: O Marduk, great lord, merciful god. |
| obverse col 2 3 | Incantation: O light of heaven,... god. |
| obverse col 1 11 | Incantation: Powerful, exalted one, lord of Eridu. |
| obverse col 1 9 | Incantation: Powerful, exalted one, |
| obverse col 1 17 | Incantation: O most exalted one, pre-eminent of the gods, Marduk, |
| obverse col 1 3 | white clay |
| obverse col 2 5 | Incantation: O ama, king of heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 5 | Incantation: O igu’u, I will give you. |
| obverse col 2 4 | Incantation: The king... |
| obverse col 2 8 | Total: 14 was the equid of... |
| obverse col 2 1 | Incantation: ama. |
| obverse col 2 6 | Incantation: O great lord,... |
| obverse col 1 10 | The god of the womb |
| obverse col 1 6 | The god of the womb |
| obverse col 1 8 | The god of the womb |
| obverse col 1 19 | Incantation... |
| obverse col 2 7 | Incantation: ama, light of heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 18 | Incantation: Bel, god |
| obverse col 1 14 | Written according to the hand of a nadtu-priest |
| obverse col 1 4 | Incantation: O lord, hear! |
| obverse col 1 2 | Incantation: O Sala', water. |
| obverse col 1 7 | Incantation: Powerful, exalted one, pre-eminent one of the Igigi |
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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