BMS 27 K 02836 dupl. (P394710)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 27 K 02836 dupl. |
|---|---|
| ID | P394710 |
| 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 powerful lord, exalted son of Nunamnir, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [. . .] of the Anunnaki, lord of battle, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Offspring] of Kutushar, great queen, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | O Nergal, omnipotent one of the gods, beloved of Ninmenna, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | You are manifested in the pure heavens, your position is exalted, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | You are great in Arallû (i.e., the netherworld), you have no rival. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | With Ea, in the assembly of the gods |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | your counsel is supreme. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | With Sin, you scrutinize everything in the heavens, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Enlil, your father, gave you |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | the black-headed (people), all living things (lit. the assembly of the living), |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The livestock of Shakkan, the animals, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | he entrusted in your hands. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | I, Ashurbanipal, your servant, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [On account of] the evil of a lunar eclipse, which occured in the month (so-and-so and) day (so-and-so), |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | (And) the evil of portents (and) omens, unpleasant (and) unfavorable, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | which are present in my house and (throughout) my land, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | The anger of (my personal) god and (personal) goddess has beset me, so that |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | expenses and losses have occurred in my household. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | Giving orders and not being obeyed |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | keep me awake. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [Be]cause your are (so) very merciful, O lord, I have turned to your divinity. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Because] you are relenting, I have sought [you] out. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Because] you are [merc]iful, I have stood before [you]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Because you are favo]rably inclined, I have looked [upon your face]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [. . .] look at me; hear [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | May your [. . .] heart [be calm]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [. . .] my [s]in, my misdeed, [. . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1010–r 1010 | [. . .] with me. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1111–r 1111 | [. . .] let me sing your [praises]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1212–r 1212 | It is [. . . to Ne]rgal. |
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 be-lu₄] ⸢gaš⸣-ru ti-iz-qa-ru ⸢bu⸣-kur₂ {d}nu-nam-nir | |
| 2 | [...] {d}a-nun-na-ki EN tam-ha-ri | |
| 3 | [i-lit-ti] {d}ku-tu-šar₂ ⸢šar⸣-ra-tu₄ GAL-tu₄ | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢U.GUR kaš⸣-[kaš] ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ na-ram⸣ {d}nin-men-na | |
| 5 | ⸢šu⸣-pa-a-ta ina ⸢AN⸣{[e]} KU₃-MEŠ ša-qu man-za-az-ka | |
| 6 | ⸢ra⸣-ba-ta ina E₂.⸢KUR.UŠ₂⸣ ma-hi-ra la ti-šu₂ | |
| 7 | it-ti {d}e₂-a ⸢ina⸣ [pu]-hur DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | mi-lik-⸢ka⸣ šu-tur | |
| 9 | ⸢it-ti⸣ {d}3(u) ina AN{⸢e} ta-še-ʾ gim⸣-ri | |
| 10 | ⸢SUM⸣-ka-ma {d}5(u) AD-ka | |
| 11 | ṣal-mat SAG.DU pu-hur ZI{ti} | |
| 12 | ⸢bu⸣-ul {d}GIR₃ nam-maš-še-e | |
| 13 | qa-tuk-ka ip-qid | |
| 14 | ana-ku {m}aš-šur-DU₃-IBILA IR₃-ka | |
| 15 | [ina] ⸢HUL⸣ AN.GE₆ {d}3(u) ša₂ ina ITI UD GAR{na} | |
| 16 | HUL A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-MEŠ HUL-⸢MEŠ NU⸣ DU₁₀-MEŠ | |
| 17 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ina E₃.GAL-MU u KUR{a} GAL₂{a} | |
| 18 | ⸢šib⸣-sat DINGIR u {d}iš₈-tar₂ iš-šak-nu-nim-ma | |
| 19 | ⸢ZI⸣.GA u hul-qu-u GAL₂{u} ina E₂-MU | |
| 20 | ⸢qa₂⸣-bu-u₂ u la še-mu-u₂ | |
| 21 | id-dal-pu-nin-ni | |
| 22 | [aš]-⸢šum⸣ gam-ma-la-ta [EN] {⸢d⸣}U.GUR as-sa-hur DINGIR{ut}ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [aš-šum] ⸢ta⸣-a-a-rat eš-te-ʾ-⸢u₂⸣-[ka] | |
| 2 | [aš-šum re-me]-na-ta at-ta-ziz ⸢IGI⸣-[ka] | |
| 3 | [aš-šum mu-up]-⸢pal⸣-sa-ta a-ta-mar [pa-ni-ka] | |
| 4 | [...] IGI.BAR{an-ni}ma ši-me [...] | |
| 5 | [... lib₃]-⸢ba⸣-ka ⸢li⸣-[nu-ha] | |
| 6 | [... an]-⸢ni hi⸣-ṭi-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢KI-MU⸣ | |
| 11 | [... da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ka⸣ lud-⸢lul⸣ | |
| 12 | [... {d}U].⸢GUR⸣-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x⸣ IN DUL KI | |
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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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