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BBR pl. 09 K 02948 (P394738)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 09 K 02948 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394738 |
| 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 30 | The boat of a friend(?) |
| obverse 15 | ... he is a widow, young |
| obverse 8 | ... you recite. |
| obverse 1' | On account of..... |
| obverse 17 | a sick man, a sick person |
| fragment K.2938+ 30' | Your scepter is unceasing. |
| reverse 8' | his sin, his sin... |
| reverse 4' | May his extispicy be released. On this day... |
| reverse 2' | (As for) the one whose (personal) god and (personal) goddess are angry with him |
| obverse 11' | of Lamatu |
| obverse 26 | u'ludu?, my name, a uru. |
| obverse 19 | Hand of Ensi, the sabatu-demon, |
| fragment K.2938+ 29' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| obverse 1 | ... and rejoicing |
| fragment K.2938+ 4' | May Tipak stand |
| obverse 10' | of Lamatu |
| fragment K.2938+ 28' | I wrote, collated, and collated it on tablets. |
| fragment K.2938+ 27' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| obverse 25 | I want to go out, I want to go out, I want to go out, |
| reverse 1' | of the house |
| obverse 8' | Whom an evil incantation... |
| obverse 22 | bad dream, good fortune |
| fragment K.2938+ 6' | May Papsukkal stand... |
| fragment K.2938+ 32' | May Ashur and Ninlil overthrow him fiercely and make his name (and) his seed disappear from the land. |
| reverse 10' | On this day, which so-and-so, son of so-and-so, |
| fragment K.2938+ 25' | The first-fruits offerings are sweet, the offering of scribal art. |
| obverse 13 | ... guardian of cattle, |
| fragment K.2938+ 20' | Incantation: Like an evil demon who has sinned against a man |
| obverse 11 | ... a young man |
| obverse 36 | In... |
| obverse 27 | If he is a thief,... |
| obverse 9' | (Property) of the incantation priest of the divinity |
| obverse 31 | May my lord... |
| obverse 18 | (a kind of profession) |
| fragment K.2938+ 23' | who to Ashur and Ninlil is faithful |
| obverse 14' | My guilt... |
| fragment K.2938+ 31' | Whoever breaks the contract or writes his name with my name, |
| fragment K.2938+ 21' | The 4th tablet of urpu. |
| fragment K.2938+ 11' | May Ningirsu stand |
| obverse 3 | ... Asakki |
| obverse 34 | of his city is distant... |
| obverse 13' | Whoever... anything... |
| fragment K.2938+ 15' | May Girra, who provides for the gods, stand... |
| fragment K.2938+ 17' | May Itar, mistress of the lands, his father |
| obverse 12 | ... my well-being. |
| fragment K.2938+ 16' | ...... |
| obverse 2 | ... Marduk with you |
| obverse 2' | ... by the mouth of a robbery... |
| obverse 7' | Whom an evil god... |
| obverse 29 | The erru shrine, the kunnû shrine |
| fragment K.2938+ 1' | May... stand... |
| fragment K.2938+ 13' | May Ennugi stand. |
| fragment K.2938+ 7' | May Marduk, the sage |
| obverse 14 | ... exalted... |
| obverse 32 | of the house of the requisitioners... |
| obverse 33 | who... in a dwelling... |
| fragment K.2938+ 8' | May Asalluhi, the exorcist |
| fragment K.2938+ 10' | ..... |
| obverse 5 | ... his sceptre,... |
| obverse 15' | Hand of the gods... |
| reverse 3' | The womb of his (personal) god and his (personal) goddess |
| obverse 10 | ... and not to be forgotten, |
| obverse 9 | ... Ihirti, god of the cattle. |
| obverse 12' | of Lamatu |
| obverse 4 | ............. |
| obverse 4' | Who... the evil... |
| fragment K.2938+ 2' | May ama stand. |
| obverse 24 | The curse (related to) destroying its foundation(?) |
| obverse 28 | merciful one... |
| reverse 7' | May his land be given over to her, his illness... |
| reverse 11' | ... with joy... |
| fragment K.2938+ 5' | May Ninurta stand. |
| fragment K.2938+ 3' | May Adad stand |
| reverse 5' | Tablet of his sin, his sin, his sin, his mother... |
| obverse 6 | ... wisdom |
| fragment K.2938+ 24' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave great wisdom, |
| fragment K.2938+ 12' | May Zababa stand. |
| obverse 35 | well-being and peace... |
| fragment K.2938+ 14' | May Nusku, vizier of the Ekur, speak |
| obverse 5' | Who... an evil ghost. |
| reverse 9' | The ewe that is not a liar, its nissaqû-demon... |
| obverse 21 | Good lamassu, for the man, I am a satrap |
| fragment K.2938+ 9' | May Nergal, the lord of justice, stand... |
| obverse 16 | ... my well-being |
| obverse 3' | of evil... |
| fragment K.2938+ 22' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| fragment K.2938+ 26' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his son or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| obverse 6' | Whom an evil demon... |
| fragment K.2938+ 19' | May Babu, his mistress, stand |
| obverse 23 | (If) the evil of water (and) weapons against a man will not approach |
| reverse 6' | May his sins tear out, his sins... |
| obverse 7 | ... coming out(?) |
| obverse 20 | ... destiny |
| fragment K.2938+ 18' | May Ninkarrak, the great physician, be present; the one who... |
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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