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Maqlu 2, 71-72 (P394747)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Maqlu 2, 71-72 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394747 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 2 | [... at]-⸢lak⸣ | ... I will go out |
| 3 | [... at-ti]-⸢man⸣-[nu] ⸢DUMU.MUNUS⸣ man-ni | ... you are the daughter-in-law, who are you? |
| 4 | [... aš₂-ba-tu]-nu-ma ⸢ip-še-ku-nu⸣ up-ša₂-še-ku-nu ; [te-te-ne₂]-⸢ep-pu⸣-ša₂-ni ia-a-ši | You are ..., and you have performed your deeds against me. |
| 5 | [...] {⸢d}e₂⸣-a MAŠ.MAŠ | ... Ea, exorcist |
| 6 | [... kiš]-⸢pi-ku⸣-nu {d}⸢asal⸣-lu₂-ḫi MAŠ.MAŠ DINGIR.MEŠ ; [...] {⸢d}e₂-a⸣ ABGAL | ... the kiš-epikû-priest, Esaluḫbi, the exorcist of the gods, ... Ea, the sage |
| 7 | [...] a-⸢kam₂-mi-ku⸣-[nu]-⸢ši a-nam-din-ku⸣-nu-ši | ... I am sending to you, I am going to you |
| 8 | [... qa-me₂]-⸢e qa-li⸣-[i] ⸢ka-si-i⸣ ; [ka]-⸢ši-du ša₂⸣ {[munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU.MEŠ⸣ | “... qāmû-plant, qali’e-plant (and) kasu'e plant, kaspidu-plant(s), šāru-plant |
| 9 | [...] ⸢li⸣-[tal-lal i-da]-⸢a-a⸣ | ... he will go up and down |
| 10 | [...] ⸢MUNUS.ḪUL⸣ [...] | ... ēru-plant |
| 13 | [te-pu-ša₂]-⸢ni⸣ [...] | You have performed against me |
| 14' | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢gul-gul⸣-[la-ti ...] | ... the devastation |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | [... tap-qi₂]-⸢da-in⸣-[ni ...] | ... you have given me ... |
| 18 | [... pa-qi₂]-⸢da la i-šu⸣-u ⸢tap-qi₂-da⸣-[in-ni te] | ... he does not have a claim, he has entrusted me. |
| 19 | [... na-du]-⸢ti⸣ tap-qi₂-⸢da-in-ni te⸣ | You have given me ..., you have handed me over. |
| 20 | [... na-me]-⸢e tap⸣-qi₂-⸢da-in-ni te⸣ | ... no one will approach me, no one should approach me. |
| 21 | [...] ⸢tap-qi₂-da-in-ni te⸣ | ... you have entrusted me with |
| 22 | [... tap]-⸢qi₂-da-in-ni te⸣ | ... you have entrusted to me, you have shown me. |
| 23 | [... KI].⸢NE⸣ KI.⸢UD⸣.BA ; [... tap-qi₂]-⸢da-in-ni te⸣ | '... a new place, an old place ... you have given me to enter. |
| 24 | [...] ⸢te⸣ | ... the ešte’e |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢ZI⸣.[KU₅.RU.DA-a ...] | ezi-kuruda-plant |
| 2' | ZI.KU₅.[RU.DA-a ...] | My ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic . . |
| 3' | ZI.KU₅.⸢RU⸣.[DA-a ...] | “It is the day of the ēru-dāya-disease, ... |
| 4' | ZI.⸢KU₅.RU⸣.[DA-a ...] | ZI.E.KU.RU.EDA₂a |
| 5' | ⸢ZI.KU₅.RU⸣.[DA-a ...] | Ezikuru-eda'a |
| 6' | ⸢ZI.KU₅.RU⸣.[DA-a ...] | Ezikuru-eda'a |
| 7' | ⸢ZI.KU₅⸣.[RU.DA-a ...] | ēzikû-plant |
| 8' | ⸢ZI⸣.[KU₅.RU.DA-a ...] | ezi-kuruda-plant |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x [... te] | ... ... approaching |
| 12' | [... u₂]-⸢kul-tu GURUN⸣ [...] | ... ekultu-plant |
| 13' | [...] ⸢GA⸣ KAŠ ⸢GEŠTIN taš⸣-[qa-in-ni ...] | ... ešāgu-tree, beer and wine, you have presented to me |
| 14' | [...] ⸢A⸣.MEŠ u ⸢NAGA⸣ tu-ram-⸢me-ka-in⸣-[ni te] | ... you will bring forth the ēšu-plants and the nagar plant. |
| 15' | [...] I₃.⸢GIŠ⸣ tap-šu-ša-⸢in⸣-[ni te] | ... you have poured oil on him |
| 16' | [... šu-bu]-⸢la⸣-a-ti tu-še-bi-la-[in-ni te] | ... you sent me the šubû-offerings. How |
| 17' | [...] u NUN tu-ša₂-aš₂-kin-a-a-⸢in⸣-[ni] | ... and the prince you have imposed upon me |
| 18' | [... man]-⸢za-zi⸣ u KA₂ E₂.GAL [...] | ... man’ezzazî and the gate of the palace |
| 19' | [... tap-pe]-⸢e⸣ u ⸢ki-na⸣-at-ti ⸢KIMIN⸣ | ... the “Tappe’e-priests and the E-kina-e-atti-priestess(s), ditto, |
| 20' | [... (u)] ⸢NIN DAM DUMU⸣ u DUMU.MUNUS ⸢KIMIN⸣ | ... the lady, the wife of the son of the house, and the daughter of the ditto house |
| 21' | [...] ⸢GEME₂ ṣe-ḫer⸣ ra-bi ša₂ E₂ ⸢KIMIN⸣ | ... the great ešeh-bird of the house of the ditto temple |
| 22' | ⸢UGU⸣ [a-me-ri]-⸢ia tu-šam⸣-ri-ṣa-in-ni | You have made me submit to my enemies |
| 23' | ak-⸢ta-mi-ku-nu⸣-ši ⸢ak-ta⸣-si-ku-nu-ši at-⸢ta⸣-din-ku-nu-ši | I have made you enter, I have set you in place. |
| 24' | ana {d}gira₂ qa-⸢mi-i qa-li-i⸣ ka-si-i ka-ši-du ša₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.MEŠ | To Gira, the qa’emu-priestess, the alî-priest, the cupbearer, and the kašidu-official of the prisoners of war |
| 25' | {⸢d}gira₂ qa⸣-mu-u₂ ⸢li⸣-[paṭ]-⸢ṭir⸣ rik-si-ku-nu | Gira, the qāmû-priest of the E-pat-e-tbir temple, your bond |
| 26' | [li-pa]-⸢aš₂-šir₃⸣ kiš-pi-ku-nu | may they release your witchcraft |
| 27' | [li-pa-aš₂]-⸢šir₃⸣ si-ir-qi₂-ku-nu | may they remove your fetters |
| 28' | [... {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ DUMU {d}e₂-a ABGAL | Marduk, son of Ea, the sage |
| 29' | [... a-ri]-⸢ru⸣ DUMU {d}a-⸢nim⸣ qar-du TU₆ EN₂ | ... Ari-ērī, son of Aya-enim, warrior. Incantation formula. |
| 30' | [... {munus}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ ša₂ ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-a DU₃-ša₂ | ... a woman, whose ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual is performed |
| 31' | [... lu]-⸢u⸣ tap-⸢pu-u₂⸣ | ... you are to be praised, you have been praised |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢e⸣-la-⸢ma⸣-[a-tu] ; [ḫa]-⸢bi⸣-gal-bat-⸢a-tu₂⸣ | ... ela-ema-ētu-disease |
| 2' | [ma]-⸢rat KUR⸣ i-rak-ka-sa-a-ni rik-si | The boatmen of the land will tie knots. |
| 3' | 6 KEŠ₂-ši-na 7 piṭ-ru-u₂-a | 6 of them, 7 of them are pitted. |
| 4' | ša₂ GE₆ ip-pu-ša₂-nim-ma ; ša₂ kal u₄-mu a-pa-aš₂-šar-ši-na-ti | They perform it night and day for me all day. |
| 5' | ša₂ kal u₄-mu ip-pu-ša₂-nim-ma ; ša₂ GE₆ a-pa-aš₂-šar-ši-na-ti | They perform it all day, night and day. |
| 6' | a-šak-kan-ši-na-a-ti ana pi-i {d}gira₂ qa-mi-i | I am placing them in the mouth of Gira. |
| 7' | qa-li-i ka-si-i ka-ši-⸢du⸣ | “Hand of a fox, the fox of ēdu-disease |
| 8' | ša₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.MEŠ TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | Who are the witches? Incantation formula. |
| 9' | EN₂ ru-ʾu₃-a kaš-ša₂-pat ana-ku pa-ši-ra-ak | Incantation: O ruʾû-demon, I am the one who is to be defeated. |
| 10' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU kaš-ša₂-pat ana-ku pa-ši-ra-⸢ak⸣ | (Sum) I am a witch, I am an ecstatic (Akk) My witch is a slanderer I am one who smites |
| 11' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU e⸣-la-ma-a-ti ana-ku pa-ši-ra-⸢ak⸣ | (Sum) I am the woman of the Elamite temple, I am a šamātu priestess(?), I am an elamite goddess |
| 12' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢qu⸣-ta-a-ti ana-ku pa-ši-ra-⸢ak⸣ | “I am a woman, I am an equtāti-woman, |
| 13' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU su-ta-a-ti ana-ku pa-ši-⸢ra⸣-[ak] | (As for) the Sutean woman, I am a šūtu-priestess |
| 14' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU lul-lu-ba-a-ti ana-ku pa-ši-⸢ra⸣-[ak] | I am a liar, a prostitute |
| 15' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ḫa-bi-gal-bat-⸢a⸣-ti ana-ku pa-⸢ši-ra⸣-[ak] | “I am a woman who is a great flood, I am the one who makes the flood pass by. |
| 16' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU a-gu-gi-lat ana-ku pa-[ši-ra-ak] | I am a woman, an agugilat priestess. |
| 17' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU nar-šin-na-at ana-⸢ku pa⸣-[ši-ra-ak] | A prostitute, a singer, I am enraged |
| 18' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU MUŠ.⸢LAḪ₄⸣.LAḪ₄-⸢at ana-ku⸣ [...] | I am a sorceress, a snake, an e’e22laḫ-disease-demon |
| 19' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢eš-še-ba⸣-[ti ...] | (As for) a woman, I have sought you out |
| 20' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢qur⸣-[qur-ra-ti ...] | A sorceress, the equrqurrāti priestess |
| 21' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ši-[i-mat ...] | The incantation priest, the fate of |
| 22' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU DUMU⸣.[MUNUS ...] | A female kid, a female kid |
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