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BBR pl. 05-06 K 02959+ (P394748)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 05-06 K 02959+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394748 |
| 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 2 27 | ... Blet,... |
| obverse col 2 11 | The curse of mountains and lands |
| obverse col 1 41 | ... captives and name of a god. |
| obverse col 2 19 | The curse related to sukku-offering and pnnu-offering |
| obverse col 1 40 | ........... |
| reverse col 3 34' | the people of Lugalgia and the Euphrates |
| reverse col 4 17' | They rejoiced over me, the eyes were full of sceptres. |
| obverse col 1 6 | The curse related to a ditto, ditto, of the house..., seized, and |
| reverse col 3 24' | The curse related to water,....... |
| obverse col 1 23 | ... ama, who dwells in the plant |
| reverse col 4 14' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse col 4 19'a | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse col 1 9 | The curse related to extispicy and sin |
| obverse col 1 14 | The curse (related to) making a bow and the name of a god or a plant |
| reverse col 3 9' | The curse... a reed basket |
| obverse col 1 26 | ........ a reed mat, a reed mat, |
| reverse col 3 38' | The curse, curse, or curse |
| reverse col 4 20' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards you, as many as there are |
| obverse col 2 3 | The curse (related to) bringing out a libation bowl |
| obverse col 1 15 | The curse related to slander and rebellion |
| obverse col 1 37 | ... and living creatures. |
| reverse col 3 37' | The curse related to hate and famine |
| obverse col 1 10 | The curse (related to) eating and drinking |
| obverse col 1 24 | ... good.... and justice. |
| obverse col 2 12 | The curse (related to) leaving and leaving |
| reverse col 3 45' | The curse of Marduk and Zarpanitu |
| reverse col 3 23' | ... many loaves of bread. |
| obverse col 1 30 | ... he sings,...,..,..,.., |
| obverse col 1 7 | The curse (related to) large and small grain rations |
| obverse col 2 21 | The curse of Silakki and Barirutu |
| reverse col 4 11' | ... that is unceasing. |
| obverse col 2 10 | The curse (related to) clearing the canals and canals |
| reverse col 3 44' | The curse of Adad and ala |
| obverse col 2 23 | The curse of Anungal, the robbery, and |
| reverse col 4 15'a | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse col 1 33 | ... my path, plant |
| reverse col 4 8' | ... rejoicing, |
| obverse col 1 31 | ... you put into water. |
| obverse col 2 15 | The curse related to reed in a reed bed,... |
| obverse col 1 45 | ... let me see..., |
| reverse col 4 10' | ... evil and evil. |
| obverse col 1 34 | ... who hears and listens to him, plant |
| reverse col 3 48' | ... Ningirsu and Gula plant |
| reverse col 4 21 | I wrote (and) collated (it) in tablets. |
| reverse col 3 39' | The curse of Anu and Antu |
| reverse col 4 26' | May his name (and) his seed disappear from the land. |
| obverse col 2 26 | The curse of Abtagigi, that of the messenger(?) |
| reverse col 4 25' | may Aur and Ninlil overthrow him in fierce rage. |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... Namtar, plant |
| obverse col 1 32 | ... before the man, the shaknu-demon, the plant |
| obverse col 2 5 | The curse, curse, oath, or curse |
| reverse col 4 22' | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| obverse col 1 28 | ... cypress and juniper |
| reverse col 3 43' | The curse of ama and Aya |
| obverse col 1 2 | I constantly seek out the incantation priest of the gods. |
| reverse col 4 15' | who trusts in Aur and Ninlil |
| reverse col 4 16' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| reverse col 3 8' | The curse of GIR3 |
| reverse col 3 46' | The curse of Nabu and Tametu, |
| reverse col 4 23'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 24'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 25'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 6' | ............. |
| obverse col 1 25 | .... clay, sahû-plant, grass |
| obverse col 2 2 | The curse (related to) entering the god's house, |
| reverse col 3 40' | The curse of Ellil and Ninlil |
| obverse col 1 19 | ... table |
| obverse col 1 36 | ... the assembly of the supplications, grass |
| obverse col 1 42 | ... the one who sees...,...,..., |
| obverse col 1 20 | ... tamarisk, grass |
| obverse col 2 13 | The curse, curse, and... |
| obverse col 2 25 | The curse (related to) Gazbaba’s disappearance, |
| reverse col 4 12'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 13'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 14'a | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse col 1 4 | The curse of a father, a mother, a plant |
| obverse col 1 21 | ... those who dwell in plants. |
| reverse col 4 19' | No one had grasped that work. |
| reverse col 4 12' | ... and rejoicing |
| obverse col 2 16 | The curse (related to) cutting a door and a a-pnu-bowl |
| reverse col 4 16'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 3 7' | The curse... |
| obverse col 1 5 | The curse (related to) |
| reverse col 3 49' | Zababa and Babu, plant |
| reverse col 4 23' | It is unceasing (and) unceasing. |
| obverse col 2 14 | The curse related to lying down, plundering... |
| obverse col 1 16 | ... and you recite... |
| reverse col 3 30' | The curse (related to) doing extispicy |
| reverse col 4 18 | which among the kings who came before me |
| obverse col 2 7 | The curse (related to) cutting a chariot, sapu-juniper, and its instructions |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... plant |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... plant |
| obverse col 1 29 | ... and tilpnu-juniper |
| reverse col 3 35' | The curse (related to) the throne and the assembly |
| reverse col 3 47' | The curse of Ninurta and Ninnippur, |
| reverse col 4 7' | ... and queen |
| reverse col 3 28' | The curse related to taking and drinking, |
| reverse col 3 36' | The curse of a dead man and a dead man |
| obverse col 2 4 | The curse (related to) cutting meat, |
| obverse col 2 18 | The curse of Ninurta, lord of the weapon, |
| reverse col 4 20'a | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 4 21'a | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 4 22'a | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 4 17'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 18'a | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 3 27' | The curse related to kissing and... |
| obverse col 1 27 | ... and chariot |
| obverse col 1 35 | ... his................... |
| obverse col 2 9 | The curse related to the other canal and the ka’a canal |
| obverse col 2 17 | The curse (related to) throwing weapons in the assembly |
| obverse col 1 18 | ... fire will fall, plant will fall. |
| obverse col 1 44 | ... a diviner,..., plant(?) |
| obverse col 1 8 | The curse related to kimtu-disease and nisutu-disease |
| reverse col 3 33' | the life of the god Itar and the earth |
| reverse col 4 9' | ... my utterance and wisdom |
| reverse col 4 13' | ... he is frightened. |
| obverse col 1 22 | ... sage, grass |
| reverse col 3 29' | The curse related to sin and incantations |
| obverse col 1 11 | The curse, curse, and famine |
| obverse col 2 6 | The curse related to...-disease,...-disease, and...-disease |
| obverse col 2 8 | The curse related to drinking water in the evening, |
| obverse col 1 17 | ... and the name of a god, the name of plant |
| obverse col 1 1 | Incantation: Oath, curse of a man... |
| reverse col 3 41' | The curse of Ea and Damkina |
| obverse col 1 3 | The curse related to father and mother |
| reverse col 3 25' | The curse related to a cursed owner of the property... |
| reverse col 3 31' | The curse related to wrongdoing and wrongdoing |
| reverse col 3 4' | The curse |
| reverse col 3 5' | The curse |
| reverse col 3 6' | The curse |
| obverse col 1 39 | ... the command of a sa'alu-priest and a sa'aru-priest and a sa'aru-priest. |
| reverse col 3 22' | Nobody... |
| reverse col 3 3' | Nobody... |
| obverse col 2 20 | The curse related to diu-disease and parakku-disease |
| reverse col 4 4' | His... plant |
| reverse col 3 26' | The curse related to the wording of a lord's word... |
| obverse col 1 38 | ... wisdom, wisdom, and wisdom, |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... his stele |
| reverse col 3 42' | The curse of Sin and Ningal, plant |
| reverse col 4 24' | Whoever carries this tablet off or writes his name with my hands, |
| reverse col 3 2' | no one... |
| reverse col 3 1' | The curse... |
| reverse col 3 11' | The curse... of the scribal art... |
| obverse col 1 13 | The curse (related to) large and large extispicy |
| obverse col 1 43 | ... who hears... |
| reverse col 3 10' | The curse...... |
| reverse col 3 32' | The curse related to extispicy and justice |
| obverse col 2 1 | ... speaking and speaking |
| obverse col 1 12 | who loves truth and justice |
| obverse col 2 24 | The curse of Kilili of the Aptu and |
| obverse col 2 22 | The curse of Bl was imposed on me, plant |
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)
- 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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