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Meier Maqlu 08-09 K 02981 (P394760)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 08-09 K 02981 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394760 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ru⸣-[ḫe-šu₂-nu ...] | ... their scepter |
| 2' | [EN₂ un]-⸢du⸣ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢i⸣-[bir ID₂] | Incantation: “Un-edu-e23, a woman, ebir river |
| 3' | [e]-⸢piš⸣-ti iš-la-a x-[x-x] | He has performed extispicy |
| 4' | [muš]-⸢te-piš⸣-ti aš₂-bat ina ne₂-be₂-rim-[ma] | I am the one who has performed sorcery against me in the assembly |
| 5' | [i-ta]-⸢šu⸣-uš ka-a-⸢ru⸣ | Itā-ešû, ka’eru |
| 6' | [ub-ta]-⸢na-ʾa⸣-an-ni ia-ši ana sa-ḫa-li-ia | “He has made me tremble, I have turned into a moaning moan. |
| 7' | [i-mu-ru]-ši-ma ABGAL.MEŠ ša₂ ABZU | saw her, and the sages of the Apsu |
| 8' | [ina iḫ]-⸢zi⸣ ne₂-me-qi₂ ni-kil-ti {d}DIŠ iq-bu-u la-pan-ša₂ | By means of the wisdom of the cultic rites of Enlil he said: “It is too small!’ |
| 9' | {[d}e₂-a] LUGAL ABZU uṭ-ṭa-a pa-ni-ša₂ | Ea, the king of the Apsu, has opened his face |
| 10' | [u₂-ša₂]-⸢as⸣-ḫi-ip-ši be-en-na te-ša₂-a ra-i-ba | “It is the lord, the great one, |
| 11' | ⸢it⸣-tir ḫur-ba-as-sa | her etir ḫurbaša |
| 12' | {[d]}⸢ID₂⸣ pu-luḫ-ta-ša₂ i-da-a UGU-ša₂ | “May the river goddess be at peace with her, |
| 13' | [...] ⸢UGU⸣ NU.MEŠ-ša₂ LUḪ-a ŠU.II.MEŠ-MU | ... of the nugig priestess, remove my hands |
| 14' | [...] {⸢šim}GUR₂⸣.GUR₂ ša₂ KUR-i {šim}LI KU₃ | ... ēšim kurru-plant of the mountain, pure juniper |
| o iv | ||
| 1 | [UGU] ⸢ADDA⸣-ki A₂{mušen} u NU.UM.MA{mušen} li-in-na-ad-ru | May it be sown upon the E-adda-eki, the canal inspector, and the nursemaid. |
| 2 | ⸢qu⸣-lu ḫur-ba-šu lim-qu-tu₂ UGU-ki | May the equ-elu-plant fall upon you. |
| 3 | UR.GI₇ u NIG li-ba-⸢aṣ-ṣi-ru⸣-ki | Dog and property of Lubāṣiru. |
| 4 | UR.GI₇ u NIG li-ba-aṣ-⸢ṣi-ru UZU⸣.MEŠ-[ki] | Dog and property of the libāṣiru (temple) |
| 5 | ina qi₂-bit {d}e₂-a {d}UTU {d}⸢KU u₃⸣ EGI₂ DINGIR.⸢MAḪ⸣ [...] | By the command of Ea, Šamaš, Eku, and E, the temple of the great gods |
| 6 | EN₂ at-ta GISSU at-ta ba-⸢aš⸣-[ti] | Incantation: You are my shadow, you are my light. |
| 7 | at-ta {d}LAMMA at-ta ga-at-⸢ti⸣ | You, Lamaštu, you are the queen |
| 8 | at-ta pa-da-at-ti at-ta du-u-⸢ti⸣ | You are my friend, you are my companion. |
| 9 | ⸢at-ta GISSU GAL⸣-a at-ta GISSU e-deš-šu₂-[u] | You are the great tree, you are the tree that grows |
| 10 | [e tam-ḫur] ⸢kiš⸣-pi e tam-⸢ḫur⸣ [u₂]-⸢pi⸣-[ši] | The tamḫur-plant, the ekiš-epi-plant |
| 11 | [KIMIN ... ša₂]-⸢gaš⸣-tu₂ KIMIN ... ⸢na⸣-[kas₂ ...] | Ditto ... šāgašûtu-plant, ditto |
| 12 | KIMIN ... ru-ʾu-ut-ta ⸢la⸣ [...] | (If) ditto: ... rūttu-plant, ela-plant |
| 13 | KIMIN ... KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ⸢KIMIN⸣ [...] | Ditto: ... ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, ešamaš-plant |
| 14 | KIMIN ... ḪUL.GIG KIMIN ... ⸢ḪUL⸣ [...] ; ḪUL.MEŠ [ša₂ LU₂-ti] | Ditto Ḫulgi ditto ēḫūl e23 ḫullû-plant ... the haloes of the man |
| 15 | at-ta ia-u₂ ⸢a⸣-[na-ku ...] | You, too, am I |
| 16 | mam-ma-an a-a il-mad-ka ⸢mim⸣-[ma ...] | Whoever you are, O father who engendered you, ... |
| 17 | ina qi₂-bit {d}e₂-a [...] | By the command of Ea |
| 18 | ⸢u₃⸣ EGI₂ DINGIR.[MAḪ ...] | (If) it is high: the temple of the great gods . |
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