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ABRT 1, 13-14 + 21 (P394853)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 1, 13-14 + 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394853 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 8' | dates, juniper, in oil |
| obverse col 1 37' | May the awe-inspiring radiance be given to the Apsu. |
| obverse col 2 20' | As for the one who removes me, look with pleasure upon me. |
| reverse col 4 4' | Incantation formula: If a man is ill with an omen: his god will die and his god will be seized. |
| reverse col 4 1 | a penalty which he did not know, |
| reverse col 3 5' | The servants are on the hem of his head. |
| obverse col 2 17' | I have eaten a tnu-bread, and I have sat on a censer. |
| reverse col 3 6' | ... many |
| reverse col 3 16 | In front of his god, his goddess in |
| reverse col 4 11' | The 7 mushshulû-offerings that... clay |
| obverse col 2 28' | May my (personal) god return to his place. |
| reverse col 4 15 | ... you give her.... |
| reverse col 3 5 | a crafty vessel |
| reverse col 3 13 | before your great divinity |
| obverse col 2 22' | my head I took. |
| obverse col 1 17' | You recite the incantation three times and his brother. |
| reverse col 3 8 | My brother, the great mistress, |
| reverse col 3 12' | What is my fault? Just as... |
| reverse col 3 2 | I made your (personal) god stand before you. |
| obverse col 1 2' | to the...... |
| reverse col 3 7 | My father, my father, my mother, |
| reverse col 4 10 | the sea not...... |
| reverse col 4 6 | her mistress saw her and... |
| obverse col 1 11' | You libate beer. You recite the incantation 7 times and you recite the incantation. |
| obverse col 1 23' | May my (personal) god and my heart rejoice over you. |
| obverse col 1 31' | According to your pure mouth, speak! |
| obverse col 1 36' | I, the exalted one, |
| obverse col 2 23' | As for the one who removes me, look with pleasure upon me. |
| reverse col 3 11 | he smote me. |
| obverse col 2 4' | ... you have granted me... |
| obverse col 1 38' | May my supplications be unfavourable. |
| reverse col 4 20' | Let me sing your praises! |
| obverse col 2 6' | My (personal) god, the 'hand' of my (personal) god, is present in the womb. |
| reverse col 3 7' | my guilt, my guilt |
| obverse col 1 14' | (If) ditto (a fish) in a small fire with a kiln: |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... to the... tree |
| reverse col 4 29' | ... may they smite him with fierce rage. |
| reverse col 3 1' | ... of another. |
| reverse col 4 16' | ... of mashtakal-flour... |
| obverse col 1 5' | dates, a censer of juniper |
| reverse col 4 7 | I am in the house where I reside... |
| obverse col 1 16' | You mix (them) with sikillu-plant, kiln, (and) juniper. |
| obverse col 1 9' | (means) : kamanu-bread. |
| obverse col 1 34' | May my days be long, may my life be long! |
| obverse col 2 30' | all the judgments that they should be given to him, his command |
| reverse col 3 15 | Its ritual: You recite 7 unfavorable oxen, sheep and 7 unfavorable oxen. |
| reverse col 3 9' | May this day be long, may it be long! |
| obverse col 2 5' | My god is my wife, she is a wife; she is a son. |
| reverse col 3 8' | who like a ama-demon he had entrusted to him and entrusted to him |
| obverse col 2 7' | like water of the river he did not know(?) |
| reverse col 4 7' | You recite the incantation 7 times. |
| reverse col 4 14 | ... he will have...; you will have the usufruct of the field. |
| obverse col 2 26' | In the night that man will live. |
| obverse col 2 24' | (If) a man is stricken and that man will die. |
| obverse col 1 20' | his brothers with cedar oil |
| obverse col 1 21' | Incantation: O my (personal) god, lord who created me, |
| reverse col 4 8 | the adversity...... |
| reverse col 3 12 | The eninnu priestess and the aqallu priestess, their... |
| obverse col 1 8' | (If) ditto...: he will acquire sesame. |
| obverse col 1 6' | You write down... |
| obverse col 1 33' | establish a destiny for me, a fate of life |
| obverse col 1 7' | Incantation: You recite this incantation 7 times and... |
| obverse col 2 19' | I am like a snare, I am like a snare, I am like a lion. |
| obverse col 2 12' | I smashed the hands and hands. |
| reverse col 4 16 | ......s are sick; |
| reverse col 4 17 | ...... my god |
| obverse col 2 15' | You shall not give me a bad day. |
| obverse col 2 16' | You shall not return me in a day of darkness. |
| obverse col 2 9' | I slew the remainder of my land. |
| obverse col 1 35' | My (personal) god is pure, you are the one of all people. |
| reverse col 4 4 | I prayed to him,... |
| reverse col 4 10' | Incantation: O my (personal) god, he does not know his seven times. |
| reverse col 3 6 | He knows that this illness does not exist; he knows that he is in my body. |
| obverse col 2 21' | When you have come, you will bring me a lawsuit. |
| reverse col 3 11' | The house, what are these things, what are they to do? |
| obverse col 2 25' | As for the one who removes me, look with pleasure upon me. |
| reverse col 4 15' | This is what he performed, and its sin is unceasing. |
| reverse col 3 15' | I am the water of the river, but I do not know where he is. |
| obverse col 1 27' | I am sated like a ginû-demon; I am my god. |
| obverse col 1 12' | You set up a ritual assemblage before the god (and) the man. |
| obverse col 1 28' | The forest, your abode which you love, |
| reverse col 4 12' | You pound wool, fine wool, red wool, and white wool. |
| reverse col 4 13 | ..... you make her rejoice... |
| reverse col 4 30' | May his name (and) his seed disappear from the land. |
| obverse col 2 13' | You should be a gisallû-vessel with water. |
| obverse col 1 19' | You pour (it) into a libation bowl (made) of cedar, juniper, (and) sikillu-plant. |
| obverse col 1 30' | May your lips be pleasing, may I receive, and may I write. |
| reverse col 3 17 | Incantation: O my great divinity,... |
| reverse col 3 9 | My words, my words, my words and my words |
| reverse col 3 4 | My land, the cult center of my heart, he smote my enemies. |
| obverse col 1 32' | May I be sated with the weapon of evil against me, and may I be sated with you. |
| obverse col 1 13' | You libate beer. You recite the incantation 3 times and his god will be happy with him. |
| reverse col 4 2 | the sin that he caused to be carried off and he did not know |
| obverse col 2 10' | I have smashed my hands and seized them. |
| reverse col 3 10 | Who, like a sabsu-demon, my (personal) god and my (personal) goddess |
| reverse col 4 3 | My (personal) god and my (personal) goddess who does not know(?) |
| obverse col 2 14' | May you be sated with water! |
| reverse col 4 19 | ... Atammaru(?), he(?) |
| reverse col 3 1 | ... your..., my (personal) god, I stood before you. |
| obverse col 1 18' | (If) ditto: you mix flour, muu-seeds with cedar oil, oil of juniper. |
| reverse col 3 16' | I am a boatman, but in the quay I did not know(?) |
| reverse col 4 13' | You throw... into a jar. In a jar... |
| obverse col 1 25' | Incantation: Who knows that the gods are in your dwelling |
| reverse col 4 14' | You place 7 loaves of bread and emmer before them. |
| obverse col 2 29' | Incantation: O my (personal) god, most exalted, |
| reverse col 4 9 | A slave and slave woman... |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... I, and.............. |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... I, and.............. |
| reverse col 3 4' | ... I, and.............. |
| reverse col 4 9' | You recite the incantation 'You are good!' |
| obverse col 1 22' | who protects my life, who makes my seed flourish, |
| reverse col 4 6' | Before his (personal) god and his (personal) goddess, you shall not be negligent. |
| reverse col 3 10' | Incantation: You recite this incantation 3 times and |
| obverse col 2 18' | I have sinned against the water. I have sinned against it |
| obverse col 1 15' | You mix with oil from a jar and oil from a cypress resin |
| obverse col 1 3' | (...) beer |
| obverse col 2 11' | My (personal) god has sinned against me, |
| reverse col 3 14 | Reconcile my guilt, be at peace with me! |
| reverse col 4 5' | Its ritual: You do not strew 2 (gloss: break) and 2 (gloss: break). |
| reverse col 3 3 | May my prayer be heeded. May my prayer be released. |
| obverse col 2 8' | Like a boat in a boat, he does not know it. |
| obverse col 1 24' | May my (personal) goddess rejoice over me (and) rejoice with me. |
| reverse col 4 5 | ... in the steppe... |
| reverse col 4 11 | and that... |
| obverse col 1 10' | You set a reed mat before your god. |
| reverse col 3 13' | I am an ox, but I do not know what to do. |
| obverse col 2 27' | As for me, the one who is attentive to me, |
| obverse col 1 26' | I am not a liar in your position, I am not a liar in your position. |
| reverse col 3 14' | I am a ram, but I did not know my interpretation. |
| obverse col 1 29' | Your face is pure to the holy rites of the gods. |
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- 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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