BMS 06 K 03285 dupl. (P394919)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 06 K 03285 dupl. |
|---|---|
| ID | P394919 |
| 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 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1a 1–a 1a 1 | Incantation: O Nusku, most great, offspring of Duranki, |
| a [1:2] a 22–a 22 | Beloved of Enlil, counsellor who determi[nes . . .], |
| a [2:3] a 33–a 33 | August vizier, who administers [. . .], |
| a [3:4] a 44–a 44 | In the pure heavens your command [. . .], |
| a [4:5] a 55–a 55 | In Esharra, [. . .] is given preeminence, |
| a [5:6] a 66–a 66 | [. . .] are attentive at your coming forth, |
| a [6:7] a 77–a 77 | Without you, Anu, your father [. . .] |
| a [7:8] a 88–a 88 | With Enlil, the counsellor, de[cisions . . .], |
| a [8:9] a 99–a 99 | Without you, [. . .] is not set a[right]. |
| a [9:10] a 1010–a 1010 | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so [. . .], |
| a [10:11] a 1111–a 1111 | I turn to [you], I seek you [. . .] |
| a [11:12] a 1212–a 1212 | I bow down at [your] fe[et . . .] |
| a [12:13] a 1313–a 1313 | [. . .] your fur[ious heart . . .] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}nusku šur-bu-u₂ i-lit-ti dur-an-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 2 | na-ram {d}EN.LIL₂ ma-li-ki mu-⸢šim⸣-[mu ...] | |
| 3 | sukkal ṣi-i-ru mu-ut-ta-ʾ-ir [...] | |
| 4 | ina AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ qi₂-bit-ka [...] | |
| 5 | ina e₂-šar₂-ra šur-ru-hat [...] | |
| 6 | ana E₃-ka u₂-paq-qu [...] | |
| 7 | ina ba-li-ka {d}a-num a-bi-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ina {d}EN₂.LIL ma-li-ku ⸢pu⸣-[ru-us-su-u ...] | |
| 9 | ina NU.ME.A-ka ul uš-te-[še-ra ...] | |
| 10 | ⸢ana-ku NENNI A⸣ NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ ⸢NENNI⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | as-⸢hur⸣-[ka] eš-a-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | ⸢ša₂⸣-[pal-ka] ak-mis [...] | |
| 13 | ⸢ag⸣-[gu lib-ba]-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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