BMS 28 (P394959)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394959 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O lord, hero[ic, ex]alted, heir of Nunamnir, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Foremost among the A[nunnaki], lord of battle, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Offspring of Ku[tushar], great queen, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | O Girunugal, all-powerful of the gods, beloved of Ninmenna, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | You are manifest in the pure heavens; your station is exalted. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | You are great in Ekurush (i.e., the netherworld). You are without rival. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | With Ea, your counsel is supreme in the assembly of the gods. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | With Sin, you survey everything in the heavens. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Enlil, your father, gave you the black-headed (people), the assembly of the living (lit. life), |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | He entrusted to your hands the livestock of Shakkan, the wild animals. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | I (am) so-and-so, son of so-and-so, your servant. The anger of (my personal) god [and (personal) goddess] is set against me, and |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Expense (and) loss [have occur]red in my house. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Speaking and not hearing have kept me awake. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Because you are merciful, my lord, . . . [I t]urn to your divinity. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Because you are relenting, [I have] sought you out. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | Because you a[re] favorably disposed, [I have looked] upon your face. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Because you are merciful, [I have stood] in your presence. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | Look upon me truly, and [hear] my prayer. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | May the anger of your heart [relent. Release my guilt, my sin], and my error. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | May the anger (lit. knot of the heart) of [your great] divinity [. . . be] released. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | May the [. . .] (personal) god and goddess be reconciled with me. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | That [I may resound your greatness] and sing your [praises]. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | It is the wording [of a lifted-hand] prayer to Nergal. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [Its rit]ual: You do (it) [with either a ritual assemblage or] with a censer. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [. . . grea]t [. . .], merciful god. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | [. . .], who revives the dead. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | [. . .] I was negligent, I sinned. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | [. . ] . . . [. . . I am] afraid, I am frightened, and |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | I have brought [. . .] your great [divini]ty. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 3030–o 3030 | [. . .] you, that the anger of your heart may relent. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | [. . .] your great [forgiveness], your expans[ive] relenting, |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | [. . .] that I may sing the praises of your great divinity. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | [It is the wording of a lifted-hand] prayer to Mars (Zalbatanu). |
| Obverse [33:34] o 3434–o 3434 | [Its ritual]: You d[o] (it) [with either a ritual assemblage] or with [a censer]. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 3535–o 3535 | [. . .] earth. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | [. . .] Kutushar. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 3737–o 3737 | [. . . Du]kuga. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ be-lu₄ gaš-[ru ti]-⸢iz⸣-qa-ru bu-kur₂ {d}nu-nam-nir | |
| 2 | a-ša₂-red {d}⸢a⸣-[nun-na-ki] EN tam-ha-ri | |
| 3 | i-lit-ti {d}⸢ku⸣-[tu-šar₂] ⸢šar⸣-ra-ti GAL{ti} | |
| 4 | {d}GIR₃.UNU.GAL kaš-⸢kaš DINGIR⸣-MEŠ na-ram {d}nin-men-na | |
| 5 | šu-pa-ta ina AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ ša₂-qu-u₂ man-za-az-ka | |
| 6 | ra-ba-ta ina E₂.KUR.UŠ₂ ma-hi-ra la ti-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [it]-⸢ti⸣ {d}e₂-a ina UKKIN DINGIR-MEŠ mi-lik-ka šu-tur | |
| 8 | ⸢it-ti⸣ {d}3(u) ina AN{e} te-še-ʾ gim-ri | |
| 9 | ⸢id⸣-din-ka-ma {d}EN.LIL₂ AD-ka ṣal-mat ⸢SAG.DU⸣ pu-hur ZI{ti} | |
| 10 | bu-ul {d}GIR₃ nam-maš-še-⸢e qa-tuk⸣-ka ip-qid | |
| 11 | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI IR₃-ka šib-sat ⸢DINGIR⸣ [u {d}iš₈-tar₂] ⸢iš⸣-šak-nu-nim-ma | |
| 12 | ⸢ZI⸣.GA hu-lu-uq-qu-⸢u₂⸣ [ib-ba-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ ina E₂.MU | |
| 13 | ⸢qa₂⸣-bu-u₂ u la še-⸢mu⸣-[u₂ id]-⸢dal⸣-pu-nin-ni | |
| 14 | ⸢aš-šum⸣ gam-ma-la-ta be-li₂ [... as]-⸢sa⸣-hur DINGIR{ut}ka | |
| 15 | aš-šum ta-a-a-ra-ta [eš-te]-⸢ʾ⸣-e-ka | |
| 16 | aš-šum mu-up-pal-⸢sa⸣-[ta a-ta-mar] ⸢pa⸣-ni-ka | |
| 17 | aš-šum re-me₂-ne₂-na-⸢ta⸣ [at-ta-ziz] IGI-ka | |
| 18 | ki-niš IGI.BAR(PA-)ni-[ma ši-me] ⸢tes₂⸣-li-ti | |
| 19 | ag-gu ŠA₃-ka ⸢li⸣-[nu-ha pu-ṭur an-ni hi-ṭi-ti] u gil-la-ti | |
| 20 | ki-ṣir ŠA₃ DINGIR{⸢ti⸣}[ka GAL{ti} x x lip]-pa-aš₂-ra | |
| 21 | DINGIR-MEŠ u {d}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣ [...] ⸢SILIM⸣-mu KI-ia | |
| 22 | ⸢nar⸣-bi-⸢ka⸣ [lu-ša₂-pi da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ka⸣ lud-lul | |
| 23 | ⸢KA-INIM⸣-[MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂] {d}U-GUR-KAM | |
| 24 | [DU₃].⸢DU₃⸣.[BI lu ina KEŠDA lu] ⸢ina⸣ NIG₂.NA DU₃{uš} | |
| 25 | [... GAL]{⸢u₂⸣} DINGIR re-me₂-nu-u₂ | |
| 26 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-bal-liṭ {lu₂}UŠ₂ | |
| 27 | [...] ⸢e⸣-gu-u₂ ah-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 28 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [... ap]-⸢lah⸣ a-du-ur-ma | |
| 29 | [... DINGIR]{⸢ti⸣}ka ⸢GAL⸣{ti} ub-la | |
| 30 | [...]-ka-ma ⸢ag-gu⸣ ŠA₃{ba}ka li-nu-⸢ha⸣ | |
| 31 | [... nap-šur]-ka ra-bu-u₂ ta-a-a-ra-tu-ka kab-⸢ta⸣-[a-tu₄] | |
| 32 | [...]-ma da₃-lil₂ DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{ti} lud-lul | |
| 33 | [KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂]-LA₂ {d}ṢAL-BAT-A-NU-[KAM] | |
| 34 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI lu ina KEŠDA] ⸢lu ina⸣ [NIG₂.NA] DU₃{[uš]} | |
| 35 | [...] ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} | |
| 36 | [...] {⸢d⸣}ku-tu-⸢šar⸣ | |
| 37 | [... du₆]-⸢ku₃⸣-[ga] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣-a | |
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