BMS 46 (P394971)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 46 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394971 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . . wa]s negligent, I have sinned. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . ] I am afraid, I am frightened, and |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I have brought [. . .] great [. . .]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . .] may appeal to you, and |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . .], may [. . .] relent. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [. . .] your expansive relenting, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | May [. . ., to] me, be available, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [. . .] I may sing [. . . of your] great [divinity]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | It is the wording [of] a lifted-[hand] prayer to Mars (Zalbatanu). |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Its ritual: You do (it) [with] either [a ritual assemblage] or with [a censer]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Incantation: O Nergal, exa[lted] lord, who march across the heavens and the earth, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Who controls the opposition, heir of Kutushar, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | Fierce, perfect one, who oversees the totality of Dukuga. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Offspring of Anu, preeminent heir. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | Who is clad in radiance, who is clothed in brilliance. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | All-powerful, valiant one, strong lord (lit. lord of strength) |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | Who effects defeat, who brings about victory, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | King of combat, wise, furious one, without rival. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | Who gores [. . .] the enemy. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | O Enlilkurra, warrior of [. . .] raging, fighter, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | Overbearing one, [. . .] . . hero. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | O Nergal, . . [. . .] . . . |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | Who[se] brilliance [. . .] . . |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | Who siezes [. . .] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | The lord, who [. . .] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | Simutu [. . .] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | Who finishes off [. . .] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | All-pow[erful . . .] |
| Obverse [28:29] o 29'29'–o 29'29' | Most mer[ciful . . .] |
| Obverse [29:30] o 30'30'–o 30'30' | Who rest[ores . . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [. . .] . like . . . |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . .] to spare |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] . . . my life |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [. . .] me and |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [. . .] regularly |
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' | [... e]-⸢gu-u ah-ṭu-u⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ap-lah⸣ a-du-ur-ma | |
| 3' | [...] GAL{ti} ub-la | |
| 4' | [...] lim-hu-ru-ka-ma | |
| 5' | [...] li-nu-ha | |
| 6' | [...]-u ta-a-a-ra-tu-ka kab-ta-a-tu₄ | |
| 7' | [... ia-a]-⸢ši⸣ lib-ša₂-nim-ma | |
| 8' | [... DINGIR{ti}ka] GAL{ti} lud-lul | |
| 9' | ⸢KA-INIM⸣-[MA ŠU]-⸢IL₂-LA₂⸣ {mul}ṢAL-BAT-A-NU-KAM | |
| 10' | ⸢DU₃⸣.DU₃.BI ⸢lu⸣ [ina KEŠDA] lu ⸢ina⸣ [NIG₂.NA] DU₃{uš} | |
| 11' | EN₂ {d}U.GUR EN ⸢ṣi⸣-[i-ru] mul-tam-di-ih AN{e} u ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} | |
| 12' | sa-ni-qu mit-[hur]-ti bu-kur₂ {d}ku-tu-šar | |
| 13' | ma-am-lu git₂-ma-⸢lu₄⸣ pa-qi₂-du gi-mir du₆-ku₃-ga | |
| 14' | ⸢i-lit⸣-ti {d}a-⸢nim⸣ IBILA reš-tu-u₂ | |
| 15' | ⸢ha⸣-lip ša₂-lum-ma-ti ša₂ lit-bu-šu nam-ri-ri | |
| 16' | dan-dan-nu ⸢qit⸣-ru-du EN a-ba-ri | |
| 17' | ⸢ša₂⸣-kin tah-⸢te-e⸣ mu-ša₂-aš₂-ki-nu li-i-ti | |
| 18' | LUGAL tam-ha-⸢ri er⸣-šu ek-du la pa-du-u₂ | |
| 19' | mu-nak-ki-pu [...] ⸢x⸣ za-a-a-ri | |
| 20' | {d}EN.LIL₂.KUR.⸢RA⸣ ur-ša-an [...] ⸢šal-ba⸣-bu muq-tab-lu₄ | |
| 21' | da-pi-nu ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-tu₂ UR.SAG | |
| 22' | {d}IR₃.RA.GAL ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-ti | |
| 23' | ša₂ ša₂-lum-mat-[su ...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 24' | ta-mi₃-ih [...] | |
| 25' | EN ša₂ [...] | |
| 26' | {d}si-mu-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 27' | ga-me-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | kaš-ka-šu [...] | |
| 29' | ga-am-[ma-lu ...] | |
| 30' | ⸢mu-bal⸣-[liṭ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIM ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ga⸣-ma-la | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢x⸣-hu-du | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ IŠ ZI{ti} | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣-an-ni-ma | |
| 6' | [...]-li-ti | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ka⸣-a-a-nam | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ip-tuk-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
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- 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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