BMS 30 (P395021)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395021 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . .] a bowl of pure wine. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I sprinkle for you a flour offering of [. . .] aromatics. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Incense, a [. . .] fragrance, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Eat the good things, dri[nk . . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Let your heart be at rest, your mind [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whom a taboo has confronted, and . . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | You are the judge; deci[de] my case. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | You are the one who guides aright; lea[rn] my course. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | May my (personal) god, who is angry with me, turn back, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Release my sin; may my constraint be loosened. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | May the illness of my body be removed; the paralysis of [my] blood withdraw. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | May the apprehensions of my heart be resolved. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Give me a child and heir (lit. a name and a seed), may my womb be a (sound) womb that I may glorify your name. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | Let me live, let me be well that I may glorify your great deeds |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | (and) sing your praises. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | Let those who look upon me glorify your greatness |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | to the far-flung peoples! |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to [Ishtar]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Its ritual: On a favorable day let her purify herself. In front of Ishtar sweep the roof. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | You sprinkle pure water. You set up a portable altar. Dates (and) fine meal [you set out]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | You set out a mersu-cake, honey, (and) ghee. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | You set up an adagurru-vessel (and) libate first-rate beer. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | You draw the curtains. You lay down a small heap of flour. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [You mix] together bits/seeds(?) of a cedar tree, a mesu-tree, (and) a sikil-plant. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | In oil you gather together cypress (and) resin(?) of boxwood. [You set (it)] to the side of the ritual assemblage. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | You recite this incantation three times and [. . .] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | You disassemble the ritual assemblage and . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | This . . . gift(?) . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Incantation: Goddess of the Igigi, daughter of [. . .] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | 134th tablet of incantations . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Palace of Ashurbanipal [. . .] |
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' | ⸢RI BU ZU AN/TI⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {dug}GU₂.ZI ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ eb-⸢be₂⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 3' | as-ruq-ki se-req ⸢ŠIM⸣.[HI.A ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢qut-ri⸣-in-na e-[ri-ša ...] | |
| 5' | a-ku-⸢li ṭa⸣-a-ba ši-[ti ...] | |
| 6' | HUN.GA₂{ih} ŠA₃-ki ka-bat-⸢ta⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 7' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ NIG₂.GIG IGI-⸢an-ni-ma ti x x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | da-ia-na-ti di-ni di-⸢i⸣-[ni] | |
| 9' | muš-te-ši-ra-a-ti a-lak-ti ⸢lim⸣-[di] | |
| 10' | li-sah-ra i₃-li₂ ša₂ iz-nu-u₂ KI-[MU] | |
| 11' | in-nin-ti DU₈{ri} ka-si-ti li-⸢ir⸣-[mu] | |
| 12' | ZI{ih} GIG ša₂ SU{ia} BAD{si} ⸢mun⸣-gu ša₂ da-⸢mi⸣-[ia] | |
| 13' | lip-ta-ṭi-ru a-di-ra-tu₂ ša₂ lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 14' | šur-kim-ma MU u NUMUN lu ARHUŠ si-li-ti lu-ša₂-pa zi-kir-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 15' | TI{uṭ} lu-uš-lim-ma nar₃-bi-ki lu-ša₂-⸢pi⸣ | |
| 16' | da-li-li-ki lud-lul | |
| 17' | a-mi-ru-u₂-a nar₃-bi-ki li-ša₂-pu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 18' | a-na UN-MEŠ DAGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [KA]-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {⸢d⸣}[INANA-KAM] | |
| 2 | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI ina U₄ ŠE.GA liq-te-diš IGI {d}IŠ₈.DAR₂ ⸢UR₃(AMA) [SAR] | |
| 3 | A KU₃ SUD GI.DU₈ GUB{an} ZU₂.LUM.MA {zi₃}⸢EŠA⸣ [GAR{an]} | |
| 4 | NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A LAL₃ I₃.⸢NUN.NA GAR⸣{[an]} | |
| 5 | {dug}A.DA.GUR₄ GUB{an} KAŠ.⸢SAG⸣ BAL{⸢qi₂⸣} | |
| 6 | šid-di GID₂{ad} ZI₃.DUB.DUB.BU ⸢ŠUB{di⸣} | |
| 7 | KU.KU {giš}EREN {giš}MES U₂.⸢SIKIL.LA⸣ 1(diš){niš} [HE.HE] | |
| 8 | ina I₃+GIŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ mu-raq {giš}TASKARIN te-sip ina TE KEŠDA [GAR{an]} | |
| 9 | EN₂ an-ni-tu₂ 3(diš){šu₂} ŠID-ma [...] | |
| 10 | KA.KEŠDA DU₈-ma NI.BI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | an-nu-u₂ qi₂-⸢iš-tu AN⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | EN₂ DINGIR{ti} {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ bu-⸢uk-rat⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | DUB.ME 3(u) 4(diš).KAM EN₂ ⸢ur⸣-[...] | |
| 14 | E₂.GAL {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA [...] | |
| 15 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [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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