BA 05, 385 (P395051)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 385 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395051 |
| 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 Hehn, Johannes · 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: . . .] pre-eminent of the gods, mighty Marduk, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [. . .], beloved of Ea, whose command (lit. act of his mouth) cannot be annulled, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [To] whose proud [comm]and (lit. [act of] his mouth) the great Igigi give attention. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The Anunnaki [never ce]ase bowing down before you, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [. . . living cr]eatures, merciful one, who multiplies grain, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [. . .] food-offerings for the gods, custodian of the cult places, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [. . . spring]s (and) rivers, who opens up the canals, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [. . .], the king of the heavens and the earth, who heaps up abundance, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [The god without wh]om in the Apsu the fate of the people cannot be determined. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [You oversee] all of the habitations. You quickly extinguish the enemy. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | You [. . .] treacherous, (and the one) not seeking favor in his eyes. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | You quickly destroy [. . .] . . |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | You bring into submission (lit. make bow) the stiff-necked [like] the wicked. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [Which] god among those in the heavens and the earth could oppos[e you]? |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [. . .] the gods . [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [. . . is su]perior [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the wisdom of Nabu, cuneiform [signs, . . .]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I wrote, collated, [. . .] (the present text) on tablets. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] in the midst of [. . .] for my reading (and) studying. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The one who trusts in you will not be put to shame, O king of the gods, [. . .]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Whoever carries (this tablet) off or [. . .] his name alongside my name, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | may Ashur and Ninlil ove[rthrow him] in fierce rage. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | May his name and his seed disapp[ear] from the land. |
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 ...] e-tel DINGIR-MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU gaš-ru | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢na⸣-ram {d}e-a₂ ša₂ la uš-tam-sa-ku e-piš pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [a-na e-piš] ⸢pi⸣-šu₂ šar-hi u₂-taq-qu-u GAL-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | |
| 4 | [ul ip-pa-rak]-ku-u₂ {d}a-nun-na-ki IGI-ka kam-su | |
| 5 | [... šik-nat na]-⸢piš⸣-ti re-me₂-nu-u mu-šam-dil {d}aš-na-an | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢NIDABA⸣ a-na DINGIR-MEŠ mu-kil ma-ha-zi | |
| 7 | [... IDIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ID₂-MEŠ BAD{u₂} miṭ-ra-a-te | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ AN{e} u KI{ti₃} mu-kam₂-mir ṭuh-di | |
| 9 | [DINGIR ša₂ ba]-li-šu₂ ina ABZU ši-mat UN-MEŠ la iš-šim-mu | |
| 10 | [ta-bar-ri] ⸢DU₃⸣ da-ad₂-me za-ma-na-a tu-bal-la ar₂-hiš | |
| 11 | [...] šap-pi-ta la da-gal IGI.MIN-šu₂ te-[x x] | |
| 12 | [...]-ra-tu₄ tu-hal-laq ar₂-[hiš] | |
| 13 | [GU₂ e]-la-a tu-ša₂-ak-na-aš ra-ag-⸢gi⸣-[iš] | |
| 14 | [a-a-u] ⸢DINGIR ša₂ ina AN{e} u KI⸣{ti} i-ir-⸢ru⸣-[u ka-a-ša] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | [... a]-tar [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ne₂-me-eq {⸢d}AG ti-kip sa⸣-[an-tak-ki ...] | |
| 3' | ina ṭup-pa-a-ni aš₂-ṭur as-⸢niq⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | a-na ta-mar-ti ši-ta-as-si-ia qe₂-reb [...] | |
| 5' | NIR.GAL₂.ZU NU UR LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | |
| 6' | man-nu ša TUM₃ u₃ lu-u MU-šu₂ it-ti MU-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ {d}nin-lil₂ ⸢ag⸣-giš ez-zi-iš ⸢lis⸣-[ki-pu-šu₂-ma] | |
| 8' | MU-⸢šu₂ u⸣ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR li-hal-⸢li⸣-[qu] | |
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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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