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ABRT 2, 21 (P395103)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 2, 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395103 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 16 | ......... |
| reverse 4 | ....................................... |
| obverse 4' | ... your...., king of the gods... |
| obverse 10' | ... good... and a good life of his life |
| obverse 14' | ... I have heard.... you... |
| reverse 11 | ...... your strength,... who makes your divinity rejoice. |
| obverse 13' | ... and... on the 1st day you... |
| reverse 10 | The utterance of a cloudburst is torn out like a ama-demon. |
| reverse 14 | ..................... |
| reverse 1 | ....., the one who enlarges the people, and... |
| obverse 8' | ........... |
| reverse 12 | .... will be sated,... will be your strength. |
| reverse 5 | ................... |
| reverse 8 | ... your house... whose tribute, merciful lady, |
| reverse 6 | ...... who dwells on your daises, |
| obverse 12' | ... how and how you hear the utterance of their mouth |
| reverse 2 | king(?) and(?) lady, your guardian who is exalted, the one of Itar |
| reverse 15 | ... he wrote... |
| obverse 6' | .... supplication and justice. |
| obverse 11' | ... of the people... daily, you look upon them. |
| obverse 15' | ......... that you see... |
| reverse 13 | ... the black-headed(?) people(?) will be seized, your warriors |
| obverse 7' | You give me days and nights, |
| reverse 3 | like a wife and a daughter in your lap |
| obverse 9' | According to the mouth(?) of the quay, you recite his incantation. |
| obverse 3' | ... you make your face visible and... |
| reverse 7 | ..... you make... flourish, |
| obverse 5' | The... of the tamtu-tree and the scepter |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 9 | ... you strew his life in... |
| obverse 2' | ... beloved of Anu and Dagan |
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
- 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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