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BMS 53 (P395272)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395272 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11' | May my mouth be smashed, my flesh be smashed. |
| obverse 7' | Afterwards, he is free from claims and does not make any claim. |
| reverse 5 | To Nedu, the chief doorman of the underworld, may he be appointed. |
| obverse 8' | On the day that he dies, on the day that he dies. |
| obverse 3' | The sage of the world, Marduk, the one who overwhelms the E’engura |
| obverse 2' | Beloved lord, perfect one, offspring of Eridu |
| reverse 16 | May it not approach, may it not approach, may it not approach.... |
| obverse 5' | at your right side I shall go. |
| obverse 12' | all of my corpses they shall carry off. |
| reverse 4 | to enter ama let him go. |
| reverse 12 | By the command of the sage of the gods, Marduk, he made him enter my body. |
| reverse 13 | You seize him in my hand and take him to his body. |
| reverse 14 | Be present in this ram, be present in this ram, be present in this ram, be present in this ram |
| reverse 3 | (If) he is surrounded by a pig's flour: he will give him food. |
| reverse 6 | May Nergal, the chief doorman of the underworld, give his watch. |
| reverse 1 | ama, I constantly sought him before you, and (then) I wore a garment for him. |
| reverse 7 | may they take away their scepter. |
| obverse 9' | (If) its left horn is bent on my neck: he will die. |
| obverse 14' | or the news which in the case of the judge |
| obverse 15' | This is indeed the ghost of Murappidu. |
| obverse 6' | ama, the pious oath, |
| reverse 8 | ama, by your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| reverse 2 | a shoe for his middle, a leather bag for water |
| reverse 11 | which are present in my palace and my land |
| obverse 4' | Ea, ama, and Marduk are close to me. |
| reverse 10 | The evil of portents (and) omens |
| obverse 10' | (If) my forehead is split (and) my eyes are swollen: |
| obverse 1' | ... the wide people, light of the earth, judge of ama. |
| obverse 13' | May the oath of my family and my life |
| reverse 15 | May the oath of the gods of heaven and earth be seen. |
| reverse 9 | On account of the evil of a lunar eclipse, which occurs in the month of so-and-so |
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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