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OECT 06, pl. 18, K 04045(b) (P395374)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 06, pl. 18, K 04045(b) |
|---|---|
| ID | P395374 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | me-e umun-ŋu₁₀-ra šir₃-re-eš ga-an-na-ab-dug₄ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the lord |
| ana-ku ana be-li₂-ia ṣer-ha lu-uq-bi-šu₂ | May I speak a lament to my lord | |
| 2 | ur-saŋ {d}nin-urta-ra šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | For Ursa, Ninurta, may he be glad |
| 3 | umun-si {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ra šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | For Lugal-si, Enlil, I will praise him |
| 4 | umun nibru{ki}a šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of Nippur, you should be satisfied |
| 5 | umun e₂-šu-me-ša₄ šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the Ešumeša temple, you should be satisfied |
| 6 | umun e₂-šag₄-mah-⸢am₃⸣ [...] šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the Ešagamḫ temple, ..., may he please him |
| 7 | umun e₂-HAR-⸢ra⸣-[...] šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the Eḫara temple, may he please him |
| 8 | umun e₂-i-bi₂-[...] šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the E-ibbi temple, may he please him |
| 9 | umun e₂-⸢hur-saŋ⸣-[...] šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the Eḫursa temple, I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 10 | 1(U) }} umun e₂-igi-⸢kalam⸣-[ma] šir₃-re-eš <(ga-an-na-ab-dug₄)> | Lord of the Eigi’ekalama temple, may he please him |
| 11 | šir₃-re-eš ga-⸢an-na⸣-ab-⸢dug₄ ša₃⸣-ab-ŋu₁₀ de₃-en-huŋ-e | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him, may he pacify his heart |
| ŠA₃-šu₂ lu-ni-ih | May his hand be cleansed | |
| 12 | er₂-ra mu-un-de₆ bar-bi he₂-en-sed-de₃ | He brought tears, may his liver be soothed. |
| taq₂-rib-tu₄ lu-bil-šu₂ ka-bat-⸢ta-šu₂⸣ lu-pa-ših | (Sum) I want to bring the taqribtu-plant to him (Akk) May I bring his tamarisk to him, may I release his liver | |
| 13 | ⸢gu₂⸣-zu niŋin-na-ni-ib₂ ša₃-ne-⸢ša₄-ŋu₁₀ šu⸣ teŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂-ab⸣ | When you enter your temple, do not approach it! |
| ⸢ki⸣-šad-ka su-uh-<hi>-ram-ma un-ni-ni-ia li-⸢qe₂⸣ | May your Eki-ešad be pure and accept my prayer. | |
| 14 | [ŋa₂]-⸢e e⸣-re-zu i-bi₂-zu mu-un-gurum-e | When you enter the house, he looks at you. |
| [... ARAD]-⸢ka ma⸣-har-ka kam-sa-ku | ... your servant, I am present before you. | |
| 15 | [...-ma]-al ki-za an-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂-e | ... your place in heaven and earth |
| [... iš]-⸢šak⸣-na aš₂-ri-ka aš₂-ta-ne₂-eʾ-i | ... I have sent to you, I have written to you. | |
| 16 | [me-na-še₃ umun-e me-na]-⸢še₃⸣ muš₂-a-ŋu₁₀ de₃-em-me | How long, lord, how long will you be silent? |
| [a-di ma-ti₃ a-di] ⸢ma⸣-ti₃ a-hu-lap-ia qi₂-bi | “As far as the land, as far as E-ti, my brother-in-law, speak! | |
| 17 | [...]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-zu za-e ma-ra na-an-šub-be₂-en | He does not know ..., you should not approach me |
| [... ul i]-de at-ta ia-a-ti | ... I do not know. You, me | |
| [...] ⸢la⸣ ta-nam-dan{an}ni | ... you give me ... | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢nu⸣-un-zu za-e <(ma-ra na-an-šub-be₂-en)> | ... your lord, do not approach me! |
| [... ul] ⸢i⸣-de <at-ta ia-a-ti ⸢la⸣ ta-nam-dan{an}ni> | (Sum) ... you do not ... (Akk) You do not let ... come out from the other side of me | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... me-na-še₃] šag₄-zu he₂-en-huŋ-e | ... how long, may your heart be pacified |
| [... a-di] ⸢ma⸣-ti₃ ŠA₃-ka li-nu-uh | May your hand be pacified to the end | |
| 2 | [...]-ra-ke₄ de₃-em₃-e-huŋ-e | May ... calm down for you |
| [... taq₂]-⸢rib⸣-tu₄ li-ni-ih-ka | May the ... of the taqribtu-vessel calm you | |
| 3 | [...-zu ki-bi]-⸢še₃⸣ de₃-en-gi₄-gi₄ | May your ... be restored to its place for me |
| [...] ana aš-ri-šu₂ li-tu-ra | ... may he return to his place | |
| 4 | [bar hul] ⸢gig-ga-zu he₂⸣-en-sed-de₃ | May your evil liver and illness be soothed |
| [ka-bat]-ta-ka ze-ni-⸢tu₄ lip⸣-ša₂-ha | May your angry heart be pacified | |
| 5 | [gu₂] šag₄ dib-ba ⸢de₃-em₃⸣-e-gi₄-gi₄ | may he return the broken neck |
| ⸢ki-šad⸣-ka šab-su [lis]-⸢sah⸣-ra | May his heart be pacified towards the Ekišad temple | |
| 6 | ⸢šag₄⸣ ib₂-ba-zu su-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-[ta] ⸢zig₃⸣-ga-ab | When you rise up from the šaĝ-vessel, you open the ziggurat! |
| nu-ug-gat ŠA₃-ka ina zu-⸢um⸣-[ri-ia] ⸢u₂-suh⸣ | (Sum) You are the one who eats the food of my body (Akk) The food of your body (is) in my body | |
| 7 | ⸢ŋa₂⸣-e e-re-zu ka-tar-[zu ga-an-si]-⸢il⸣ | I want to appoint your servant to the throne. |
| ⸢ana⸣-ku ARAD-ka da₃-li₂-[li₂-ka] ⸢lud⸣-lul | I, your servant, sing your praises. | |
| 8 | [šag₄]-⸢zu⸣ šag₄ ama tu-ud-⸢da-gin₇ ki-bi-še₃ ha⸣-ma-gi₄-gi₄ | May your heart, like the heart of a birth mother, be restored for me |
| 9 | [ama] tu-ud-da a-a tu-[ud-da-gin₇ ki]-⸢bi⸣-še₃ <(ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄)> | Like the birth mother, like the birth father, may it be restored to its place for me |
| 10 | [er₂-ša₃-huŋ-ŋa₂ 27-am₃] mu-bi-im {d}nin-urta-kam₂ | It is an eršahuŋa prayer of 27 lines of Ninurta |
| 11 | [...] ⸢gal⸣-la diŋir pa e₃-a | ... emergent in the palace |
| 12 | [... SAR]-⸢ma⸣ ba-a-ri | ... šur-ēmâ-e-bīri |
| 13 | KUR {⸢m⸣}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢A⸣ šar₄ ŠU₂ šar₄ {kur}AŠ{ki} | The land Assyria, the king of the world, (and) the lord of the land Assur |
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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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