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Shurpu p. 52-53 (P395388)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shurpu p. 52-53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395388 |
| 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 19' | The curse related to a cursed person's house, a cursed person's illness, a sinful curse... |
| reverse 9' | like a lion : like one in the midst of heaven |
| reverse 10' | I made it stand outside as a spectacle. |
| reverse 13' | May my guardian be at peace, may my life be long, may my life be long... |
| reverse 20' | reed that is present in the body of a lion...... |
| reverse 17' | Another thing: the news of the commander-in-chief, Tir- |
| reverse 18' | ................. |
| reverse 2' | ... you are his helper |
| reverse 1' | you are the one who heaps up heaps of grain |
| reverse 3' | You are the one who destroys the evildoer on the breast of the black-headed |
| reverse 5' | May his diviner, the son of his divinity, be rejoicing |
| reverse 16' | May I see the pure... |
| reverse 15' | Let him come to me, the lord of lords |
| reverse 14' | (As for) the one who sinned against me, I sinned against me. |
| reverse 4' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, |
| reverse 12' | Incantation: Because of the fire, evil reeds |
| reverse 8' | like a kiln |
| reverse 6' | May his cult daises be reconciled with the people of his land. |
| reverse 11' | Incantation formula: curse |
| reverse 7' | like the heavens |
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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