K 04494 + K 14706 + K 10729 (P395590)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04494 + K 14706 + K 10729 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395590 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| side a [0:1] side a 1'side a 1'–side a 1'side a 1' | Beca[use . . .] |
| side a [1:2] side a 2'2'–side a 2'2' | O lady, in you [. . .] |
| side a [2:3] side a 3'3'–side a 3'3' | [. . .] are attentive to [you . . .] |
| side a [3:4] side a 4'4'–side a 4'4' | [. . . my] prayer (lit. the lifting of my hand) [. . .] |
| side a [4:5] side a 5'5'–side a 5'5' | Let me send [you . . .] |
| side a [5:6] side a 6'6'–side a 6'6' | To the god of my city [. . .] |
| side a [6:7] side a 7'7'–side a 7'7' | On account of dreams [. . .] |
| side a [7:8] side a 8'8'–side a 8'8' | On account of the evil of a lunar eclipse [. . .] |
| side a [8:9] side a 9'9'–side a 9'9' | (On account of) evil portents (and) omen[s . . .] |
| side a [9:10] side a 10'10'–side a 10'10' | I am afraid and in fe[ar . . .] |
| side a [10:11] side a 11'11'–side a 11'11' | Through the word of [your] command [. . .] |
| side a [11:12] side a 12'12'–side a 12'12' | My angry (personal) god [. . .] |
| side a [12:13] side a 13'13'–side a 13'13' | The god of my city, [Marduk . . .] |
| side a [13:14] side a 14'14'–side a 14'14' | [Who] is angry, may he be sooth[ed . . .] |
| side a [14:15] side a 15'15'–side a 15'15' | To Marduk, lord of mer[cy . . .] |
| side a [15:16] side a 16'16'–side a 16'16' | Intercede [. . .] |
| side a [16:17] side a 17'17'–side a 17'17' | Establish . . . [. . .] |
| side a [17:18] side a 18'18'–side a 18'18' | Your wide canopy (of protection), [your . . .] forgive[ness . . .] |
| side a [18:19] side a 19'19'–side a 19'19' | [. . .] a requital of favor and life [. . .] |
| side a [19:20] side a 20'20'–side a 20'20' | [. . .] the praise of your divinity [. . .] |
| side a [20:21] side a 21'21'–side a 21'21' | The greatness of your divinity [. . .] |
| side a [21:22] side a 22'22'–side a 22'22' | [. . .] the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| side a [22:23] side a 23'23'–side a 23'23' | [. . .] O Sin, [. . .] luminary [. . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| side a | ||
| 1' | ⸢aš⸣-[šum ...] | |
| 2' | GAŠAN ana ⸢ka⸣-[a-ši ...] | |
| 3' | ib-ša₂-[a-ki ...] | |
| 4' | ILA₂ ⸢ŠU⸣-[MU ...] | |
| 5' | lu-uš-⸢pur⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 6' | ana DINGIR URU-⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ina MAŠ₂.⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | ina HUL AN.⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | HUL A₂-MEŠ ⸢GISKIM⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 10' | pal-ha-ku ⸢ad⸣-[ra-ku ...] | |
| 11' | ina a-mat qi₂-bi-⸢ti⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 12' | i₂-li₂ šab-su [...] | |
| 13' | DINGIR URU-MU {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU ...] | |
| 14' | [ša₂] ⸢i⸣-zi-zu ⸢BUR₂⸣-[ra ...] | |
| 15' | ⸢ana {d}AMAR.UTU EN reme₂⸣-[ni ...] | |
| 16' | a-bu-ti ṣab-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | šu-uš-ki-ni DA [...] | |
| 18' | ṣu-lul-ki rap-šu₂ ta-a-⸢a⸣-[ra-tu-ki ...] | |
| 19' | gi-mil dum-⸢qi₂⸣ u ⸢TI⸣ [...] | |
| 20' | da-lil DINGIR{ti}⸢ki⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | nar-⸢bi⸣ DINGIR{ti}ki [...] | |
| 22' | ⸢KA⸣-INIM-MA ŠU-[IL₂-LA₂ ...] | |
| 23' | [EN₂] {⸢d⸣}3(u) {d}⸢nanna⸣-ru [...] | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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