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CT 17, pl. 34-36, K 4667 (P395693)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 17, pl. 34-36, K 4667 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395693 |
| 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 | 36.3582, 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' | ⸢kun₄⸣ {[ŋeš}za-ra-ta mu-un-za-la-ah-e-ne] | They will clear him from the scepter of the throne |
| 2' | ⸢ŋeš⸣-[kan₄-na {ŋeš}nu-kuš₂-u₃-ta ...] | From the gate of the scepter |
| 3' | a-⸢gin₇⸣ [he₂-en-bal-e] | may he carry it like water |
| 4' | ⸢dug⸣-[gin₇ he₂-en-gaz-e-ne] | they shall kill him like a churn |
| ⸢šika⸣-[gin₇ ...] | Like an esvika plant | |
| ⸢ki⸣-[ma ha-aṣ-bi li-par-ri-ru-šu₂] | may they make his smiting in E-e-ma tremble | |
| 6' | ur₃-⸢ra⸣ [i₃-bal-e] | he will cross over the roof. |
| pa-⸢bi⸣ [he₂-ni-ib₂-ku₅-ru-ne] | they shall cut him off. | |
| ⸢gap⸣-[pi-šu₂ ...] | Its sphinxes | |
| 8' | ab-ta [gu₂ ...] | From the sea ... |
| gu₂-bi [...] | Its neck | |
| ki-⸢šad⸣-[su liṭ-bu-hu] | may its foundation be shattered | |
| ab ti-ta [igi mu-un-ši-in-bar-re-e-ne] | They looked at him from the side of the sea | |
| ša₂ ina ap-⸢ti⸣ [ṣe-li ip-pal-la-su] | Whom my lord sees in the Apsû | |
| igi-bi ⸢he₂⸣-[...] | Its eyes ... | |
| pa-ni-[šu₂ lim-ha-ṣu] | may his face be shattered | |
| ab igi la₂-ta [gu₃ mu-un-na-an-de₂-e] | He called out to him from a far away place. | |
| ša₂ ina ap-ti [...] | Who in the Aptu | |
| r | ||
| 2 | ka-bi he₂-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[tab-e-ne] | they shall block off his mouth |
| ab saŋ-ŋa₂-⸢ta⸣ [mu-un-da-ab-šu₂-šu₂-e-ne] | they shall bind him with the sea. | |
| ša₂ ina ap-⸢ti⸣ [muh-hi it-ta-na-at-ba-ku] | who in the Apsuḫi has seized me | |
| gakkul nu-[bad-da-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-šu₂-šu₂-e-ne] | they shall strike him with a weapon that cannot be opened. | |
| kak-⸢kul⸣-[...] | The kakekul priest | |
| zalag₂-ta [mu-un-ši-ib₂-ku₁₀-ku₁₀-ga] | may he darken with the light | |
| ša₂ ina ⸢na⸣-[ma-ri ...] | Who in a dream | |
| zalag₂-⸢ta⸣ [ki {d}utu e₃ he₂-ni-ib₂-zi-zi-e-ne] | they shall make him rise brightly from the place where Utu rises. | |
| ina [na-ma-ri a-šar ṣi-it {d}UTU{ši} li-is-su-hu-šu₂] | At dawn may the king, the son of Šamaš, dispel him. | |
| ku₁₀-⸢ku₁₀⸣-[ga nim-ŋir₂-gin₇ mu-un-ŋir₂-ŋir₂-re-e-ne] | When they cross over the horizon like lightning | |
| ša₂ ⸢ina⸣ [ek-le-ti ki-ma bir-qi₂ it-ta-nab-ri-qu] | The heart of a black eagle, like a birqi bird, is constantly trembling | |
| 8 | ku₁₀-⸢ku₁₀⸣-[ga šag₄ irigal-la-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-sir₃-re-e-ne] | They shall cover him with a net from the well of Irigal. |
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