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4R additions p. 2 (P395802)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R additions p. 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395802 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 col 4 17' | May he release the incantation that he has made. |
| reverse col 4 1' | May the oath be released; may the oath be established in the middle. |
| reverse col 4 13' | (If) he is stricken in the ground: he will become ill. |
| reverse col 3 1' | May Gilgamesh speak in this day. |
| reverse col 4 15' | O ama, they will smite and smite. |
| reverse col 4 32' | And you are the one who makes peace. |
| reverse col 4 34' | When the incantation priest comes out from your womb |
| reverse col 4 9' | Holy Samku of Ea, the messenger of Asalluhi, am I. |
| reverse col 4 22' | With you may the watercourses irrigate. |
| reverse col 3 2' | May I see the curse and see the light. |
| reverse col 4 25' | Ditto: arrnu, daughter of the great gods. |
| reverse col 4 28' | The foundation of my city, and the goddess Itar, my city, are angry. |
| reverse col 4 14' | (and) fire (and) fire (and) strew |
| reverse col 4 38' | They rejoiced, the eyes were full of scepter. |
| reverse col 4 7' | Incantation: O angû-priest. |
| reverse col 3 3' | Incantation: O barley, rations, as many as there are, |
| reverse col 4 35' | The fifth tablet... |
| reverse col 4 8' | I screamed. I screamed. |
| reverse col 4 3' | That man may he live, may he live. |
| reverse col 4 5' | May he entrust it to the good deeds of his (personal) god. |
| reverse col 4 26' | Ditto: You make a flour/incense-offering. |
| reverse col 4 20' | may he be expelled, may he be expelled |
| reverse col 4 2' | May that man be pure, may he be pure. |
| reverse col 4 23' | with you may the Tigris and Euphrates |
| reverse col 4 10' | On the ground, the sand dunes wailed |
| reverse col 4 18' | May his (personal) goddess and his goddess who so-and-so, son of so-and-so, release him. |
| reverse col 4 11' | the fire which I have smashed |
| reverse col 3 5' | The oath that I had committed against me |
| reverse col 3 6' | From the threshing floor, as many as there were, |
| reverse col 4 24' | [With you, may] the watercourse of the wide sea [be s]een. |
| reverse col 4 21' | Incantation: O nuu of Gilgame, warrior |
| reverse col 4 12' | ama swore, he swore. |
| reverse col 4 33' | Judge my case, determine my case. |
| reverse col 4 36' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse col 4 19' | May his oath be brought to an end. |
| reverse col 4 16' | May ama, who removes radiance, and famine |
| reverse col 4 27' | Ditto: my heart, my (personal) goddess and my (personal) goddess are angry. |
| reverse col 4 4' | may he return to his good hand to his god. |
| reverse col 4 37' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| reverse col 4 30' | And may there be a death of my body. |
| reverse col 4 31' | Because of this, I stood before you. |
| reverse col 4 6' | Wording of the oath-taking |
| reverse col 3 4' | as follows: "Let them be brought to me, as many as there are." |
| reverse col 4 29' | On this day, may my god and my goddess release the foundations of my heart. |
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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