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K 04969 (P395814)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395814 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| en₂ saŋ-ba saŋ-⸢ba⸣ [sil₇-la₂] ⸢sil₇⸣-[la₂] ⸢bad-ra₂⸣ bad-⸢ra₂⸣ | Incantation: “Sa, sa-eba, sila, esila, dira, bad-ra, | |
| ma-mit ma-mit ⸢pu⸣-[ṭur dup-pir] ⸢i-si re⸣-qi₂ | The curse, the curse of the ēpû-tbur-plant, the sulphur-plant (and) the head-plant | |
| saŋ-ba an-⸢na⸣ [saŋ]-še₃ i-[ri]-pad₃ | He swore an oath by An-emana-e23 | |
| ma-mit AN{⸢e} u₂⸣-tam-⸢mi⸣-ka | The curse of heaven and earth | |
| saŋ-⸢ba⸣ [... saŋ]-še₃ i-⸢ri-pad₃⸣ | he will find its place | |
| ⸢ma⸣-[mit ...] ⸢u₂⸣-tam-⸢mi⸣-[ka] | “It is the day of the ešumû-priestess, ... of your etam emītum’s | |
| ⸢udug⸣ [hul sil₇-la₂] {d}alad hul ⸢sil₇⸣-[la₂] | The evil udug-house, the evil alad-house | |
| [u₂-tuk-ku lem-nu] ⸢dup⸣-pir še-e-du lem-nu ⸢dup⸣-[pir] | evil utukku-plant, epir-plant | |
| [saŋ-ba ki ...]-⸢ta⸣ ŋeš-hur nu-dib-⸢ba⸣ | In the place where ... enters, he will not pass by | |
| [ma-mit e-ma ...]-⸢u₂⸣ i-tu-ša₂ in-ne₃-ti-iq | The curse, wherever he goes he passes by. | |
| {[ŋeš}tukul šu nu-un-bar-ra sa]-par₃ mu-un-sir₃-sir₃-⸢re⸣ | If he does not release his weapon, he will break the net. | |
| [ina kak-ki ...]-⸢šir₃⸣ tak-ka-si ina sa-⸢pa-ri⸣ | In the kakku-vessel of ...-ešir-e23 you wrap (them) up, in the sa-eparî (vessel) | |
| [tu₆ šu nu-un-bur₂-ra sa]-⸢par₃⸣ ŋeš-hur ⸢nam⸣-ba-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-⸢e⸣-[ne] | In the incantation that cannot be undone, the sa'epar priests turn to you | |
| [ši-pat la pa-ša₂-ri e-ṣir]-⸢ka⸣ ana sa-pa-ri e ta-⸢aṭ⸣-[ha-a] | (Sum) It is a curse that cannot be undone (Akk) The curse that is not undone I have sent to the netherworld | |
| [... nam-šub ha-lam-ma-me]-⸢en⸣ mu pad₃-da he₂-en-šu-⸢uš⸣-[ru] | May you be able to establish a good name for yourself | |
| [qu-u₂ ... ši-pat ha]-⸢la⸣-qi₂-ka u₂-ša₂-az-kir liṭ-ru-⸢ud⸣-[ka] | (Sum) The ... of the scepter, the ‘heals-a-thousand’-demon, I have made manifest to you. (Akk) May the ..., the incantation of your heart, be present for you. | |
| [zi te-en-te-en uš₂ lil₂-la₂ nam]-šub ha-lam-ma-me-⸢en⸣ | You are the one who constantly seeks out the life of the ghost, you are destroyed by the incantation | |
| [mu-bal-lu-u ... mu-u₂]-tu₄ za-qi₂-qu ina šip-ti KEŠ₂-[...] | (Sum) The one who revives ... (Akk) I revive the dead ... with a ritual assemblage ... | |
| [mu-e-sukud-da zi ud] šu₂-uš-⸢ru⸣ | I have sworn by the life of the day | |
| [ina u₂-tul-li-ka tu-uš]-šiš na-⸢piš⸣-[ti] | By your exalted command you have performed evil against me | |
| o | ||
| 11 | [na-an-gub-e-ne na-an]-⸢tuš-e-ne⸣ | Do not stand, do not sit |
| ⸢udug sag₁₀-ga⸣ [a₂ zid-da-ŋu₁₀ ...] | The good udug-vessel, the right arm | |
| še-ed dum-[qi₂ ina im-ni-ia ...] | Receive good fortune in my presence. | |
| {d}lamma sag₁₀-ga [a₂ gub₃-bu-ŋu₁₀ ...] | The good protective deity, the one who stands at his left side | |
| la-mas-si ⸢dum⸣-[qi₂ ina šu-me-li-ia ...] | Lamassu, the equid in my hand | |
| ⸢diŋir⸣ saŋ-du₃-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ⸢ki⸣ [nam-til₃-la-ŋu₁₀-še₃ silim-ma-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ...] | In order to build the Bīt-Bir temple, in order to ensure the well-being of the temple and to ensure peace | |
| DINGIR ba-ni-ia a-šar ⸢ba⸣-[la-ṭi-ia u ša₂-la-me-ia uš-zi-za-an-ni] | The god who created me, the one who saves my life and my life, set me free | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina ⸢ṭup⸣-[pa-a-ni ...] | (Sum) In the scribal school ... (Akk) With the tablet ... |
| 2' | a-na ⸢ta⸣-[mar-ti ...] | to the west |
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
- 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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