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BBR pl. 15 K 05375+ (P396009)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 15 K 05375+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P396009 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 23' | They shaved their hands and feet with arrows |
| obverse 19' | The gods of heaven and earth have covered their chests like a garment. |
| obverse 20' | The slander of his god with him became frightened, and a shekel of famine seized him. |
| obverse 25' | he (Ningirsu) smote him, and he smote him from his body. |
| obverse 6 | As soon as he appoints an erishu-priestess, |
| reverse 1' | and |
| reverse 14' | Incantation: "Ni'i, nilu, guhhu, hhu, ru'tu-disease... |
| obverse 34' | he placed a supplication, a supplication, a supplication, and... |
| reverse 17' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 32' | ... fearsomeness, fearsomeness, his mouth... |
| obverse 16' | When they were standing in heaven and underworld,... |
| obverse 26' | he smote him, and he killed the Amorite. |
| reverse 11' | to ama, foremost of the gods, |
| obverse 35' | At that time, it was as if it were a storm, it was a flood, it was a flood. |
| reverse 8' | like the ugbur-inuna gods |
| obverse 8 | In order to... the radiance of the four quarters, to... like the heavens, |
| reverse 16' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| reverse 3' | your well-being |
| obverse 38' | Enki entered the temple and said to him: |
| reverse 7' | like Ugbur-agan |
| obverse 4 | Amitu, from the midst of the heavens, |
| obverse 33' | In order to set the foundations of its people, the great liar |
| obverse 24' | he smote his hand, he smote his nose, he smote |
| reverse 5' | one who... |
| obverse 31' | ... its mouth |
| obverse 14' | ... old and old... |
| obverse 27' | they will cut off the head of their father. |
| obverse 18' | They rejoiced over him, they rejoiced, they rejoiced. |
| obverse 29' | uhluh ninda, ZI... |
| obverse 37' | Asalluhi (is) Marduk’s first-born. |
| obverse 39' | ... Ea entered a house and set it up. |
| reverse 10' | the hand of ama, the foremost of the gods, |
| obverse 9 | The people who were frightened of the city were frightened. |
| obverse 17' | of the adib priests of the gods |
| reverse 9' | May he make the foundation of my limbs as firm as the foundations. |
| obverse 22' | he smote against him, and he smote him. |
| obverse 2 | he has gone out from the Apsu. |
| reverse 4' | In... |
| obverse 5 | he heaped up like grass on the earth. |
| obverse 15' | from the sky it was raining like a flood |
| obverse 3 | to bring out the evildoer from the midst of heaven |
| obverse 30' | ... a pure cultic space, whose limbs... |
| reverse 2' | ... and... |
| obverse 36' | ... and..................................... |
| obverse 21' | They placed the foundations of his city. |
| reverse 6' | ... humanity... |
| obverse 1 | When the incantation priest comes out from the abzu |
| reverse 13' | May ama, foremost of the gods, decree his well-being for the good health of the gods. |
| reverse 12' | May ama, the foremost of the gods, give him a favorable hand to his god! |
| reverse 15' | It is the seventh tablet of the series |
| obverse 7 | In its four quarters, in its entirety, like fires were burning |
| obverse 28' | He shall erase the curse related to him. |
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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