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Meier Maqlu 03 K 06326 (P396457)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 03 K 06326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396457 |
| 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 |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [... e]-⸢ki-a-am⸣ [...] | ... of E-e-am ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ša₂ NENNI A NENNI⸣ ana ⸢sa⸣-ḫa-ri ni-⸢il⸣-[li-ka] | ... of so-and-so, son of solstice, to the sa’eḫari temple, your holy shrine |
| 3' | [... lu-uq]-⸢qu⸣-ti ša₂ ḫu-ṣa-bi-ši-[na] | ... the luqqûtu-offerings of their joy |
| 4' | [... ḫu-um]-⸢mu⸣-mi ša₂ ḫi-im-ma-ti-⸢ši⸣-[na] | ... of Ḫum-emûmi, which is the king’s |
| 5' | [... ḫu]-⸢lu-paq⸣-qi₂ ana ša₂-ra-pu ni-il-⸢lak⸣ [...] | ... we shall go to the quay |
| 6' | [...] ner-ta-ni-[ti] | ... my sins |
| 7' | [...] nar-šim-da-[ti] | ... of the great singers |
| 8' | [...] ... eš-še-bu-[ti] | ... ešebūti |
| 9' | [...] a-gu-gi-il-⸢ti⸣ | ... Agugilti |
| 10' | [...] ⸢LUKUR⸣ | ... elu-priestess |
| 11' | [...] kul-ma-ši-⸢ti⸣ | ... Kullašīti |
| 12' | [...] ša₂ ⸢mu⸣-ši | ... of the eši-priest |
| 13' | [...] ša₂ kal u₄-me | ... of all days |
| 14' | [...] ša₂ AN-[e] | ... of heaven |
| 15' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ KI-[ti] | ... of the earth |
| 16' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ KA DINGIR.[MEŠ] | ... the mouth of the gods |
| 17' | [...] ⸢ša₂ bir⸣-ki {d}15.[MEŠ] | ... of the mountain range of the Ištars |
| 18' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | ... the eša-e23 |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢mi-qit⸣ A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | ... emiqitu-plant, the plants |
| 2' | ⸢kaš⸣-šap-⸢ti⸣ ki-ma ⸢si⸣-[ḫir ...] | “Because of the ešapītû-plant, like a e’eḫbir-plant |
| 3' | li-ṣu-du u li-[ri-qu ...] | May they be sown and may they be plundered |
| 4' | ⸢EN₂ at-ti-ie⸣-e [...] | Incantation: “Attiye |
| 5' | ⸢at-ti⸣-ie-⸢e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 6' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 7' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 8' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 9' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 10' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 11' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e ša₂⸣ [...] | Attiyê |
| 12' | [at-ti]-⸢ie-e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| 13' | [at-ti-ie]-⸢e⸣ [...] | Attiye’e |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | [tap-ru]-si KI-ia ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MU ...] | I have strewn offerings with my (personal) god. |
| 2 | [tap-ru]-⸢si⸣ KI-⸢ia⸣ šim-ti ši-ma-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | Tapru-esî, with me, fate, fate ... |
| 3 | ⸢a-leq⸣-qa-kim-ma ḫa-ḫa-a ša₂ UDUN ⸢diḫ₂⸣-[me₂-nu ...] | When you take the eqāma-plant, the ḫbâm-plant of the dun-plant |
| 4 | ⸢a-maḫ⸣-ḫa-aḫ a-⸢tab⸣-bak ana UGU ⸢SAG⸣.[DU ...] | “It is high, it is low, I set it up on top of the esag edu-vessel |
| 5 | EN₂ ša₂ i-pu-ša₂-an-ni uš-⸢te⸣-[pi-ša₂-an-ni] | Incantation: “Who has performed sorcery against me, who has repeatedly sorceries against me |
| 6 | ina mi-li ID₂ i-[pu-ša₂-an-ni] | in the riverbank he built for me |
| 7 | ina mi-ṭi ID₂ i-[pu-ša₂-an-ni] | in the middle of the river he built for me |
| 8 | a-na e-piš-ti ep-ši-[ma ...] | For an extispicy is made and |
| 9 | a-na sa-⸢ḫir⸣-ti suḫ₄-⸢ri⸣-[ma ...] | For the sabirûtu-festival ... |
| 10 | an-ni-tu₂ lu-[u ...] | this or |
| 11 | ki-ma {giš}MA₂.GUR₈ an-⸢ni⸣-[ta ...] | like a boat of An, |
| 12 | kiš-pi-šu₂-nu lib-bal-⸢ki⸣-[tu-ma ...] | May their witchcraft carry off and |
| 13 | u₃ la-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢lil⸣-[li-ku] | and their limbs, elil-eliku-plant |
| 14 | di-in-ša₂ li-⸢is⸣-[sa-ḫi-ip-ma ...] | May her judgment be heeded, and |
| 15 | ⸢EN₂⸣ ina {⸢giš}MA₂⸣.[GUR₈-MU ...] | Incantation: “It is in my boat |
| 16 | [...] ⸢bi-rit⸣ [...] | ... ebiritu-tree |
| o iv | ||
| 1' | [... zu-mur]-⸢ku-nu⸣ liḫ-⸢muṭ⸣ | May your limbs be soothed towards me |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}⸢e₂-a⸣ MAŠ.[MAŠ] | ... the son of Ea, incantation priest |
| 3' | [...] ⸢pa-ni-ku-nu⸣ | ... your lips |
| 4' | [... ḫi]-⸢ṭa⸣-ti-ku-nu | ... your joy |
| 5' | [... lu]-⸢ḫum⸣-me-ku-⸢nu⸣ | ... Lu-eḫum-emuki-e23 |
| 6' | [...] ... {d}gira₂ ez-⸢zu⸣ | ... Gira, the fiery one |
| 7' | [... kiš-pi]-⸢ku⸣-nu ru-he-ku-nu ⸢ḪUL.MEŠ⸣ | ... your witchcraft, your magic (and) the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GIM⸣ ... KU₆.MEŠ ina me-e-a | ... ešumu-plant fish in water |
| 9' | [...] ina ru-šum-di-ia | ... in my hand |
| 10' | [... {u₂}IN].⸢NU⸣.UŠ ina u₂-šal-li | ... ēšû-plant in the reed bundle |
| 11' | [... {u₂}KI].⸢KAL⸣ ina a-ḫe-⸢e⸣ [a]-⸢tap-pi⸣ | I have strewn kištu-juniper in the aḫbê-plant |
| 12' | [...] ina a-[ḫi ...] | ... in the water ... |
| 13' | [... {d}iš₈]-⸢tar₂⸣ [mu]-⸢nam-mi⸣-[rat ...] | ... Ištar-ēṭer, the one who decrees ... |
| 14' | [... uṣ-ṣu]-⸢ra-ku⸣ ana-[ku] | (Sum) ... I am the one who is to go out (Akk) I am ..., I am |
| 15' | [...] {⸢d⸣}gira₂ ra-⸢šub⸣-[bu] | ... the Gira gods |
| 16' | [...] {⸢d⸣}a-nu qar-du [...] | ... Anu, the hero |
| 17' | [...] rit-[tu] | ... hand |
| 18' | [... dan-na]-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ a-me-lu-⸢tum⸣ | ... Danna-etī-e23 of Amēlatum |
| 19' | [...] KA-ki da-ab-⸢bi⸣-[bu] | ... your mouth is full of tears |
| 20' | [... dan-na]-ti rit-ti-⸢ki⸣ | ... the fortified cities of Ritti-Ea |
| 21' | [... a-ma]-⸢tum⸣ aš₂-šak-[ki] | ... I have sent to you. |
| 22' | [... x]-x-ʾa-a-⸢ki⸣ | ... ...-emūti |
| 23' | [... e]-⸢piš-u₂⸣-[ti] | ... the work |
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