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Shurpu 2 B (P396521)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shurpu 2 B |
|---|---|
| ID | P396521 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 16' | ... Humban...... |
| obverse col 2 19' | ... he spoke |
| reverse col 3 11' | May... release, E-saggil |
| obverse col 2 14' | ... the lord and the lady swore. |
| reverse col 3 5' | ... the king of the Igigi |
| reverse col 3 1' | ...... let him write |
| obverse col 2 23' | ...... he sat |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... the king of the Apsu |
| obverse col 2 17' | ... his city he shall take away. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... he did not know, and... |
| reverse col 3 12' | May Iqbi-damqi release, who brings prosperity, |
| obverse col 2 10' | ... the father and mother have heard. |
| obverse col 2 18' | ... has gone out |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... god and king have sworn |
| obverse col 2 24' | ...... has sworn |
| obverse col 2 2' | ... stood... and did not...... |
| reverse col 3 7' | May... Babylon release |
| reverse col 3 4' | ... let me write... |
| reverse col 3 14' | Itar and Der |
| obverse col 2 22' | ...... has endowed |
| obverse col 2 21' | ... has written his face |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... wisdom |
| obverse col 2 25' | ...... has died |
| obverse col 2 1' | ... his goddess with him... |
| reverse col 3 6' | ...... queen of Esangil |
| reverse col 3 10' | May Tashmetu release, great lamentation. |
| obverse col 2 5' | has taken, and... |
| obverse col 2 20' | .... he has written. |
| obverse col 2 7' | ... he stole, he swore |
| obverse col 2 15' | he smote them. |
| reverse col 3 13' | May Dr and Edimgal-Kalkalam release |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... the great gods |
| obverse col 2 6' | he sinned, and he sinned. |
| obverse col 2 12' | ... he swore, and he swore. |
| reverse col 3 9' | May the... of Nanaya release in Ezida |
| obverse col 2 9' | ... the lamassu-prayer of his hands has shaved. |
| obverse col 2 16' | ... he has gone away. |
| reverse col 3 15' | ... in Shui...... |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... lives he has seen. |
| obverse col 2 11' | ... the great brother and the great mistress has heard. |
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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