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Maqlu 2, 67 (P396767)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Maqlu 2, 67 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396767 |
| 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 iv | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU rit-ta-ku⸣-nu {d}⸢gira₂⸣ [...] | The šamaš priestess and the psyclogist, the rittakku-priests of Egira-e23 |
| 2 | {d}gira₂ li-kul {d}gira₂ liš-ti {d}gira₂ liš-[ta-bil] | May Gira eat, may Gira carry off my spirit. |
| 3 | {d}gira₂ lil-sa-a ⸢UGU⸣ dan-na-ti rit-⸢te⸣-[ku-nu] | Gira, you are a lil-sû-demon. |
| 4 | ša rit-ta-ku-nu e-pu-šu zu-mur-ku-nu ⸢li⸣-[iḫ-muṭ] | “The one who has performed your handiwork, your limbs (are) elī-eḫmut |
| 5 | li-is-pu-uḫ ⸢ILLAT⸣-ku-nu DUMU {d}⸢e₂⸣-[a MAŠ.MAŠ] | May your esallu-vessel, son of Ea, exorcist |
| 6 | qut-ri {d}⸢gira₂⸣ li-ri-ma ⸢pa⸣-[ni-ku-nu] | May the rites of Egira’e come to an end, and may your pš. |
| 7 | ki-ma ti-nu-⸢ri⸣ ina ḫa-⸢ṭa⸣-[di-ku-nu] | like a tinnû-demon in your joy |
| 8 | ki-ma di-qa-ri ina lu-⸢ḫu⸣-[um-me-ku-nu] | like a flood in your midst |
| 9 | li-is-pu-uḫ-ku-nu-ši ... {⸢d⸣}[gira₂ ...] | may they release you. |
| 10 | a-a TE.MEŠ-ni kiš-pi-ku-nu ⸢ru⸣-[ḫe-ku-nu ...] | May your witchcraft not approach me, your ruḫb-plant |
| 11 | e-tel-la-a GIM KU₆.⸢ḪI⸣.[A ...] | (If) it is high, like a fish . |
| 12 | GIM ŠAḪ [...] | Like ... ... |
| 13 | GIM {u₂}⸢IN.NU.UŠ⸣ [...] | Like ēru-plant |
| 14 | GIM {⸢u₂⸣}[KI.KAL ...] | Like an e’û-demon |
| 15 | ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | ... ēru-plant |
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)
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