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BBR pl. 75 K 09585 + (P396888)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 75 K 09585 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P396888 |
| 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 13 | he made good the rites and ritual rites for her. |
| reverse 16 | may he not return. |
| reverse 12 | As for Lu-ulu, son of his god, when he was born in the temple |
| reverse 27 | May he be pure like earth, may he be pure like heaven. |
| reverse 8 | the fate of its water is pure, it is pure |
| reverse 1 | ...... |
| obverse 5' | regular reeds |
| reverse 37 | May he be sated with the angin prayer. |
| reverse 26 | May that man, like a son of his god, be holy like heaven |
| reverse 20 | at the threshing floor of his head |
| reverse 5 | Its inside is pure, it is pure. |
| reverse 18 | may they make him stand in his utterance |
| reverse 31 | a cedar tree, a tree planted from the mountain |
| reverse 7 | By the gods, the pure ones |
| reverse 34 | a table |
| reverse 35 | the pure |
| reverse 24 | pure rations, pure rations |
| reverse 4 | May An and Enlil curse him. |
| reverse 29 | Incantation: O fire from the mountain, favourable from the mountain |
| reverse 36 | he brought out |
| reverse 14 | the mouth of the evil udug, the evil ala, the evil ghost, the evil ghost, the evil god, the evil bailiff, the evil bailiff |
| reverse 21 | Incantation: I am the ulua priest |
| reverse 9 | Enki, his son, Asalluhi, gave orders |
| reverse 23 | I am the one of battle, I am the one of battle. |
| reverse 15 | In order to destroy the evildoer's property |
| reverse 10 | (If) he does not know water, he will be satisfied. |
| obverse 3' | he heaped up alkali-plant, alkali-plant, alkali-plant |
| reverse 32 | ... of the sukudda priests |
| reverse 11 | he placed the holy sea at its base. |
| reverse 22 | I am the pure ulua priest, I am the pure ulu priest |
| reverse 19 | red... |
| reverse 28 | I made it stand outside with evil tongue. |
| reverse 17 | the lordship of Nimlugal-kalama |
| reverse 3 | Incantation: O Ama-dir-r’ (and) everything that pertains to the sea |
| obverse 4' | to enter the place of the first month |
| obverse 1' | they smote |
| reverse 30 | who came out from the mountain |
| reverse 39 | Incantation: O Gibil, shepherd of the great mountain |
| obverse 2' | he gave to him |
| reverse 33 | ...... |
| reverse 25 | It is the pure uluh priestess, the pure uluh priestess |
| reverse 2 | may he return to his good health. |
| reverse 6 | and he made everything pleasing to me |
| reverse 38 | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
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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