BMS 31 (P397106)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397106 |
| 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 |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | The one who [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The one who [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | I (am) so-and-so, [son of so-and-so], whose (personal) god (is) [so-and-so (and personal) goddess is so-and-s]o. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | I have [. . .] in you. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Deliver m[e] from hardship and difficulty, that I may sing your [praises]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to [Belet]-shamê. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | At night, in front of Ishtar, you sweep the roof (and) sprinkle pure water. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | You set up a portable altar. You prepare seven food ration portions. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | You strew juniper-(incense) [on the censer]. Establish deliverance and favorable treatment. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Incantation: O goddess of the I]gigi, most capable daughter of Sin. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ša [...] | |
| 3' | ša ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ana-ku ⸢NENNI⸣ [A NENNI ša₂] ⸢DINGIR-šu₂⸣ [NENNI {d}iš₈-tar₂ NENNI]-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 5' | a-na ⸢ka⸣-[a]-ši ⸢at⸣-[x x x (x)]-kal | |
| 6' | ina PAP.HAL u MUNUS.⸢KALAG⸣.GA šu-zi-bi-⸢in⸣-[ni da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ki⸣ lud-lul | |
| 7' | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {⸢d⸣}[be-let]-AN{e} | |
| 8' | ina GE₆ ana IGI {d}iš₈-tar₂ UR₃ ⸢SAR⸣ A KU₃ SUD | |
| 9' | GI.DU₈ GIN{an} 7(diš)-ta-⸢am₃⸣ ŠUK-MEŠ tar-kas | |
| 10' | [ina NIG₂.NA] ⸢ŠIM⸣.LI ta-sar₂-raq i-ṭi₂-ra u gi-mil-tu₂ kun-ni | |
| 11' | [EN₂ DINGIR{ti} {d]}⸢i⸣-gi-gi bu-uk-rat {d}3(u) te-li-tu₂ | |
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)
- 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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