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Meier Maqlu 05 K 07242 (P397129)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 05 K 07242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397129 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [... da-a-a-ni]-⸢ša₂⸣ | ... Da'ani-ešue |
| 2' | [...] ⸢UGU⸣-ša₂ | ... over it |
| 3' | [...] ⸢pi⸣-i-ša₂ | ... its epīša plant |
| 4' | [... muš-te]-⸢piš⸣-ti | ..., the one who initiates sorcery |
| 5' | [... li-nu]-⸢šu₂ kiš⸣-pu-ša₂ | ... may they release his witchcraft |
| 6' | [... {u₂}ḪAR].⸢SAG⸣{sar} li-ṣap-pi-ru-ši ⸢kiš-pu⸣-ša₂ | May ḫašû-plant, ēsag-plant (and) eklippuru-plant bind him. |
| 7' | [... {u₂}ZA₃.ḪI].⸢LI⸣{sar} li-is-ḫu-lu-ši kiš-⸢pu⸣-ša₂ | ... may ēlšû-plant kill him. |
| 8' | ⸢ki⸣-ma {u₂}KUR.⸢ZI⸣{sar} li-sa-am-mu-ši kiš-⸢pu-ša₂⸣ | In E’e, may ēšî-juniper flourish. |
| 9' | ⸢ki⸣-ma {u₂}GAZI{⸢sar⸣} li-ik-su-ši kiš-pu-⸢ša₂⸣ | In E’eš, may kasû-tamarind bind him, may witchcraft |
| 10' | ki-ma {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR li-iḫ-šu-ši kiš-pu-ša₂ | May witchcraft afflict him like burāšu-plant. |
| 11' | ki-ma qit-mi lik-tu-mu-ši kiš-pu-ša₂ | May witchcraft bind him like a hand. |
| 12' | ki-ma {u₂}UKUŠ₂.LAGAB li-ru-ru-ši kiš-pu-ša₂ | May witchcraft curse him like a stag. |
| 13' | ⸢ki⸣-ma {u₂}NU.LUḪ.ḪA{⸢sar⸣} lit-taḫ-ḫi-ra NUNDUM.MEŠ-ša₂ | (In) E’e, may the nuḫurtu-plant (a kind of juniper) be added to its seed. |
| 14' | [e]-⸢piš⸣-tu u₃ ⸢muš⸣-te-piš-tu | Incantation and incantation |
| 15' | [lib]-⸢bal⸣-kit-si SILA ⸢u₃⸣ su-lu-u₂ | (If) it clashes (with each other): the street of the temple will be ruined. |
| 16' | [lib]-⸢bal-kit⸣-si ib-ra-⸢tu⸣ [...] ⸢ne₂⸣-me₂-di-ša₂ | (Sum) The one who is enraged, the one who trembles(?) (Akk) He who is angry, he who is furious(?) |
| 17' | [lib-bal-ki]-⸢tu⸣-ši-ma DINGIR.MEŠ [...] ⸢EDIN⸣ u₃ URU | May the gods ... the steppe and the city |
| 18' | [...] ⸢ki-ma UR⸣.[GI₇] ⸢i⸣-na {giš}GIDRU ; [... kir]-⸢ban-ni⸣ | ... in E’e, the dog, the scepter, ... kir-ebanni-e23 |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x-[x ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ni⸣-ši u [...] | ... his ... and |
| 3' | ina ni-ši u ⸢ma⸣-[miti ...] | Through fear and adversity |
| 4' | uz-zi DINGIR LUGAL IDIM [...] | “The uzzu-demon, god, king, ... , |
| 5' | uz-zi DINGIR LUGAL IDIM u ⸢NUN⸣ [...] | “Exalted one of god, king, noble, and prince |
| 6' | a-šu-uš-tu₂ a-ru-ur-⸢tu₂ ḫu⸣-[uṣ ...] ; pi-rit-ta u a-dir-ta ⸢ia⸣-[a-ši ...] | (As for) the one who removes my inscription and my name, |
| 7' | a-šu-uš-tu₂ a-ru-ur-tu₂ ḫu-uṣ-ṣa ⸢GAZ⸣ [...] ; pi-rit-ta a-dir-tu₂ a-na ⸢ka⸣-[a-šu₂-nu ...] | “Ašûtu, arurtu-disease, ḫūṣa, egaša-e23-plant, ..., the opening of the dark, to their temple |
| 8' | ⸢aq-me-ku-nu-ši⸣ ina ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ [...] | “Aqmekūnu-šû-plant, in the ēriptu-plant |
| 9' | al-qut qu-tur-⸢ku⸣-nu ik-⸢kib⸣ [...] | I took the qutur-ekûnu-vessel, I ... the ik-e-kib priestess |
| 10' | ep-še-ti-ku-nu tur-ra-nik-ku-nu-ši [...] | Your deeds (and) your omens |
| 11' | EN₂ at-ti-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ ki-ma ⸢IM⸣.[U₁₈.LU ...] | Incantation: “You are the witch, who like a ešamaš-demon |
| 12' | til-ti u₄-mi MURU₉ ša₂-na-⸢at⸣ [...] | The end of the day, the beginning of the šanātu-disease |
| 13' | DUNGU ik-ṣu-ra-am-ma iz-⸢zi⸣-[za ...] | (If) the cloud reaches and stands (there): . |
| 14' | a-te-eb-ba-ak-kim-ma GIM gal-[la-ab ...] | I have seized you, and like a lion . . |
| 15' | u₂-⸢sap⸣-paḫ DUNGU-⸢ka⸣ [...] | “The sap-epaḫ-plant of the cloud |
| 16' | u₂-⸢sap⸣-paḫ kiš-⸢pi⸣-[ki ...] | “You are the one who destroys the ruins of the netherworld |
| 17' | u₃ na-aš₂-⸢pa-ra⸣-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | and Našparrāti’e |
| 18' | EN₂ ša₂-ru-uḫ [...] | Incantation: Šaruḫ |
| 19' | al-lal-lu-[u/u₂ ...] | Allalû-disease |
| 20' | ⸢qa⸣-mu-u₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ {[lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU] | “Hand-lifting-plants’, ēša-e23-plant, a man and a woman |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [... lib₃-ba-ku]-⸢nu⸣ [...] | ... my heart ... |
| 2' | [... la-aʾ-me]-⸢ku⸣-nu [...] | ... I do not know ... |
| 3' | [... {d]}⸢AMAR.UTU u EGI₂⸣ [...] | ... Marduk and the temple administrator |
| o iv | ||
| 1' | [lip-ru]-⸢us ḫa-a-a-at-ta-ku-nu DUMU {d}e₂-a⸣ [...] | May your joy be upon me, son of Ea |
| 2' | ⸢EN₂⸣ KUR-u₂ lik-⸢tum₃⸣-ku-nu-ši | May the incantation of the mountain bring you out. |
| 3' | KUR-u₂ lik-la-ku-nu-ši | May the mountains bless you. |
| 4' | KUR-u₂ li-ni-iḫ-⸢ku⸣-nu-ši | May the mountain rejoice over you. |
| 5' | KUR-u₂ li-iḫ-si-ku-nu-ši | May the mountain rejoice over you. |
| 6' | KUR-u₂ li-te-eʾ-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ | May the mountain approach you! |
| 7' | ⸢KUR⸣-u₂ li-ne₂-eʾ-ku-nu-[ši] | may the ešāgû-priestess keep you alive! |
| 8' | [...] li-kat₃-tim-⸢ku⸣-[nu-ši] | ... may they be able to release him |
| 9' | [...] UGU-ku-nu [...] | ... upon you ... |
| 10' | [...] ⸢tap-par-ra⸣-[sa-ma ...] | ... you have sent, and ... |
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