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AfO 19, 055, pl. 16 K 08003 (P397429)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 19, 055, pl. 16 K 08003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397429 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | Marduk gave me a firm positive answer. |
| reverse 17' | I rejoiced, his hand was released, his punishment |
| reverse 7' | You are a nizirtu, you are a lion, you are a lion, you are a..., |
| obverse col 2 5' | he did not know |
| reverse 11' | has heard you, in my heart |
| obverse 7' | Protector of the life of a god |
| obverse 9' | Protector of the life of a god |
| reverse 10' | he will measure out, and he will not know. |
| reverse 20' | he swore: "Your scepter has been written in the stele." |
| reverse 13' | may his sacrifices go above you. |
| reverse 6' | May Marduk let me go out from this snare. |
| obverse 4' | Marduk, you are... my fate. |
| reverse 4' | May my lord be negligent, may he be negligent in the extispicy. |
| obverse col 2 14' | Marduk, to whom he built |
| obverse col 2 7' | He did not go,... reed |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... the one who is assiduous towards me,... |
| obverse col 2 10' | Where... |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... I am.... |
| obverse col 2 2' | ................ |
| reverse 19' | By the mouth of the kabarû-demon you will be sated. |
| reverse 18' | he smote, and a frightened person above him |
| obverse col 2 8' | Adad, the agimu deity |
| obverse col 2 12' | The lord to whom he built... |
| obverse col 2 1' | ............... awe-inspiring radiance, awe-inspiring brilliance, |
| obverse col 2 15' | He is a frightened one,... |
| reverse 12' | May the oath of Ea soothe your heart |
| reverse 15' | I saw his deeds, |
| reverse 14' | May he rejoice over you, and may he say to you: |
| reverse 1' | What should my lord do? |
| reverse 16' | May your heart rejoice over you, and may his heart be glad. |
| reverse 8' | he took him, a pure place, before him, and avenged my case. |
| reverse 9' | in the midst of your guilt, he will die. |
| reverse 3' | I have been very afraid, but I have been afraid. |
| reverse 5' | I have been very afraid, but I have been afraid. |
| obverse col 2 11' | Where... |
| obverse 10' | Who hears my prayer, who gives life, |
| obverse 11' | Whoever erases the inscribed object with him |
| obverse col 2 9' | Where Api... |
| obverse col 2 6' | 'The young man, his mistress,... |
| reverse 2' | Let me bring his mouth that does not know |
| obverse col 2 4' | I sat down... |
| obverse 3' | Whose utterance........... |
| obverse 5' | Whose utterance........... |
| obverse 2' | O lord, you are... |
| obverse 6' | May he appoint a supplication to me. |
| obverse 1' | With a long life...... |
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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