BMS 03 (P397501)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397501 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1' | [. . .] restore [. . .] |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . .] accept [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | [. . .] may the one who does [not] fear his (personal) god and (personal) goddess [learn] from [my] example (lit. [see] by [my] hand). |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . .] I have experienced (lit. seen) [your] punish[ment]. |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . .] the heavens rejoice over you, the Apsu celebrates you. |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | [May the great gods of the world bless] you. May the great gods gladd[en] your heart. |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | May [Anu, Enlil, and] Ea increase [your] dominion. |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | [Indeed, you] Damkina (are) the lady of heaven and ear[th]. |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [It is the wording] of a lifted-hand prayer to Damkina. |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [. . . so]n of Enlil, most supreme, perfect one, progeny of Esha[ra], |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | [Who is] clothed with [fe]ar, filled with terror, |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | [. . .], whose onslaught cannot be opposed. |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | (Whose celestial) position [. . .] among the gods. |
| a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14' | [. . .] of celebrations, your head is high. |
| a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15' | [. . .] execultive power over all the gods; it is held in your hand. |
| a [15:16] a 16'16'–a 16'16' | [. . .]; you secure justice for the misguided, the orphaned boy [. . .]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [... bu]-⸢ul⸣-liṭ-ṭi [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢TI⸣-i [...] | |
| 3' | [... la] ⸢pa⸣-lih DINGIR-šu₂ u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-šu₂ ⸢ina ŠU⸣-[MU li-mur] | |
| 4' | [...] a-ta-mar ⸢še⸣-[ret-ki] | |
| 5' | [...] AN{⸢u₂⸣} HUL₂-ki ZU.AB ⸢SU₃⸣-[ki] | |
| 6' | [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ kiš-ša₂-ti lik-ru-bu]-ki DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ŠA₃-ki li-⸢ṭib⸣-[bu] | |
| 7' | {[d}a-num {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d]}e₂-a li-šar-bu-u EN{⸢ut⸣}[ki] | |
| 8' | [at-ti-ma] ⸢dam⸣-ki-na be-let AN{e} u KI{[tim]} | |
| 9' | [KA-INIM-MA] ⸢ŠU⸣-IL₂-LA₂ {d}DAM-KI-⸢NA⸣-[KAM] | |
| 10' | [... bu]-kur₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ šur-bu-u₂ git₂-ma-lu i-lit-ti E₂.ŠAR₂.[RA] | |
| 11' | [ša pu-luh]-⸢tam⸣ lit-bu-šu₂ ma-lu-u₂ hur-ba-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 12' | [...] la im-mah-ha-ru qa-bal-šu₂ | |
| 13' | [...] man-za-za ina DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢ta-ši⸣-la-a-ti ša₂-qa-a re-ša₂-a-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢te⸣-rit kul-lat DINGIR-MEŠ qa-tuk-ka tam-[hat] | |
| 16' | [...] tuš-⸢te⸣-šir la šu-šu-ra i-ka-a [...] | |
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- 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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