BMS 51 (P397532)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BMS 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397532 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [And your divini]ty [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Rescue [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Carry off the sorcer[y . . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Which] humanity [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Stand (here) and list[en ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I lay hold of your garment; I hol[d tight . . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Establish] a requital of life for [me]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [That I may sing] your praises. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | It is the wording of two lifted-hand prayers to [Orion]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Its ritual: In the presence of Orion, [you sweep] the roof, [sprinkle pure water], |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | You set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer. [You recite] this incantation. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] a green frog, tamarisk, [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [. . .] with cypress oil you rub [him], |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [. . . the plant 'heals] a thousand', the plant 'heals twenty', root of mandragora(?)-plant, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [. . .] you put (it). You leave (it) under the stars [overnight]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [. . . you have him drink (it), and] nothing evil [will approach him]. |
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' | [u DINGIR]{ut}[ka ...] | |
| 2' | ⸢e⸣-ṭi₂-ir [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢ta⸣-bal up-ša₂-⸢še⸣-[e ...] | |
| 4' | [ša] NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.⸢LU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢GUB⸣-ma ⸢ši⸣-[me ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢aṣ⸣-bat TUG₂-ka ⸢u₂⸣-[kil ...] | |
| 7' | ⸢gi⸣-mil TI.LA ⸢UGU⸣-[ia šu-ku-un] | |
| 8' | KA.TAR-ka [lud-lul] | |
| 9' | 2(diš) ⸢KA⸣-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂.LA₂ {mul}[SIPA-ZI-AN-NA-KAM] | |
| 10' | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI ana IGI {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ⸢UR₃⸣ [SAR A KU₃ SUD] | |
| 11' | ⸢NIG₂.NA {šim}LI⸣ GAR{an} KAŠ.SAG BAL{qi₂} EN₂ an-ni-⸢tu⸣ [ŠID{nu]} | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢BIL.ZA⸣.ZA SIG₇.SIG₇{qi₂} {giš}ŠINIG [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢ina⸣ I₃.GIŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ ŠEŠ₂{[su]} | |
| 14' | [... {u₂}IGI]-⸢LIM⸣ {u₂}IGI-NIŠ SUHUŠ {giš}NAM.⸢TAR⸣ | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢GAR⸣{an} ina UL ⸢tuš⸣-[bat] | |
| 16' | [... NAG-šu₂-ma] ⸢mim-ma lem-nu⸣ NU [TE-šu₂] | |
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