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BBR pl. 74 K 08684 (P397727)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 74 K 08684 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397727 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 38 | house of Gibil, the lamentation priest |
| reverse 26 | May the evil tongue be set upon it. |
| reverse 42 | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 16' | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
| obverse 11' | who the divine powers of all the lands |
| obverse 7' | ... he entrusted to him. |
| reverse 3 | Its waters are pure, its heart is pure |
| reverse 28 | who came out from the mountains |
| reverse 18 | may he be a reed mat on his head |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 27' | to the ground, its foundations |
| obverse 23' | I made it stand opposite the evildoer |
| reverse 36 | May he be pure like heaven, may he be pure like earth, may he be pure like heaven. |
| obverse 42' | Itiin |
| obverse 6' | ... water to irrigate |
| reverse 32 | whose aura is furious |
| reverse 27 | Incantation: O fire from the mountain, from the mountain of the green |
| obverse 17' | Incantation: O cedar grown from the great mountain |
| obverse 15' | The mouth of a man is sweet, he is sweet |
| reverse 12 | ... ram, evil ala, evil ghost, evil ghost, evil... |
| obverse 30' | to go out, go out from the netherworld |
| reverse 20 | I am the pure uluhhu-priest, I am the pure uluhhu-priest. |
| obverse 40' | a stele |
| obverse 31' | The mouth of a man is sweet, he is sweet |
| obverse 34' | whose foundations |
| obverse 28' | in Eridu its great canopy |
| obverse 33' | Incantation: Oath, sparkling with lapis lazuli, |
| reverse 1 | Incantation: O sea, mother of the gods, that which gives birth to everything |
| reverse 41 | his holy horn |
| reverse 2 | Enki decrees a fate for the Dur-kitaba deity Enki |
| obverse 43' | reed |
| obverse 35' | whose fearsomeness and fearsomeness |
| reverse 17 | May it go before him. May it go before him. |
| obverse 13' | the horizon, the horizon |
| obverse 22' | he smote the hand of a man, he smote him |
| reverse 46 | by the command of Gibil |
| obverse 10' | to make great things for him |
| reverse 33 | ghee, ghee, and Me-ta-gi-tablet |
| reverse 43 | who gives life to the people |
| obverse 32' | I made it stand outside (the temple) as a marvel. |
| reverse 14 | When you speak to me, |
| obverse 14' | May the one who touches the head of a man, drink water for him. |
| reverse 8 | nuku-offering |
| reverse 31 | he fashioned a pure head. |
| obverse 9' | to eat, eat |
| reverse 7 | his son Asalluhi |
| reverse 37 | to... evildoer |
| obverse 25' | reed basket with fresh dates |
| reverse 16 | may they make him stand in his supplications. |
| obverse 41' | ... holy quay |
| reverse 23 | It is the uluha ritual, it is the uluhha ritual |
| obverse 20' | whose soil is surpassing |
| obverse 2' | who establishes decisions |
| reverse 39 | pure kukuga offering |
| reverse 30 | he set up a torch for him. |
| reverse 4 | ... everything |
| reverse 45 | of the evildoer |
| obverse 39' | the Anuna gods |
| reverse 15 | The good udug demon, the good lamma demon, the lordship |
| reverse 21 | I am the one of battle, I am the one of battle. |
| reverse 5 | whose fearsomeness the gods |
| reverse 6 | pure |
| reverse 11 | he smote the uggana plant |
| obverse 19' | from the kur of the aur |
| obverse 24' | Incantation: imli-plant, yellow-green |
| reverse 47 | by the command of Gibil of its divine powers |
| obverse 18' | from the pure mountain deciding fate |
| obverse 21' | In the evening, in the evening, in the morning watch, in the evening, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, in the morning, |
| reverse 40 | the people of heaven |
| obverse 29' | the house of Enlil, its ziggurat |
| reverse 9 | at the reservoir of the pure sea |
| obverse 38' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 19 | Incantation: I am the uluhhu-priest |
| reverse 35 | he made it shine like fire. |
| reverse 44 | ... in the place where the earth quakes |
| obverse 5' | he smote |
| obverse 26' | whose fragrance is sweet, whose star is sweet |
| reverse 34 | Me-te-kin-sig-dadaga |
| reverse 22 | pure uluh priestesses |
| reverse 10 | with Lu-ulu, his son, in his house |
| reverse 13 | ... the evil person, the evil mouth, the evil tongue, the evil tongue |
| reverse 25 | May he make it shine like the heavens. |
| obverse 8' | to the outside |
| obverse 3' | KA-kug |
| obverse 36' | ... juniper |
| obverse 37' | ... juniper |
| obverse 4' | he heaped up |
| obverse 12' | work carried, in the great oven carried; |
| reverse 29 | juniper, juniper, cedar, tin, from the mountain |
| reverse 49 | tongue of evil |
| reverse 48 | by Gibil |
| reverse 24 | As a man, a son of his god, may he be holy like him. |
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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