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Meier Maqlu 03 K 10241+ (P398572)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 03 K 10241+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P398572 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | [MUŠ].⸢LAH₅⸣-[tum ...] | (If) a snake |
| 2' | {[munus]}NU.⸢GIG⸣ [...] | a female kid |
| 3' | {⸢d⸣}15-i-[tum ...] | Ištar-itum |
| 4' | ⸢ba⸣-a-⸢a⸣-[ar-tum ...] | “If he slips through a hole,’ |
| 5' | [ḫa-a]-⸢a-ṭi⸣-[tum] ⸢ša₂ kal⸣ [...] | “It is a flood, all the floods |
| 6' | [mu]-⸢la⸣-ʾi-[i]-⸢tum⸣ ša₂ ⸢AN⸣-[e] | Mušala-elītum-e, from Eanna |
| 7' | [mu]-⸢lap-pit-tum⸣ ša₂ KI-⸢ti⸣ | “Standing-of-the-Mountain’s |
| 8' | ⸢ka⸣-mi-[tum] ša₂ KA DINGIR.[MEŠ] | The ka’emitu of the mouth of the gods |
| 9' | [ka]-si-⸢tu⸣ [...] bir-ki {d}15.MEŠ | kasītu-disease, ... of the Ištar temple |
| 10' | [da]-a-a-⸢ik⸣-tu ša₂ GURUŠ.MEŠ | The daises of the young men |
| 11' | [...] pa-⸢di⸣-tu ša₂ MUNUS.MEŠ | ... of women |
| 12' | [ša₂]-aḫ-ḫu-ṭi-tu ṣab-bu-ri-tu₂ | ša-aḫ-tbi-tu, sbabburītu |
| 13' | [...] ana ip-ši-ša₂ u ru-ḫe-ša₂ la u₂-šar-ru mam-ma | ... he did not enshroud anyone with fear and terror. |
| 14' | ⸢e⸣-nen-na-ma e-tam-ru-ki iṣ-ṣab-tu-ki | “I have seen you, I have smeared you, |
| 15' | ⸢uš⸣-te-nu-ki uš-ta-bal-ki-tu-ki | “I have turned to you, I have turned against you, |
| 16' | ⸢uš⸣-ta-pe-lu a-mat ip-ši-ki | The word that I have spoken to you |
| 17' | {⸢d⸣}e₂-a u {d}AMAR.UTU id-di-nu-ki ana {d}gira₂ qu-ra-di | Ea and Marduk gave you to Gira the warrior. |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [... te-pu-ši-in]-⸢ni⸣ | ... you did |
| 2' | [... tu-še-pi-ši]-⸢in⸣-ni | ... you have caused to go out |
| 3' | [... tu-kaš-ši]-⸢pi⸣-in-ni | ... you have made me fall |
| 4' | [... tu-ḫap]-⸢pi-pi⸣-in-ni | ... you have made me tremble |
| 5' | [... tu]-⸢ṣab⸣-bi-ti-in-ni | ... you have imposed upon me |
| 6' | [... tu]-⸢kan⸣-ni-ki-in-ni | ... you have set me free |
| 7' | [...] ⸢tu⸣-ab-bi-ti-in-ni | ... my eštu-abbītinni |
| 8' | at-⸢ti⸣-[e ...] ⸢tu⸣-ub-bi-ri-in-ni | “Atti-e’e, ..., you are the one who divides (me) apart from me. |
| 9' | at-ti-⸢e ša₂⸣ tu-ka-si-in-ni | You are the one who binds me. |
| 10' | at-ti-e ša₂ tu-la-ʾi-in-ni | You are the one who keeps me alive |
| 11' | tap-ru-si ⸢KI-ia⸣ DINGIR-MU u {d}iš₈-tar₂-MU | My temple, the temple of my god and my goddess, |
| 12' | tap-ru-si KI-[ia] ⸢še⸣-ʾu še-ʾi-tu ŠEŠ u NIN ; [...] ⸢tap⸣-pu u ki-na-at-tu₂ | “You have been smitten with me, you have been struck down, your hand and your lady, ..., and your trust (in me) |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | [a-leq]-⸢qa-kim⸣-ma ḫa-ḫa-a ša UDUN diḫ₂-me₂-nu ša₂ UTUL₂ | I will take, and the šubbû of the large bowl. |
| 2 | [a-maḫ]-ḫa-aḫ a-tab-bak ana SAG.DU rag-ga-ti šim-ti-ki | I am enraged, I am afraid. For the head of the raggātu-demon, your fate |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ša₂ e-pu⸣-ša₂-an-ni uš-te-pi-ša₂-an-ni | ... that he had performed against me, had done against me |
| 4 | [...] ⸢mi-li⸣ ID₂ e-pu-ša₂-an-ni | ... the river that he had built for me |
| 5 | [... mi]-ṭi ID₂ e-pu-ša₂-an-ni | ... he built me a riverbank |
| 6 | [... e]-⸢piš⸣-ti ep-ši-ma iq-bu-u₂ | “... the deeds were done and they said |
| 7 | [... sa-ḫir]-⸢ti⸣ suḫ-ri-ma iq-bu-u₂ | “... the saḫirtītû-festival, they said |
| 8 | [...] lu-u {giš}MA₂.GUR₈-ša₂ | ... or its boat |
| 9 | [... ib]-⸢ba⸣-lak-ki-tu | ... Ibba-elakkitu |
| 10 | [... lib]-⸢bal⸣-ki-tu-ma | ... may it carry off, and |
| 11 | [...] [... la-ni]-⸢ša₂⸣ lil-li-ku | ... let them go to the laneša’e temple |
| 12 | [...] ⸢de⸣-e-⸢ni⸣ li-šir EN₂ | ... may ... edenî-plant flourish. Incantation formula. |
| 13 | [... ...] {⸢d}30 u₂-še-piš | ... the god Sîn had made |
| 14 | [...] ⸢pi⸣-šir₃-tum | ... epīširtum plant |
| 15 | [... {lu₂}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU | ... the ērib-priest and the āšu-priestess |
| 16 | [...] ⸢e⸣-piš-tu₂ | ... e’epištu-disease |
| 17 | [... sa]-⸢ḫir⸣-tu₂ | ... sa-eḫirtu |
| 18 | [... a-ša₂-al]-⸢ša₂⸣ | ... ašāl-eše3 |
| o iv | ||
| 1 | li-is-pu-uḫ-ku-nu-[ši ...] | may they release you |
| 2 | a-a TE.MEŠ-ni kiš-pi-ku-⸢nu⸣ [ru-ḫe]-⸢ku-nu⸣ lem-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | May your evil witchcraft not approach me, |
| 3 | ⸢e⸣-tel-la-a GIM ... ⸢KU₆.ḪI⸣.A ina A.MEŠ-[e-a] | Etellâ-plant like ēšuḫi-ea in my water |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ŠAḪ⸣ ina ru-šum-ti-[ia] | ... the ešḫu-plant in my womb |
| 5 | ⸢GIM {u₂⸣}[IN.NU].⸢UŠ⸣ ina u₂-šal-[li] | ēšu-plant (a kind of juniper) |
| 6 | ⸢GIM⸣ {u₂}⸢KI.KAL⸣ ina a-hi a-⸢tap⸣-[pi₂] | I have planted ēriš-plant (and) kikalû-plant as a substitute. |
| 7 | ⸢GIM⸣ NUMUN {giš}⸢ESI⸣ ina a-hi [...] | (If) ēšû-tree (a plant) (and) seed(s) of an esīku-reed (plant) together |
| 8 | el-let {d}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣ [mu]-⸢nam⸣-[me-rat ...] | The pure one, Ištar-ēṭer, the enchantress |
| 9 | u₂-ṣu-rat ⸢TI⸣.[LA ...] | The one who engendered elalu-disease |
| 10 | ina qi₂-bit iq-⸢bu⸣-[u₂ ...] | according to the command which he said |
| 11 | u₃ {d}gira₂ a-[ri-ru ...] | and Gira, the herald |
| 12 | ⸢EN₂ rit-tu⸣-[ma] [...] | Incantation: “Hand-lifting ... |
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