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K 17151 (P402525)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 17151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P402525 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| [en₂] saŋ-ba ⸢saŋ⸣-[ba ...] | Incantation: Oath, oath | |
| ma-mit ma-[mit u₂-ṣur-tu ša₂ la ...] | A curse, a curse that is not | |
| [ŋeš-hur] diŋir-re-⸢e⸣-[ne-ke₄ nu-bal-e] | The balaŋ composition birre e<e>s cannot be changed | |
| ⸢u₂⸣-ṣur-ti DINGIR-[MEŠ ša₂ la ...] | The E’ešburti of the gods, who does not | |
| ⸢ŋeš⸣-hur-ra an-ki-a [nu-kur₂-ru-da] | The ešḫurra of heaven and earth that cannot be changed | |
| u₂-ṣu-rat AN{e} u ⸢KI⸣{[ti₃} ša₂ la ut-tak-ka-ru] | who makes heaven and earth tremble without ceasing | |
| diŋir diš-am₃ [...] | Dibir is a distant place | |
| DINGIR iš-ta-nu [...] | “This god | |
| diŋir lu₂-ba-ke₄ [...] | The bīr-demon of that man | |
| DINGIR u LU₂ [la ip-pa-aš₂-ša₂-ru] | May god and man not be disturbed | |
| ŋeš-par₃ nu-dib-ba hul-ŋal₂-še₃ [du₃-a] | The net that cannot be traversed was erected | |
| giš-par-ru la e-te-qi₂ [ša₂ a-na lem-ni re-tu-u₂] | The scepter that cannot be crossed is left to evil. | |
| ⸢sa⸣-par₃ nu-e₃-a hul-ŋal₂-še₃ ⸢la₂⸣-[e] | The esa’epar-house, which does not come out, is to be destroyed. | |
| ⸢sa⸣-pa-ru la ⸢a⸣-ṣe-e ša₂ a-na lem-ni tar-[ṣu] | The sa-e-pa-ru-plant, which is not a e-s-bê-plant that is planted for evil | |
| ⸢udug⸣ hul he₂-a a-la₂ hul he₂-a gidim hul he₂-a ⸢gal₅⸣-[la₂ hul he₂-a ...] ⸢maškim⸣ [hul he₂-a] | Whether it is an evil udug demon or an evil ala demon, whether it is a cursed ghost or an ominous ešāru demon [or an evil] maškim demon | |
| ⸢lu⸣-u u₂-tuk-ku lem-nu lu-u a-lu-u lem-nu lu-u e-⸢ṭem₂⸣-[mu ...] | The elû-priestess, the evildoer, or the evil alu's, or my eṭēmu-priest | |
| {[d]}⸢dim₉⸣-me he₂-a {d}dim₉-me-a he₂-a {⸢d⸣}[dim₉-me-LAGAB he₂-a] | “May our god be our god, may our god (be our god), may our temple be our temple | |
| ⸢lu-u⸣ la-maš-tu₄ lu-u la-ba-ṣu [lu-u ah-ha-zu] | May the elû-priestess, the lamaštu-demon, not come near me, not approach me! | |
| {[lu₂]}⸢lil₂⸣-la₂ he₂-a ki-sikil-lil₂-la₂ he₂-a [ki-sikil-ud-da-kar-ra he₂-a] | whether it is an elil demon or a lilītu demon, or an uddkar demon | |
| [lu-u] li-lu-u lu-u li-li-tu₄ [lu-u ar-da-at li-li-i] | be it a lilû-demon, be it an ilītu-disease, or an ardat liʾu-demon, | |
| [nam-tar hul]-⸢ŋal₂ he₂⸣-a a₂-sag₃ gig-⸢ga⸣ [he₂-a tur₅-ra nu-dug₃-ga he₂-a] | May it be an evil fate, may it be a bitter asag-demon, or a sickle that cannot be soothed | |
| [...] ⸢lem⸣-nu lu-u ⸢a⸣-[sak-ku ...] | ... elanu-plant, or easakku-plant | |
| o | ||
| 12 | [a sur-ra {d}en-ki-ke₄] ⸢saŋ-bi⸣ [...] | The water of the netherworld, Enki, its esa temple |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... i-hal]-⸢lu-pu⸣ | ... will be destroyed. |
| [... he₂-ni]-ib₂-šub-šub-bu-ne | they shall cast him into a pitfall. | |
| [...] ⸢lid⸣-du-šu₂ | ... his limbs | |
| [... mu-un-da-ab]-⸢su₃⸣-su₃-⸢ne⸣ | (Sum) ... they are bringing out(?) ... (Akk) .... they bring out ... | |
| [...]-⸢x⸣-ši-du | ...-ešidu | |
| 4' | [...] li-bal-lu-šu₂ | ... may they carry off |
| [... mu]-⸢da⸣-an-gir₅-gir₅-⸢ra⸣ | (Sum) ... he made it shine forth for you(?) (Akk) You make it shine for you | |
| [... i-hal]-lu-⸢pu⸣ | ... will be destroyed. | |
| 6' | [... li-is]-⸢su-hu⸣-[šu₂] | ... may they release him |
| 7' | [ana za-qi₂-qi₂ li]-ter-ru-šu₂ | may they turn him into a thief |
| 8' | [habrud-da-ta ...] ⸢i⸣-ziq-qu mu-⸢un⸣-[za-la-ah-e-ne] | After you have smashed (them) with a hammer, they will smite you. |
| 9' | ⸢mu⸣-[bi šum-šu₂] ⸢li⸣-hal-li-qu he₂-ni-ib₂-[ha-lam-e-ne] | They shall destroy that ešemû-plant. |
| ki-⸢in-dar⸣ [e₂]-⸢a⸣-ta mu-un-[...] | From the Ki’indar temple, the temple | |
| ša₂ ina ni-⸢gi-iṣ⸣-ṣi E₂ i-ṣar-[ru-ru] | which in the ni₂-ešbi ritual of the temple they shall remove | |
| 11' | nu-ŋal₂-la-aš a-na la ba-še-i li-ter-ru-šu₂ he₂-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[gi₄-gi₄-e-ne] | They shall return him to his place without ceasing. |
| 12' | tu₆-dug₄-ga ina tu-du-qe₂-e a-mat {d}e₂-a ⸢inim⸣ {[d}en-ki-ga-ke₄] | In the tuduga prayer of Ea, the word of Enki |
| 13' | tu₆ {d}asar-ri ši-pat {d}marduk ša₂ ap-si-i ⸢abzu⸣-[a] | Incantation of Asari, offspring of Marduk of the Apsu, |
| mu₇-mu₇ abzu eridu{ki}ga [...] | Who makes the Abzu of Eridu tremble | |
| ši-pat ap-si-i u eri-du₁₀ [a-a ip-pa-šir] | May the feet of the Apsu and Eridu not be loosened | |
| 15' | en₂ saŋ-ba saŋ-ba ⸢sil₇⸣-[la₂ sil₇-la₂ bad-da bad-da] | Incantation: “Sa, sa, silla, elala-plant, reed-bundle, raging, rage! |
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- 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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