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BL 009 + 073 (P414118)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BL 009 + 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414118 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10 | and the hero Muzebbasa |
| reverse 19 | May the holy lady, the great lady, speak a word to you |
| reverse 8 | May the supplications of the great mountain, father Enlil, be uttered to you. |
| reverse 35 | May you not abandon Esagil and Badsiab, and may you not speak aloud! |
| obverse 1 | Who knows how to come out, who knows how to come out |
| reverse 30 | May you not abandon your city, may you not speak aloud (with him) |
| reverse 45 | Do not abandon Dilbat, the house of Ibbi-Anum, |
| obverse 3 | The mighty one, the one who comes out, knows how to come out |
| reverse 22 | May the youth Utu, the lord of the great hero, speak a word to you |
| reverse 28 | May the supreme nubanda priest of Enlil speak a word to you |
| reverse 49 | the lament of Enlil |
| reverse 23 | May the white lady uziana speak a word to you |
| reverse 24 | May the mother of the house of the hero, the lady of wine, speak a word to you |
| reverse 34 | Do not let the barley rations of Babylon be removed, do not let it be removed. |
| reverse 7 | When you speak to Enlil, what you say is true! |
| obverse 6 | Asallalimnuna |
| obverse 4 | is the alim priestess of the god Amaru |
| reverse 14 | When you speak to the midst of the great hero, who knows how to do it |
| obverse 2 | He is a etellu, the one who carries out his rites, who is a gattuku-priestess, |
| reverse 3 | May the one who knows his heart, the one who knows his commands, say to you: |
| reverse 36 | Do not abandon Ezida and Emahtila, so that you speak aloud, |
| obverse 11 | the great hero Dikuma |
| reverse 6 | May the wrath of An, which he had fashioned, be uttered to you. |
| reverse 12 | When you have found the heart of Muebbasa, may your foundation be firm. |
| reverse 20 | May the great son of Nanna-Suen speak a word about him |
| reverse 18 | May the utterance of the lady of Nippur be spoken to you. |
| reverse 5 | May the lord of the midst of the heavens, who knows what he has to say, say to you: |
| reverse 26 | May Nusku, the supreme strength of the ram of the Ekur, speak a word to you |
| reverse 4 | Who knows the midst of heaven, who knows the destinies, |
| reverse 11 | When you speak to the midst of Enbilulu, may he speak a word about it. |
| reverse 16 | So that the storm shines brightly, so that the storm emerges. |
| obverse 7 | the great hero, son of Enbilulu |
| reverse 37 | May you not abandon Etemanki, may you not speak aloud to him. |
| reverse 17 | When you speak to the great umunsi priestess, |
| reverse 51 | Like his old one, written and collated. |
| reverse 38 | Do not abandon the Edara'ana temple, so be it, so be it! |
| reverse 13 | When you speak to the heart of Dikuma, what should you say? |
| reverse 25 | When you speak to the chief surveyor of An, the lady of Isin |
| reverse 10 | When you speak to the heart of Asalluhi, may it be said of you. |
| reverse 27 | May Kalkal, the chief doorman of the Ekur, speak a word to you |
| reverse 9 | May the supplication(?) of Enki be uttered to you |
| reverse 29 | When you speak to Ur-Suen, the herald of the shrine |
| reverse 47 | May your shepherd come, may he come, may he come, may he come. |
| reverse 52 | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 48 | When you are to return to its house, may your supplication be heard! |
| reverse 50 | The lords rejoiced over the city, they rejoiced at the drinking-place. |
| reverse 15 | When you have known the heart of Nusku, may it say “Alas!” |
| reverse 32 | May you not cast down the foundation of the Enamtila temple. |
| obverse 8 | Alimma the first-born son of Eridu |
| reverse 43 | Do not abandon the Emete'ursag temple, so be it yours! |
| obverse 9 | the great hero who is the heir of the shrine |
| reverse 39 | May you not abandon the Enambi temple and the Ezida temple, may you not speak aloud! |
| obverse 5 | chief hero of Asalluhi |
| reverse 2 | The mighty one, the one who comes out, knows how to come out |
| reverse 31 | May you not abandon Nippur, the Ekur, and may your supplications be removed. |
| reverse 1 | Who knows your omens? |
| reverse 46 | When you speak to the king, may he speak to you, may he listen to his prayers. |
| reverse 42 | Do not abandon the scribal school in Ki, so be it your scribal art! |
| obverse 12 | high priestess |
| reverse 40 | Do not abandon the E-urme-iminanki (temple), so that you speak to me, so that I may speak to you |
| reverse 41 | May you not abandon the Eirsagusa temple, may you not speak aloud to you |
| reverse 33 | Do not abandon the Ebabbar in Sippar, do not abandon it! Do not abandon it! |
| reverse 44 | Do not abandon the Emeslam temple in Kutha, so may you speak aloud to him. |
| reverse 21 | May the sick man of heaven, the lady of heaven, speak a word to you |
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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