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FAOS 18, pl. IV (P414364)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Dilbat · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 18, pl. IV |
|---|---|
| ID | P414364 |
| Museum no. | BM 050725 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Dilbat (mod. Deilam) |
| Coordinates | 32.2961, 44.4668 |
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 15' | who gives birth to the holy sheepfold |
| reverse 16' | I will not go to the shrine, I will be pure. |
| obverse 2 | Come, we shall go and we shall go. |
| reverse 20' | his brother, he shall not live. |
| reverse 4' | he will... the water in the pure qaû-vessel. |
| obverse 7 | to Kulaba |
| obverse 10 | to the ursag-kalama |
| obverse 15 | to the city, to the city, to the heart of Babilu. |
| reverse 29' | I gave to the holy sheepfold. |
| obverse 29 | May the shepherd kill her in his womb. |
| reverse 21' | As for Hawiri, |
| reverse 11' | as a gift, the lady of the sheepfold |
| obverse 18 | the young woman of the mother-in-law resided in the saharhub reeds |
| obverse 19 | If he is a widow, he will be ill in the work. |
| obverse 27 | If he is a widow, he will give birth in a solitary cella. |
| obverse 8 | to ebunuga |
| obverse 16 | by the command of Enem-gaanana ditto |
| reverse 26' | may he not live. |
| obverse 24 | he entrusted to her (them). |
| reverse 13' | When you speak to the king, my lord |
| reverse 14' | Say to Hawiria: |
| reverse 28' | to the lady of the sheepfold |
| obverse 23 | O lady, he was agreeable to the other, and |
| reverse 12' | Let them come and keep us safe! |
| reverse 9' | to the hand of my personal god |
| reverse 23' | ... did not... for you |
| reverse 17' | When you speak to Ama-uumgal-ana-ur |
| reverse 25' | ......... |
| obverse 25 | he seized her before her. |
| obverse 28 | May he return the ewes to his yoke. |
| obverse 30 | The great gifts of his divine powers |
| reverse 27' | ... the creation of earth |
| reverse 18' | may he not live; may he not live. |
| obverse 3 | I want to go to the city |
| obverse 22 | The lady speaks thus: |
| reverse 30' | You are not divine, you are not divine. |
| obverse 9 | to eb-Zabalam I shall go |
| obverse 1 | Let us go to his bed |
| obverse 17 | to the word of Ishtar said: |
| reverse 32' | Its ritual: Its ritual: Its ritual: 19th day. Its ritual: unfinished. |
| obverse 26 | from the ziggurrat of his mother's quarters he abandoned it. |
| obverse 14 | to the city, to ebtintir |
| obverse 12 | I want to... |
| obverse 13 | I want to... |
| reverse 10' | the god, the lord |
| reverse 6' | for the... of the righteous lord, |
| reverse 31' | I am not, I am not |
| reverse 24' | may he not live. |
| obverse 20 | he fashioned it, he fashioned it. |
| obverse 11 | I want to go to the cattlepen of the Land |
| reverse 5' | to the house of Luzida at u’eba |
| reverse 22' | may he not live in. |
| reverse 33' | If his breast is red, he will die. |
| obverse 6 | to the city for rejoicing... |
| obverse 31 | ... alû-disease in his battles... |
| obverse 5 | I want to go to the rear of the city |
| reverse 1' | for the rations of the house |
| obverse 21 | he looked at her, and she was a widow, and |
| reverse 3' | to the usikila offering |
| reverse 7' | as a gift to Luzizida, |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 8' | the lord of truth has entrusted him. |
| reverse 19' | (a kind of profession) that is not known |
| obverse 4 | We went to his city |
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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