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ZA 040, 086 (P414403)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 040, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414403 |
| 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? col 3? 5' | ... in the sceptre of the apsû,... |
| reverse? col 3? 14' | At the gate of the librirra gate I shall say “Ansi, my man!” |
| reverse? col 3? 12' | I want to stand at the gate of the boundary marker. I want to say “Alas, my man.” |
| reverse? col 3? 11' | Why did he stand by me? |
| reverse? col 3? 8' | My brick-built house has been destroyed, my son has not been repaid |
| reverse? col 3? 0' | he who listens to prayers and prayers |
| reverse? col 3? 4' | The mountain range of the Euphrates has seized the land |
| reverse? col 3? 9' | he opened my eye upon me and caused an oath to be broken. |
| reverse? col 3? 6' | My base has not been split apart, my wife has not been split apart |
| reverse? col 3? 23' | Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| reverse? col 4? 4' | ......-sid |
| reverse? col 3? 16' | I want to say “Alas, its young man,” I want to say “Alas, my man” |
| reverse? col 4? 6' | ...-a |
| reverse? col 3? 1' | ... who is a lion... |
| reverse? col 3? 3' | The lord of the foes, what is it that is it that? |
| reverse? col 4? 1' | ...... |
| reverse? col 3? 13' | May I stand in a great assembly and speak awe-inspiring radiance. |
| reverse? col 3? 18' | I want to say my good thing, I want to say “Alas, my man” |
| reverse? col 3? 7' | ... he opened his eyes and caused the death. |
| reverse? col 3? 22' | Eelea is the one who poured out the water of my man. |
| reverse? col 4? 5' | ...-mu |
| reverse? col 3? 19' | May I speak good things about me to my city... |
| reverse? col 3? 21' | I, who like a pig they have snatched, may I speak as follows: |
| reverse? col 3? 20' | O my mother, the oxen whose limbs are shaved off |
| reverse? col 3? 24' | From the... of Manirra to the... of the heavens |
| reverse? col 3? 15' | Let me establish... |
| reverse? col 3? 2' | The lord of the cult centers, the lord of the cult centers, has seized |
| reverse? col 4? 3' | ...... |
| reverse? col 3? 25' | ......... |
| reverse? col 3? 10' | and a rejoicing rejoicing he gave to you. |
| reverse? col 3? 17' | May he speak the truth of this matter... |
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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