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JNES 33, 317, 320 Rm 0317 (P424703)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JNES 33, 317, 320 Rm 0317 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424703 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 3' | my one who has had a house |
| reverse 14' | May your utterances be uttered to you. |
| obverse 2' | he will not pay back the silver he received. |
| reverse 8' | May the divine powers, the divine powers, and the divine powers be established for you |
| reverse 4' | You stand at the reed fence like a reed fence |
| obverse 5' | My fear does not eat grass. |
| reverse 6' | Like a well, you make the barley grow and you raise your neck. |
| obverse 4' | This is why I did not pay attention to it. |
| obverse 7' | (If) he does not drink water, my fear will be released. |
| obverse 1' | my good thing that has been given to me |
| reverse 3' | As for me, on my return march, |
| reverse 1' | As for me, when I was in a tavern, |
| reverse 15' | "If a man is seized by a man, that man will live as if in a safe place." |
| obverse 6' | I am not afraid of my guilt; I am not afraid. |
| reverse 2' | When I poured water on my stomach, when I poured water |
| reverse 11' | May the god, my lord, look with pleasure upon me! |
| reverse 5' | Just as the nose is swollen, so may my nose be swollen like the nose. |
| obverse 8' | What has he done? In my own life, I did not know it? |
| obverse 9' | As if it were a plant that was chosen by the name, my god, as if it were a... god |
| reverse 13' | If a man is dead in your sleep: he will live happily. |
| reverse 10' | The god, the king,...,...,...,..., |
| reverse 7' | When you are in a supplication, your head is swollen, |
| reverse 9' | ... a firm positive answer to me, |
| reverse 16' | At the mouth of your lord, the man of the throne will be brought to an end. |
| reverse 12' | May your divine plans and divine plans be heeded. |
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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