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JCS 63, 058-059 (P429556)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Ur · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 63, 058-059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P429556 |
| Museum no. | BM 114010 +BM 114017 + BM 114038 + BM 114039 + BM 114134 + BM 114147 + 17 unnumbered fragments |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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) |
|---|---|
| 18' | He smote the ala net, he smote the snake |
| 21' | They did not smite(?) the... of the place that was destroyed |
| reverse 32' | I am the princess who provides for the lady. |
| 11' | he smote the ala and ewes, and his boat he dug. |
| 2' | heaven and earth |
| reverse 38' | He made a reed basket for you |
| 15' | alas, young man, and all the master |
| 3' | the esoteric lady... |
| 14' | son of Itaran-ibbiuba |
| reverse 26' | My lord, my..., the one who dwells in the abode, |
| 1' | ...... |
| reverse 35' | minister of the E-ji-par temple |
| reverse 22' | My city, the one whose length is not given by the boat(?) |
| reverse 34' | the minister of the Eanna temple |
| reverse 29' | A house that is empty, a house that is empty, a place that is empty, |
| 17' | It is indeed the water of a young man and a young man |
| reverse 31' | I am the lady of the ubur temple |
| reverse 28' | The holy ub shrine, the bronze... of its midst, I seek out. |
| 4' | the mighty omen of Larak |
| 16' | In order to smite the water of the young man and the young man |
| reverse 39' | ... reed |
| reverse 25' | Who is he who is my man? Who is he who is his...? Who is he who is...? |
| 20' | Its boat(s) were destroyed in the boat(s) of the saja and ewes |
| reverse 36' | His exalted physician is a lamentation singer |
| reverse 30' | I have given to you the city and the herald |
| reverse 37' | He made the Assurnasirpal rejoice over him |
| reverse 23' | The boatman says “it is the boatman’s boat.” |
| 9' | Shrine Erabri, lord Dikumah, the temple |
| reverse 24' | Its boat, the boat of the... boat, its... boat, was destroyed |
| 6' | The eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| 7' | theegi of Amaualbi and the temple |
| reverse 27' | ... built..., its place destroyed |
| reverse 33' | faithful minister of heaven and earth |
| 5' | princess of Isin |
| 19' | The canals of the netherworld were irrigated, and the boat was caulked |
| 12' | alas, my young man and young man Damu |
| 10' | he smote the ewe, and he cut off the boat. |
| 13' | water of the young man and child of Umun-muzida |
| 8' | Baba, the beautiful woman, and the temple |
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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