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Kaskal 02, 097 03 (P429559)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Ur · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Kaskal 02, 097 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P429559 |
| Museum no. | BM 113921 + BM 114012 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 21 | Asalluhi, king of heaven and earth,... the street |
| 31 | May the evil tongue stand outside |
| 28 | They are stricken like a lion in the heavens; his name is |
| 8 | The barley which is in the middle of the 'finger'... I strew. |
| 35 | to... holy water of heaven |
| 16 | ... in the presence of the pure... he will enter... |
| 29 | Asalluhi, the city of the wall |
| reverse 3' | evil |
| reverse 7' | to |
| reverse 5' | evil |
| 20 | May he see the treasury that you have made. |
| 30 | He goes to Marduk, the foremost one, |
| 14 | ............... |
| 7 | at the disposal of the udug-priest and the apsû-priest |
| 2 | ...... in his city, |
| 13 | from the... of the... temple not to be darkened |
| 1 | Incantation: From the bitumen and baked bricks |
| 18 | .......... |
| reverse 10' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | (a kind of profession) |
| 27 | By the ditto of Ea, the lord of wisdom, who in the water of the pure Apsu |
| 10 | ...... |
| 17 | ... ururrabi |
| 32 | May a evil demon stand in battle. |
| 25 | By the holy agubba vessel of Enki, the lord of the holy Abzu |
| 36 | ... E'e, sage of Anu |
| 33 | Incantation: O agubba priest, he will make the holy water flow from the holy water. |
| 3 | from the street of Asalluhi |
| 26 | Its midst is filled with awe-inspiring radiance, it is filled with awe-inspiring radiance. |
| 19 | May the... of the place of rejoicing shine with Kusu |
| 6 | The barley which is piled up in a tubqû-vessel... I weighed out. |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 1' | for a second time |
| 37 | ... shrine... |
| 4 | Marduk, supplication and in his journey |
| 23 | ... the holy engur priestess of the heavens...... |
| 22 | Marduk, king of heaven and earth, and suqu in his city |
| 24 | May the gods of the pure sheepfold bless you in their hearts! |
| 38 | ......... |
| 11 | the gods of Asar |
| 12 | ... of the gods, the sage of Amurru, am I. |
| 5 | at the disposal of the udug who stands in the ub and dabba shrine |
| 34 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint |
| 15 | In order to... the pure..., in order to... your breast |
| 9 | ............ |
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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