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HES 5, no. 4b (P451827)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | HES 5, no. 4b |
|---|---|
| ID | P451827 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 12' | You set up a reed mat, a reed mat, a reed mat, |
| 10' | from the Esaggil, Ezida, and Emahtila |
| 11' | The awe-inspiring radiance of his own limbs covers the ground. |
| 3' | He sat on your right and left side. |
| 9' | from the storehouse of Kuara, the brickwork of Tintir |
| 7' | Apsu, holy place, Eridu, good place |
| 6' | May the gods return to their places. |
| 5' | may the lamentation priests and goddesses return to their places. |
| 1' | may the lamentation priests and warriors return to your enemies |
| 2' | may the gods return to their places. |
| 8' | pure apsû-offering, pure eridu-offering, good quality |
| 4' | For your righteous dwelling, you set up a peaceful dwelling. |
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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