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Meier Maqlu 04 1881-02-04, 0217 (P452142)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 04 1881-02-04, 0217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452142 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | EN₂ biš-li biš-li qi₂-de-e qi₂-de-e | Incantation: “Woe, woe, qīde’u-disease! |
| 2 | rag(man-)gu u ṣe-e-nu e te-ru-ub at-lak | (Sum) You enter with the ragmangu and the ṣēnu-demon, enter with me! (Akk) I enter with you the rabid and the rebellious |
| 3 | at-ta-man-nu DUMU man-ni at-ti-man-nu DUMU.MUNUS man-ni | You are his son, you are his daughter. |
| 4 | ša₂ aš₂-ba-tu-nu-ma ip-še-ku-nu up-ša₂-še-ku-nu ; te-te-ne₂-ep-pu-ša₂-ni ia-a-ši | You are the one who has performed your deeds against me, no one can do against me. |
| 5 | lip-šur {d}e₂-a MAŠ.MAŠ | May Ea, exorcist |
| 6 | liš-bal-kit kiš-pi-ku-nu ; {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi MAŠ.MAŠ DINGIR.MEŠ DUMU {d}e₂-a ABGAL | May Asalluḫi, exorcist of the gods, son of Ea, sage |
| 7 | a-kas₃-si-ku-nu-ši a-kam-mi-ku-nu-ši a-nam-din-ku-nu-ši | I will defeat you, I will slaughter you, and I will give you. |
| 8 | a-na {d}gira₂ qa-me₂-e qa-li-i ka-si-i ; ka-ši-du ša₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.MEŠ | To Gira, the qāmû-priestess, the queen, the hero of the women |
| 9 | {d}gira₂ qa-mu-u₂ li-tal-lal i-da-a-a | May Gira, the sage, keep my arms in good health. |
| 10 | ⸢ip⸣-šu₂ bar-tu a-mat MUNUS.ḪUL KI.AG₂.GA₂ ḪUL.GIG | (If) it is dark: the word of a curse will befall the land. |
| 11 | ⸢DI⸣.BAL.A ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-a KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ŠUR₂.ḪUN.GA₂ | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, slander, spittle |
| 12 | [ŠA₃].⸢BAL.BAL⸣-a ṣu-ud pa-ni u ša₂-ne₂-e ṭe₃-e-mu | I have heard the utterance of my mouth and heart |
| 13 | [...] ⸢tu-še⸣-pi-ša₂-ni {d}gira₂ lip-šur | May Gira release his sin |
| 14 | [...] ta-ḫi-ra-in-ni te | ... how did you approach me? |
| 15 | [... tap]-⸢qi₂⸣-da-⸢in-ni te⸣ | ... you have taken away from me, you have sought me out |
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