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Meier Maqlu 01 1882-05-22, 0508 (P452606)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 01 1882-05-22, 0508 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452606 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ al-si-ku-nu-ši DINGIR.MEŠ [...] | Incantation: I call out to you, O gods |
| 2 | ⸢it⸣-ti-ku-nu al-si mu-ši-tu₂ kal-la-tu₂ [...] | “I call upon you, I call out to you, my precious one, |
| 3 | al-⸢si⸣ ba-ra-ri-ta qab-li-ta [...] | From the al-esi-e, from the outer world to the inner world |
| 4 | ⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU u₂-kaš-šip-an-ni e-le-ni-tu₂ ⸢ub⸣-[bi-ra-an-ni] | (As for) his wife, a witch has seized me, the upper one has struck me. |
| 5 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-MU u {d}iš₈-tar₂-MU u₂-ša₂-as-su-u [...] | “Ili-e-MU and Ištar-MU exalted him, |
| 6 | UGU a-mi-⸢ri-ia⸣ am-⸢ru⸣-ṣu [...] | Concerning Amiriya, the herald |
| 7 | en-de-ku la ṣa-[la]-⸢lu⸣ [... qu]-⸢u im⸣-ta-na-[al-lu-u₂ ...] | (Sum) The endeku priestess, the one who is not a šalālû-priestess (Akk) They are not slain, they are not filled with squabble |
| 8 | u₂-pu-un-ti ⸢KA⸣-[MU] ⸢ip⸣-[ru-su ... maš-ti]-⸢ti⸣-ia [...] | (As for) the foundation(s) of my E-KA-E-MU (and) E-ip-e-rusu, ... my dreams |
| 9 | e-le-li nu-bu-u₂ [ḫi-du]-⸢ti⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who does not rejoice, the joy of the en priestess(?) (Akk) May the one who is not angry, joy |
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-[zi-za]-⸢nim-ma DINGIR.MEŠ GAL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | When you rise up, the great gods |
| 11 | ⸢di⸣-[ni ...] x [...] | His lordship |
| 12 | [... muš]-⸢te⸣-piš-⸢ti⸣-[ia] | ..., my enchantress |
| 13 | ⸢aš₂⸣-[kun ... a-dab]-⸢bu⸣-ub di-[ni] | I shall seize ..., I shall litigate my case |
| 14 | ⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂ ... iš-te]-⸢ʾa⸣-a la ba-⸢na⸣-[a-ti] | Its ašû-priests, ..., are not able to escape. |
| 15 | ši-⸢i⸣ [... a-na]-ku lu-⸢ub⸣-[luṭ] | (Sum) I am the ši’ei priestess, I want to go out (Akk) May I go out |
| 16 | ⸢kiš⸣-[pu-ša₂ ...] pa-⸢aš₂⸣-[ru] | “It is the ekišpû-disease that afflicts the land |
| 17 | [...] ⸢qim⸣-ma-ta ša₂-[ru-u₂] | ... from the quay of the mountain range |
| 18 | [... ma]-⸢ḫi⸣-rat ka-lu-[u₂ ...] | ... the mighty one, all-powerful |
| 19 | [...] ⸢KI⸣-ta ma-⸢la⸣-[a-ta] | From the ... of the E-house, from the ma-ela-e-house |
| 20 | [...] ⸢ŠE⸣.IM ma-⸢la⸣-[a-ta] | From the ... of the E-šE-IM, the ma-ela-ea |
| 21 | [...] ⸢az⸣-za-ki ki-ma ⸢la⸣-[ar₂-di] | ... the az-e-za-ki-plant like a li-a-ardi-plant |
| 22 | [... pi]-⸢i-ša₂ EME⸣-ša₂ ⸢kaṣ₃⸣-[rat] | ... her mouth, her tongue, her nose, |
| 23 | [...] DINGIR.MEŠ mu-ši-[ti] | ... of the living gods |
| 24 | [...] ru-ḫe-ša₂ lem-nu-⸢ti⸣ | ... evil radiance |
| 25 | [...] EME-ša₂ lu-u ⸢MUN⸣ | ... its tongue or salt |
| 26 | [...] ⸢GIM I₃⸣.UDU lit-ta-at-tuk | ... may ešum-plant (and) ēdu-plant keep you alive. |
| 27 | [...] GIM ⸢MUN⸣ liš-ḫar-miṭ | ... like salt may he release. |
| 28 | [...] ep-še-tu-ša₂ ḫul-lu-qa | ... its deeds are destroyed |
| 29 | [...] ⸢ma-la⸣-a ⸢EDIN⸣ | ... alā’ea, ēru-house |
| 30 | [... DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ mu-ši-ti TU₆ EN₂ | ... of the gods, my life. Incantation formula. |
| 31 | [... {d}GIŠ].GIN₂.MAŠ EN ma-miti-ku-nu | ... Gilgamesh, your lord, your curse |
| 32 | [... te]-⸢pu⸣-ša₂ ana-⸢ku i-de⸣ | (Sum) ..., I am the one who makes ... rise (Akk) You make ... arise, I know (how) to rise |
| 33 | [... at]-⸢tu⸣-nu ⸢ul ti⸣-[da-a] | ... you are the one who does not know. |
| 34 | [... {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU.MEŠ]-⸢MU⸣ x-[x] | ... šūmû-demons |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢e-te⸣-[qu ...] | ... the etequ rites |
| 2' | [... ši]-⸢pat⸣-su-nu ⸢li-pa⸣-x [...] | ... their šīpaṭ ritual elipa- |
| 3' | [...] ⸢IL₂-ši di-pa⸣-ru NU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢a⸣-[qal-lu] | ... eliši dipa’eru-plant, their nuḫur-plant |
| 4' | [...] UDUG še-e-di MAŠKIM e-ṭem₂-⸢mi⸣ | ... a šēdu-bowl, the maškim-priest, the one who sees |
| 5' | [la]-⸢maš⸣-tu₂ la-ba-ṣu aḫ-ḫa-zu LIL₂.LA₂ {munus}LIL₂.LA₂ KI.SIKIL.LIL₂.LA₂ | (If) he does not have a child, he will become ill with lilû-disease (and) sickness. |
| 6' | [u] ⸢mim-ma⸣ lem-nu mu-ṣab-bit a-me-lu-te ḫu-la zu-ba u i-ta-at-tu-⸢ka⸣ | and the evil ešumma-demon, the one who slanders men, the liar, the murderer, and Ittattu-emuḫ |
| 7' | qu-tur-ku-nu li-tel-li AN-e la-aʾ-me-ku-nu li-bal-li {d}UTU-ši | Your warriors may the heavens rejoice over you, may they carry off the sun. |
| 8' | lip-ru-us ḫa-a-a-ta-ku-nu DUMU {d}e₂-a MAŠ.MAŠ TU₆ EN₂ | May your joy be released, son of Ea, exorcist. Incantation formula. |
| 9' | EN₂ {d}nuska šur-bu-u ma-lik DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL.MEŠ⸣ | Incantation: O Nuska, foremost of the gods of the palaces, |
| 10' | DUB 1.KAM₂ EN₂ al-si-ku-nu-ši DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢mu-ši-ti⸣ | First tablet of the incantation: “I call out to you, O gods, |
| 11' | GIM SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-ma ba₃-ri₃ | Written and checked according to its original |
| 12' | tup-pi {m}{d}PA-ba-nu-un-ni {lu₂}A.BA | Tablet of Nabû-banunni, scribe. |
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