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Shurpu 7 B (P452702)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shurpu 7 B |
|---|---|
| ID | P452702 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | They were rejoicing |
| obverse 2' | They shaved their teeth and kept watch over the people. |
| reverse 11' | May ama, foremost of the gods, give him a favorable answer to the good deeds of the gods. |
| reverse 4' | like a buragan vessel he purifies |
| reverse 2' | May a man's son be holy, may he be pure, may he be pure. |
| obverse 7' | As if it were all heaven and earth, they sat down in mourning. |
| reverse 7' | May he make the foundations as firm as the foundations. |
| reverse 10' | May Utu, the foremost of the gods, restore his good health to his god! |
| obverse 9' | ... of the gods |
| obverse 5' | the young men, their young men, who are devoted to the womb, |
| reverse 9' | To ama foremost of the gods, |
| obverse 4' | In the city and the land he entrusted to me, and the wide land he entrusted to me. |
| reverse 3' | ....... may his god be happy, may he be happy. |
| reverse 8' | the hand of ama, the foremost of the gods |
| obverse 8' | ... in heaven and underworld, as if it were a flood, they will set the yoke. |
| reverse 12' | Incantation formula: incantation of dispelling |
| reverse 6' | he poured it out like a bowl of ghee. |
| obverse 3' | The city of the land was roaring, they were roaring on the weak side. |
| obverse 6' | he is a young man, he is a young man, he is a young man, he is a young man, he is a young man, |
| reverse 1' | By your exalted command, whose life is long, may you write me, and |
| reverse 5' | Be present in this ram, place in it a firm positive answer. |
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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