OrNS 59, 483 (P480773)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 59, 483 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480773 |
| Museum no. | BM 034984 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
English translation
By Mayer, Werner R. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | May your ang[ry] heart be at ease; bef[ore(?) . . .] |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . . may] you [b]e my intercessor, |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | [. . .] obliterate my guilt. |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | May [. . .] (and) a favorable [. . .] go with me daily. |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | May [. . .] speak (something) favorable. I came before you. With life . . . |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | [. . ] lifted-hand prayer to Nusku. |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [. . . dwel]ling, perfect, strong o[ne], [. . .] illus[trious, highe[st one], |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | [. . .], valiant, omni-competent one, |
| a [10:11] a 11'11'–a 11'11' | [. . . of Nippur], who reviews the Anunnaki, |
| a [11:12] a 12'12'–a 12'12' | [. . . of E]shumesha, the awe-inspiri[ng] cella, [. . .], |
| a [12:13] a 13'13'–a 13'13' | [. . . the fero]cious, who keeps the str[ong] in check, |
| a [13:14] a 14'14'–a 14'14' | [. . . your] abundance [. . . fall]ow (or, [. . . aban]doned) [. . .]. |
| a [14:15] a 15'15'–a 15'15' | [. . . grai]n-heaps [. . .] (like a) mound [. . .] |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ is ša₂ a ⸢ka x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... ag]-⸢gu⸣ ŠA₃{ba}ka ⸢li-nu-uh⸣ ana ⸢sur⸣-[ri] | |
| 4' | [... lu]-u₂ ṣa-bit a-bu-ti-i at-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] gil₂-la-ti-i pu-us-si-is | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢SIG₅⸣ u₄-mi-šam-ma lit-tal-lak KI-ia₂ | |
| 7' | [...] liq-bu-u₂ SIG₅{ti₃} ana mah-ri-⸢ka al⸣-lik TI.LA | |
| 8' | [... KA-INIM-MA] ⸢ŠU⸣-IL₂-LA₂ {[d]}⸢NUSKA⸣-KE₄ | |
| 9' | [EN₂ x x (x)]-tu₂ git₂-ma-lu du-⸢un⸣-[nu ...] ⸢x ša⸣-[nu-du ša₂]-⸢qu⸣-[u] | |
| 10' | [...] qit-ru-du ⸢te-le-ʾ-i⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x EN.LIL₂]{⸢ki⸣} a-ši-ir {d}a-nun-⸢na⸣-[ki] | |
| 12' | [x x (x) E₂]-⸢ŠU⸣-ME-ŠA₄ at-man-nu ra-⸢šub⸣-[bu ...] | |
| 13' | [... ek-du]-⸢tu⸣ la-i-ṭu₃ ab-[ru-tu₂ ...] | |
| 14' | [... na-du]-⸢tu₂ {he₂-en⸣}HE₂-⸢GAL₂{la⸣}[ka ...] | |
| 15' | [... ka]-⸢re-e DU₆⸣.[DU₆ ...] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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