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BDC — (P480808)
Prayer, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BDC — |
|---|---|
| ID | P480808 |
| Museum no. | BDC — |
| Collection | BD Collection, California, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 ina muḫ-ḫi KUR-i iz-za-az-zu {⸢d}UTU⸣ | Incantation: On top of the mountain stand Šamaš. |
| 2 | i-dag-gal ṣi-it šam-mu ka-la-mu ina naš-šu₂ ⸢di-i-ši⸣ | (Sum) The one who sees the light of the whole world with his right hand (Akk) The light of all the heavens with his left hand |
| 3 | {u₂}ra-pa-du i-za-ak-ka-ru ana te-lit {d}15 an-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [šu-u₂] | rapādu-plant they will eat. For the extispicy of Ištar, this is it. |
| 4 | šam-mu ša₂ ina EDIN šur-ru-ḫu E₃-šu₂ pa-nu-šu₂ GIM {na₄}⸢ZA⸣.[GIN₃] | Whose face is reddish in the steppe, whose face is like lapis lazuli |
| 5 | šu-ut-tu-ḫu pa-pal-lu-šu₂ li-qi₂-šu-ma i-⸢ki⸣-is x-[(x)] | May he accept his supplication, and I-eki-es |
| 6 | ana sa-ab-ba-sa-tum a-mil-tum lil-ti-ma šam-⸢mu⸣ | To the sabbasātu-demon (Sumerian): “Let her lie down, so that she may emerge!’ |
| 7 | li-im-ru-qu pa-nu-šu₂ sa-ḫir-⸢tum⸣ | May his face be swollen |
| 8 | ša₂ GIM ta-bar-ra li-im-ru-qu šap-⸢ta⸣-[šu₂] | May the heart of the one who sees (this) fall into disrepair. |
| 9 | ši-qi₂-šu-ma šam-mu an-na-a ṭe₃-en-šu₂ ⸢lim⸣-[qut] | Receive from him, my name is praiseworthy, |
| 10 | man-nu iš-qi₂-ka {u₂}ra-pa-du par₂-ḫu šur-ru-ḫi-<iš> ḫu-ṣab-[šu₂] | Who has given you rapādu-plant? Its scent is sweet, its smell is sweet |
| 11 | ša₂ ina ṣi-ti-šu₂ iṭ-ṭib-bu bu-lim EDIN ⸢il⸣-[lip] | Who in his life has sinned, the cattle of the open country (of) Eili |
| 12 | iṣ-ru-up EDIN ki-ma qu-na-⸢a-ta₅⸣ | he dug out the open country like a qunā-ea-ta’e |
| 13 | qer-be₂-e-tum iš-kun pa-ni ta-⸢kil₂-ti⸣ | He set up the outer courtyard. The face of the Ta'ekiltî |
| 14 | AD-ka ta-ze-ru AMA-ka ta-ak-kil-me-⸢ši⸣ | Your father is angry, your mother is furious. |
| 15 | ŠEŠ.MEŠ-ka u NIN.MEŠ-ka ki-ma gal-le-e(gal) ta-⸢dag-gal⸣ | Your [hands] and your sisters, like a large one, you will be frightened. |
| 16 | ina qi₂-bit {d}IDIM u {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi | by the command of Ea and Asalluḫi |
| 17 | dib-bi dub-bi-im-ma la ta-ka-⸢pu-di-ma⸣ | It is a matter of words, do not delay! |
| 18 | šum-ma ŠU{ii} DINGIR.MEŠ DINGIR.MEŠ lu-ša₂-⸢pa⸣ | If Hand of the Gods (appears) let me praise the gods |
| 19 | šum-ma ŠU{ii} {d}INANNA {d}15 lu-us-⸢ḫu-ur⸣ | If Hand of Ištar, let me smite it |
| r | ||
| 1 | šum-ma šam-ma-nu ḪUL-tim ša₂ LU₂-tu₂ x-(x) ⸢lem⸣-nu | If the šammanu-demon is a curse of a man: elam-emenu-plant |
| 2 | mu-du-u₂ lu-uš-te-ʾi-ma DINGIR.MEŠ u {⸢d}15 | Who knows, may I be reconciled with the gods and goddesses. |
| 3 | ze-nu-tu₂ lu-sal-lim KI-ia ⸢te EN₂⸣ | May I be reconciled with you, Incantation: |
| 4 | KA.INIM.MA {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU a-na šu-ud-⸢di bi bi ma⸣ | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 5 | EN₂ an-nita 3-šu₂ ina muḫ-ḫi {u₂}ra-pad-du ŠID-nu ⸢NAG⸣-šu₂ | Incantation: “This man, three times on top of rpaddu-plant, you recite the incantation three times. |
| 6 | DU₃.DU₃.BI {u₂}ra-pad-du SUD₂ lu-u₂ ina DIDA SIG₅ ⸢NAG-šu₂⸣ | Its medical application: you pound rpaddu-plant, or you mix it in a good beer. |
| 7 | lu ina KAŠ ŠE.BAR NAG-šu₂ u mim-ma ma-la ta-šal-lu-šu₂ i-dab-⸢bu-ub-ma⸣ | or he drinks it in beer and ghee, and he will speak as much as he wishes. |
| 8 | ana SED SAG-su saḫ-le₁₀ TAG-ma i-šar₂ ⸢KU₃-ma⸣ | (If) it touches its top with a crenellation and it is dark: the E-ku-ma-e-23. |
| 9 | EN₂ {d}nin-lil₂ šar-rat a-ši-bat E₂ ⸢ša₂-a-ri⸣ | Incantation: O Ninlil, queen who resides in the house of the šārī temple |
| 10 | GIM SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-ma up-puš₄ u IGI.TAB | Written and checked according to its original. |
| 11 | IM {m}BA-ša₂-a bu₁₂-kur₂ {m}{d}INANNA-MU-KAM ŠA₃.BAL.BAL ... ša₂ e₂-kur-za-kir {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢qat₃⸣ | Tablet of Iqišaya, son of Inanna-šuma-ēriṣ, descendant of of Ekur-zakir, incantation priest. |
| 12 | {m}{d}INANNA-MU-KAM DUMU.A.NI pa-liḫ {d}a-nu {d}50 {d}40 {d}30 {d}20 {d}ŠU₂ | Inanna-šuma-ērib his son, who reveres Anu, Enlil, Sîn, Šulmu, |
| 13 | NU TUM₃-šu₂ ina me-reš-ti-šu₂ la u₂-šam-kiš-šu₂ ina MUL₂-šu₂ ana E₂ UMUN-šu₂ ⸢ḪE₂.GUR⸣-šu₂ | (If) he does not carry it off, (or) in his extispicy does not remove it, or in his star, into his lord’s temple Ekur-ešu |
| 14 | ša₂ i-TUM₃-šu₂ {d}IŠKUR u {d}ša-la lit-bal-⸢šu₂⸣ | Whoever takes it may Adad and Šala carry it off. |
| 15 | {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 13.KAM MU 4.KAM {m}an-ta-gu-un-nu {lu₂}GAL-⸢ERIN₂-qu⸣ | Month Šabaṭu, 13th day, 4th year of Antagunnu, chief of the troops. |
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