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AfO 18, 288 pl. 11 (P480809)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 18, 288 pl. 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480809 |
| 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)
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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' | ... {⸢d⸣}[UTU ...] | the god Šamaš |
| 2' | ⸢NU⸣.[MEŠ ...] | ešunu-vessels |
| 3' | ⸢NU⸣.[MEŠ ...] | ešunu-vessels |
| 4' | ⸢NU⸣.[MEŠ ...] | ešunu-vessels |
| 5' | ⸢NU⸣.[MEŠ ...] | ešunu-vessels |
| 6' | NU.[MEŠ ...] | Nuhšu ... |
| 7' | NU.MEŠ [...] | Nuḫšu ... |
| 8' | NU.MEŠ [...] | Nuḫšu ... |
| 9' | NU.MEŠ [...] | Nuḫšu ... |
| 10' | ša₂ ip-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | Whose utterance |
| 11' | a-na e-⸢piš⸣-[ti ...] | for the work |
| 12' | {d}UTU [...] | Šamaš |
| 13' | GIM šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [...] | Like a šu’enû priest |
| 14' | {⸢d}UTU⸣ ša₂ ⸢ia⸣-[a-ši ...] | Šamaš-eṭir of Eya-eaši |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | ⸢ID₂.GUR.RA⸣ [...] | “(If) he slips through the door pivots, |
| 18' | ⸢ŠU⸣.DINGIR.RA ŠU.{d+}INNIN.⸢NA⸣ [...] | Hand of Ištar |
| 19' | {d}ALAD ḪUL SAG.ḪUL.[ḪA.ZA ...] ... [...] | The protective deity of evil, the saghulḫazu-demon |
| 20' | KA-MU u₂-ṣab-bi-tu₂ GU₂-⸢MU⸣ [...] ... [...] | (Sum) My utterance is a supplication to me(?) (Akk) My word is an adversity to me |
| 21' | DU₁₁.DU₁₁ il-du-du ⸢GABA⸣ [...] ... [...] | (If) he shouts: “Illdudu, egaba-plant, ... ... |
| 22' | A₂{ii}MU ik-su-u₂ [...] | They seized my land |
| 23' | GIR₃{ii}MU DU.MEŠ-tu u₂-⸢ka⸣-[su-u ...] | “My feet, which were born, were swollen(?), |
| 24' | IGI.MEŠ-MU NIGIN-du man-gu ⸢lu⸣-[uʾ-tu] ... [...] | My eyes are surrounded by a halo of elûtu-plant |
| 25' | SIK₂.UZ₃ im-lu-su TUG₂.⸢SIK₂⸣-[MU ...] ... [...] | (If) he wears a goat's hem (or) a cloak . |
| 26' | SAḪAR GIR₃{ii}MU iš-bu-šu₂ min₃-⸢da⸣-[at ...] | (If) he slips through the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ moat: two-thirds of . |
| 27' | NU.MEŠ-MU lu ša₂ {giš}ŠINIG ⸢lu⸣ [...] | My nugig priestess, be it the one of tamarisk, elû-plant |
| 28' | lu ša₂ DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ lu ša₂ ⸢ESIR⸣ [...] | or of sesame oil or of esirû-plant |
| 29' | lu ša₂ NIG₂.⸢SILA₁₁⸣.GA₂ ŠE.SA.A DU₃-šu-⸢ma⸣ [...] | or that of a šesādu-disease, it is made for me |
| 30' | MUŠEN AN-e ... u₂-⸢ša₂⸣-[ki-lu ...] | (Sum) The bird(s) of heaven ... (Akk) The birds of the heavens ... |
| 31' | {d}UTU an-nu-ti šu₂-nu an-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | These are Šamaš, these are ... |
| 32' | ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ul-⸢zis⸣-[su-nu-ti ...] | In the presence of your great divinity, I have sought them out. |
| 33' | KIMIN-ma ... ina sa-mit BAD₃ it-mi₃-⸢ru⸣ [...] | Ditto, and ... in the samit of the city wall ... |
| 34' | KIMIN-ma ... ina KI.TA AN.ZA.GAR₃ ⸢uš⸣-[ni-lu ...] | Ditto and in the lower part of the area of the ēšu-nilu-plant |
| 35' | ⸢KIMIN-ma⸣ ... [ina] ⸢kiš⸣-[kat]-⸢te⸣-[e ...] | ditto ... in the ekat-ētê-vessel ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | {⸢dug}ḫu-lu-paq⸣-[qa ...] | a ḫulupaq-vessel |
| 2' | 4 NU {giš}ŠINIG [...] | 4 ... tamarisk |
| 3' | 4 NU I₃.UDU 4 ⸢NU⸣ [...] | 4 fat-tailed sheep, 4 ešunu-plants |
| 4' | 4 NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ [...] | 0;04, the constant of ... |
| 5' | NU.MEŠ an-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | These nugig priestess |
| 6' | EN₂ an-ni-⸢tu⸣ [...] | Incantation: “This ... |
| 7' | ⸢EN₂⸣ at-⸢tu⸣-[nu ...] | Incantation: “You are the lord |
| 8' | e-ma {tug₂}⸢GU₂⸣.[E₃ ...] | Wherever the throne |
| 9' | kiš-pi [...] | witchcraft |
| 10' | EN₂ aš₂-ḫu-⸢uṭ⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Ašḫûtu-e23-... |
| 11' | ⸢uʾ₃⸣-[a] ⸢a⸣-[a ...] | “Ea, Ea, |
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