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BM 017004 (P480811)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 017004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480811 |
| Museum no. | BM 017004 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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' | [...] ⸢la ṭa-aʾ-ti mu⸣-[bal-liṭ ...] | ..., the one who revives the dying |
| 2' | [...] ⸢rem⸣-nu-u ša₂ ⸢kul-la-tu₂ i-be-lu⸣ | ... lordship of the cult centers |
| 3' | {⸢d}UTU⸣ ina E₃-ka kul-lat UN.MEŠ ta-da-ni | When Šamaš comes out, all the people are given. |
| 4' | bu-ul {d}GIR₃ nam-maš-ša₂-a tuš-te-⸢šer⸣ | The cattle of Šēpê (and) the goats you have brought up. |
| 5' | ⸢i⸣-ziz-za-am-ma {d}UTU ši-me qa-ba-a-a | “Šamaš, hear my speaking! |
| 6' | ⸢NIG₂.GIG⸣ im-ḫur-an-ni li-mad-ma ma-ḫar-ka lub-luṭ | May the ēšû-disease, which has afflicted me, be removed from me so that your greatness may be released. |
| 7' | [kaš]-⸢ša₂⸣-pi kaš-šap-tu₂ ša₂ kiš-pi ru-ḫe-e | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8' | [ru-se]-⸢e up⸣-ša₂-še-e ⸢ḪUL.MEŠ i-pu-šu-ni⸣ | The rūsê-priests performed the e’eḫul-songs. |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | ... ēru-plant |
| 2' | an-nu-[ti ...] | these ... |
| 3' | GIM an-nu-⸢ti la⸣ [...] | Like this not to ... |
| 4' | ⸢ŠE.GAG⸣-šu₂-nu NU E₁₁-ma {d}[UTU ...] | (If) they do not go out, and Šamaš . |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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