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BM 036324 (P480820)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036324 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480820 |
| Museum no. | BM 036324 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 2 10' | Incantation: O art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the king. |
| reverse col 2 15' | may he cut off |
| reverse col 2 16' | may he cut off |
| reverse col 2 17' | May he draw near to the ground. |
| col 1' 16' | Incantation: O day, day, day, day,... wall |
| col 2' 1' | 4 stones for a ritual assemblage |
| col 1' 4' | ... the sceptre, lord of his words, |
| reverse col 2 12' | Your wording(?) is “barley, your heart is barley.” |
| reverse col 2 14' | ... his heart, he is the one who destroys everything |
| col 1' 1' | ... slander. |
| col 1' 13' | Incantation: (If) he is a storm, he is a storm, he is a storm, |
| reverse col 2 3' | ... you... the lands |
| reverse col 2 5' | ... agate, agate |
| col 2' 9' | pappardilû-stone, marhalu-stone, |
| reverse col 1 3' | 15 stones... |
| reverse col 2 9' | ... you recite the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation 'It is the incantation ''. |
| col 1' 2' | ... agate stone |
| col 2' 12' | ... he swore... |
| reverse col 2 8' | ... you pour... between them. |
| col 2' 2' | Incantation:... place |
| col 1' 14' | Two-thirds of the incantation priests |
| col 1' 7' | ...-stone, urun-Anu-stone, kapaa-stone |
| reverse col 2 13' | May he be reconciled with the utterance of Enki |
| col 2' 5' | my master |
| col 1' 15' | You put (it) on his neck. |
| col 2' 4' | Incantation: O oath(?) |
| reverse col 2 6' | Marhallum, iron, and etir stone |
| reverse col 2 2' | ... sikillu-stone 2 stones |
| reverse col 1 5' | ... innu plant |
| reverse col 2 4' | Total:... stones... |
| col 1' 12' | You thread (them) on a flax string. |
| reverse col 1 2' | ... iron |
| col 1' 11' | 3 stones: a man will experience poor health. |
| col 1' 6' | ... carnelian, ashar, saggilmud stone |
| reverse col 1 8' | ... not... |
| reverse col 2 7' | 8 stones: he will reach the highest rank. He will reach the highest rank.... |
| reverse col 1 7' | 7 times over... |
| col 2' 8' | Total: 30+n stones... |
| col 1' 5' | ... your ritual assemblage, you thread (them) on a flax string. You put (them) on his neck. |
| reverse col 1 4' | The mouth of the sea, the ewe of the sea |
| col 2' 11' | 8 stone(s), if a man is swollen:.... |
| col 1' 8' | ... alabaster, zibitu-stone |
| col 1' 10' | male thigh, mua-stone, male thigh |
| reverse col 2 11' | ....... who speaks awe-inspiring |
| col 2' 14' | On a strap of... wool... |
| col 2' 13' | The anger of the god... |
| reverse col 1 6' | you strew. The 7th,... |
| reverse col 1 1' | ... stone |
| col 2' 10' | engigi stone |
| col 2' 6' | Asalluhi poured(?) a libation bowl |
| col 1' 9' | You put 10 stones on his neck. |
| col 2' 15' | Incantation: This man... |
| col 1' 3' | ... billu stone |
| col 2' 7' | Its utterance(?) is a bad thing, its utterance(?) |
| col 2' 3' | ...... |
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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