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BAM 9, pl. 12 (P480825)
Prayer; Scholarly catalogue, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 9, pl. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480825 |
| Museum no. | BM 036678 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer; Scholarly catalogue |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 4' | ...... the star is black and the foundation which is in the... of the sky. |
| obverse col 2 5' | A ubur/gal... |
| obverse col 1 9' | (If) they are sick: he will die. |
| obverse col 1 10' | [Witness] of the gods, sage of the people, |
| reverse col 4 6' | It is a reed mat and a reed mat. |
| obverse col 1 6' | The righteous one is favourable and to the envoy. |
| obverse col 2 8' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 11' | Dead, distress, and sacrifice... |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... in the west............... |
| reverse col 4 7' | It is a aggakku-offering, a gugigu-offering and a TU6-offering. |
| reverse col 4 4' | Further, the azib-demon (and) the larahhu-demon |
| reverse col 4 1' | It is with ama of the god and the people. |
| obverse col 1 8' | (If) the north wind blows: Nisaba will widen his cattle. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... An |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... all the clay of a house that is not surrounded by a wall, strong water, water from the halo, |
| reverse col 4 5' | It is a festival and the young man’s servant. |
| reverse col 4 9' | (If) he sees a snake: he will recover. |
| reverse col 4 3' | The evil/doer, all of the salves, the rampart, the black-headed. |
| obverse col 1 7' | The reed-bed of a yellow-green kagina-stone, the saratu-disease |
| reverse col 4 8' | Dead: fire, famine, and famine. |
| obverse col 2 4' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 6' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 10' | The foot of evil is swollen in a man's house. |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... above Mars, thunder and...,........................ |
| reverse col 4 2' | It is an eridu-disease. It is a word and a word. |
| obverse col 2 7' | or... |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... their gods stand |
| obverse col 1 5' | (If) he is a nanny, he will conquer a land that cannot be changed, he will conquer a land that cannot be changed(?) |
| obverse col 2 1' | .... |
| obverse col 2 2' | Ubdi/ki... |
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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