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BM 040568 (P480838)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040568 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480838 |
| Museum no. | BM 040568 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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' | [...] ; ⸢ana as⸣-[kup-pi ...] | ... into a box ... |
| 2' | ŋiri₃-ni ba-⸢da⸣-[an-dab nu-mu-un-da-an-zi-zi] ; še-ep-šu iṣ-⸢bat-ma⸣ te-⸢ba-a⸣ [ul ileʾʾi] | His body was seized, he did not rise up (from it) |
| 3' | ša₃-bi ba-da-an-dab ⸢ša₃-zi⸣-[ga-ni ...] ; li-ib-ba-šu iṣ-bat-ma ni-iš lib₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ x [...] | Its inside was seized, its eša-zi-egani seized its heart, and its inside ... |
| 4' | a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-bi ba-da-an-dab nu-mu-un-da-⸢ab⸣-[be₂] ; meš-re-ti-šu₂ iṣ-bat-ma a-wi-lu DU₁₁ ⸢ul⸣ [ileʾʾi] | Its ašû-bīti-demons were seized, but they did not release him. He seized his limbs, and a man said: “Eul-e23 (is) Ilali |
| 5' | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi igi niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e ŋen-na dumu-[ŋu₁₀] | Asalluḫi, the one who sees himself, the en priestess, the child |
| 6' | u₄-na₂-am₃ u₄ eš-bar an-na-[ka-(ka)] ; ina u₄-um pu-ru-us-se-e ša₂ AN-ni [(x-x)] | On the day of the moon's disappearance, on the day when the decision is made in heaven, |
| 7' | {d}utu an-ša₃-ga igi-ni ŋa₂-ŋa₂-[ta] ; {d}UTU iš-tu ana qe₂-reb AN-e pa-ni-šu ina ša₂-[ka-ni] | Šamaš, when he sees the heavens, the sun rises in his face from the middle of heaven. |
| 8' | alan lu₂-uš₁₁-zu munus-uš₁₁-zu ⸢AK⸣ [(x-x)] ; ṣa-la-am | a statue of your man, your woman, a ṣalam statue |
| 9' | im-ma niŋ₂-sila₁₁-ŋa₂ i₃-udu esir DUḪ-LAL₃ u₃-me-⸢ni⸣-[dim₂] ; ša bi-ni-⸢ma⸣ | When he fashioned a clay figurine of sheep, ebony and honey, he decorated it for him. |
| 10' | ⸢zi⸣-da-ne-ne ka-ne(bi-)⸢ne⸣ gub₃-bu-ne-[ne gu-du-ne-ne u₃-me-ni-dab] ; im-na-ti-šu₂-nu pi-i-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [šu-me]-⸢li-šu₂-nu⸣ [qinnassunu šuṣbit] | They seized their gatekeepers, they entrusted them to the gudu-priests. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ka]-⸢ne-ne⸣ ŋiri₃ a₂ gub₃-bu-⸢na u₃⸣-[x ...] ; ⸢pu⸣-u-šu₂-nu ina še-ep šu-me-li-šu₂ [...] | “If he slips through the cracks of his left arm, |
| 2 | {⸢dug⸣}sila₃-gaz-ta u₃-[me-ni-ŋar] ; ina ḫu-pe-e šu-⸢ku⸣-[un-ma] | I have smeared you with a sila-vessel. |
| 3 | ⸢igi⸣ {d}utu-še₃ niŋ₂-na {šim}li u₃-me-[ni-ŋar] ; ina ma-ḫar {d}UTU | In the presence of Šamaš, in his own utterance he swore an oath. |
| 4 | lu₂-u₁₈-lu dumu diŋir-ra-na ŋeštin-sur-ra u₃-me-⸢ni⸣-[bal-bal] ; liq-[qi] | May a man, the son of a diŋirana, a tinsurra-disease afflict him. |
| 5 | alan im-ma niŋ₂-sila₁₁-ŋa₂ ŋiri₃-ni u₃-me-[ni-su-ub] ; AŠ li-se-⸢er⸣ | I have made a statue of myself and a figurine of myself stand in my city square. |
| 6 | alan i₃-udu DUḪ-LAL₃ esir izi-ta u₃-me-⸢ni⸣-[bil₂] ; AŠ qu₂-⸢lu⸣ | a statue of fat-tailed sheep, honey (and) bitumen from the fire I have carried off. |
| 7 | {ŋiš}šinig {u₂}in-nu-uš {ŋiš}ŋišimmar-tur gi-šul-ḫi {ŋiš}šita₂ ; {ŋiš}eren babbar-ra ka-bi-⸢ta⸣ u₃-me-ni-[gaz] ; ina ⸢pi-i⸣-[šu₂ li]-⸢ʾi⸣-[is] | The šinig plant, the innušu-plant, the martur-plant (and) the gisvulḫbu-plant and the white cedar he destroyed. In his epî-vessel may he purify. |
| 8 | x [...] | |
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