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BM 047602 (P480866)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 047602 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480866 |
| Museum no. | BM 047602 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 i | ||
| I_1' | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢E₂-šu⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | “If he builds a house, if he ... his house |
| I_2' | DU₃-šu₂ ṣa-ba-⸢tu⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x] | Its ritual: Šababa-etu-e |
| I_3' | DU₃.DU₃.BI ana IGI {d}UTU ⸢NIG₂⸣.[NA {šim}LI GAR-an] | Its ritual: In front of Šamaš you set up a censer of juniper. |
| I_4' | KAŠ.SAG BAL-qi₂ ⸢SIG₄⸣ LAL-⸢aṣ⸣ [lu-te-e] | You libate first-rate beer. You bandage (his head) with ēšû-stone. |
| I_5' | ina UGU te-ṣe-⸢en⸣ 2 NU ⸢I₃⸣.[UDU 2 NU DUḪ.LAL₃] | on top of the tešēnû-vessel: 2 esafoetida, 2 fat-tailed sheep; |
| I_6' | 2 NU IM ina ⸢IZI⸣ PIŠ₁₀.{d}[ID₂ ta-qal-lu] | 2 bricks in the “fire-house,' you fumigate (them) with kibrî-stone. |
| I_7' | u₃ UR₅.GIM [DU₁₁.GA] | and he speaks as follows: |
| I_8' | EN₂ {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ muš-⸢te⸣-[šer DINGIR.MEŠ] | Incantation: O Shamash, great lord, creator of the gods |
| I_9' | {d}UTU ADDA bul-lu-ṭu ka-sa-⸢a⸣ [DU₈ ša₂ ŠU{ii}ka-ma] | Šamaš, guardian of the life of the Kaseans, release your hand. |
| I_10' | muš-te-šer di-ni UN.MEŠ kal ⸢da⸣-[ad-me at-ta-(ma)] | You are the one who decides cases for all the people. |
| I_11' | {d}UTU ak-ta-mis IGI-ka TUG₂.[SIK₂-ka aṣ-ṣa-bat] | Šamaš, I have prayed to you. I seize your hem. |
| I_12' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ NENNI {d}15-šu₂ NENNI-tu₂] | I (am) so-and-so, son of so- and so, whose (personal) god (and personal) goddess (are) thus (and) thus |
| I_13' | {d}UTU ša₂ kiš-pi ru-ḫu-u₂ ru-⸢se⸣-[e ḪUL.MEŠ] | Šamaš, whose witchcraft is terrifying and whose ritual assemblages are evil |
| I_14' | [NU] ⸢DU₁₀⸣.GA.MEŠ i-pu-ša₂ ⸢a⸣-[na ia-a-ši] | “I did not make ēdu-egâms, I did not build ea-e-na. |
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