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BM 047695 + BM 047781 (P480867)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 047695 + BM 047781 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480867 |
| Museum no. | BM 047695 + BM 047781 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | ⸢DIDA.GU.LA ta⸣-x-[x]-x ⸢ba-lu pa⸣-[tan x-x-x] | “Ediagula ta’e-x-ba-lu-plant, ... etan-plant |
| 2' | ⸢UZU⸣ BURU₄{mušen} AL.⸢ŠEG₆⸣.GA₂ ba-lu pa-⸢tan⸣ [x-x-x] | (If) a locust ... a harvest. |
| 3' | ŠEŠ{mušen} ḫa-ru-up-tu₂ AL.ŠEG₆.GA₂ ba-lu pa-⸢tan⸣ [x-x-x] | ŠU₆-v-mušen ḫaruptu al-šēgu-ala-lû-disease |
| 4' | TU.GUR₄{mušen} ḫa-ru-up-tu₂ AL.ŠEG₆.GA₂ ba-lu pa-⸢tan⸣ [x-x-x] | TU.GUR-ven (means) ḫaruptu-disease. AL.ŠEG₂.GA-demon. |
| 5' | ana BUR₂ kiš-pu ša₂ ina saḫ-le-e šu-ku-⸢lu {u₂}KUR⸣.KUR {u₂}⸢ur₂⸣-[nu-u] | For the release of the witchcraft that is in the saḫlû-vessel, ē23-e-kur-plant, ur-enu-plant |
| 6' | {u₂}NU.LUḪ.ḪA {šim}LI ⸢NUMUN⸣ [tullal ina šikari dišip šadî balu patān] | Nuḫurtu-plant, juniper, ēšû-plant (and) tullal-plant in a scepter of the gods. |
| 7' | NAG.NAG-šu₂-ma KA-šu₂ ⸢um⸣-[ta-as-sa-ma illātūšu parsā] | He drinks it and his mouth is swollen and his fever is feverish |
| 8' | ana pi-šer₃-⸢ti kiš⸣-[pi ...] | For the release of the witchcraft |
| 9' | {⸢giš⸣}PEŠ₃ {⸢u₂⸣}[x ...] | “The ešû-plant, the ...-plant |
| 10' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x-x [x-x-x-(x-x)] | |
| 11' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x li x [x-x-x-(x)] | ......... |
| 12' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] ⸢gu⸣ {u₂}pil-lu-u₂ [x-x-(x)] | ... egû-tree, plucked plant |
| 13' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] ⸢li-ša₂-an kal⸣-bi ar-⸢ti⸣ [x-x-(x)] | ... all the elišān plants |
| 14' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] ⸢GI⸣ DU₁₀.GA {⸢šim⸣}MAN.DU si x-[x-x-(x)] | ... good ešim-plant |
| 15' | [x-x-x-x-x-(x)] x {u₂}MUR.DU₃.DU₃ {u₂}AŠ.TAL₂.TAL₂ {giš}ḪAŠḪUR [GIŠ.GI] | ... muštakal-plant, šalānû-plant (and) ḫūlu-juniper |
| 16' | {[u₂}IGI-lim {u₂}IGI]-⸢NIŠ⸣ {u₂}tar-muš ta-sak₃-ma ina KAŠ.SAG ⸢ULUŠIN₂⸣ [GEŠTIN] | You pound imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) and tarmuš-plant in prime-quality beer (and) ēru-vessel wine. |
| 17' | [ta]-⸢bal⸣-la-<al> LAL₃ I₃.NUN.NA ru-uʾ-ti-ID₂ ⸢KA⸣ [A.AB.BA KU₃.SI₂₂] | You filter honey, butter, rūti-id̂-plant, ēkāru-plant (and) gold. |
| 18' | [KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢AN⸣.BAR {na₄}GUG {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ ina GE₆ ša₂ U₄ 7.KAM [x-x-x-(x-x)] | Silver, iron, carnelian, lapis lazuli in the night of the 7th day |
| 19' | [ina U₄ 8.⸢KAM⸣ ba-lu pa-tan NAG-[šu₂-ma TI.LA] | He drinks it on the 8th day without dining, and then he will live. |
| 20' | [ana pi-šer₃]-⸢ti⸣ kiš-pi ša₂ i-na KAŠ.SAG ša₂-qu₂-u₂ 1 DUG SAḪAR₂ x [x-x-x] | For the release of the witchcraft that is present in premium beer 1 pot ... |
| 21' | [x-x-x]-x-x ⸢a⸣ ŠU.BI.AŠ.⸢AM₃⸣ | ... ea, hand-lifting prayer |
| 22' | [...] x-x-x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] iš ⸢ša⸣ [x] ⸢DIDA⸣ [...] | ... eša’e-plant |
| 2' | ⸢DIDA⸣ na-aš₂-pi₂ ⸢tir⸣ [x DIDA na-aš₂]-⸢pi₂⸣ [sag x-x] | “Did you see the reed screen? ...? |
| 3' | ⸢DIDA⸣ mu-re-e ⸢tir⸣ x ⸢DIDA⸣ mu-re-e ⸢sag⸣ [x-x] | The terrace of the Tir temple, the terrace of Esag temple |
| 4' | [i]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃ nar₃-ṭa-bi TEŠ₂.BI ḪE.ḪE ba-lu pa-tan ⸢NAG⸣-[šu₂-(ma TI.LA)] | (If) he climbs up to the top of a mountain, its song is sung: he will live long. |
| 5' | [ana BUR₂] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU DU₃.A.BI {u₂}IGI-lim ⸢KA⸣ A.AB.BA {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR [(x-x)] | For the healing of EUŠvU-e23.ZU, all kinds of plants: imhur-līm-plant, ēka’e-plant (and) sea algae. |
| 6' | [x-x] {⸢na₄⸣}šada-nu DAB.BA ta-sak₃ I₃ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ I₃ {šim}LI ⸢I₃⸣ {[giš}EREN] | You pound ēšû-stone, cypress oil, juniper oil, oil of cedar oil |
| 7' | [I₃ GI DU₁₀.GA] ⸢I₃⸣ {šim}GIG I₃ {šim}SES I₃ {šim}GIR₂ I₃ {⸢šim⸣}[x-(x)] | oil of sweet reed, oil of ēšû-plant, kukru-aromatic, juniper, sulphur, sword oil, ...-plant |
| 8' | [a-ḫe-e] ⸢tu⸣-raq-qa ina I₃.GIŠ BUR ina I₃.GIŠ BARA₂.GA ⸢ḪE⸣.[ḪE] | aḫ̮ê-plant, ēštu-raqqa-plant in filtered oil, in pressed oil |
| 9' | [EN₂ x-x-x] x 7-šu₂ ana IGI {d}UTU ana ŠA₃ ŠID SAG.US₂ ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣.[MEŠ-su] | Incantation: “... 7 times in front of Šamaš to the left, he is smitten, his temples are shattered. |
| 10' | [DIŠ MUNUS x-x-x] ⸢EN⸣ UŠ-ša₂ ⸢ne-kel⸣-mu-ši-ma ⸢DINGIR⸣ u {d}iš₈-[tar₂] | If a woman ... E-bēl-e-23, its length is E-nēkelši and E-ili-e3 and Ištar |
| 11' | [KI-ša₂ ze-nu-u₂ ana kiš]-⸢pi BUR₂-ri⸣ u UŠ [x] x-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣ [(x-x)] | (If) it is angry with him: he will be released from slavery. Further, the length of ...-alu-e23 |
| 12' | ⸢DINGIR⸣ [u {d}iš₈-tar₂] ⸢KI⸣-ša₂ SILIM-⸢mi₃⸣ | May E’ili and Ištar make peace in its temple. |
| 13' | KUG.GAN IM.GA₂.⸢LI⸣ [x-x-(x)] x-x-x ⸢AN.ZAḪ.BABBAR⸣ AN.ZAḪ.GE₆ | Silver, ebony, ..., anzahhu-plant, black zahû-plant |
| 14' | {u₂}DILI {u₂}kur-ka-⸢nam⸣ [(x)]-x-x-x {⸢na₄⸣}x-[x-x] I₃.SUMUN ša₂ x [(x-x)] | ēriš-plant, kurkā-enam-e23-plant stone, ...-stone, old oil |
| 15' | {d}gaz-ba-ba PA ⸢li⸣ x-x-x-x-[x] ⸢gir⸣ x-[x-(x-x)] | Gašbaba, the ... of the E-li-e-plant, the Gir-E-plant |
| 16' | [kib]-⸢rit⸣ BABBAR u GE₆ SAḪAR KA₂ E₂ {⸢d}nin-maḫ {u₂}ḫa⸣-mi-[mu] | The white and black circle of the gate of the temple of Ninmaḫ (is called) “Ḫaba-emīmû.’ |
| 17' | [SUḪUŠ] {⸢giš⸣}KIŠI₁₆ ša₂ KA₂ E₂ {lu₂}MUḪALDIM ⸢SAḪAR KA₂ E₂ LU₂.KURUN⸣.[NA] | root of ēšû-tree, from the gate of the house of the diviner, the esḫar-plant, the door of the temple of the vizier |
| 18' | [x-(x)] x {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}NIR₂ {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ {na₄}BABBAR.DILI {⸢na₄⸣}[x-x-(x)] | lapis lazuli, carnelian, snake stone, agate, eštar-stone |
| 19' | [x-(x)]-x ba {na₄}ḪAR.LUM.BA.ŠIR ... {na₄}PA {na₄}⸢DUḪ⸣.[ŠI.A (x-x)] | ..., carnelian, agate, ešû-stone |
| 20' | [x-x-x-(x)] x-x-x {u₂}AN.⸢ḪUL₂⸣.[LA ...] | ... ēšu-plant |
| 21' | [x-x-x-x-x] x 1-niš ina I₃ DU₁₀.GA x [...] | ... one-third in good oil ... |
| 22' | [... {d]}⸢UTU⸣.E₃.[A ...] | ... Ea |
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