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BID Haupritual B a, pl. 19-21 (P480876)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BID Haupritual B a, pl. 19-21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480876 |
| Museum no. | BM 054650 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Babylonia, unknown |
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 | ||
| 1' | [i-qab]-⸢bi-ma la⸣ [i-kaš]-⸢šad⸣ | He will say, but he will not succeed. |
| 2' | [...] ⸢e⸣-ṭi-ir ⸢ŠA₃-šu⸣ [il-te]-⸢nem⸣-men₃ | ... the e’etbīr-priest, his sage, they keep coming back. |
| 3' | [... i]-⸢na KAŠ₃-šu₂ lu⸣ ka-⸢a-a⸣-[nam-(ma) ri]-⸢ḫu⸣-ut-su | (Sum) ... when he comes out (Akk) When he enters, his beer is poured out in the ka’e-a-way |
| 4' | [...] ⸢KI⸣ MUNUS uš-⸢ta⸣-[aḫ-ḫu-u] ŠUB-su | (If) a woman is seized by a ghost in a house: its owner will be killed. |
| 5' | [...] ul e-el ⸢DINGIR⸣ [...] {⸢d⸣}iš₈-⸢tar₂⸣ suḫ₄-ḫu-ru-šu | ... is not above the E-ili temple ... the Išvtar-E-23 temple whose foundations are shattered |
| 6' | [DU₁₁].⸢GA⸣.BI ⸢ul⸣ ma-ag-rat | Its ritual: “Eul-e23 is accepted. |
| 7' | [ana] ⸢LU₂⸣ BI ip-šu ana IGI {⸢d}INANNA⸣ u {d}⸢dumu⸣-zi ep-šu-šu | That temple was built. It was built in front of the temple of Ištar and the Temple of Dumuzi. |
| 8' | ⸢ALAM⸣.MEŠ-šu ⸢i⸣-na qab-ri-im šu-nu-lu | Its alammû-plants, the e’ina-plant, are thick. |
| 9' | ⸢LU₂⸣ BI a-na pa-ṭa-ri-im-ma i-na ŠU{ii} | That man in the hand |
| 10' | ZI.KU₅.RU.DA KAR-šu KI DINGIR u LU₂ sul-lu-mi-⸢šu₂⸣ | Release his sin. With god and man, purify him. |
| 11' | ⸢ki-mil-ti DINGIR⸣ u {d}iš₈-tar₂ DU₈-ri-im-⸢ma⸣ | “Ekīmilti of the gods and goddesses, |
| 12' | ⸢i⸣-piš MUNUS i-pu-šu₂-šu₂ šu-up-šu-ri-⸢im-ma⸣ [TI-šu₂] | (If) a woman has performed sorcery against him, he will recover. |
| 13' | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI U₄ 3.KAM {lu₂}⸢GIG liq-te⸣-[diš] | Its ritual: On the 3rd day, may the sick man approach. |
| 14' | [(x)] x-x ⸢liq-te-diš U₄ 4.KAM E₂ tu-⸢qad⸣-daš₂ | ... eliqtu-diš, 4th day, house of Tū-eqad-eda |
| 15' | [x] x-x-šu₂ ⸢E₂⸣.GAR₈ IM GAR-an | You set up a tablet of his ... in the E-E-GAR. |
| 16' | [IM].GU₂ ⸢ta⸣-ša-ḫat | “Finger-nail of the ēšaḫbat-plant |
| 17' | [NU {d}iš₈]-⸢tar₂⸣ ša₂ IM.SIG₇.⸢SIG₇ u NU {d⸣}dumu-⸢zi⸣ ša₂ IM.KAL | “Išvtar-ēṭer of the yellow-green-blue-plant, and Ea-dumu-ezî of the red-purple-plant |
| 18' | [DU₃]-⸢uš⸣ DINGIR UR₅ tu-ša₂-pa-ma tu-ba-an-na | You perform (the ritual) “If a god is angry with you, then you will be pacified. |
| 19' | {[giš]}⸢BANŠUR⸣ ana IGI {d}INANNA GAR-an u₃ {giš}⸢BANŠUR⸣ | You set up a table before Ištar, and the table |
| 20' | [ana IGI] {d}dumu-zi GAR-an NIG₂.NA {šim}LI DUB-aq | You set up before Dumuzi. You strew a censer of juniper. |
| 21' | [x NINDA] ⸢ZIZ₂⸣.AN.NA 12 NINDA DABIN i-na {giš}BANŠUR {d}INANNA GAR-an | You set up x loaves of ešû-bread (and) 12 loafs of emmer on the table of Ishtar. |
| 22' | [x NINDA] ⸢DABIN⸣ 10 NINDA.KUR₄.RA ZIZ₂.AN.NA ina {giš}BANŠUR {d}dumu-zi | x loaves of ēru-flour, 10 khurru-breads of emmer on the table of Dumuzi. |
| 23' | [...] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ KU₅-is {uzu}⸢ZAG⸣.LU {uzu}ME.ḪE₂ u {uzu}šu-me-e | ... ēšû-sheep is cut off, the esaggil-plant, the mēḫu-plant and the pomegranates |
| 24' | [ina] {giš}BANŠUR {d}INANNA ⸢GAR⸣-an | On the table of the goddess Ištar |
| 25' | [NINDA.I₃.DE₂].⸢A⸣ LAL₃ I₃.NUN.NA GAR.GAR-⸢an⸣ | You set out a cake made with honey (and) butter. |
| 26' | {[dug}A.DA].⸢GUR₅⸣ GIN-⸢an⸣ | a tureen of fig-beer |
| 27' | [... tu]-⸢naq⸣-qa NU ⸢NITA⸣ u MUNUS ša₂ IM | ... you strew, the male and female equid |
| 28' | [KIMIN ša DUḪ].⸢LAL₃⸣ KIMIN ša NIG₂.⸢SILA₁₁⸣.GA₂ KIMIN ša₂ I₃.UDU | Ditto of esalû-fennel, ditto (of) ēšalālu-flour, [ditto] of fat |
| 29' | [KIMIN ša ESIR KIMIN] ⸢ša₂⸣ GIŠ KIMIN ša₂ ⸢GI⸣ DU₃-uš | Ditto, of išû-plant, ditto of ēša-e23-tree (and) wood, diitto of alabaster you make. |
| 30' | [...] ana EGIR-šu₂-nu ta-kas₃-su | ... you set out behind them. |
| 31' | [x-x-x-x KA₂] kur-nu-gi te-eṣ-ṣer | ... the gate of Kurnugi is closed |
| 32' | [x-x-x-x x]-tim NU {d}bi₂-du₈ ša₂ IM DU₃-uš | ... of the god Bidû |
| 33' | [...] ⸢IGI⸣{[ii]} te-eq-qi₂ | ... you pass the ēmurû-tree |
| 34' | [x-x-x-x-(x)] ⸢ši ina ŠU-šu₂ tu-ša₂-aš₂-ša₂-šu₂⸣ | ... you make it grow in his hand |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢e⸣-[pi-šat ...] | The e’epišat |
| 2' | ⸢ša₂⸣-ru-⸢uḫ⸣-[tu₂ ...] | The ša-ēruḫtu-plant |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂}GIG⸣ [...] | The elû-demon |
| 4' | ⸢ip⸣-paṭ-ṭar ⸢e-il⸣-[ta-šu₂ ...] | Its eppattbar plant, its elil plant |
| 5' | ⸢ina⸣ DU₁₁.GA-ki {d}⸢INANNA⸣ [...] | “Ištar speaks to you, Inanna |
| 6' | 1+en MU⸣ [ḫe-pi₂] | 1 broken year |
| 7' | ⸢ana⸣-ku šum-ru-ṣu IGI-⸢ki⸣ [...] | I am the šumru-priestess of Igi-E23 |
| 8' | ⸢ana⸣ da-nu-uš di-ni-ia di-⸢pa⸣-[rat ...] | May Anu, my judge, render a verdict for me |
| 9' | pa-ni-ki a-ta-mar lip-pa-⸢ṭir⸣ [...] | I have seen your face; may ... release ... |
| 10' | ⸢la⸣ tu-mar-re-e e-ša₂-ku ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | (Sum) I am the one who sees (me) (Akk) You see (me), (I am) the one that sees |
| 11' | ⸢ki⸣-ma ša₂ ina tar₂-kul-le-e maḫ-⸢ṣu⸣ [...] | In E’ema, the one in the supreme tavern |
| 12' | ⸢e⸣-pi-iš taq-bi-i ⸢e⸣-[pu-uš] | You said, “It is enough, it is enough!’ |
| 13' | {⸢d}iš₈-tar₂⸣ lu kaš-ša₂-pi lu kaš-⸢šap⸣-[ti] | May Ištar-E be my beer or my beer! |
| 14' | ⸢ša⸣ at-ti ti-de-e-⸢ma ana-ku la⸣ [...] | You know (this), but I do not know |
| 15' | ⸢ša⸣ ri-kis kiš-pu ḪUL.⸢GIG⸣ [...] | “It is the ri-kiš-demon, witchcraft, ... evil machinations |
| 16' | ⸢ša⸣ i-na maḫ-ri-ki ⸢ir⸣-[ku-sa₃] | “In your presence, the irkû-plant |
| 17' | ALAM.MEŠ-ia ina qab-ri-<<šu₂>> ⸢uš⸣-[ni-lu] | My statues in the courtyard of Eušenilu |
| 18' | ⸢a⸣-na KU₅-as ZI-ia iz-za-⸢az⸣-[zu] | “If he cuts off my life, he will be able to save my life. |
| 19' | ⸢šu⸣-nu šar-qiš ⸢i⸣-pu-[šu-ni] | His word is a šarqiš prayer |
| 20' | ana-⸢ku⸣ šu-piš ep-pu-us-[su-nu-ti] | I have performed against them. |
| 21' | ina ⸢DU₁₁⸣.GA-ki ṣir-ti ša₂ NU [...] | In your supplication, the one who does not |
| 22' | ⸢u₃⸣ an-ni-ki ki-nim ša₂ NU ⸢BAL⸣-[u₂] | “This temple is true, it is not an ebullû-demon |
| 23' | mim-ma ⸢ma⸣-la a-qab-bu-u₂ kit-⸢tu⸣ [...] | All that I say is true |
| 24' | i-⸢na⸣ pi-ki el-lim li-ṣa-a ba-[la-ṭi] | May your pure mouth be filled with life! |
| 25' | a-⸢ḫu⸣-lap-ki at-ti-ma i-⸢la⸣-[at ...] | (Sum) You are the one who is enraged with you (Akk) You, when you are angry with me |
| 26' | an-⸢nam⸣ 3-šu₂ DU₁₁.GA-ma ⸢mer⸣-[di-ta ...] | He speaks three times about Anumešu and the Meredita |
| 27' | MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢ŠU⸣.BI ... DAB-ma NU {⸢lu₂⸣}GIG [...] | Incantation: “Its ešû-plant seized , and I did not see the elu-gizuli |
| 28' | ana IGI {d}⸢INANNA⸣ u₃ {d}⸢dumu⸣-[zi ...] | in front of the goddess Ištar and the goddess Dumuzi |
| 29' | {d}bi₂-du₈ [...] | Bidu |
| 30' | NU ⸢NENNI⸣ ša₂ ⸢šar⸣-[qiš ...] | “It is not the ēšû-plant, it is the Šarru-eqiši-plant |
| 31' | a-⸢na⸣ KU₅-⸢as⸣ [...] | “Ay! I want to go out! I am going out! |
| 32' | pa-⸢ṭir⸣ [...] | The pa’etbir temple |
| 33' | ⸢EN⸣ [...] | The en priestess |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | ⸢i-na⸣ [...] | “Ina’e |
| 2' | ḪUL ⸢DAB⸣-[an-ni ...] | The evil of the ēdab-demon |
| 3' | DU₁₁.GA-⸢ma⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x-x)] | You say: “... |
| 4' | ana muḫ-⸢ḫi NU⸣ [...] | I did not go up to the top of it |
| 5' | ina A PU₂ ⸢LUḪ⸣-[si x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | in water from a well ... esi-plant |
| 6' | x-x-x (x) [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | |
| 7' | ⸢a⸣-na {d}⸢INANNA⸣ uš-⸢ken⸣ [x-x-x-x] | When the goddess Ištar enters |
| 8' | ⸢NU⸣ šu₂-nu-ti KI ⸢up-ša₂⸣-[še-šu₂-nu] | those ešnutu-vessels with their e’ušēṣ plant |
| 9' | ⸢il-ti⸣-niš₂ ⸢SUD₂⸣-[šu₂-nu-ti-ma] | “It is their iltī-ešunû-disease |
| 10' | i-na ⸢TUG₂⸣ GE₆ i-šap-[pak-šu₂-nu-ti] | In the evening he will make them drink. |
| 11' | PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ UḪ₂.{d}ID₂ [ina NE SAR] | Šamaš-nāṣir (and) Uḫ-Nabû in Abu |
| 12' | UGU-šu₂-nu TU₅ NU {d}[bi₂-du₈] | upon them, TU₅-no-bidu |
| 13' | UGU-šu₂-nu uš-za-⸢az⸣-ma [...] | He stands over them and ... |
| 14' | {d}bi₂-du₈ e-dil ⸢KA₂⸣ [...] | “Bidu, who alone is the gate of the E-gate, |
| 15' | NU e-piš-ia ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | I did not perform my deed |
| 16' | ma-ḫar {d}INANNA ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | Exalted one of Ištar, |
| 17' | a-⸢na⸣ [a]-⸢šar⸣ [...] | The lord, the king |
| 18' | ⸢ul⸣-[tu ...] | “The old woman |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢NU TE-šu₂ DINGIR⸣ [...] | ... the ešunu-plant approaches him, the god ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢mar⸣ | ... he will see |
| 3' | [...] ⸢i⸣-ša₂-ḫat | ... the ešahbat plant |
| 4' | [... {d}iš₈]-⸢tar₂⸣-šu₂ li-ir-kus | May the god Ištar tremble |
| 5' | [... te-es-li]-⸢su i-še⸣-mi | ... he will hear his prayer. |
| 6' | [... ri-ḫu]-⸢su⸣ i-ṣa-⸢ar⸣-ru-ru | (Sum) ... the riḫbû-demon, he will smite (Akk) The ... of the reed-bed is smote |
| 7' | [... KAŠ].⸢SAG NAG-ma e-el⸣ | ... he drinks first-class beer and then he will be pure. |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [...] | |
| 11' | [DIŠ MIN] ⸢ZABAR⸣ [...] e-el | If DITTO, ešabār-plant |
| 12' | {⸢u₂⸣}si-⸢ḫu ŠIM⸣.{d}MAŠ NITA u MUNUS | Sîn, the scribe of Ninurta, male and female |
| 13' | [SIK₂] UGU.⸢DUL.BI⸣ KU₃.SI₂₂ AN.BAR TEŠ₂.BI | Its ritual: You tie a gold band on the top of the statue. |
| 14' | ina KUŠ {munus}AŠ₂.⸢GAR₃⸣ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU | in a leather (bag) of a female kid |
| 15' | GAG.GAG-pi₂ ina ⸢GU₂⸣-šu₂ GAR-an-ma | You set up a šumû-mark on his neck. |
| 16' | LU₂ la el-lum il-li-il | (Sum) A man who is not pure, he goes around (Akk) The man who was not pure went around |
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