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AfO 21, 078 VAT 13677 (P480941)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 21, 078 VAT 13677 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480941 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13677 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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) |
|---|---|
| fragment VAT 13677 5' | ... Ea, king of the Apsu, at the command of Ea |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... your throne, |
| fragment VAT 13678 13' | ... and rejoicing that he had entrusted me |
| fragment VAT 13678 14' | (If) he is swollen in my hand: he will be well. |
| obverse col 2 11 | ..... he swore by the gods. |
| fragment VAT 13677 7' | ... the patu of Nintinuga. |
| obverse col 2 8 | ..... Enlil, who decrees fates, |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... did not(?) |
| reverse col 3 10' | ... for me |
| obverse col 2 4 | ... he created great water(?) |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... the face of evil |
| fragment VAT 13678 3' | ..... his people |
| fragment VAT 13678 15' | (If) he is swollen in my hand: he should eat dates. |
| fragment VAT 13678 1' | ......... |
| fragment VAT 13677 13' | May god and man eponym year of me. |
| obverse col 2 6 | ... gave you, Enbilulu |
| fragment VAT 13678 16' | May the reed(s) of the reed(s) in my hands be released. |
| fragment VAT 13677 6' | ... Asalluhi with the great riksu of Gula |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... they will approach |
| fragment VAT 13678 10' | ............................... |
| fragment VAT 13678 4' | .... may he release your supplication. |
| fragment VAT 13677 12' | May heaven and earth eponymy for me. |
| fragment VAT 13677 3' | ... the kuru-offerings of the awe-inspiring brilliance of your body. |
| fragment VAT 13678 9' | ... lord(?) |
| obverse col 2 10 | ... the hero Ninurta, the one who fashioned the rites |
| obverse col 2 2 | ... Ea |
| reverse col 3 6' | .... who loves the river. |
| fragment VAT 13678 7' | ... his... curse me. |
| fragment VAT 13677 10' | May the 7th eagle, the one of Eridu, tear out his body... |
| reverse col 3 5' | Incantation:... my hand. |
| reverse col 3 4' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 5 | ... I enlarged your borders for the god |
| obverse col 2 1 | Incantation: You (are) the kikkal plant |
| fragment VAT 13678 6' | Incantation:... Sin and ama |
| obverse col 2 7 | ... abundance of Ea... |
| fragment VAT 13677 8' | ... Ningirim, lord of the battle |
| reverse col 3 3' | ...... |
| fragment VAT 13677 1' | ... Niniku |
| fragment VAT 13678 5' | ... are placed. |
| obverse col 2 9 | ... your sage, abundance,... |
| fragment VAT 13677 9' | He gave him to Nergal, son of Nergal. |
| fragment VAT 13677 2' | ... your exalted divinity,... |
| fragment VAT 13677 4' | ... the water of your mercy, which is not good, |
| fragment VAT 13678 8' | ... Enlil |
| obverse col 2 3 | ... supplication,..., your strength... |
| fragment VAT 13678 11' | ....................... |
| fragment VAT 13678 12' | ... a firm positive answer to the news of my presence. |
| fragment VAT 13677 11' | May your... be good...! |
| fragment VAT 13678 2' | ... not the place of rejoicing |
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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