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Shurpu 4 h (P496490)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shurpu 4 h |
|---|---|
| ID | P496490 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13720 |
| 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 13720 7' | ... may a weapon tear out... |
| obverse 16 | ... a liar, a rejoicing one, |
| obverse 15 | ... slander,...,.. |
| fragment VAT 13720 4' | ... may he release my divine..., may he release my guilt. |
| fragment VAT 13720 8' | ... of a chariot, may he be sated with illness. |
| fragment VAT 13720 14' | May Ennugi,..., be present, may he rejoice over him. |
| fragment VAT 13720 17' | May Ishtar, lady of the lands, his father, stand. |
| reverse 3 | ... of the gods may they tear out... |
| reverse 7 | Let me speak to you, that of the house of abundance,... |
| reverse 12 | Tablet concerning his sins... |
| reverse 13 | ...... |
| obverse 22 | .... a lord, a asû-demon, a bu |
| reverse 16 | May... make his lands bow down... |
| obverse 12 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to god and goddess. |
| obverse 13 | ... a rejoicing utterance, a rejoicing utterance, |
| obverse 27 | ... the exalted..., the brightest one, the brightest one, |
| fragment VAT 13720 21' | Tablet of Nabû-iddina, the junior arru-priest |
| obverse 17 | ... good for a man,... |
| fragment VAT 13720 10' | ... Asalluhi, exorcist of the great gods, who in his place dies, will live |
| obverse 4 | ... his..., a scepter,... |
| fragment VAT 13720 23' | son of Naziya, scribe |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 8' | ... of the fish... my... |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 9' | May they smite... with a rakin. |
| obverse 26 | ... pure...., who goes like a liar, |
| obverse 11 | ....., angry Itar, with a rejoicing man |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 4' | ... may Anu... |
| obverse 14 | ... well-being of a sick man, well-being |
| fragment VAT 13720 1' | ... his life... |
| obverse 8 | The 'hand' of the 'finger' of the 'hand' of the 'hand' of the gods is 'loose.' |
| obverse 25 | ... that he will decide fates in the river. |
| obverse 3 | ... of the asakku-demon, the evil of his god, not killed. |
| obverse 35 | ... a spleen, a spleen; |
| obverse 19 | ... the black-headed people, the troops, and the weapons not to a man. |
| obverse 7 | ... Ihru, the tazimutu-demon,... |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 10' | May the evil-doer curse... |
| fragment VAT 13720 5' | ... may he resound..., may he have a illness. |
| fragment VAT 13720 19' | May Babu, his judgments be released, his judgments be released. |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 6' | May... be appeased, may Ura |
| fragment VAT 13720 9' | ... of Marduk, sage of the gods, who provides for life, |
| obverse 34 | ... a liar... |
| reverse 17 | ... his prayer... |
| fragment VAT 13720 12' | May Ningirsu, the lord of the cultic rites, overthrow the illness. |
| fragment VAT 13720 22' | son of Nabu, descendant of Zeriya, scribe of Babylon. |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 3' | May... release Ishtar... |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 5' | May... release Adad. |
| obverse 21 | ... perfect, perfect one,..., |
| fragment VAT 13720 16' | May Gilgame, the one who soothes the angry god, the angry Itar, the one who afflicts his body |
| obverse 37 | ... your... |
| reverse 2 | May... be reconciled with me. |
| obverse 18 | ..... good.... |
| fragment VAT 13720 15' | May Nusku, vizier of the Ekur, speak favorably, who revives the cattle |
| fragment VAT 13720 6' | ... the army may he make a verdict of good fortune. |
| obverse 29 | ... a ruqû-demon, a ruqû-demon, a ruqû-demon, a nesatu-demon, |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 7' | May... write... |
| fragment VAT 13720 20' | If his name is red: he will become poor. |
| obverse 32 | ... is seen. |
| reverse 15 | his treasure |
| reverse 11 | May his oath be sworn... |
| obverse 30 | ... I am going. |
| reverse 10 | It is the wording of a favorable destiny for his god. |
| reverse 9 | ... may my days be long... |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 1' | May... write... to you. |
| obverse 9 | ... reverent one, whose command cannot be altered, |
| fragment VAT 13720 13' | ... Zababa... may the throne be stable |
| fragment VAT 13720 2' | ... the supplications that he had created in his hands, the supplications |
| obverse 31 | ... is given to his people. |
| fragment VAT 13720 11' | ... Nergal, the lord of the work, who is present in his presence, |
| obverse 24 | ... in place, name of the god. |
| obverse 36 | ... the one who is filled... |
| obverse 23 | ... merciful shepherd, who loves me, |
| reverse 1 | May he make a plea for it... |
| reverse 6 | May... be praised... |
| reverse 14 | his sins... |
| obverse 2 | ... Marduk with you |
| reverse 4 | May he resound his prayers : rejoicing... |
| obverse 33 | ... my guilt,... |
| obverse 28 | ... who sits on a throne, who is seized in battle, |
| fragment VAT 14077+14110 2' | May... be appeased, may Sin... |
| obverse 6 | ... his divinity, without whom I go, |
| fragment VAT 13720 3' | ... may he make his land flourish. |
| obverse 5 | ... who goes at his side, |
| reverse 5 | May the sins be reconciled with... |
| reverse 8 | ... his (personal) god and his goddess... his anger... |
| fragment VAT 13720 18' | May Gula, the great physician, stand by him. |
| obverse 1 | ... supplication and rebellion |
| obverse 10 | ... and Itar, all, for a young man |
| fragment VAT 13720 24' | son of Marduk-riba, the scribe |
| obverse 20 | ... his..., his..., a pregnant woman,..., a heart of well-being, |
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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