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JCS 68, 220 (P498482)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 68, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498482 |
| Museum no. | BM 047498 |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 14 | together he has seized, he has killed, |
| obverse col 2 8' | 8 sakap-measures of the enemy |
| obverse col 1 15' | 21 2 2 23 24 25 |
| obverse col 2 9' | field of Adab |
| obverse col 2 13' | 23 days of rations, |
| reverse col 3 2 | May he prostrate himself before Marduk. |
| obverse col 1 7' | 25th day: he will recover. |
| reverse col 3 8 | For ama, water will be poured. |
| obverse col 1 12' | The 7th, I do not have a field. The 8th, Ashurbanipal is not a field. |
| obverse col 1 11' | 4 (times) I did not |
| reverse col 4 5 | 18 zakutu-vessels, Puur; |
| obverse col 1 5' | 16th day of ebtu; |
| reverse col 3 4 | his pre-eminent |
| reverse col 3 1 | If in Nisannu (Month I) on the 4th day |
| reverse col 4 6 | 20... snakes |
| obverse col 1 9' | In (the month) Addaru (XII), one a-(worker) |
| obverse col 2 1' | and a urine that is not fed is in his hands. |
| reverse col 3 7 | On the 13th day: may he prostrate himself before ama. |
| reverse col 3 13 | he will not approach him and he will not approach him. |
| reverse col 4 16 | May he be sated in his house, may he be sated with his heart. |
| obverse col 2 6' | Month Nisannu (I), 4th day, eponym year of Nabû-arru-uur. |
| obverse col 1 3' | 9 days of rations; |
| reverse col 4 19 | You place it in the lap of a man. |
| reverse col 4 18 | Whoever breaks the contract shall write his name on the tablet. |
| obverse col 2 7' | 4 (days): fresh day; |
| reverse col 4 11 | 30 good quality sign(s), |
| reverse col 3 9 | his fate may he tear out |
| obverse col 2 2' | he does not open, he shall return. |
| reverse col 4 20 | On the 20th day: he should eat bread. |
| obverse col 1 1' | 6 "atutu"(-sheep), received |
| reverse col 4 9 | 28 baskets of...; |
| reverse col 3 3 | May my name and |
| reverse col 4 1 | Month IX, 2nd day, eponym year of Adad-nrr. |
| reverse col 4 3 | He shall have the usufruct of 10 days. |
| reverse col 4 15 | On the 6th day: may he prostrate himself before the moon. |
| obverse col 1 8' | The 30th day is favourable. |
| obverse col 2 3' | GIR, his sadiru |
| obverse col 2 4' | may ama in his house |
| obverse col 2 10' | 11 days of joy |
| reverse col 3 11 | On the 20th day: may he prostrate himself before the moon. |
| reverse col 4 17 | On the 15th day: may he prostrate himself before Ea. |
| reverse col 4 4 | 15 seed-corns, regular offering |
| obverse col 2 11' | The 14th, in a favorable case, |
| reverse col 4 12 | In Ayyaru (II), on the fourth day, may he prostrate himself before Ea. |
| reverse col 4 7 | 22 is favourable. |
| reverse col 4 21 | Before.... |
| reverse col 4 10 | may he kill snakes |
| reverse col 3 5 | On the fourth day: may he prostrate himself. |
| obverse col 1 2' | 8 gur field |
| reverse col 4 22 | Nusku may he prostrate himself. His eyes are not sick. |
| obverse col 1 4' | 12: the kadû-offering of Ashur. |
| reverse col 3 6 | (If) he approaches a woman: he will become good. |
| obverse col 1 10' | 2 kali-plants, |
| reverse col 3 14 | (If) he is a swollen ewe: his evil. |
| obverse col 1 13' | The 12th, 1[3th, eponym year of...]. |
| obverse col 1 6' | 22th day, eponym year of Nabû-ahhe-iddina. |
| reverse col 3 10 | among the good omens |
| obverse col 1 14' | 16 17 |
| obverse col 2 5' | he established. |
| reverse col 3 15 | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 4 8 | 26...-garments, |
| obverse col 1 16' | 26 (times) unfavorable. |
| reverse col 3 12 | You libate water for water. |
| obverse col 2 12' | 16 grass-fed goat(s), regular offering |
| reverse col 4 2 | 5 wives, old, |
| reverse col 4 13 | fish fish like water |
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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