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BM 032217 (P547825)
Prayer, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P547825 |
| Museum no. | BM 032217 |
| 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 7 | May these gods write my name, may they say good things about me! |
| obverse 19 | To Marduk, merciful lord, speak good things about me! |
| obverse 4 | Beloved of Dumuzi, albabu, son of Niniku |
| obverse 18 | Zarpanitu, the great one, the one who seized the fathers of the gods |
| reverse 3 | ... for good deeds |
| reverse 2 | May your command be heard! May my mouth be praised! |
| obverse 11 | She is responsible for providing for the life of the heir and the seed. |
| reverse 15 | May the gods of heaven and earth bless you. |
| reverse 16 | May the great gods make your heart happy. |
| obverse 9 | I am seized by the hands of the ensi; the work of the ensi |
| reverse 11 | The sealed document is a ruhû-vessel. |
| obverse 17 | Your name is praiseworthy, your brilliance overwhelms you. |
| reverse 5 | May he listen to prayers. At the mouth of the people's mouth, |
| obverse 2 | the queen : the great Itars, the heart of the Igigi |
| obverse 20 | he swore to her, and he was a hero. |
| reverse 12 | ... and the lady... |
| obverse 7 | Belet-ilii, who loves to live |
| reverse 9 | May a later prince restore it. May he restore it to its place. |
| obverse 6 | Lady of Babylon, guardian of all lands |
| reverse 1 | ......... |
| reverse 8 | May Itar tear out all the cult centers. |
| obverse 3 | Erua, the lady of the gods, the one who provides for the Eabzu |
| reverse 20 | ...... |
| obverse 16 | Your utterance, whose strength, whose radiance, and the strength |
| reverse 10 | ... a dream |
| reverse 18 | May Anu, Enlil, and Ea bless you. |
| reverse 19 | I, your great divinity, may I sing your great divinity. |
| obverse 13 | The people who were insubmissive to him |
| reverse 13 | ...... before you...... |
| reverse 4 | May my heart speak, and... all. |
| obverse 5 | queen of Esagil, palace of the god of the land, |
| obverse 14 | In the evening and in the evening, the creation of the heavens |
| reverse 6 | Let me live above them, all of them. |
| reverse 14 | May azu rejoice over you, may Esagil bless you. |
| obverse 12 | Accept my prayer, accept my prayer. |
| obverse 10 | Who provides seed grain, who safeguards life, |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: Exalted one, exalted one, exalted one, |
| reverse 17 | May the gods who dwell in the pure temple(?) rejoice over you |
| obverse 8 | Its ritual: It is performed in both a pnu-festival and a mighty pnu. |
| obverse 15 | You have sinned against me, the day you have sinned. |
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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