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BM 035315 (P562728)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035315 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562728 |
| Museum no. | BM 035315 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' 8 | ...... |
| col 1' 2 | ... of his bow I saw |
| col 1' 11 | To the... of |
| col 1' 5 | as far as the strong wild bulls |
| col 1' 12 | to... |
| col 4' 3' | To Babylon, which you entered, the lord of the lands |
| col 1' 9 | In Nippur |
| col 4' 9' | You recite the incantation 'Your enemy... |
| col 4' 4' | to Esagil, which is pure, the top of your head he shall take. |
| col 4' 5' | Itar-Babylon, the one who hears the news, |
| col 3' 3' | I am... |
| col 4' 13' | ... good... of the king's mouth. |
| col 4' 6' | All of them, give me a firm positive answer. |
| col 1' 10 | lord, the one who... |
| col 1' 3 | With him.... |
| col 1' 4 | ... in the land |
| col 1' 1 | By the command of Bel and Bltiya may he be well. |
| col 1' 6 | In my hands, he sat down,... |
| col 4' 15' | his... which after that I... like that of the eunuch to the land |
| col 4' 11' | the foes, the foes, have taken away |
| col 4' 12' | You are the kammah priest, whose uuu-priest is seated. You are the enemy. You are seated in your palace. |
| col 4' 2' | where the... of the eunuch |
| col 4' 8' | The tablet of fates which was written in his royal name by Ninmah. |
| col 1' 15 | u- |
| col 3' 2' | Ki- |
| col 1' 17 | ...... |
| col 1' 16 | Your |
| col 4' 16' | ... eyes and eyes... |
| col 4' 10' | the lands that are to be destroyed before him, the omens of the lands are to be destroyed. |
| col 4' 7' | On the throne-dais, which you see, he gave good advice. |
| col 1' 13 | ...... |
| col 1' 7 | I have sworn by the mouth of the man... |
| col 4' 14' | It is the sixth tablet (of the series). |
| col 3' 1' | The one who |
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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