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BM 038055 (P563605)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563605 |
| Museum no. | BM 038055 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | he brought out the reed basket |
| obverse 8' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | the lord's heart has sworn : the lord has sworn a privileged status. |
| obverse 5' | In his head, when he is to raise his head, |
| obverse 6' | ... your supremacy, |
| obverse 7' | where the earth is to be set up |
| obverse 1' | I am the great gods. |
| obverse 2' | At that time the reign of the king of the four world quarters |
| reverse 5' | ... his battle |
| obverse 3' | the good thing that has been brought to an end : the good thing that has been brought to an end and the evil thing that has been brought to an end : |
| obverse 9' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | no one shall stand |
| reverse 4' | did not raise a hand against him |
| reverse 3' | .... he is frightened of all lands. |
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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