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BM 038280 (P563716)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038280 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563716 |
| Museum no. | BM 038280 |
| 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 3 | May my great princess, Nanaya, give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
| obverse 18' | May he bring the divine powers to the house of the first-born son Ura. |
| obverse 8' | May youth Utu, the child of Ningal, be praised in his divine powers for you. |
| reverse 6 | May the lord of..., who dwells in the Anunnaki, speak to you: |
| reverse 13 | May An be sated with the radiance of the Ekur temple. |
| obverse 2' | May the princess of the city, the great mother Ninlil, and the divine powers and divine powers be brought to you. |
| obverse 7' | May Sin, the hero of heaven and underworld, speak to you |
| reverse 10 | May Adad, beloved of Anu, speak to you about the land! |
| reverse 2 | May the true prince, Tashmetu, speak truth to you. |
| reverse 7 | May Babu, the good woman, give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
| obverse 19' | May the foremost of the Amorite people, Ura, speak to you |
| reverse 18 | May your city Nippur not be forgotten! May the lord speak evil of you! |
| reverse 20 | [...]... [...]..., |
| obverse 15' | May Zarpanitu, the lady of the Apsu, speak to you about this. |
| obverse 6' | May Nanna, the storm of heaven and earth, bring forth the divine powers for you |
| reverse 15 | May the lamentation priests, the lamentation priests, and the lamentation priests of the universe rejoice over you. |
| obverse 9' | May ama, guardian of the son of Ningal, speak to you about the lands. |
| edge 1 | ... 22 |
| obverse 3' | May the city and the house of the great mother, Mullissu, and all the lands speak to you. |
| reverse 5 | May the Anuna gods give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
| obverse 11' | May Ea, king of the Apsu, speak to you about the abundance of the land. |
| obverse 16' | May the minister Muebbasa give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
| obverse 5' | May Ninurta, the foremost one of Enlil, the exalted army of Anu, speak to you (about it). |
| reverse 14 | May the lord of the most exalted, who dwells in Ekur, rejoice over your Anuti! |
| reverse 12 | May (this query) go to your great divinity. |
| reverse 9 | May Ikur, the beloved son of An, give you the divine powers. |
| obverse 10' | May Engur, the lord of the divine powers, be present for you |
| reverse 8 | May Babu, the sin-disease of the land, speak to you. |
| obverse 17' | May the righteous vizier of Nabû speak to you |
| reverse 1 | May the righteous princess, the lady of the divine powers, be praised for you. |
| reverse 16 | May the gods, the gods of heaven and earth, rejoice over you. |
| obverse 14' | May the Eginugal temple, the storehouse of the divine powers, be praised for you. |
| reverse 4 | May the great prince, the great lady, Nanaya, speak to you (about it). |
| obverse 1' | May the great lord, the father of ditto, speak to you: |
| reverse 21 | May you not abandon Babylon, your joyous city! |
| reverse 19 | May you not abandon Sippar! |
| reverse 17 | May you not abandon your city Nippur, may you praise my lord! |
| obverse 13' | May Damkina, lady of the Apsu, speak to you about the lands. |
| obverse 4' | For the young man, the first-born son of Enlil, the great one of An, may he bring the divine powers to you |
| reverse 11 | May ala, the great lady, give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
| obverse 12' | May Damgalnuna, the lady of the Abzu, give you the divine powers and divine powers. |
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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