GAAL 2, pl. 16 (BM 059821) (X000002)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | GAAL 2, pl. 16 (BM 059821) |
|---|---|
| ID | X000002 |
| Museum no. | BM 059821 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain |
English translation
By ORACC project obmc · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [They shall scatter him] like potsherds. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [If he crosses through] the roof beams, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [they shall cut off] his wings. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [If he leans] into the window, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | they shall [slaughter him] by the neck. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'o 6'–o 6'o 6' | If he [looks at him] through a side window, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | they shall strike his face. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | If he [shouts] through the overlooking window, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | they shall block off his mouth. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 10'o 10'–o 10'o 10' | If he [barges in] through the front window, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 11'o 11'–o 11'o 11' | [they shall cover him with] a mash tub that cannot be opened. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | If he [darkens] at sunrise, |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢šika-gin₇⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ur₃-⸢ra⸣ [i₃-bal-e] | |
| 3' | pa-bi ⸢kap-pa⸣-[šu ... he₂-ni-ib₂-ku₅-ru-ne] | |
| 4' | ab-ba-ti gu₂ ⸢bar⸣-[ra-la₂-e] | |
| 5' | gu₂-bi ki-šad-su ⸢liṭ⸣-[bu-hu ...] | |
| ab ti-ta igi ⸢šu⸣ [...] | ||
| ša₂ ina ap-ti ṣe-⸢li⸣ [...] | ||
| 7' | igi-bi pa-nu-šu₂ lim(UR-)ha-⸢ṣu⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | ab-ta igi la₂-ta gu₃ ⸢mu⸣-[un-na-an-de₂-e] | |
| 9' | ka-bi pa-a-šu₂ li-de-⸢lu⸣ [...] | |
| ab-ta saŋ-e-⸢ta⸣ [mu-un-da-ab-šu₂-šu₂-ne] | ||
| ša₂ ina ap-ti ⸢mu⸣-[...] | ||
| gakkul nu-bad-⸢da-ta⸣ [he₂-ni-ib₂-šu₂-šu₂-e-ne] | ||
| kak-kul-⸢li⸣ [la pa-te-e ...] | ||
| 12' | ⸢zalag₂-ta⸣ ⸢ša₂ ina na⸣-[ma-ri ... mu-un-ši-in-ku₁₀-ku₁₀-ga] | |
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