Unpublished Unpublished Prayers from the Temple of Nabû-šaḫarê in Babylon

Prayers

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 11 (2026): Volume 11 Issue 2
Published
Jun 1, 2026
Pages
23-40

Abstract

Prayer in everyday language: It is simply a ritual discourse that conveys an individual's concerns, that is, human requests, to the superhuman through words. In this sense, prayer is a kind of hymn, that is, a continuation of praise (mostly) through the same means, since its primary goal is to communicate information, represented by the individual's concerns and personal requests, to the superhuman recipient (God) through words.

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Authors

Basima Abd
Angham Salim Al-Dulaimi

Al-Mustaqbal University – Department of Archaeology

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Angham Salim Al-Dulaimi (Al-Mustaqbal University – Department of Archaeology)

Lecturer Dr. / Head of the Department of Archaeology / Al-Mustaqbal University

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