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PKT pl. 19 a-20 (P282521)
Ritual, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | PKT pl. 19 a-20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282521 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10598 + VAT 11182 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... qa]-⸢bal⸣ E₂{⸢te⸣} [...] | ... the qa’ebal prayer of the temple |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [... id]-du-nu ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... they gave ... ... |
| 5' | [...] ⸢a⸣-na ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] a-na aš+šur u₃ [...] | ... the eašû-priestess, the ... ... to the mountain and ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢li x⸣ [...] bal ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ ša am [...] ša ⸢uš⸣ [...] | ... the eli-priestess ... a balaŋ e23 ... that wild bull ... which the uš-e23 |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x u₂-mal⸣-lu-u₂ ⸢id⸣-du-[nu-u₂] a-[na ...] | ... he will fill the ... canal and the edunû canal to |
| 8' | a-na {d}a-šur ⸢ša₂⸣ šu-me-la ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢NIDBA⸣ i-ṣa-⸢ra⸣-ar [...] | To Ašur, the ša’e-priestess, ... ... the nidbâ-priest ... |
| 9' | ti ih ⸢x lib₃⸣-bi i-li-⸢x⸣-[...] ⸢i⸣-ṣa-ra-ru | “The heart of the ... temple, Ili-ešbaru, |
| 10' | [a]-⸢na⸣ E₂ {d}a-⸢šur⸣ a-na IGI aš+šur [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃ ⸢i+na E₂ {d}IŠKUR⸣ e-pa-aš₂ | In the temple of Aya-ešur he will perform (the ritual) in front of ... and in the temple(?) of Adad. |
| 11' | [i]+⸢na⸣ na-mar-ri {lu₂}⸢SANGA⸣ i+[na] E₂ DINGIR er-ra-ab | The priest enters the house of god. |
| 12' | 1 {⸢giš⸣}DILIM₂ ša₂ il-ki ša ⸢iš⸣-[tu ...] ⸢bi⸣-du-ni {giš}DILIM₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | 1 ēšû-tree of the ilku-service of the temple of the goddess edu-ni, and e2e23-reeds |
| 13' | ⸢ša₂⸣ IGI {d}še-ru-a {d}[...] ⸢KIMIN⸣ {giš}BANŠUR-MEŠ | The eša’e3-plant in the presence of Šerūa (and) . |
| 14' | ⸢x⸣ bi ⸢x⸣ [...]-⸢MEŠ il⸣-ka-⸢x⸣ | “That house, that house, the house of Ilka-eš, |
| 15' | [...]-te ša₂-ṭu | ... of the šatbu |
| 16' | [... iš]-⸢tu⸣ {dug}BUR.[ZI] | ... a tureen |
| 17' | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ{ni} | ... of the gods |
| 18' | [...] {dug}⸢BUR⸣.[ZI] | ... a bowl |
| r iii | ||
| 1'' | [... eb]-⸢ra⸣-a-a-te ⸢a-na⸣ {d}[a-šur i-ša₂-qi] | ... the eb-e-a-tēte-priests, the en-ana-e of Assur, he shall take. |
| 2'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ši-ga-ri ša ⸢IG-MEŠ⸣ [u₂-ga-mar] | ... the door bolt of the door-jambs he shall remove |
| 3'' | [...] ⸢GU₄⸣ i-na-qi MU {d}PAP.⸢SUKKAL i⸣-[za-kar] | ... an ox eats: the year (in which) Papsukkal will extinguish (it). |
| 4'' | [...] ⸢ši⸣-ga-ri ša be-er-ti KA₂ ša [...] | ... the ši₂-e-ga-ri of the outer gate of the gate of |
| 5'' | ⸢ša⸣ šu-me-la i-ša₂-qi KA₂ i+na ga-mu-ri KA₂ ⸢i⸣-ma-⸢har⸣ | (If) he slips through a hole in the opening of a door, |
| 6'' | iz-za-az pa-ni-šu a-na pa-ni E₂ DINGIR i-ša₂-[ka]-⸢an⸣ | He will stand before him and he will go up to the temple. |
| 7'' | 2 eb-ra-a-te a-na {d}a-šur i-ša₂-qi 2 ina IGI ⸢ka⸣-[si ša] ⸢ṣar-pi⸣ | 2 bowls for Assur he shall take. 2 in front of Eka-esi of Šabarpi-e23 |
| 8'' | ša {d}ku-ri-be ša šu-me-la 3 eb-ra-a-te a-na IGI {⸢d⸣}[a-šur a-na] ⸢šul-mi⸣ | of Kurībe, who is the king, three towers in front of the Asur temple to the Šulmi temple |
| 9'' | i-ša₂-qi a-na UGU {dug}BAN₂ ša KAŠ i-⸢qar⸣-ri-ib KAŠ ka-[sa ša ṣar]-⸢pi u₂⸣-mal-la | He shall pour on top of the seah of beer. He shall libate beer of the ṣar-pi-vessel. |
| 10'' | a-na {d}<a>-šur i+na UGU e-ber-te ša IGI {dug}BAN₂ u₂-⸢na-qa⸣ | For Assur, on top of the upper side which is before the seah of juniper, |
| 11'' | ⸢re⸣-eh-ta a-na {dug}BAN₂ u₂-ta-ar MU DINGIR i-za-⸢kar⸣ | He will return the reehtu-flour to the seah-vessel. He will invoke the name of the god. |
| 12'' | ša-nu-te-šu i-ha-bu a-na {d}a-šur i+na ⸢UGU⸣ e-ber-te ⸢ša₂⸣ [IGI] {dug}BAN₂ u₂-⸢na⸣-[qa] | His limbs he shall strike. For Assur in the upper part of the temple before the seah of eqa-plant |
| 13'' | u₂-na-qa re-eh-ta a-na {dug}BAN₂ ⸢u₂⸣-ta-ar ⸢MU⸣ [DINGIR i]-za-kar | The remainder he shall pour into a sutu-vessel of etaar-plant and ešumu-e23 of the god. |
| 14'' | ša-šu-te-šu i-ha-bu a-na {d}a-šur a-na ⸢UGU⸣ e-ber-[te ša IGI] {dug}BAN₂ u₂-⸢na⸣-[qa] | His limbs he shall strike. For Assur, for the upper part of the bridge which is before the seah of e’equ-plant |
| 15'' | i+na ka-si an-ni-te-ma DINGIR-MEŠ{ni} ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | With this cup, the gods |
| 16'' | ⸢KAŠ⸣ ša i+na ka-si i-re-hu-ni i+na ⸢UGU x x⸣ [...] | The brewer’s prebend, which they brought in beer, in the ... |
| 17'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {dug}BAN₂ i+na lib₃-bi ša ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... a seah-vessel in the middle of ... |
| 18'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ka-si ša ṣar-pi ša i+na IGI ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... beer of ṣarpi, which in front of ... ... |
| 19'' | [i]-⸢na⸣-ši-a a-na IGI ka-[si ...] | When I went up to the front of the cup |
| 20'' | [ka]-⸢sa⸣ ša ⸢ṣar⸣-pi a-[na ...] | The ka-esa-e-plant of the ša-epi-plant to |
| 21'' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ša₂-qa ⸢u₂-ga⸣-[mar ...] | ... ešaqa, ega’emar |
| 22'' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r iv | ||
| 1''' | [...] | |
| 2''' | [...]-⸢a-te⸣-[šu] | ...-eatešu |
| 3''' | [...] {dug}BAN₂ [x] | ... a seah jar |
| 4''' | [...] ⸢ša⸣ i+na [...] | ... the eša’e-plant in |
| 5''' | [... i]-re-hu-ni | ... they returned. |
| 6''' | [...-TA].⸢AM₃⸣ | ..., |
| 7''' | [... ha]-⸢ri⸣-a | ... of Ḫa'eriya |
| 8''' | [...]-⸢na-x⸣ | ...-ena- |
| 9''' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10''' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 11''' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12''' | [...] ⸢ti⸣ | ... of the Nineveh |
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