KAR 139 + 141 (P282610)
Literary, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 139 + 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282610 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10320 + VAT 11537 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | When the (proper) time arrives, the sacrificer enters the Equ house. In the Equ house he proceeds to the right to the table before the Mouth-and-Tongue, and kindles with the torch in his hand the censer before the Mouth-and-Tongue. Grasping the torch with his left hand, he twice pours aromatics into the censer before the Mouth-and-Tongue. He breaks a bread cake upon the table, cools the eating-bowl twice, and twice performs a libation of beer into the pithos. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | He scatters mixed aromatics into a portable censer, places a vagina of lead weighing half a mina before the Mouth-and-Tongue, and prostrates himself. |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010–o 1515 | The priest blesses the sacrificer, saying: “May the Mouth-and-Tongue speak favourably of you to Ištar and intercede for you before Ištar! As [this] torch is bright, may Ištar decree [brightn]ess and prosperity for you. Gua[rd the word] and secrets of Ištar! [Should you le]ak ou[t the word of Ištar, you shall not live ......]” |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | He places [......]. |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | The priest blesses him, saying: “May Ištar of Heaven speak favourably of you [in heaven]! As [this] torch is bright, may Ištar decree brightness and prosperity [for you]. Guar[d] the word and secrets of Ištar! Should you leak out the word of Ištar, you shall not live, and should you not guard her secrets, you shall not prosper. May Ištar guard your mouth and tongue!” |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | The procedures for the (proper) time of the great Equ house of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | si-mu-nu i-na ka-ša-di EN—{udu}SISKUR EN—{udu}SISKUR a-na E₂—e-qi er-rab | |
| 2 | i-na E₂—e-qi a-na e-mi-it-ta a-na {giš}BANŠUR ša IGI {d}KA—EME | |
| 3 | i-qar-rib i-na zi-qi ša qa-ti-šu še-eh-ta ša IGI {d}KA—EME | |
| 4 | u₂-ša-ha-az zi-qa i-na KAB-šu₂ i-ṣab-bat 02-šu₂ ŠEM-MEŠ | |
| 5 | i-na še-eh-te a-na IGI {d}KA—EME i-šap-pak 01 NINDA la-aʾ-ta | |
| 6 | i-na UGU {giš}BANŠUR i-ka-sa-ap 02-šu₂ ma-kal-ta u₂-ka-ṣa | |
| 7 | 02-šu ma-qe-e ša KAŠ-MEŠ a-na {dug}KIR₂ u₂-ga-mar ŠEM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | bal-lu-te i-na ni-id-na-ki i-sa-ra-aq 01 sa-su-ur-ta | |
| 9 | ša 1:2 MA.NA AN.NA a-na IGI {d}KA—EME i-šak-kan uš-ka-an | |
| 10 | {lu₂}SANGA a-na EN—{udu}SISKUR EN—{udu}SISKUR i-kar-rab ma-a {d}KA—EME | |
| 11 | dam-qa-te-ka a-na {d}U.DAR liq-bi a-bu-ta-ka a-na {d}U.DAR | |
| 12 | ⸢li⸣-iṣ-bat ma-a ki-i zi-qu an-ni-tu nam-ra-tu-ni | |
| 13 | [na-ma]-⸢ra⸣ u₃ ša-la-ma {d}U.DAR lu ta-ši-ma-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 14 | [ma-a a-ba-ta] ⸢u₃ pi⸣-ri-il-ta ša {d}U.⸢DAR u₂⸣-[ṣur] | |
| 15 | [ma-a a-ba-ta ša {d}U.DAR tul]-te-⸢ṣi-ma⸣ [la ta-bal-laṭ] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-šak-kan ⸢šu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}SANGA i-kar-rab-šu ma-a {d}U.DAR ša AN-⸢e⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | dam-qa-te-ka lu taq₃-bi ma-a ki-i zi-qu [an-ni-tu] | |
| 4' | nam-ra-tu-ni na-ma-ra ša-la-ma {d}U.DAR lu ta-ši-⸢ma⸣-[ku] | |
| 5' | ma-a a-ba-ta u₃ pi-ri-il-ta ša {d}U.DAR u₂-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 6' | ma-a a-ba-ta ša {d}U.DAR tul-te-ṣi-ma la ta-bal-laṭ | |
| 7' | u₃ pi-ri-il-ta-ša la ta-ta-ṣar-ma la ta-ša-lim | |
| 8' | ma-a {d}U.DAR pi-i-ka li-ša-an-ka lu ta-ṣur | |
| 9' | tal-la-ka-tu ša si-mi-ni ša E₂—e-qi GAL-e | |
| 10' | ša {uru}kar—{1}{giš}TUKUL-ti—{d}NIN.URTA | |
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