CT 15, pl. 43-44, K 03476 (P336144)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 43-44, K 03476 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336144 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] one [......when] Bel [defeated his] ene[mies]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [The king who] goes to the well, stands at the well and [performs] a rite at the well, is [Marduk], who cast a spell against Illil in the Abyss, and consi[gned him] to the Anunnaki. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... the fi]re which he kindles is Marduk, who in his youth [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [The magnates] who beat the clappers are the gods, his fathers and brothers, when they heard [...]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [The king, wh]o kisses the ground in front of the gods, is Marduk, [whom] Mullissu lifted up in his youth, while they kissed him. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [The brazie]r which is lighted in front of Mullissu, and the sheep which they throw on the brazier and which the fire burns, is Qingu, when he burns in the fire. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'–o 15'15' | The torches, which he lights from the brazier, are merciless arrows from the quiver of Marduk, which are terrible in their shooting off and which, when they hit, slay (even) the strong; drenched in blood and gore, they rain down on mountains and lands. The gods, his fathers and brothers, and the evil gods, Anzû and Asakku, were vanquished by them. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | The king, who wears his jewelry and roasts young virgin goats, is Marduk, who wearing his armour bur[ned] the sons of Illil and Ea in fire. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | The king, who opens the vat in the race, is Marduk, who [defeat]ed Tiamat with his penis. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [The ki]ng, who with the high priest tosses the cake, is Marduk (with) Nabû, [who ...] vanquished and crushed Anu. |
| Obverse [19:22] o 20'20'–o 22'22' | The king, who stands on the podium with a [heart] in his hand, while the singer chants To the Western Goddess, is Marduk, [who] with his bow in his hand cast down Ea, while Venus was ascendant in front of him. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | The cake which he tosses, is the heart of Ea, when he pulled it out and [...] it with his hands. |
| Obverse [23:28] o 24'24'–o 28'28' | [The chariots] which they dispatch, and the 'third man' who [puts] the whip in [the king's] hand, takes him by hand, leads him into the presence of the god and shows the whip to the god and the king, is Nabû, who is sent against Illil and defeats him, whom Nergal to[ok] by hand, introduced into Esaggil and showed the weapon in his hand to Marduk, king of the gods, and Zarpanitu, while they kissed and blessed [him]. |
| Obverse [28:34] o 29'29'–o 34'34' | The kurgarrûs who play the battlefield, rip off ..., beat clappers, halloo, lift up [...] each other, twitter [and ...], are [the ...]s, who s[et up] a clamour against Illil and Anu, poured out their sheen on them, broke their [win]gs and [cast them down] to the Abyss. |
| Obverse [34:37] o 35'35'–o 37'37' | The sarrānu gods in front of Ištar, [which] the king [...]s [......] of the gods, are [... and] Nergal, who [......] |
| Obverse [37:39] o 38'38'–o 39'39' | [...] Ninurta [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Thorn plant is the hair of his] armpits. [.....] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [The ......] is his [lo]ins. [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Myrhh] is his [s]emen. [The cat is his blood. ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Gold is his sperm.] Lettuce is his breasts. [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] finger ...[......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] they lift [...] onto a plank bed [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] remove them ......, as it is said in the vernacular. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] the rites of Illilship and Eaship within [......]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Copied in its original wording from a Ninevite writing board and collated. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Tab]let of [Kiṣir-Na]bû, whose trust is Nabû, |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [son of Šamaš-ibni, exor]cist of the temple [of Aššur]. |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x en x⸣+[x x x x x ki-i] {⸢d}EN a.a⸣-[bi-šu₂ ik-mu-u] | |
| 3' | [LUGAL ša₂ a-na] ⸢PU₂⸣ DU-ku ina ⸢UGU PU₂ GUB⸣-zu dul-lu ina ⸢PU₂⸣ [e-pu-šu-ni] | |
| 4' | {[d}AMAR.UTU ša₂] ⸢TU₆⸣ <$ana$> {d}EN.LIL₂ ina ZU.AB ŠUB-šu ana {d}a-nun-na-ki ip-⸢qi₂⸣-[du-šu] | |
| 5' | [x x i]-⸢ša₂⸣-tu ša i-qa-du-ni {d}AMAR.UTU šu-u₂ ša ina TUR-i-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {[lu₂}GAL-MEŠ] ša₂ kis-ki-la-te i-mah-ha-ṣu DINGIR-MEŠ AD-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ šu-nu ki-i iš-mu-u [x x] | |
| 7' | [LUGAL] ⸢ša⸣ KI ma-<har> DINGIR-MEŠ u₂-na-aš₂-ša₂-qu {d}AMAR.UTU šu-[u₂] | |
| 8' | [ša {d]}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ ina TUR-i-šu₂ IL₂-ma u₂-na-ša₂-qu-šu | |
| 9' | [KI].⸢NE⸣ ša ina IGI {d}NIN.LIL₂ KUR-ha UDU.NITA₂ ina UGU KI.NE ŠUB-u₂ | |
| 10' | {⸢d}BIL⸣.GI i-qa-mu-šu₂ {d}qin-gu šu-u₂ ki-i ina IZI i-qa-mu-[u₂] | |
| 11' | {giš}zi-qa-a-te ša TA@v ŠA₃ KI.NE u₂-ša₂-an-ma-ru mul-mul-li la pa-du-[te] | |
| 12' | ša {giš}iš-pat {d}EN ša ina ša₂-la-ʾi-šu₂-nu DIRIG-u₂ pu-luh-[tu₂] | |
| 13' | ina ma-ha-ṣi-šu₂-nu dan-nu i-⸢ne₂-ru⸣ MUD₂-MEŠ u₃ par-šu ṣe-pu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 14' | i-sal-la-hu KUR-MEŠ KUR.KUR DINGIR-MEŠ AD-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DINGIR-MEŠ HUL-[MEŠ] | |
| 15' | an-zu-u₂ {d}a-sak-ku ina ŠA₃-šu₂-nu LAL-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 16' | LUGAL ša du-ma-qi₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂ IL₂-u₂ {udu}{mi₂}AŠ₂.QAR-MEŠ i-qa-lu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 17' | {d}AMAR.UTU šu-u ša {giš}til-MEŠ-šu₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂ IL₂-u DUMU-MEŠ {d}BE {d}1 ina GIŠ.BAR iq-[lu-u₂] | |
| 18' | LUGAL ša ha-ri-u₂ ina li-is-ni i-BAD-tu-u {d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ ina u₂-ša-ri-šu₂ {mi₂}ti-amat ⸢ik⸣-[mu-u₂] | |
| 19' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša NINDA{ka}ma-nu {lu₂}SANGA it-ti-šu₂ u₂-šar-qa-du {d}AMAR.UTU {d}AG šu-[u₂] | |
| 20' | [ša x]+⸢x⸣ {d}a-num LAL-šu₂-ma iš-bir-šu₂ LUGAL ša ina ma-za-si GUB-[zu] | |
| 21' | [ŠA₃ 01-⸢en⸣ ina ŠU LUGAL ⸢GAR-nu⸣ {lu₂}NAR an na-mur-ri-tu i-za-mur {d}AMAR.UTU [šu-u₂] | |
| 22' | [ša] {⸢giš⸣}BAN-šu₂ ina ⸢ŠU-šu₂⸣ {d}E₂.A ŠUB-u {mul}dil-bat ina IGI-šu₂ ⸢GIL⸣-[u₂] | |
| 23' | [NINDA{ka]}⸢ma-nu⸣-u₂ ša u₂-šar-qa-du ŠA₃ {d}1 šu-ma ki-i iš-du-du ina ŠU.2-šu₂ i-[x x] | |
| 24' | {[giš}GIGIR]-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ ti-iš-kad₃-⸢da⸣ u₂-ša₂-aš₂-kat₃-u-ni-ni {lu₂}03.U₅ ša₂ {giš}ma-hi-tu₂ ina ⸢ŠU⸣.2 | |
| 25' | [LUGAL GAR]-⸢nu⸣ ša ŠU-su DIB-bat ina IGI DINGIR u₂-še-rab-šu₂ {giš}ma-hi-tu₂ ana DINGIR u LUGAL u₂-kal-lam-u-[ni] | |
| 26' | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ šu-ma ša ana {d}BE i-ṭar-ra-du-šu ⸢LAL⸣-šu {d}U.GUR ŠU-su iṣ-[ba-tu] | |
| 27' | [ina {e₂]}⸢san⸣-gil₂ TU-ma {giš}TUKUL ŠU.2-šu₂ a-na {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ u {d}zar-pa-⸢ni⸣-[tum] | |
| 28' | [u₂]-kal-lim-ma u₂-na-aš₂-ša₂-qu-šu₂-ma i-kar-ra-⸢bu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 29' | {[lu₂]}⸢KUR⸣.GAR.RA-MEŠ ša tu-ša₂-ri i-ma-li-lu mi₃-il-hu i-⸢mal⸣-[la-hu] | |
| 30' | [kis]-⸢ki⸣-la-te i-mah-ha-ṣu ia-ru-ra-te ⸢u₂⸣-[sah-ha-ru] | |
| 31' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ a-ha-meš i-mat-tah-u-ma u₂-ša₂-aṣ-ba-ru [x x x] | |
| 32' | {[d}x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ-e šu-nu-ma ša ina UGU {d}BE {d}1 ri-ig-mu ⸢iš⸣-[ku-nu] | |
| 33' | [me]-⸢lam⸣-me-šu₂-nu ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu it-bu-ku i-⸢x⸣-[x x x] | |
| 34' | [x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-bat-ti-qu a-na ZU.AB [ŠUB-šu₂-nu] | |
| 35' | {[d]}sa-ra-nu ša ina IGI {d}IŠ.⸢TAR⸣ [ša] LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 36' | [x]-⸢x⸣-ta-nu ša DINGIR-MEŠ u₂-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 37' | {[d}x u] {d}U.GUR šu-nu-ma ša₂ ⸢it⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 38' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {d}⸢MAŠ x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 39' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {[giš}pu-qut-tu₂ SIG₂.UZ₃] su-ha-ti-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢MURUB₄⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x {giš}{šem}ŠEŠ] ⸢ni⸣-lu-šu₂ [SA.A MUD₂-MEŠ-šu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [KUG.GI ri-hu-su] {u₂}HI.A.IS{sar} tu₂-la-šu₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ŠU.SI KI MAŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] ina {giš}na-mul-li u₂-ma-ta-hu ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣-lu-šu₂-nu IGI.LAL-MEŠ IGI-MEŠ ⸢ina KA⸣ UN-MEŠ ki-⸢i⸣ [DUG₄.GA-u₂] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UŠ GARZA {d}EN.LIL₂.LA₂-ti {d}1-ti ina ŠA₃-bi ki-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [LIBIR.RA.BI].GIM [LIBIR.RA.BI].GIM GABA.RI {giš}ZU NINA{ki} AB.SAR-⸢ma⸣ BA.AN.[E₃] | |
| 11' | [u₂]-⸢il-ti {1}[ki-ṣir—{d]}⸢PA⸣ [o] ⸢ša {d}AG⸣ tuk-lat-⸢su⸣ | |
| 12' | [DUMU {1}{d}UTU—DU₃] {⸢lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ⸣ E₂—[AN.ŠAR₂] | |
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