LKA 032 (P336243)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336243 |
| Museum no. | Ist A — |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Arbela, O Arbela, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Heaven without equal, Arbela! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | City of merry-making, Arbela, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | City of festivals, Arbela! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | City of the temple of jubilation, Arbela! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Shrine of Arbela, lofty hostel, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | broad temple, sanctuary of delights! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Gate of Arbela, the pinnacle (of) holy to[wns]! |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | City of likenesses, Arbela! |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Abode of jubilation, Arbela! |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Arbela, temple of reason and counsel! |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Bond of the lands, Arbela! |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Establisher of profound rites, Arbela! |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Arbela is as lofty as heaven. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Its foundations are as firm as the heavens. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | The pinnacles of Arbela are lofty, it vies with [...]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Its likeness is Babylon, it compares with Assur. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | O lofty sanctuary, shrine of the fates, gate of heaven! |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | Tribute from [all la]nds enters into it. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | Ištar dwells there, Nanaya, the [...] daughter of Sin, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | Irnina, the foremost of the gods, the first-born goddess [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | City of consent, city of ditto of Nanaya, this abode! |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [... is] Arbela in all [...]! |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [Among] all the [lan]ds [...] does not rival [...] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [...] temple of jubilation. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | [...] purify and [...] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | [......] Egašankalamma ...[...] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | [......] like [......] |
| Obverse [28:30] o 2929–o 3030 | (Break) |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | [......] lofty [......] |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | [......] temple and city [...] |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | [......] play [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...]... like [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | All the lands rejoice [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Those who leave Arbela and those who enter it are glad, they rejoice and ...[...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | The Lady is seated on a lion, on a ...[...]; mighty lions crouch beneath her. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | The kings of (all) land(s) are overwhelmed before her, [she holds] domination over beasts [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | All kinds of sac[rifice]s [...] in elation, all kinds of offering flour [...] in elation. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | ...... of bright Arbela is put in place [......] |
| Reverse [11:16] r 12'12'–r 16'16' | The pigû instrument of ...[......] is tuned! The lyre of the [assin]nu is tuned! The ... of the kurgarrû is tuned. The ...[...] is tuned (to) the songs of the kulmaš[itu] hierodules. The dubdubbu is tuned, the ... of the kettle[drums]! |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | The he[art ...] is glad under the ...[...]. Arbela rejoices! The people are rejoicing [...]! |
| Reverse [18:20] r 19'19'–r 20'20' | The Lady rejoices [......]; the house of [......] rejoices! |
| Reverse [20:22] r 21'21'–r 22'22' | The temple is adorned with attractiveness [......]; the Lady of the House of Arbela rejoices, [her] heart [...]. |
| Reverse [22:24] r 23'23'–r 24'24' | By her merry-making are lengthened the [...] of [...] Arbela [......]. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 25'25'–r 25'25' | [......] your city, may it rule ...[...]! |
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 | {uru}arba-il₃ {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 2 | AN-e ša₂ la ša₂-na-ni {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 3 | URU ni-gu-ti {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 4 | URU i-si-na-ti {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 5 | URU E₂ hi-da-a-ti-e {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 6 | e-a-ak {uru}arba-il₃ ⸢aš⸣-ta-mu ṣi-i-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 7 | E₂.KUR.RA šu-un-du-lu BARAG ṣi-ha-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8 | ba-ab₂ {uru}arba-il₃ ša₂-qu-u ma-ha-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 9 | URU tam-ši-la-a-ti {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 10 | mu-šab hi-da-a-ti {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 11 | {uru}arba-il₃ E₂ ṭe₃-e-me u mil-ki | |
| 12 | ri-kis KUR.KUR-MEŠ {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 13 | mu-kin₂ GARZA ru-qu-u₂-ti {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 14 | ki-i AN-e ša₂-qi {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 15 | SUHUŠ-MEŠ-šu ku-un-na ki-i ša₂-[ma-mi] | |
| 16 | ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ ša₂-qa-a SAG-MEŠ-šu₂ iš-ta-na-na-an ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 17 | tam-ši-il-šu KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ši-na-su {⸢uru}aš-šur⸣ [x] | |
| 18 | ma-ha-zu ṣi-i-ru BARAG NAM.TAR-MEŠ KA₂.GAL AN-e | |
| 19 | a-na lib-bi-šu₂ e-ra-bu ma-da-nat ⸢ma-ta-ti⸣ | |
| 20 | {d}15 ina ŠA₃-bi uš-bat {d}na-na-a DUMU.MI₂ {d}30 ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 21 | {d}ir-ni-na SAG.KAL DINGIR-MEŠ {d}IŠ.TAR-tu₂ ⸢bu⸣-kur-⸢tu₂ x⸣+[x] | |
| 22 | URU an-ni URU ša₂ MIN ša₂ {d}na-na-a ⸢TUŠ-tu an⸣-ni-tu₂ | |
| 23 | [x x] {uru}arba-il₃ ina kal₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 24 | [ina ma-ta]-a-ti DU₃-ši-na ul i-ma-⸢šal⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂ hi-⸢da-a-ti⸣ | |
| 26 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-la-⸢lu⸣-ma ana ri-[x x x] | |
| 27 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂.GAŠAN.KALAM.⸢MA ar⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ a [x x x] | |
| 28 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂ ⸢x x⸣ ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 29 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-an-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma [x x x] | |
| 30 | [x x x x x] hi ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 31 | [x x x x x x] ša₂-qu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 32 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ E₂ u URU ⸢URU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 33 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ me-lu-la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ de e ⸢x GIM⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | KUR.KUR-MEŠ DU₃-ši-na i-ri-ša₂ il-⸢x⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-li-ku-ti ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ u i-ri-bu-⸢ti⸣-[šu] | |
| 4' | ha-di-u ⸢i-riš⸣-šu u ⸢il⸣-[x x] | |
| 5' | {d}GAŠAN ina UGU UR.MAH uš-bat ina UGU ⸢an⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | UR.MAH-MEŠ KALAG.GA-MEŠ ša₂-pal-ša₂ ka-an-[ṣu] | |
| 7' | LUGAL-MEŠ ⸢KUR⸣ pa-ni-ša₂-a ⸢kat⸣-mu [o] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ e-tal-lut u₂-ma-me ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 9' | kal₃ {udu}[SISKUR.SISKUR]-MEŠ ina ṭu-⸢ub ŠA₃-bi⸣ [x] | |
| 10' | kal₃ maṣ-ha-a-⸢ti⸣ ina ṭu-⸢ub ŠA₃⸣-[bi x] | |
| 11' | ⸢MU x⸣ ki-⸢sal x⸣ na-be₂-e {uru}arba-il₃ na-di [x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-rim pi-⸢gu⸣-u₂ ša ir-[x x x x] | |
| 13' | a-rim pi-⸢lag⸣-gi ša {lu₂v}⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 14' | a-rim ⸢BAD₃⸣ [x]-u₂-ti ša {lu₂v}kur-gar-ri | |
| 15' | a-rim ⸢an x⸣+[x] ⸢in⸣-hi ša kul-⸢ma-ša₂⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 16' | a-rim dub-dub-bi ⸢x⸣-hal-la ša li-li-[sa]-⸢a⸣-[ti] | |
| 17' | ha-di lib-⸢bu x⸣+[x x] ša₂-pal ta-ni-[x x x] | |
| 18' | {uru}arba-il₃ ri-ša₂ [x x] UN-MEŠ i-ri-[šu x x] | |
| 19' | {d}GAŠAN ri-šat ⸢x⸣+[x x (x)] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | i-ri-ša E₂ ha-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | E₂.KUR ku-uz-bu ⸢za⸣-ʾu-⸢un⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | {d}GAŠAN ša E₂ ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ i-ri-ša₂ lib-⸢ba⸣-[ša₂ x x] | |
| 23' | ina ni-gu-ti-ša₂ ⸢u₂-ru-ku te-bu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 24' | ša ⸢x x ki⸣ [x x] {uru}⸢arba-il₃⸣ [x] ku ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 25' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ URU-ki li-be-el ki [x x] | |
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