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KAR 036 (P369020)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369020 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09725 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [EN₂ {d]}DIŠ {d}UTU {d}ŠU₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ E₃.MEŠ MAḪ DU₃ | Incantation: O Shamash, Šamaš, Marduk, the great gods, build a great temple. |
| 2 | [i]-⸢li⸣ da-i-nu di-ni KU₅-is EŠ.BAR-e mu-šim NAM.MEŠ | Judge a case, render a verdict, determine a fate! |
| 3 | [mu]-⸢ṣir⸣ GIŠ.ḪUR.MEŠ mu-siq iš-qe-tu₂ ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim | (who) carries out the rites of the cult centers of heaven and earth |
| 4 | [at]-⸢ta⸣-nu-ma EN₂-ku-nu TI.LA A.MEŠ₂-ku-nu SILIM-mu | You are adjured, and your case is favourable. May your water be reconciled. |
| 5 | [e]-⸢piš⸣ KA-⸢ku⸣-nu TI.LA-ma IGI.LA₂-ku-nu TI.LA | (If) he performs a ritual against you: life and your appearance will be life. |
| 6 | [ḫa]-⸢sis⸣-ku-nu SILIM-im IGI.BAR(diš-)ku-nu IGI.LA₂ ZALAG₂ | May it be well with you! Look at your face, it will be bright! |
| 7 | [mu]-KUR₂ ḪUL GAR SIG₅.MEŠ mu-BUR₂ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ | Year: “The evil of the onset of the storm has been undone, the good things have been released.’ |
| 8 | [NIG₂].⸢AK⸣.A.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ ša₂ LU₂-u-⸢te KI⸣.[AG₂].⸢GA₂ ḪUL⸣.GIG | Incantation: “The evil-doers of a man will be released from the place of the curse. |
| 9 | [DI].BAL.A ZI.KUR₅.DA ⸢KA⸣.[DAB.BE₂.DA ŠUR₂].ḪUN.GA₂ | Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place. |
| 10 | ⸢SAG⸣.KI.DAB.BA ⸢DIMMA⸣.[KUR₂.RA ... NU ŠE].GA | esag-dabbâ-plant, emāmu-šamaš-ekurra-plant: it is not good |
| 11 | ⸢MAŠ₂⸣.GE₆.MEŠ par₂-da-a-⸢te⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x] x [(x)] | Incantation of dreams of Pardâ-tē'e |
| 12 | mim-ma mal GAL₂-a x [...] | All that there is |
| 13 | ina IGI.{diš}MU GIB-⸢ku⸣ [...] | at the disposal of Iddin-Kūbe |
| 14 | ⸢ṣal⸣-lu pal-⸢ḫa⸣-[ku adrāku u šutaddurāku] | I am enraged, I am afraid, and I am terrified. |
| 15 | {d}DIŠ {⸢d⸣}UTU {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU ina qibītīkunu] | May Ea, Šamaš, and Marduk by your command |
| 16 | ṣir-tu₂ ⸢ša₂ NU⸣ [uttakkaru u annīkunu kīni ša lā innennû] | “It is a cloud that cannot be seen, and this is how it is. |
| 17 | ša₂ UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [x-x-x-(x)] x [x-(x-x-x)] | From the UŠU₁-word and the “Šamšītu-word"(?) |
| 18 | lib-bal-kit-su-nu-⸢ti-ma UGU⸣-[šu₂-nu ...] | may they rebel against them and over them |
| 19 | ⸢a⸣-na [... a]-⸢ri⸣-ri ⸢piq⸣-[da-šu₂-nu-ti] | “At that time, when they had been plundered, |
| 20 | [... liq-mu-šu₂-nu]-⸢ti⸣ {d}[gira₂ ...] | May ... pass by, may Gira |
| r | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | ina x [...] | in ... |
| 4' | qi₂-⸢ba⸣-[a ...] | “Speak to me, ... |
| 5' | ana-⸢ku⸣ {[m}x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x] x pab x [x] x | I shall go up to ... in all ... |
| 6' | ⸢nar-bi-ku⸣-[nu lu-ša₂-pi da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ku⸣-nu lud-lul | Let me proclaim your greatness (and) sing your praises! |
| 7' | [ana UN].MEŠ ⸢DAGAL.MEŠ⸣ | to the people of the fortresses |
| lug | ||
| lug | ... dingir-silim-ma-ŋu₁₀ [DINGIR mu-SILIM] {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] ... {[d}asal-lu₂-ḫi] | Ilī-silima-bu, the god who sustains Marduk, Asalluḫi |
| lug_obv | [...] [...] x-x [...] x.MEŠ | ... ... |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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