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KAR 046 (P369028)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369028 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09773 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | [ab-ta] [ša₂ ina ap]-ti u₂-ša₂-ru ugu ⸢ba-da⸣-[la₂]-⸢e⸣ | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint concerning Badâ-ela-e23 |
| 2 | [gu₂-bi] he₂-⸢ni⸣-[ib₂-šum]-mu-ne | they shall cut off his neck |
| [ab] ⸢ti⸣-ta ⸢igi⸣ [...]-⸢ne⸣ | From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea | |
| ša₂ ina ap-ti ⸢ṣe⸣-[li] ip-pal-[...] | who in the opening of the ēšbēlu-house looked | |
| 4 | igi-bi pa-ni-šu lim-hu-ṣu he₂-en-sag₃-[e-ne] | they shall strike his face. |
| ab igi la₂-ta gu₃ mu-un(A-)na-an-⸢de₂⸣-[e] | He shouted to him from afar at the distant sea. | |
| ša₂ ina ap-ti mu-šer₂-ti i-šes-sa-[a] | who in the Aptu, the night-time watch watches | |
| 6 | ⸢ka⸣-bi pa-a-šu₂ li-de-lu-šu₂ he₂-en-tab-e-⸢ne⸣ | They shall make his mouth tremble. |
| ⸢ab⸣ saŋ-ga-ta mu-un-da-ab-šu₂-šu₂-e-ne | They were able to make him enter through a hole | |
| ša₂ ina ap-ti ⸢mu⸣-hi it-ta-na-sa-ha-pu | who in the opening of the ešmeḫi-vessel has been tearing out | |
| ⸢gakkul⸣ nu-⸢bad⸣-[da-ta he₂]-ni-ib₂-šu₂-šu₂-e-ne | they shall make him enter a house that cannot be reached. | |
| [...] | ||
| [...] | ||
| ša₂ ina na(BAD-)ma-[ri] ⸢i⸣-te-ne₂-ek-ke-lu | who in the nadīru of E-te-ne-kkelu | |
| zalag₂-ta ki {d}utu e₃ he₂-ni-ib₂-zi-zi-e-ne | they shall remove him from the bright place of Utu. | |
| ina na-ma-ri a-šar ṣi-it {d}UTU{ši} li-is-su-hu-⸢šu⸣ | On account of the rising of the sun may they release him. | |
| ku₁₀-ku₁₀ nim-ŋir₂-gin₇ mu-un-ŋir₂-ŋir₂-⸢re-e⸣-ne | They chase him like a wild bull, | |
| ša₂ ina ek-⸢le⸣-ti GIM bir-qi₂ it-ta-nab-⸢ri⸣-qu | (Sum) The one who is struck by lightning like a torch (Akk) Who is struck in a flash of lightning like an arrow | |
| ku₁₀-ku₁₀-ga šag₄ irigal-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-sir₃-re-e-ne | They shall bind him with the darkness from the midst of the grave. | |
| ina ek-le-ti ina qe₂-reb qab-li li-ik-lu-šu | May they keep him alive in darkness, in the middle of the earth. | |
| pu₂-ta mu-un-ši-ni-ib₂-ed₃-de₃ | he brought out from the well | |
| ša₂ ul-tu bur-ti il-la-a | who came up from the well | |
| ub₄ niŋ₂-huš-a-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-šub-bu-ne | they shall place him at the threshing floor. | |
| ⸢a-na⸣ šu-ut-⸢ta-ti⸣ lid-da-šu | May he curse him. | |
| [pu₂ du₁₀]-us₂-sa-[ta] mu-un-da-an-gir₅-e-ne | they will cut him off from the well. | |
| [ša₂ ina] bur-ti ⸢nar₃⸣-ma-ki i-hal-lu-pa₂ | who in the bowl of the šangû-demon will drown | |
| r | ||
| 7 | [ana] ⸢ne⸣-[pe]-šu₂ ZI{ha} | He will recover in his extispicy. |
Sources & licences
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