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KAR 078 (P369060)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369060 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10570 |
| 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' | [... el]-⸢lu {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ lib₃⸣-bi gi-[šim-ma-ri] | ... elu-plant, maštakal-plant (and) reed bundles |
| 2' | [...] ta-ni-ḫu-ia₂ ta-dir-⸢tu⸣-[ia₂] | ... my distress, my distress |
| 3' | [u₂]-⸢u₈⸣-<a> a-a ḫu-uṣ-ṣu GAZ lib₃-bi ta-⸢zi⸣-[im-ti ilī] | May the e’û-plant kill the heart of the tešīmti-plant of the gods |
| 4' | [...] MU.AN.NA ša it-tal-ku lum-ni lit-⸢ba⸣-[lu] | ... the year that he went, may evil not come forth |
| 5' | [u₄-mu ITI] MU.AN.NA ša ir-ru-bu-nu TIN lu-bil-lu-ni ⸢EN₂⸣ | (If) on the day of the month of the year that he enters, let them bring me life. Incantation formula. |
| 6' | [... i]-pu-uš {d}e₂-a ip-šur {d}e₂-a | ... he did, Ea did, and Ea |
| 7' | [pa-ṭa]-⸢ar⸣ lum-ni šup-šu-uḫ uz-zu | “Paṭa’ear, evil, šupshuḫ, uzzu |
| 8' | [pu]-⸢su⸣-us ki-ṣir lum-nu ša₂-ka-nu SIG₅ | “Pû-ēsu-e'us, the evil kisbir canal, is yours, be it good! |
| 9' | {[d]}⸢e₂⸣-a it-ti-<ka>-a-ma | Ea was with you, and |
| 10' | {[giš]}⸢ŠINIG⸣ a-mur lu-u₂ pa-aš₂-ra-an-ni | I have seen the tamarisk, may it be opened for me. |
| 11' | {[u₂}IN].⸢NU⸣.UŠ a-mur lu pa-as-sa-an-[ni] | I have seen a fox-colocynth, may it be obliterated against me |
| 12' | {[giš}ŠA₃].⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ ... a-mur ar₂-ni šer₃-tu₂ gil₂-la-te ḫi-ṭe₃-[te] | I saw the ēšû-tree, the scepter of the great gods, the evil and the triumphant |
| 13' | [lum-ni u] mi-niš-ti ša zu-um-ri-[ia] | Evil and wickedness of my body |
| 14' | [... DINGIR].MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣.MEŠ | ... the gods of the palace |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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