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KAR 092 (P369073)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369073 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08238 |
| 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 | DIŠ NA ḫu-uṣ GAZ lib₃-bi TUK.TUK-ši ⸢nu⸣-ul-la-⸢tim⸣ | If a man is bewitched, his heart is afflicted by ‘distortion-of-justice’ disease |
| 2 | ŠA₃-šu₂ i-ta-mu {u₂}per-ti KASKAL SAḪAR up-pat-ti | (If) his hand trembles, a road is opened up (for him): |
| 3 | ina A.MEŠ ḪE.ḪE 2 NU.MEŠ DU₃-uš a-ḫa u a-ḫa in-ne₂-di-⸢ru⸣ | You mix with water. You make two figurines. He will recite the incantation over and over. |
| 4 | ina MAŠ.SIL₃ ša₂ 1-en UR₅.GIM SAR-ar₂ | You shave (and) bandage (his head) with one bandage. |
| 5 | ⸢eṭ-ṭe⸣-ru mun-nar-bu la mu-kil-lu ⸢ILLAT⸣-šu₂ | The ēšṭēru-plant is a wild cow that cannot be fed. |
| 6 | ina MAŠ.SIL₃ ša₂ 2-e UR₅.GIM SAR-⸢ar₂⸣ | In the second extispicy, it is written in Ur-Gim. |
| 7 | ik-kil-lu ša₂-as-sa-aʾ-u la mu ru ⸢ru⸣ | “It is a storm, a wind that cannot be undone, |
| 8 | EGIR-šu₂ MU-šu₂-nu ta-nam-bi-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ | After that, you will proclaim their name |
| 9 | NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ ZI₃ GIG u ZI₃ GU₂.NIDA | a censer of wheat flour and emmer flour. |
| 10 | ina SU NA tu-kap-par-ma NU DU₃-uš-[ma] | You wipe it clean from a man's body, but it is not made and |
| 11 | ina i-di-šu₂-nu ki-lal-la-an tu-šar-kab-⸢šu⸣-[ma] | With their help, you make the kilalān ritual favourable. |
| 12 | SAG.DU.MEŠ ki-lal-la-an ZAG u GUB₃ tu-saḫ₂-ḫa-⸢ar-ma⸣ | You recite the incantation three times on the right and left. |
| 13 | ina DA BAD₃ KI GIR₃ KU₅-at KI SAR A KU₃ [...] | (If) it is smashed in the opposite side of the city wall: he will be cut off from the land; ... pure water. |
| 14 | GI.DU₈ GIN-an ina UGU GI.DU₈ ZU₂.LUM.[MA] | You set up a tray. On top of the tray of dates |
| 15 | {zi₃}EŠA DUB-aq NIG₂.NA {šim}LI GAR-an | You strew ešû-flour, you set up a censer of juniper. |
| 16 | KAŠ BAL-qi₂ NU.MEŠ šu₂-nu-ti IL₂-ma | You libate beer. Those people raise up and |
| 17 | IGI {d}UTU UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | Before Šamaš, he speaks as follows: |
| 18 | an-nam DU₁₁.GA-ma 7.TA.AM₃ NINDA.MEŠ | You speak thus: 7 loaves each. |
| 19 | ina ŠU.SAR E₃-ak ina GU₂-šu₂ ta-lal | You go out to the garden. You wash his neck. |
| 20 | IGI NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ mu-ṣa ša₂ lib₃-bi u₂-ru-ul-la-ti-šu₂ | (If) he does not see (him), he will die of hunger. |
| 21 | ŠEŠ₂-aš₂ UMBIN-e ... pe₂-re-ti-šu₂ | (If) it is surrounded by a halo: . |
| 22 | ki-lat-tin ina TUG₂ GE₆ tara-kas₂ ina GU₂ NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ tal₂-⸢lal⸣ | You wrap kalû-flour in a black garment (and) you tie it to the neck of the unwashed man. |
| 23 | ana bi-ʾe-e ša₂ BAD₃ KU₄-šu₂-nu-ti ana e-⸢reb⸣ {d}[UTU-ši] | To the gate of the city wall they entered, to the E’erabe of Šamaš |
| 24 | IGI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu GAR-an bi-ʾa-a ⸢BAD⸣-[ḫi] | You set up their faces. The bīlâ-plant (and) the ešaḫbi-plant |
| 25 | {u₂}⸢NAGA⸣ SI pa-aʾ-ṣa-ti | ēšu-juniper |
| 26 | ⸢GIM⸣ [ZI₃].⸢DUB⸣.DUB.BU ana bi-ʾe-e ŠUB.ŠUB-⸢di⸣ | a paste of ēru-flour, flour of a šubṣû-container for a potter's oven |
| 27 | ⸢LU₂⸣ BI ŠU{ii}šu₂ ina A ID₂ u IM.BABBAR LUḪ-si KEŠ₂ DU₈-⸢ma⸣ | (If) a man bathes in water from a river or a cloud: the ritual assemblage will be completed. |
| 28 | ana E₂-šu₂ SI.SA₂ ana EGIR-šu₂ NU IGI.BAR | He should go straight to his house, but he should not look behind him. |
| 29 | MAŠ.MAŠ EN {d}UTU na-pa-ḫi ana E₂ GIG NU DU-⸢ak⸣ | The incantation priest of the lord, Šamaš, does not go out to the sick man's house. |
| r | ||
| 9' | EN₂ KU₃-tum {d}15 ša₂-qu-tu₂ DINGIR.MEŠ {d}i₂-[gi₃-gi₃] | Incantation: Pure Ištar, supreme among the gods, Igigi |
| 10' | e-pi-šat a-nun-ti ša₂-ki-nat tu-qu-un-⸢ti⸣ | The one who performs the Anunnaki, the one who pacifies the battles |
| 11' | šar-ru-uḫ-tu₂ git₂-mal-tu₂ {d}15.MEŠ | Exalted king, perfect one of Ištar |
| 12' | ina qi₂-biti-ki {d}15 uš-te-še-re te-ne-še-e-te | By your command, O Ištar, I have gathered the people. |
| 13' | mar-ṣu i-bal-⸢luṭ⸣ a-me-ru pa-ni-ki | (Sum) I am the one who smite(?) the enemy (Akk) The one who destroys the enemy, your face |
| 14' | ip-paṭ-ṭar eʾ-il-ta-šu₂ i-te-eb-bi ar₂-ḫiš | (who) has opened his aliltu-vessel (and) has twisted his hips |
| 15' | ina qi₂-biti-ki {d}15 la na-ṭi-lu IGI.LA₂ {d}ZALAG₂ | At your command, O Ištar, do not be negligent, look upon the light! |
| 16' | i-šer {d}15 la i-ša₂-ru a-me-ru pa-ni-ki | Ištar, who does not fear your face, |
| 17' | ana-ku šum-ru-ṣu IGI-ki ak-mis az-ziz | I, the šumrūṣu-priest, stood before you. |
| 18' | ana da-nu-uš di-ni-ia₂ di-par₂-rat ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ as-ḫur-ki | For Anu, my judge, the judge of the ēši-priests, I have turned to you. |
| 19' | IGI.MEŠ-ki a-ta-mar lip-pa-ṭir ⸢ka⸣-si-ti | I have seen your faces; may it be released, O Eka’esiti! |
| 20' | la tu-mar-ri-i e-ša₂-ku u ⸢dal-ḫa⸣-ku | Do not delay! I am ill and I am exhausted. |
| 21' | ki-ma ša₂ ina tar-kul-le-e maḫ-ṣu e-⸢mat ZI-ti₃⸣ | Like the one who in the supreme tavern has sinned against me, |
| 22' | e-pi-iš taq-bi-i e-pu-uš {d}iš-⸢tar⸣ | You said: “It was done, Ištar-ēṭer, |
| 23' | lu-u {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU lu-u {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ | either a fugitive or a prostitute |
| 24' | ša₂ at-ti ti-de-ma ana-ku la ZU-⸢u₂⸣ | You know that I do not know |
| 25' | ina ri-kis kiš-pi ḪUL.GIG ZI.KU₅.RU.DA | Through the magic of ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 26' | ša ina maḫ-ri-ki ir-ku-su-⸢ni⸣ ; NU.MEŠ.MU ina qab-rim uš-ni-[lu] | who before you has sinned, (who) has carried off my ancestors in the middle |
| 27' | ana na-kas₂ ZI-ti₃-ia GUB-[zu] | (Sum) For my life's sake, stand (there) (Akk) For the preservation of my life, stand |
| 28' | šu-nu šar-qiš e-pu-šu₂-ni ana-ku šu-piš DU₃-su-[nu]-tu₂ | That is what the king has done. I myself have done. |
| 29' | ina qi₂-biti-ki ṣir-ti ša₂ la KUR₂-ru u₃ an-ni-ki ⸢ki-nim ša₂ la BAL⸣-u | By your exalted command, which cannot be changed, and your firm affirmation that cannot be altered, |
| 30' | ⸢mim-ma⸣ ma-la a-qab-bu-u kit-tu₂ lib-ši | Whatever I say is truth. |
| 31' | ina pi-ki el-li li-ṣa-a ba-la₂-ṭi | May life be established in your pure mouth. |
| 32' | a-ḫu-lap-ki at-ti-ma i-la-at [i]-la-⸢ti⸣ | You are the goddess of the goddesses. |
| l.e. i | ||
| l_e_l_col_1 | a-ta-nam-da-ru ap-ta-na-la-ḫu | I constantly seek out, I continually seek out |
| l_e_l_col_2 | {d}UTU ina IGI-ka an-nu-u i-na-an-ni an-nu-u i-maḫ-ḫar-an-ni | Šamaš, in your presence this is now, this is it. |
| l_e_l_col_3 | ana NU eṭ-ṭe-ri pa-qid ana e-reb {d}UTU-ši ṭa-rid ina SU-MU ; na-siḫ₂ | He is entrusted to the one who does not obey (the command of the god) Šamaš. He is carried off to the entry of the sun. In my body he is bound. |
| l.e. ii | ||
| l_e_r_col_1 | EN₂ {d}UTU MAN AN-e u KI-tim DI(ki).KU₅ DINGIR ⸢LU₂⸣ at-⸢ta⸣-[ma] | Incantation: O Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, judge of the gods. |
| l_e_r_col_2 | ana IL₂ ŠU{ii}ia₂(za) qu-lam-ma a-⸢lak⸣-ti ⸢li⸣-[mad] | In order to raise your hand, shout out, O lord, elī-emad! |
| r.e. | ||
| 3 | nu-ul-la-a-ti ḫu-uṣ GAZ lib₃-[bi] | “Nullātu-disease, famine, affliction of the heart |
| 4 | ḫat-tu₂ pi-rit-tu₂ ša₂ ina SU-MU UZU.MEŠ-MU SA.MEŠ-[MU] | (As for) the extispicy that is in my body, my flesh (and) my limbs |
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