KAR 094 (P369075)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369075 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08928 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Ebeling, Erich · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | Secondly, he (the exorcist-scholar?) says so with regard to the Pleiades, [Taurus, and Orion]. Thirdly, [he says so with regard to] the regular [stars]. |
| Obverse [3:6] 4'4'–6'6' | “Together with you, I invoke the night, the [veiled] bride” (Maqlû I 2). The veiled bride (is) the goddess [Gula], whose features no one can make out. [(This) is said] with reference to the sunset. |
| Obverse [6:8] 7'7'–8'8' | “The mendacious (witch) bound/accused [me]” (Maqlû I 5). “To bind” (means) “to tie.” |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | “They plucked out my hair” (Maqlû I 132). “To pluck out” (means) “to tear out.” |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'–11'11' | “They gathered the earth on which my feet had passed” (Maqlû I 133). “To gather” (means) “to dig up.” |
| Obverse [11:13] 12'12'–13'13' | “I raise a snapped off (twig of) ēru-wood and the (alkaline) maštakal-plant” (Maqlû I 46). “Snapped off (twig)” (means) ... [...]. |
| Obverse [13:15] 14'14'–15'15' | “Consume my enemies, devour/burn (aruḫ) those who act maliciously [against me]” (Maqlû I 116). GÍR(ul₄) (means) “to speed up/scare away (urruḫu),” GÍR(ul₄) (also means) “to hasten/burn.” |
| Obverse [15:18] 16'16'–18'18' | “May the pine cone, which is filled with seed, release me (lipšuranni)” (Maqlû I 24). The pine cone (is equivalent to?) ... (išpurn[atu(?)]). (One says), its interior parts are filled with seed. |
| Obverse [18:23] 19'19'–23'23' | “(My) city Zabban, (my) city Zabban, my city Zabban has two gates” (Maqlû I 42-43). (One says), the city of Zabban − I throw a figurine (of my opponent) (in)to qulliu-bowls − has two gates; (one says that) it (a qulliu-bowl?) resembles a ḫuluppaqqu-vessel; (this is something) that has been said with regard to “the rising of the sun until its setting” (or: (this is) what has been said in “Ūta-napišti (spoke) to him”); (one says) that Zabban is on the right, while Karkar is on the left. |
| Obverse [23:25] 24'24'–25'25' | From “Incantation: ‘I invoke you’” (= incipit Maqlû I). |
| Obverse [24:28] 25'25'–28'28' | “To clamp down upon me like a bird-snare” (Maqlû II 162) (One says), a bird-snare (resembles) a wooden kakkullu-box, whose ... base is wide and whose opening is narrow. ... [...] ... towards the wall ... are set. |
| Obverse [28:30] 29'29'–30'30' | “Sîn [in Ur, Šamaš] in Larsa” (Maqlû II 193 (?)) [...]. |
| Obverse [30:33] 31'31'–33'33' | “Nergal [with] his [hordes]” (Maqlû II 194 (?)). Nergal (is) the killer ... [...] ... |
| Obverse [32:35] 33'33'–35'35' | “The Lady-of-Akkad with (the goddesses of) her chapel” (cf. Maqlû II 195) − she is the mistress of the witches. |
| Obverse [35:37] 36'36'–37'37' | From “Incantation: ‘Very great Nuska’” (= incipit Maqlû II). |
| Obverse [36:40] 37'37'–40'40' | “I shall take against you (fem. sg.) slag from the oven, soot from a cooking bowl” (Maqlû III 116). (One says), I shall make a clay figurine, moisten a lump from the oven and slag from a cooking bowl, and pour it over the head of the clay figurine. |
| Obverse [40:42] 41'41'–42'42' | “The (witch) who binds the mouth of the gods” (Maqlû III 50) (One says, this is the one) who makes a god angry with a man. |
| Obverse [42:44] 43'43'–44'44' | “I am pure like the luminous one in the house (where) the decision about my (case takes place)” (Maqlû III 70). The “luminous one” (is) Šamaš. |
| Obverse [44:46] 45'45'–46'46' | From “Incantation: ‘Roaming witch’” (= incipit Maqlû III). |
| Obverse [45:48] 46'46'–48'48' | “The curse related to sitting on a seat before Šamaš” (Šurpu III 23) − (Asalluḫi, exorcist of the gods), will u(ndo it). (One says that of someone) who sits facing Jupiter (Sag-me-gar); (for one says), Šamaš is Jupiter. |
| Obverse [48:50] 49'49'–50'50' | “The curse related to Tišpak, lord of the troops” (Šurpu III 165) − will u. Tišpak (is) Nabû. |
| Obverse [50:52] 51'51'–52'52' | “The curse related to the Salaḫu-river and (other) rivers” (Šurpu III 64) − will u. (One says), they are the rivers of Babylonia. |
| Obverse [52:54] 53'53'–54'54' | “The curse related to a chapel or shrine” (Šurpu III 73) − will u. (One says), they are the sanctuaries of the Esagil temple. |
| Obverse [54:56] 55'55'–56'56' | “The curse related to an (outdoor) cult niche and its base” (Šurpu III 83) − will u. (One says), [they are] the sanctuaries of Babylon. |
| Obverse [56:58] 57'57'–58'58' | “The curse related to (a deity'.s) throne platform and dais” (Šurpu III 74) − [will u.]. (One says), “throne platform” ... to [...]. |
| Obverse [58:61] 59'59'–61'61' | “The curse related to Manu(n)gal, the snatcher” (Šurpu III 77) − [will u.]. Manu(n)gal [is ...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | ša₂-niš ⸢ana MUL.MUL⸣ {[mul}GU₄.AN.NA {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA] | |
| 2' | i-qab-bi šal-⸢šiš⸣ [ana MUL-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ka-a-a-ma-nu-ti [DUG₄.GA] | |
| 4' | KI-ku-nu al-si mu-ši-tu₂ kal-⸢la⸣-[tu₂ kut-tum₃-tu₂] | |
| 5' | kal-la-tu₂ kut-tum₃-tu₂ {d}[gu-la] | |
| 6' | ša₂ mam₂-ma la u₂-ṣab-bu-ši MU {d}UTU.ŠU₂.[A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.[A DUG₄.GA] | |
| 7' | e-le-ni-tu₂ ub-bir₂-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 8' | ub-bu-ru ka-[su-u] | |
| 9' | SIK₂.UZ₃ im-li-šu ma-la-šu ⸢ba⸣-[qa-mu] | |
| 10' | i-ti-iq SAHAR GIR₃-MIN-ia₂ ⸢iš⸣-[bu-šu₂] | |
| 11' | ša₂-ba-šu na-⸢sa⸣-[hu] | |
| 12' | ana-ku {giš}MA.NU ha-aṣ-bu {giš}IN₆.UŠ₂ ⸢na⸣-[ša₂-ku] | |
| 13' | ha-aṣ-bu ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 14' | a-kul a-a-bi-ia a-ru-uh lem-nu-[ti-ia] | |
| 15' | GIR₂(UL₄) ur-ru-hu GIR₂(UL₄) ha-⸢ma⸣-[ṭu] | |
| 16' | te-ri-na-at a-šu-hi lip-šur-an-ni ša₂ ŠE{im} ma-la-[(a)-ta] | |
| 17' | te-ri-na-tu₄ iš-bur/pur-na-[tu₄] | |
| 18' | ma-a ša₂ ŠA₃-šu₂ ŠE{im} ma-a-lat | |
| 19' | URU zab-ban URU zab-ban ša₂ URU-MU zab-ban 2 ABUL-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 20' | NU ma-a zab-ban ana qul-⸢li⸣-a-ti ŠUB{di} MIN ABUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 21' | ma-a a-na hul-pa-qim-ma ma-ši-il | |
| 22' | ša₂ ina lib₃-bi UTU-ZI ana GAR/ša₂-ŠU₂-šu/ma iq-bu-u | |
| 23' | ma-a ša₂ 15 zab-ban-ma ša₂ 2.30 kar-kar{ki(ku)} | |
| 24' | ina lib₃-bi EN₂ al-si-ku-nu-ši | |
| 25' | ⸢ki⸣-ma hu-ha-ri ana sa-ha-pi-ia | |
| 26' | ma-a hu-ha-ru ana {giš}kak-kul-li ma-šil | |
| 27' | ša₂ ME UD/PI ⸢x SUHUŠ-šu₂⸣ DAGAL KA-šu₂ qa-ta-an | |
| 28' | ZA/⸢HA⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣-ni-iš ana E₂.GAR₈ ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢ŠUB⸣{u} | |
| 29' | {d}30 ina URI{ki} {d}UTU] ⸢ina⸣ <UD>.⸢UNUG⸣{[ki]} | |
| 30' | [...] | |
| 31' | {[d}U.GUR a-di um-ma-na-ti]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 32' | {⸢d}U.GUR da-a⸣-a-⸢ku x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 33' | {d}be-let-a-ga-de₃{⸢ki⸣} [(...)] | |
| 34' | EN kum₂-me-ša₂ [(...)] | |
| 35' | be-let {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MEŠ ši-⸢i⸣ [(...)] | |
| 36' | ina ŠA₃ EN₂ {d}NUSKA šur-bu-[u] | |
| 37' | a-laq-qa-kim-ma ha-ha-a ša₂ UDUN dih₂-me-e ša₂ UTUL₂ | |
| 38' | ma-a NU ša₂ IM DU₃{uš} | |
| 39' | kur-ban-nu ša₂ UDUN dih₂-me-e ša₂ UTUL₂ | |
| 40' | a-mah-ha-ah ina SAG.DU NU ša₂ IM a-tab-bak | |
| 41' | ka-mi-tu₄ ša₂ KA DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 42' | ma-a ša₂ DINGIR KI NA tu-ša₂-za-na | |
| 43' | e-te-lil ki-ma nam-ru ana E₂ EŠ.BAR-MU | |
| 44' | nam-ru {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 45' | ina ŠA₃ EN₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU mut-tal-lik-tu₂ | |
| 46' | ma-mit KI.TUŠ a-na IGI {d}UTU a-ša₂-bu u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)> | |
| 47' | ma-a ša₂ a-na tar-ṣi {mul}SAG.ME.GAR uš-ša₂-bu | |
| 48' | ma-a {d}UTU {mul}SAG.ME.GAR šu-u | |
| 49' | ma-mit {d}MUŠ₂ EN um-ma-ni u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)> | |
| 50' | {d}MUŠ₂ {d}na-bi-um | |
| 51' | ma-mit {id₂}sa-la-ha u ID₂-MEŠ u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)> | |
| 52' | ma-a ID₂-MEŠ ša₂ KUR URI{ki} ši-[na] | |
| 53' | ma-mit suk-ku pa-an-pa-na ⸢u₂⸣-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)> | |
| 54' | ma-a BARA₂-MEŠ ša₂ E₂.SAG.IL₂ šu₂-[nu] | |
| 55' | ma-mit ib-ri-ti u ne₂-me-di-ša₂ [u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)>] | |
| 56' | ma-a BARA₂-MEŠ ša₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} [šu₂-nu] | |
| 57' | ma-mit di-ʾu-u u ⸢BARA₂⸣ [u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)>] | |
| 58' | di-ʾu-u a-na ⸢KI x⸣ [...] | |
| 59' | ma-mit {d}ma-nu(BAD-)gal ⸢ṣab⸣-[bu-ti-ti u₂-<(pa-aš₂-šar {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI)>] | |
| 60' | {d}ma-[nu-gal ...] | |
| 61' | ⸢x⸣ [...] |
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