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KAR 139 (P369116)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369116 |
| Museum no. | VAT 15421 |
| 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 | si-mu-nu i+na ka-ša-di EN SISKUR a-na E₂ e-qi er-rab | At the arrival of the lord of the sacrifice he will enter the house of the offering. |
| 2 | i+na E₂ e-qi a-na e-mi-it-ta a-na {giš}BANŠUR ša IGI {d}KA-EME | In the house of the ēqi, for the upper part for the table before KA-EME |
| 3 | i-qar-rib i+na zi-qi ša qa-ti-šu še-eh-ta ša IGI {d}KA-EME | At the opening of his hand, a šēḫtu-vessel before KA-EME |
| 4 | u₂-ša-ha-az zi-qa i+na GUB₃-šu₂ i-ṣab-bat 2{šu} ŠIM-MEŠ | He shaves off the hair from his left hand, (and) two herbs |
| 5 | i+na še-eh-te a-na IGI {d}KA-EME i-šap-pak 1 {ninda}la-ʾa-ta | From the leftovers in front of KA-EME he will pour. 1 lā-ala-bread |
| 6 | i+na UGU {giš}BANŠUR i-ka-sa-ap 2{šu} ma-kal-ta u₂-ka-ṣa | He will bind it on the table, and then he will tie it to a rope. |
| 7 | 2{šu} ma-qe-e ša KAŠ-MEŠ a-na {dug}KIR₆ u₂-ga-mar ŠIM-MEŠ | Two libation bowls of beer for a kiln. The aromatics |
| 8 | bal-lu-te i+na ni-id-na-ki i-sa-ra-aq 1 sa-su-ur-ta | He will sprinkle the ballû-flour in the nidnakku-vessel. |
| 9 | ša 1/2 MA.NA AN.NA a-na {d}KA-EME i-šak-kan uš-ka-an | For 1/2 mina of lead he shall place it before KA-EME. |
| 10 | {lu₂}SANGA a-na EN SISKUR i-kar-rab ma-a {d}KA-EME | The priest blesses the lord of the sacrifice, saying: “Babylon |
| 11 | dam-qa-te-ka a-na {d}iš₈-tar₂ liq-bi a-bu-ta-ka a-na {d}iš₈-tar₂ | Your good deeds to Ištar may he say. Your words (to) my father, to Adad |
| 12 | ⸢li⸣-iṣ-bat ma-a ki-i zi-qu an-ni-tu nam-ra-tu-ni | “It is as if it had been a flood.’ |
| 13 | [na-ma]-⸢ra⸣ u₃ ša-la-ma {d}iš₈-tar₂ lu ta-ši-ma-⸢ku⸣ | “Namārā-ēreš and Ša-la-ma, Ishtar, may you be able to enter. |
| 14 | [ma-a a-ba-ta] ⸢u₃ pi⸣-ri-il-ta ša {d}iš₈-⸢tar₂ u₂⸣-[ṣur] | saying: “From the mouth of the ēru-plant, which Ištar, eta-ṣur-plant |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-šak-kan ⸢šu x x⸣ [...] | he shall place, his ... ... |
| 2' | {lu₂}SANGA i-kar-rab-šu ma-a {d}iš₈-tar₂ ša {d}[...] | The priest greets him, saying: “Ištar of |
| 3' | dam-qa-te-ka lu taq-bi ma-a ki-i zi-qu [an-ni-tu] | You should say your good deeds: "It is as this ziququ-offering." |
| 4' | nam-ra-tu-ni na-ma-ra ša-la-ma {d}iš₈-tar₂ lu ta-ši-⸢ma⸣-[ku] | “May his life be long, may Ištar be yours! |
| 5' | ma-a a-ba-ta u₃ pi-ri-il-ta ša {d}iš₈-tar₂ u₂-⸢ṣur⸣ | saying: “The word and the secret of Ištar |
| 6' | ma-a a-ba-ta ša {d}iš₈-tar₂ tul-te-ṣi-ma la ta-bal-laṭ | saying: “The word of Ištar you have spoken, but you cannot transgress it. |
| 7' | u₃ pi-ri-il-ta-ša la ta-ta-ṣar-ma la ta-šal-lim | And do not forget its secret, so that you will not be forgotten. |
| 8' | ma-a {d}iš₈-tar₂ pi-i-ka li-ša-an-ka lu ta-ṣur | saying: “Ištar, let your mouth be opened for you, so that you may release.’ |
| 9' | tal-la-ka-tu ša si-mi-ni ša E₂ e-qi GAL{e} | “The journey is of the righteous man, the house of the great lord |
| 10' | ša {iri}kar-{m}TUKUL{ti}{d}NIN.URTA | of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta |
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