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KAR 226 (P369190)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 226 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369190 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09531 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] x {⸢d}gira₂⸣ | ... Girae |
| 2' | [...] ⸢TU₆⸣ EN₂ | Incantation formula. |
| 3' | [... ša i]-⸢na⸣ ZI₃.DA ḪUR.MEŠ ŠID-nu | ... that he will pour out flour from the granary |
| 4' | [EN₂ kaššāptu ša tu-ḫal]-⸢li⸣-qi₂ ka-lu UZU.MEŠ-ia | Incantation: “You have poured out the kasûtu-soapwort, all my flesh |
| 5' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x]-⸢ia⸣ tu-ab-bi-ti bu-un-na-ni-ia | “My ..., you have slain me! |
| 6' | [x-x-x-x-in]-⸢ni⸣ tu-kas₃-si-in-ni tu-ṣab-bi-ti-in-ni | You have bound me, you have smashed me. |
| 7' | [x-x-x-x]-⸢in⸣-ni man-ga u₃ lu-uʾ-ta tu-mal-li-in-ni | ..., who and what did you fill me with? |
| 8' | [gu-uḫ]-⸢ḫa⸣ ḫa-aḫ-ḫa ru-uʾ-ta u₃ su-a-la tu-šam-ri-ṣi-ni | You have made the guḫba-ešû-priestess, the rūta, and the suālu (temple) shine forth. |
| 9' | [ni]-⸢iš⸣ lib₃-bi-ia te-ki-mi-ma lib₃-bi KI-ia tu-ze-en-ni-i | (Sum) My heart, my heart, has become angry with me (Akk) The heart of my heart has become irritated with me |
| 10' | e-mu-qi-ia tu-un-ni-ši a-ḫi-ia ta-aš₂-pu-ki bir-ki-ia | You have strengthened my strength, you have made my arms bow down, |
| 11' | tu-kas₃-si-i ir-ta u₃ nag-la-ba tu-šam-ri-ṣi-ni | You will harness (them) from the street and the alley. |
| 12' | me₂-eš-re-te-ia ki-ma MUNU₆ taḫ-šu-li | My limbs are swollen like malt. |
| 13' | mi-na-te-ia ki-ma i-ša-a-te tu-ḫa-am-mi₃-ṭi₂ | (Sum) My limbs (are) like a lion (Akk) You have smeared my muscles like lions |
| 14' | lip-šu-ru-ki {d}a-nu u an-tum lip-šu-ru-ki {d}BAD u {d}nin-lil₂ | May Anu and Antu release you, may Enlil and Ninlil release you. |
| 15' | lip-šu-ru-ki {d}e₂-a u {d}dam-ki-na lip-šu-ru-ki {d}IZI.GAR u {d}nuska | May Ea and Damkina release you, may Ištar and Nuska release you. |
| 16' | lip-šu-ru-ki {d}šakkan₂ u {d}nisaba lip-šu-ru-ki {d}a-nun-na-ku DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | May Šakkan and Nisaba release you, may the Anunnaku, the great gods, release you. |
| 17' | A.MEŠ ša nag-bi li-ne₂-eʾ-u₂ i-rat-ki | May the waters of the watercourse calm you, |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | mam-ma ⸢ša⸣ x [...] | No one ... |
| 3' | KA.INIM.MA ⸢qa⸣ [...] | Wording (of an incantation) for ... . |
| 4' | EN₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁ ⸢ner⸣-[ta-ni-tu elēnītu naršindatu] | Incantation: “A woman, the neretanītu-demon, the noble, the singer |
| 5' | a-šip-tu ⸢iš⸣-[še-bu-tu mušlaḫḫatu agugiltu] | The ašiptu-plant, the ešû-şbūtu(-plant), the agugiltu (plant) |
| 6' | qa-diš-tu ⸢na⸣-[di-tu ištarītu kulmašītu] | Hand-lifting prayer, supplication, love-making |
| 7' | ḫa(ṣa-)a-a-ṭi-tu ⸢ša⸣ [kal ūmi bayyārtu ša mūši] | “It is a flood, all day long, it is an abomination of the night, |
| 8' | mu-la-ib-tu ša ⸢AN⸣-[e mulappitu ša erṣeti] | the one who makes the heavens tremble, the eye of the netherworld |
| 9' | ka-si-i-tu ša pi-i [ilī kāmītu ša birkī ištarāti] | The kasītu of the mouth of the gods, the kumû of the steppe of the Ištarites |
| 10' | da-ik-tu ša GURUŠ.⸢MEŠ⸣ [lā pādītu ša sinnišāti] | The scepter of the young man, the one who does not fear the woman |
| 11' | ša-ḫi-ṭa-tu(|TE.E|) ṣab-⸢bu⸣-[ri-tu (...)] | šaḫitbatu (means) sbabebûtu-disease |
| 12' | mu-ut-tal-lik-tu [ša sūqāti (...)] | who constantly seeks out the riches of the underworld |
| 13' | ša a-na kiš-pi-ša ru-ḫe-e-⸢ša₂⸣ [lā ušarru mamma] | Whose witchcraft is a ruḫê-demon, no king can overturn anyone |
| 14' | e-nen-na a-na-ku a-ta-⸢mar⸣-[ki aṣṣabatki] | Now I have come to you, Babat |
| 15' | uš-te-pi-lu-ki uš-ta-⸢bal⸣-[ki-tu-ki (...)] | They have made you a slave, they have turned you into a widow |
| r v | ||
| 1 | lu-u₂ ku-ri lib₃-ba-ša₂ x [...] | Whether her heart ... |
| 2 | lik-ru lib₃-ba-ša₂ ka-bat-⸢ta⸣-[ša₂ ...] | May her heart, her liver, her kidneys |
| 3 | ki-ma kib-ru a-na ⸢kib⸣-[ri lā iqerribu lā iṭeḫḫû] | Like a kibrīru, they shall not enter the ešibrî-temple, they will not rise. |
| 4 | ip-šu-ša up-ša-⸢šu⸣-[u₂-ša lemnūtu lā ṭābūtu] | evil sorcery, evil machinations |
| 5 | la-a i-qer-⸢ri-bu⸣-[ni lā iṭeḫḫûni yâši] | They shall not approach me, they shall not come near me. |
| 6 | ⸢muš-ša⸣-[...] | The emušša priest |
| r vi | ||
| 1 | KA.INIM.MA x [... {giš]}⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ | Wording of a spell for ... ēšû-plant |
| 2 | EN₂ 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu x [...] x | Incantation: “Three times ... |
| 3 | EN₂ ak-tab-sa-⸢ka⸣ [...] | Incantation: Aktabsa'eka'e |
| 4 | GIŠ el-la {u₂}⸢IN⸣.[NU.UŠ ...] | pure plant, ēšu-plant |
| 5 | im-ṭu-ia ta-ni-ḫu-ia ⸢ta⸣-[di-ra-tu-ia x-x-x-x] | My screams, my trembling, my laments |
| 6 | la-a ṭu-ub lib₃-bi-ia ⸢la⸣-[a ṭūb šīrīya lumun] | Do not speak my heart, do not speak the word of evil against me |
| 7 | [kiš]-⸢pi⸣ ru-ḫe-e ru-se-e up-ša-še-⸢e⸣ [lemnūte ša amēlūte] | evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations |
| 8 | [ḪUL MAŠ₂].⸢GE₆.MEŠ⸣ A₂.MEŠ-te GISKIM.MEŠ-te ⸢ḪUL.MEŠ⸣-[te lā ṭābāte] | The evil of black-headed people, signs, omens, curses, (and) incantations |
| 9 | [šīrē ḫa-ṭu]-⸢u₂-te ḪUL⸣.MEŠ-te par₂-du-⸢u₂-te⸣ [lā ṭābūte] | The šīmctu-plant, the ḫašû-plant (and) the pardu-plant |
| 10 | [ša ḫiniq immeri naqê {(udu])}⸢SISKUR⸣ li-pit qa-te ⸢KA UN⸣.[MEŠ] | May the hand of the ēriš-priest be released from the hands of the people!” |
| 11 | [mimma lemnu ša i]-⸢na SU⸣-ia u₃ E₂-ia ⸢GAL₂⸣-[u₂] | Any evil that comes up against me, my body, and my house, the palace |
| 12 | [... it]-⸢tal⸣-ku lum-ni ⸢lit⸣-[ba-lu] | (Sum) ..., the evil one, the elit-balu priestess |
| 13 | [... ir-ru-bu]-⸢nim⸣ TI.LA ⸢lib⸣-[lu-nim] | ... they will enter, life will be established for me |
| 14 | [... {u₂}IN].⸢NU⸣.UŠ {⸢giš⸣}[x] | ... ēšu-plant, ...-plant |
| 15 | [...] x-x-x | |
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