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KAR 227 (P369191)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369191 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08910 |
| 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 | [DIŠ NA ...] DAB-su | If a man is seized by ... |
| 2 | [x-x-x DAB-su ŠU.DINGIR.RA DAB-su ŠU.{d}INNIN].NA DAB-su | ... seized him, Hand of a God took him, hand of Ištar took him |
| 3 | [...] DAB-su | ... seized him |
| 4 | [... DU₃.A].⸢BI⸣ šup-šu-ḫi | Its ritual: a cup of fig-beer |
| 5 | [... {d}a]-⸢nun⸣-na-ki SI.SA₂-ru | ... the Anunnaki gods will prosper. |
| 6 | [...] saḫ-ḫa-ra | ... torn out |
| 7 | [... {tug₂]}⸢IB₂⸣.LA₂ NIG₂.BA SUM-šu₂ | ... the ēšû-garment, his gift |
| 8 | [... GID₂].⸢DA⸣ ina SAG.DU-šu₂ KEŠ₂-su | You set up a ritual assemblage on his head. |
| 9 | [... MURU₂]-šu KEŠ₂-su | ... his 'finger' is bound |
| 10 | [...] i-na GU₂-šu GAR-šu | ... on his neck |
| 11 | [... ŠU{ii]}šu₂ u GIR₃{ii}šu KEŠ₂-su | ... his hand and his feet set |
| 12 | [... {giš]}⸢GISAL⸣ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ BA-su | he planted him with ēsalu-tree and cypress |
| 13 | [...] ⸢KU₃⸣.BABBAR 7 ŠE KU₃.SI₂₂ SUM-šu₂ | ... silver E-šum-ibni 7 (shekels of) gold are given to him |
| 14 | [... ba-na]-⸢at⸣ DINGIR u LU₂ ŠID-nu | ... is created by god and man. |
| 15 | [... ba-na]-⸢at⸣ DINGIR u LU₂ at-ti-ma | You are the creator of god and man |
| 16 | [... ša₂]-ak-nu SUM-in ur-tum | ... he gave. Urtum |
| 17 | [na-ad-nu]-⸢ki⸣ kul-la-tu KU₃.BABBAR-ki maḫ-ra-ti | of Nadnu-emuḫe, all of your great silver |
| 18 | [KU₃.BABBAR]-ki le-qa-ti ṣu-bat-ki ta-ri-iṣ | Take your silver, accept your prayer! |
| 19 | ⸢ki-ma A.MEŠ⸣-ki GABA.RI₃ NU TUK-u₂ ŠA₃-ki rap-šu₂ KI A.MEŠ-ki u₂-⸢ri⸣-[šu₂] | When you enter your water, you do not have a rival. Your broad hand is bound with your water. |
| 20 | KI A.MEŠ-ki TI-šu₂ KI A.MEŠ-ki liṭ-ṭa-rid ana IGI-ki suḫ₄-ḫi-⸢ri⸣-[šu₂] | May your life be prolonged with your water, may it be shattered before you. |
| 21 | a-na IGI-ki ter-ri-šu₂ li-qi₂-⸢šu⸣-ma li-na-siḫ₄ ⸢liṭ⸣-[ṭa-rid] | Before you may a terrû-demon pass before him, and may he remove the eliṭṭarād plant |
| 22 | a-na EGIR-šu₂ a-a GUR-ra a-a DIM₄ a-a ⸢TE-a a-a⸣ [...] | May it not turn back, not come near, not approach, not return, not ... |
| 23 | an-na-a 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu-ma IM KI.GAR KID₂-iṣ NU [...] | You recite this 3 times and the brickwork of the work-assignment will not ... |
| 24 | 1 KUŠ₃ la-an-šu₂ SAG.DU-su ša₂ UR.MAḪ ŠU{ii}[šu₂ ...] | 1 hide of a lion's head, his hand |
| 25 | IGI.MEŠ-šu IM.SA₅ ŠEŠ₂ ina IGI ZAG-šu₂ ⸢IM.KAL⸣ [...] | (If) his eyes are covered with a cloud: in front of his right eye ... . |
| 26 | kam₂-ma te-qi₂ SU-šu₂ IM.⸢SA₅⸣ [...] | Come and take care of him! ... the ešû-plant |
| 27 | NU NIG₂.ḪUL ... DU₃-uš TUG₂ U₄.1.KAM₂ {tug₂}⸢GU₂⸣.[E₃ ...] | Unfavorable . He will make . A cloak on the 1st day of the throne-dais |
| 28 | ⸢ZI₃.DA⸣.MUNU₆ ... [...] | Ezida emunû-plant |
| 29 | [...] ⸢ip-ṭi₂⸣-ri-šu KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.SI₂₂ [...] | ... ipti-ērišu, silver and gold |
| 30 | {[na₄]}⸢GUG⸣ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}⸢NIR₂⸣ [...] | ebony, lapis lazuli, emery |
| 31 | [...] ⸢SIK₂⸣ SA₅ {sik₂}ZA.GIN₃.NA [...] ... | ... red ebony, lapis lazuli |
| 32 | {[kuš]}⸢E⸣.IB₂ {kuš}E.SIR {⸢kuš⸣}[A.GA₂.LA₂ ...] | a ēšû-garment, esir-garments, a cap |
| 33 | [NU {lu₂]}UŠ₁₁.ZU u₃ {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU ...] | “(If) a man and a woman |
| 34 | [MU-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ ina MAŠ.SIL₃ GUB₃-šu₂-nu SAR-⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | Its name is šū-e-nû. It stands on its left side. It is written ... |
| 35 | {[tug₂}GU₂].⸢E₃⸣ NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU a-⸢na⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x (x)] | The throne of humanity |
| 36 | [x-x-(x)] a ud ta ši ina UR₃ KU₅.⸢MEŠ⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x] | ... in the lap of the pure eše-priests |
| 37 | [UR₃] ⸢SAR A⸣ KU₃ SU₃ IGI {d}UTU KEŠ₂ [KEŠ₂ x-x-x-x-x] | (If) he touches the base of the esaru-tree (and) the pure watercourse: before Šamaš he will establish a ritual arrangement (for it). |
| 38 | [NIG₂.NA] {⸢šim⸣}LI GAR-⸢an KAŠ⸣ ŠE.⸢SA.A⸣ [BAL-qi₂ {udu}SISKUR KU₃ BAL-qi₂] | You set up a censer of ēšim-juniper. You libate beer (and) sa'û-beer. You perform a pure offering. |
| 39 | {[uzu]}⸢ZAG⸣ {uzu}ME.⸢ḪE₂ {uzu⸣}[KA.NE tu-ṭaḫ-ḫa-ma] | You stir together ešagānu-plant, ēkû-plant (and) acacia, and |
| 40 | [ana IGI] {d}UTU ana {d}[x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | before Šamaš, before ... |
| 41 | [x-x-x] ki ku x-[x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | ... ... |
| 42 | [ana {d]}⸢GIŠ⸣.GIN₂.MAŠ tuš-⸢ken⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | To the god Eginmaš you turn |
| 43 | [x-x] x-x [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | |
| 44 | [x-x-(x)] x [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | |
| 45 | [x-x-(x)] x [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | |
| 47 | [... ŠE.SA].⸢A⸣ BAL-[qi₂] | You libate ... of the šû-vessel. |
| 48 | [... {d]}⸢a⸣-nun-na-ki ⸢BAL⸣-[qi₂] | ... Ea-enunnaki, the ebal-priest |
| 49 | [x-x-x-x-x-x NU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁].ZU IL₂-ma | ... raises a man and a woman, and |
| 50 | [ana IGI {d}UTU 3-šu₂ UR₅].⸢GIM⸣ DU₁₁.GA | He speaks 3 times in front of Šamaš. |
| 51 | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ KI.TA.MEŠ | ... lower |
| 52 | [...] ⸢ta⸣-dan | ... you will give |
| 53 | [... li-tu-ru]-⸢ni⸣ | ... may they return to me. |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u₃ {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [...] | A fugitive and a fugitive |
| 2 | li-is-su-u₂ i-na SU-ia [kiš-pu-šu₂-nu] | May they be removed from my body. |
| 3 | a-na KUR.NU.GI₄.A šu-kun IGI{⸢ii}šu₂⸣-[nu x-x-x-(x)] | To the land Nugig you set out. Before them |
| 4 | tum₄-ma-ta NU GUR-ra tum₄-ma-ta₅ {d}GIŠ.[GIN₂.MAŠ] | If he does not return, if he returns, may Gilgamesh |
| 5 | u₃ {d}UTU DI.KU₅ E₃ ru-uš-ši-⸢i⸣ [(x-x-x)] | and Šamaš, the judge, came out. Ruši-ei |
| 6 | an-nam ana IGI {d}UTU [ŠID-nu] | This is a recitation before Šamaš. |
| 7 | {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ LUGAL git₂-ma-lu ⸢DI⸣.[KU₅ ...] | Gilgamesh, perfect king, ešala-priest |
| 8 | NUN muš-ta-lu ⸢rap-pu ša⸣ [...] | The prince, the one who enlarges the rooster’s chamber |
| 9 | ša₃-tam KI-tim ⸢EN⸣ [...] | The earth, the E-bēl-e- |
| 10 | ta-za-⸢az ina KI⸣-[tim ...] | You stand in the ground |
| 11 | ⸢di-in⸣-[ka ...] | |
| 12 | ⸢ta⸣-[šal ...] | “If he slips in through a hole, |
| 13 | {⸢d⸣}[UTU ...] | E-e-šamaš |
| 1' | ⸢li⸣-[is-su-u₂ ...] | Elišû |
| 2' | ana {⸢d⸣}[nam-tar ...] | To E-e-namtar |
| 3' | KI {d}a-nun-na-ki ⸢ABUL⸣ [...] | With the Anunnaki, the E-abul |
| 4' | {id₂}ḫu-bur li-⸢ru⸣-[bu-ma ...] | May the Euphrates rise up and |
| 5' | ⸢KA₂⸣ ka-⸢mu⸣-ti ⸢li⸣-[ru-bu-ma ...] | “The gate of the ka’ēmû-priesthood is a li‘érubu-priestess, and |
| 6' | ⸢KI⸣ [UŠ₂].⸢MEŠ lim-ma-nu-u₂⸣ [...] | May the king, my lord, grant me a life of long days |
| 7' | [li-is]-⸢su⸣-u₂ [...] | May they recite ... |
| 8' | [...] ⸢IM⸣.3 ...] | ... the ešamû-house |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] a-a ⸢ik-šu-du⸣-[in-ni ...] | May ... not approach me |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ṣir-ti⸣ ša₂ NU ⸢KUR₂⸣-[ru] | ... ēšbirtu-tree, which is not Ekurru |
| 3' | [... an]-⸢ni⸣-ku-nu [ki]-⸢nim⸣ ša₂ NU BAL-[u] | ... your upper and lower ... will not change |
| 4' | ⸢ana-ku IR₃⸣-ku-nu ⸢lu-ub-luṭ⸣ lu-uš-lim-⸢ma⸣ | I am your guardian angel, may I be able to protect (you) |
| 5' | nar-bi-ku-nu lu-ša₂-pi da₃-li₂-li₂-ku-nu lu-ud-[lul] | Let me proclaim your greatness (and) sing your praises. |
| 6' | GIM an-nam ana IGI {d}a-nun-na-⸢ki ŠID-u₂ ana IGI⸣ [...] ; kam₂ DU₁₁.GA | As soon as he has entered the presence of the Anunnaeans, he will enter ... |
| 7' | at-tu-nu GIDIM kim-ti-ia ba-nu-u₂ ⸢MU-ia⸣ | You are the ghost who created my family, |
| 8' | AD.MU AD AD.MU AMA.MU AMA AMA.MU ŠEŠ.MU NIN.MU | My father, my grandfather, my mother, my grandmother, my sister, |
| 9' | kim-ti-ia ni-šu-ti-ia u sa-la-ti-ia | my family, my possessions and my offspring, |
| 10' | ma-la ina KI-tim ṣal-lu ki-is-pa ak-sip-ku-nu-ši | As much as I had piled up in the earth, I made a net for you. |
| 11' | A.MEŠ aq-qi₂-ku-nu-ši u₂-⸢kan⸣-ni-ku-nu-ši | I gave you water to drink, I made you enter. |
| 12' | u₂-⸢šar⸣-riḫ-ku-nu-ši u₂-[kab]-⸢bit⸣-ku-nu-ši | they shall remove you, they shall seal you. |
| 13' | ina u₄-mi an-ne₂-e IGI {d}UTU {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.⸢MAŠ⸣ i-ziz-za-nim-ma | On this day, before Šamaš and Gilgamesh, stood, and |
| 14' | di-ni di-na EŠ.BAR-a-a KU₅-sa | Judge my case, render my verdict. |
| 15' | NIG₂.ḪUL ... ša₂ ina SU.MU UZU.MEŠ.MU SA.MEŠ.MU GAL₂-⸢u₂⸣ | (If) it is surrounded by a halo: . Whoever in my body, my flesh (and) my limbs will be scattered. |
| 16' | ana ŠU {d}nam-tar SUKKAL KI-tim pi-iq-da-nim | In the hand of Namtar, the vizier of the underworld, he is appointed. |
| 17' | {d}nin-giš-zi-da GU.ZA.LA₂ KI-tim DAGAL-tim EN.NUN-šu₂-nu ⸢li⸣-dan-nin | Ningisvzida, the throne bearer of the wide underworld, their guard is E-dannin |
| 18' | {d}bi₂-du₈ i₃-du₈-gal KI-tim pa-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢li⸣-[dil] | Bidu, the chief gatekeeper of the netherworld, their face elī-edil |
| 19' | DAB.MEŠ-šu-ma ⸢šu⸣-ri-da-šu₂ ana KUR.NU.GI₄.A | they seized him and his ešû-rīda-demon to the land Nugina |
| 20' | ana-ku IR₃-ku-nu lu-⸢ub⸣-luṭ lu-uš-lim-ma | I, your servant, may I be able to revive (and) become healthy. |
| 21' | aš-⸢šu⸣ NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ MU-ku-nu lu-⸢uz-kur₂⸣ | May I proclaim your name (lit. name) |
| 22' | a-na a-ru-ti-ku-nu A.MEŠ ka-ṣu-ti ⸢lu-uq⸣-qi₂ | For your arutītu-offerings, the water of the kasû-festival |
| 23' | bul-liṭ-an-ni-ma da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-lul | [Bless me] so that I may sing your praises. |
| 24' | GIM an-nam ana IGI GIDIM kim-ti ŠID-u₂ ana IGI gul-gul-li ; kam₂ DU₁₁.GA | You say as follows in front of a ghost: “It is my family, it is my ruin mound.'" |
| 25' | EN₂ at-ta GIDIM la ma-am-ma-na-ma | Incantation: “You are not a ghost, |
| 26' | ša₂ qe₂-bi-ra u₃ sa-qi₂-ra la te-šu-u₂ | You do not know the meaning of qēbira and saqira |
| 27' | MU-ka ma-am-ma NU ZU-u₂ {d}UTU mur-te-du-u MU-ka ZU-u | No one knows your name. Šamaš, your name is murtedû. |
| 28' | lu NITA at-ta ša₂ GIM NITA lu MUNUS at-ti ša₂ GIM ⸢MUNUS⸣ | You are either a man, you are both male and female. |
| 29' | ina IGI {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ {d}a-nun-na-ki GIDIM kim-[ti-ia] | before Šamaš, Gilgamesh, the Anunnaki, the ghost of my family |
| 30' | NIG₂.BA [maḫ]-ra-ta kun-na-ta na-dun-nu-⸢u₂⸣ | After you have set up a great gift, after you have secured it, |
| 31' | ⸢mim-ma⸣ [... a]-qab-bu-u₂ ši-man-[ni] | “I will say to you the following: |
| 32' | lu UDUG [...] lu a-lu-u₂ lem-nu lu GIDIM lem-nu | [or] a ..., or an evil alû-demon, [or an evil ghost], |
| 33' | lu {d}⸢DIM₉.ME⸣ lu {d}DIM₉.ME.A lu {d}⸢DIM₉⸣.[ME.LAGAB] | or Ea, or Madanu, or Enlil |
| 34' | lu LIL₂.LA₂ lu {munus}LIL₂.LA₂ lu {munus}KI.SIKIL-LIL₂.[LA₂] | either a lilû-demon, or a lamentation-disease (or) a mistress |
| 35' | lu mim-ma lem-nu ša₂ šu-ma la na-bu-u₂ ša₂ DAB.MEŠ-ni-ma ⸢UŠ⸣.[MEŠ-ni] | or any evil that is there, that is not to be known, that has seized me, and our enemies |
| 36' | ina SU.MU UZU.MEŠ.MU SA.MEŠ.MU rak-su-ma NU DU₈-⸢ni⸣ | In my body, my flesh is swollen and cannot be removed. |
| 37' | NU {<<munus>>}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ ana ia-a-ši ina IGI {d}UTU ⸢DU₃⸣-[šu₂] | “It is not a woman, it is not an awītu-demon, that is to me, in the presence of Šamaš, |
| 38' | NU NIG₂.ḪUL ... ša₂ DAB-ni DU₃-uš | (If) he is not careful ... he will be seized. |
| 39' | ina IGI {d}UTU {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ {d}a-nun-na-ki ap-qid-⸢su⸣-[nu-ti] | before Šamaš, Gilgamesh, and the Anunnaki I appointed. |
| 40' | DAB-su-nu-ti-ma ⸢la tu⸣-maš(pa-)šar-šu₂-nu-[ti] | you have seized them, and you have caused them to die. |
| 41' | li-qe₂-šu₂-nu-ti-ma a-a ⸢is-saḫ-ru⸣-[ni] | may they take them, and may they not be destroyed! |
| 42' | ZI {d}UTU mur-te-di-ka tum₄-ma-[ta] | You are adjured by the life of Šamaš, your companion. |
| 43' | ZI DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim tum₄-ma-⸢ta⸣ | You are adjured by the great gods of heaven and earth. |
| 44' | ZI {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ DINGIR.MEŠ e-lu-ti tum₄-⸢ma⸣-[ta] | The life of Igigi, the pure gods, you are adjured. |
| 45' | ZI {d}a-nun-na-ki DINGIR.MEŠ šap-lu-ti tum₄-⸢ma⸣-[ta] | The life of the Anunnaki, the upper gods, is brought to an end |
| 46' | ZI {d}lugal-ir₉-ra {d}nin-a-zu {d}nin-giš-zi-[da ...] | Life of Lugalirra, Ninazu, Ningisvzida |
| 47' | ZI {d}ereš-ki-gal šar₂-rat KI-tim ⸢tum₄⸣-[ma-ta] | The life of Ereškigal, king of the world, from the Etuma temple |
| 48' | šum-ma tu-maš-ša-ru-šu-nu-ti-ma | If you have caused them to die |
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