KAR 228 (P369192)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369192 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08885 |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | [Incantation: O Shamash], king of the heavens (and) earth, lord of the upper (and) lower regions, |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | [Without] you, O lord, judgments are not given, |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | The case of the wronged man and wronged woman is not adjudicated. |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [. . .] the dead and the living, releasing the bound (is) in your hands. |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | On this day, stand and hear my prayer, |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Accept my supplication (regarding) the seizure of an oath |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | And the grasping of my chest (i.e., a kind of oath), which my friend, |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | My colleague has done, whether he lifted his hands, |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [Or] it came forth from his mouth, whether brother, or sister, |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | Or male slave, or female slave, or family, kith, (or) kin, |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | Whether someone known or someone unknown (did it), on this day |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | May the heart of your divinity be appeased. May the heart of my (personal) god |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | And my (personal) goddess be appeased. I am attentive to you! |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | Against the evil of the grasping of my chest that {to change when complete}, |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | has seized me in my chest: |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | (He is) weary, sleepless, wretched, wronged, oppressed, |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | Whose (personal) god (and personal) goddess (is) angry with him. You are merciful! |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | You are sparing. . . . Wherever I go, it is disagreeable. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | In (my) house strife (and) in the street contention beset me. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | To those who look upon me I am displeasing. Night and day worry |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | besets me and constantly pursues me. Depression |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | is attached to me and will not let go. On thi[s] day, |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | up to seven and seven times (i.e., completely), may it be released, may it be resolved, [may it be . . .] |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | This (is) the image of [someone's] visage [. . .]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Incantation: . . . [. . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Whether it came forth from his mouth [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Or one that he held in contem[pt . . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | He neglected, he held in contem[pt . . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | up to seven and seven times (i.e., completely) may it [be released], may it be resolv[ed]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | I washed my hands and my chest. On [its] head |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | and its frame I poured (the water). May [its] deeds |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | be turned back on (lit. go) its head and its frame. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | May I be pure; may I be clean. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | May the evils (affecting) me be released, O lord Shamash. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | On the day I am restored I will sing your praises |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | to the far-flung peoples! |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer for the seizure of the chest |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | at the time of awakening (or while awake). |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Its ritual: You place (see line 16) seven loaves of sepu-bread . . . , [seven loaves] of . . . |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | (made of) mersu, seven loaves of bowl-[bread(?), seven swe]et [loaves], |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | (and) a sweet loaf of emmer [. . .] in front of Shamash. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [You set up] a censer of juni[per]. You libate [. . .] . . |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [. . .] hands. [If (it is) a man, the image of a man], if a woman, the image of a woman |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [. . .] you make. You place (lit. make sit) the image . . . [. . .]. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [Consta]ntly you wash his hands and his chest with oil. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | At his head [. . .] you pile up / pour out. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | [The siezure of an oath and] the chest will be removed. Its evil will be released. |
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 | [EN₂ {d}UTU] 2(u)(EŠ) AN{e} ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} EN AN.TA-MEŠ KI.TA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | [ba-lu]-uk-ka EN ul i-da-an di-nu | |
| 3 | EŠ.BAR hab-li u ha-bil-ti ul ip-pa-ra-as | |
| 4 | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ LU₂.UŠ₂ u LU₂.TI ka-sa-a DUH ina ŠU-MIN-ka-ma | |
| 5 | ⸢ina⸣ u₄-me an-ne₂-e GUB{za}ma še-me tas-li-ti | |
| 6 | ⸢mu⸣-gur su-up-pi-ia₅ ṣi-bit ma-mit | |
| 7 | u ṣi-bit tu-li-ia ša₂ ru-u-a | |
| 8 | ⸢it⸣-ba(URU-)ri iṣ-ba-tu₂ lu ŠU-MIN-su IL₂{a} | |
| 9 | [lu] ina KA-šu u₂-ṣa-a lu ŠEŠ lu-u NIN | |
| 10 | lu LU₂.IR₃ lu GEME₂ lu IM.RI.A IM.RI.A IM.RI.A | |
| 11 | lu ZU{u} lu la ZU{u} ina u₄-me an-ni-i | |
| 12 | lib₃-bi DINGIR{ti}ka lip-pa-aš₂-ra lib₃-bi DINGIR-MU | |
| 13 | u {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU BUR₂{ir} ana-ku u₂-pa-qa ana ku₃-a-ti | |
| 14 | ana HUL ṣi-bit tu-li-ia ša₂ ana KUR₂ ina KUR | |
| 15 | ina tu-li-ia₅ DAB-an-ni | |
| 16 | an-hu dal-pu na-⸢as⸣-su hab-lu šag-šu₂ | |
| 17 | ša DINGIR-šu₂ {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ KI-šu₂ ze-nu-u re-me₂-na-ta | |
| 18 | ga-mi-la-ta e-ma⸣ GUB{ku} la ma-gir | |
| 19 | ina E₂ ṣal-tu₂ ina SILA pu-uh₂-pu-hu-u šak-na | |
| 20 | UGU IGI.LA₂-MU mar-ṣa-ku ur-ra u GE₆ na-za-qu | |
| 21 | šak-na-ma UŠ-MEŠ{ni} hu-uṣ GAZ lib₃-bi | |
| 22 | KI-ia rak-su-ma NU DUH{ru} ina u₄-me an-ne₂-[e] | |
| 23 | EN 7(diš)-šu₂ u 7(diš)-šu₂ lu-u BUR₂{ir} lu-u DUH [lu-u x] | |
| 24 | an-nu-u NU bu-un-na-ni-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ zi-zi-⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢lu⸣ ina KA-šu₂ u₂-ṣa-a [...] | |
| 2 | lu-u ša u₂-qal-li-[lu ...] | |
| 3 | ih-ṭu-u u₂-qal-⸢li⸣-[lu ...] | |
| 4 | EN 7(diš)-šu₂ u 7(diš)-šu₂ lu [BUR₂]{⸢ir} lu⸣-u ⸢DUH⸣{[ir]} | |
| 5 | am-si ŠU-MIN-ia u tu-li-ia ana ⸢UGU⸣-[šu] | |
| 6 | u la-ni-šu₂ aš₂-pu-uk ep-še-te-⸢e⸣-[šu] | |
| 7 | ana UGU-šu₂ u la-ni-šu₂ lil-li-ku | |
| 8 | ana-ku lu-ub-bi-ib lu-uz-ku | |
| 9 | HUL-MEŠ-MU lip-pa-aš₂-ru-ni EN {d}UTU | |
| 10 | EN U₄ TI.LA{ku} da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-lul | |
| 11 | a-na UN-MEŠ DAGAL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | KA.INIM.<MA> ŠU.IL₂.LA₂-KAM₂ ṣi-bit UBUR | |
| 13 | ša mu-na-at-ti | |
| 14 | DU₃.DU₃-BI 7(diš) NINDA ⸢se-e-bi ZI₃ x⸣ 7(diš) NINDA] ⸢x⸣-ZA-te | |
| 15 | NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A 7(diš) NINDA ⸢til-pa⸣-[na-a-te 7(diš) NINDA ka-ma]-⸢na⸣-a-te | |
| 16 | ⸢NINDA ka⸣-man ⸢zi-zu⸣ [...] ⸢ina IGI⸣ {d}UTU GAR{an} | |
| 17 | NIG₂.NA ⸢ŠIM⸣.[LI GAR{an} ...] ⸢x⸣ BAL{qi₂} | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ŠU-MIN⸣ [(x) šum₄-ma NITA NU] ⸢NITA⸣ šum₄-ma MUNUS NU MUNUS | |
| 19 | [...] ⸢DU₃⸣-uš NU [...]-⸢ša₂⸣ TUŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 20 | [ka-a]-a-na ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u tu-⸢li⸣-šu₂ ina I₃+GIŠ LUH{si} | |
| 21 | ana SAG.⸢DU⸣-šu₂ [...] DUB{ak} | |
| 22 | [ṣi-bit ma-mit u] ⸢tu-li⸣-[i] ⸢KUD⸣{is} HUL-šu₂ DUH{ir} | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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