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KAR 229 (P369193)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 229 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369193 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08010 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11' | ..., a gift of the gods, |
| reverse 23' | ... the place where the fates are determined, and the divine plans are determined |
| obverse 18' | ......... |
| reverse 27' | may he be holy : may he be holy : may he be holy : |
| reverse 7' | ... of kingship : Enbilulu on the river bank |
| reverse 20' | x four-year olds, five-year olds, six-year olds |
| reverse 11' | bank of the... canal of En- |
| reverse 19' | Incantation: 1? libation bowl, 2? libation bowls, 3 |
| reverse 21' | 7 litres of barley for the Tigris stationed |
| obverse 1' | May the evil tongue stand before you. |
| obverse 9' | rejoicing : rejoicing : rejoicing : |
| obverse 10' | Its ritual: |
| reverse 28' | may the heart of heaven be released. |
| reverse 12' | he... |
| reverse 17' | May he be sated with..., |
| reverse 3' | four-legged ones, five-legged ones, six-legged ones |
| reverse 8' | ... he... |
| reverse 6' | ... he fashioned the en-ship |
| reverse 16' | for... the god Enkike |
| reverse 10' | the king who knows... En- |
| obverse 15' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 24' | ... we shall give to him |
| reverse 2' | one mana wool, one mana wool, three mana wool |
| obverse 8' | by the utterance of the great lord Enki |
| obverse 5' | Asalluhi |
| obverse 2' | It is the wording of a good water |
| obverse 6' | to..., to..., to..., ditto |
| reverse 4' | adjoining the Tigris, adjoining the Euphrates |
| reverse 5' | ... the decision of Enki |
| reverse 26' | ... bought for him |
| reverse 22' | the... of the Euphrates, the pure place |
| reverse 18' | It is the wording of a good water |
| obverse 19' | ... Anu |
| reverse 25' | gold and silver |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| obverse 14' | ...... |
| reverse 1' | For the god Sîn in the temple, the true king of Enki |
| reverse 15' | he... |
| obverse 16' | ... the brother... |
| reverse 9' | he... the man |
| obverse 17' | ... Ana... a pot |
| obverse 7' | may he bring... back to you |
| reverse 14' | ... great lord Enki |
| obverse 12' | Incantation: he bought... in a pure place. |
| obverse 3' | Incantation: O king of heaven and earth, he bought it for him. |
| obverse 4' | ... Asar-alim-maju spoke |
| obverse 13' | from... |
| reverse 29' | let the evil tongue stand outside. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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