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KAR 268 (P369234)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 268 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369234 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10059 |
| 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' | [... ki]-⸢ma IM⸣.[SI.SA₂] ⸢IM⸣.[MAR.TU] | ... the north wind (and) west wind |
| 2' | [... ur-pa-ta]-ki u₂-ḫal(an-)laq [...] | ... Urpataki he took away ... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢kiš-pi-ki⸣ ša₂ tak-⸢ki-mi⸣ mu-ši u ur-⸢ra⸣ | ... of the Ekišpi temple, the one of Tak-Ekimi, the man and Ur-Era |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ZI⸣.KU₅.RU.DA-a ša₂ tal-tap-pa-ra ia-a-⸢ši⸣ | ... the ezi-kuruda-plant that you sent me, |
| 5' | [... {giš]}⸢MA₂.DIRI.GA ṣa⸣-lil ka-a-ri DUMU.MEŠ {lu₂}MA₂.LAḪ₅ ka-li-šu₂-nu ṣal-lu | The ešmadiga-boat of Ša-elil, the kāri-boat, the sons of the sailor, all of them, were carried away. |
| 6' | [... {giš]}⸢IG⸣ u₃ {giš}SAG.KUL na-du-u₂ ḫar-gul-lu₄ na-⸢da⸣-at ši-pat(ru-)su ša₂ {d}siris {d}nin-giš-zi-da | ... a door and a bolt are torn out, the destruction is to be carried off. Its roof beam is of Ištar and Ningisvzida. |
| 7' | [... {lu₂]}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU ⸢ip⸣-šu₂ bar-tum INIM ḪUL-⸢tim⸣ | “If a man and a woman have a sexual desire for one another, it is an evil word. |
| 8' | [...] ⸢TE⸣.MEŠ-ni a-a i-ba-u₂-nu KA₂ a-a i-ru-bu-nu a-na E₂ | ... may they not be able to open the gate, they shall not enter the house |
| 9' | {⸢d⸣}nin-giš-zi-da li-suḫ-šu₂-nu-ti lib-bal-ki-tu-ma ep-še-ti-šu₂-nu li-ba-ru(ʾu) | May the goddess Ningisvzida release them, may she rebel against you, and may her deeds be forgotten. |
| 10' | DINGIR MAN IDIM NUN lik-kel-mu-šu₂-nu-ti ina ŠU.II DINGIR MAN IDIM u NUN a-a u₂-ṣi {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU | May god, king, noble, and prince bless them. By the hand of god, noble (and) prince may I not be forgotten. |
| 11' | ana-ku ina qi₂-bit {d}AMAR.UTU EN nu-bat-ti u₃ {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi ⸢EN⸣ [MAŠ].⸢MAŠ⸣.MEŠ | By the command of Marduk, lord of the evening meal, and Asalluḫi, the en priestess, the exorcists |
| 12' | ⸢mim⸣-ma DU₃-šu₂ lu ku-UZU ip-ši te-pu-šin-ni ⸢u₂-ša₂-bil₂ IM TU₆⸣ EN₂ | Its ritual: May he eat meat (and) do what you have done for me. E-ša-bil (means) clay. Incantation formula. |
| 13' | ⸢EN₂⸣ a-ra-aḫ-ḫe-ki ra-ma-ni MIN pag-ri GIM {d}šakkan₂ ⸢ir-ḫu⸣-u ⸢bu⸣-ul-šu₂ | Incantation: “Araḫbeki is his love, ditto is his body. Like Šakkan, he is his irḥû-plant. |
| 14' | [...] UDU.NITA₂ MAŠ.DA₃ AMAR.MAŠ.DA₃ EME₃ mu-ur-šu₂ {giš}APIN KI-tim ⸢ir⸣-ḫu-u ⸢KI-tim⸣ im-ḫu-⸢ru⸣ [...] | ... a male sheep, a female kid (and) a weaned she-ass, the ploughman of the underworld, the irḫû-plant, and the ešimtu-plant ... |
| 15' | [ad]-⸢di⸣ EN₂ ana NI₂.⸢MU⸣ li-ir-ḫe ra-ma-ni-ia₅ li-še-ṣi lum-nu u kiš-⸢pi⸣ [...] ⸢SU⸣-MU li-⸢suḫ⸣ | Incantation: “May my heart be pacified to my utterance, may evil and sorcery be dispelled, may my body be purified |
| 16' | ⸢EN₂⸣ I₃.GIŠ KU₃ I₃.GIŠ eb-bu I₃.GIŠ nam-ru ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ mu-lil SU ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ I₃.GIŠ ⸢mu-pa-ši-iḫ⸣ šer₂-a-nu ša₂ a-me-lu-tu₂ | Incantation: Holy oil, pure oil, bright oil, oil of the gods. Oil of the mupašiḫ-plant, the sverānu of mankind. |
| 17' | [...] ⸢EN₂⸣ ša₂ {d}e₂-a I₃.GIŠ EN₂ ša₂ {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi u₂-ṭa-ḫi-id-ka ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ tap-šu-uḫ-ti | Incantation: “Ea, oil of the incantation that Asalluḫi has poured out on you, Oil of the tapšuhtu-plant |
| 18' | ⸢ša₂ {d⸣}[DIŠ] ⸢id⸣-di-na ana tap(pa-)šu-uḫ-ti ap-šu-uš-ka I₃.GIŠ TI.LA ad-di-ka EN₂ {d}DIŠ EN eri-du₁₀ {d}nin-ši-ku₃ | I have given you oil, life (and) life. Incantation: O Diš, lord of Eridu, Ninšiku |
| 19' | aṭ-⸢ru⸣-[ud] ⸢a-sak-ku⸣ aḫ-ḫa-zu šuru-pu-u ša₂ SU-ka u₂-šat-bi qu-lu ku-ru ZARAḪ ša₂ pag-ri-ka | (Sum) I am the scepter of the Asakku-temple (Akk) The asakkû temple is your helper (var.) The šuruppu-plant of your body I am your supporter, the kuru-plant is the zaharaḫu-plant |
| 20' | u₂-⸢šap⸣-šiḫ šer₂-⸢a-nu⸣ mi-na-ti-ka NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ ina qi₂-bit {d}DIŠ MAN ABZU ina te-⸢e⸣ ša₂ {d}DIŠ | “I have smeared you with your unfavorable radiance by the command of Ištar, king of the Apsu, through the utterance of Dīr |
| 21' | ina ⸢EN₂⸣ ša₂ {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi ina rik-si GAL-u ša₂ {d}gu-la ina ŠU.II(SU) pa-aš₂-ḫa-ti ša₂ {⸢d}nin⸣-tin-ug₅-ga | In the Incantation: “O Asalluḫi, in the great bondage of Gula, with the handiwork of the scepter of Nin-etinuga, |
| 22' | ⸢u₃⸣ {d}nin-girima₃ <EN> EN₂ ŠUB-šum-ma ⸢a-na NENNI A NENNI EN₂⸣ INIM ša₂ TI.LA | Ningirima, lord of the incantation: “His is the Eana, so-and-so, son of so- and so, Incantation-formula. The wording of life. |
| 23' | [...] ⸢ABGAL⸣ šu-ut eri-du₁₀ li-pa-ši-iḫ SU-šu ⸢TU₆⸣ EN₂ | ... the EABGAL-e3 (temple) of Eridu may he release his illness. The ETU-E3 Incantation |
| 24' | [...] ⸢at⸣-ti-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ DU₃-šu₂ ṣal-mi iṭ-ṭu-lu la-a-ni DU₃-⸢u₂⸣ [la]-⸢mas⸣-si | (Sum) ... a woman, who has a sexual desire (Akk) The ... of the woman, whose desire (is) a curse that has been carried off(?) (var.) She has sex with a man, she does not kiss (me) |
| 25' | [i-mu]-⸢ru bal⸣-ti u₂-šar-ri-ḫu ga-ti u₂-ṣab-bu-u nab-ni-tu₂ ⸢u₂-maš-ši-lu bu-un⸣-na-⸢ni-ia⸣ | (As for) the one who removes my inscription (and) slanders me, (as for the one) who destroys my commemorative inscriptions, |
| 26' | [...] ⸢mi⸣-na-ti-ia u₂-kas₂-su-u₂ meš-re-⸢ti-ia⸣ | ... they defeated my foes. |
| 27' | [u₂-kan-ni]-⸢nu⸣ ma-na-ne₂-e-a ia⸣-a-ši {d}DIŠ MAŠ.⸢MAŠ⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢u₂-ma-ʾi⸣-ir-⸢an-ni-ma⸣ | “I have sworn by the god Enlil, the exorcist of the gods, that he will never abandon me. |
| 28' | [... ṣa]-⸢lam⸣-ki e-ṣir la-an-ki ⸢aṭ⸣-ṭul ⸢la⸣-[mas-sa-ki ...] | ... your ṣāb-ēriš, your esbir-plant, your lapis lazuli, your ala-emassaki-plant |
| 29' | [... gat]-ta-ki u₂-⸢šar-ri-iḫ⸣ [...] | ... your scepter, šarriḫ ... |
| 30' | [... bu]-⸢un-na-ni-ki u₂⸣-[maš-šil ...] | ... your ..., the emašvil plant |
| 31' | [... u₂]-⸢kan⸣{an}nin ⸢ip⸣-[šu ...] | “... he made his ekan-ešu-plant grow |
| 32' | [... tu-šam]-⸢ḫir⸣-in-ni u₂-[šam-ḫir-ki ...] | (Sum) ... you have caused me to fall, I have caused you to fall |
| 33' | [...] ⸢ru⸣-su-ki ep-⸢še⸣-[te-ki ...] | ... your scribal art, your deeds |
| 34' | [... ḪUL].⸢GIG⸣.GA-ki DI.BAL.⸢A-ki⸣ [...] | ... your Egigal temple, your Ea temple |
| 35' | [... DIMMA.KUR₂].RA-ki lu-ki-lu ⸢SAG⸣-[ki ...] | ' let me praise your divinity, your eunuchship, |
| 36' | [... muḫ-ḫi]-⸢ki⸣ u la-ni-ki ⸢lil⸣-lik a-⸢na⸣-[ku ...] | ... over E’e and your body, I am the lilītu-priestess of heaven |
| 37' | [...] ⸢ma⸣-{ḫi}ḫir-tu₂ ⸢lim⸣-ḫur-an-ni ⸢am⸣-[ḫur ...] | ... ēma’eḫbi-birtu-plant, elimum-ehwbur-anni-plant |
| 38' | [... ba]-⸢ʾi⸣-ra-a-tum {⸢munus}UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU ...] | “... elalû-rātum-disease, ešu-jaundice |
| 39' | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... ru-ṣa]-⸢nim⸣-[ma] | ... rûša-e-nima |
| 2' | [...] ⸢lem-nu-tum⸣ ša₂ a-me-⸢lu-tim⸣ | ... elunûtu-plant of the gods |
| 3' | [...] ⸢lit⸣-ta-ṣi ša SU-[MU] | ... its eliṭtaš ritual: that of my body |
| 4' | [... še-e]-⸢ru LUḪ ŠU.II-ia BAD-te⸣ qaq-qa-ru ⸢mu⸣-ḫur ar₂-ni-ia | (Sum) ... my hand, the ‘hand’ of my hand (Akk) The ... of the šēru-tree, my hand(?) |
| 5' | [...] ⸢i⸣-pu-ša₂-an-ni {lu₂}eš-še-bu u₂-⸢sa⸣-li-iʾ-an-⸢ni⸣ | ... he made me perform a “seizing-of-the-mouth’ prayer to the demons |
| 6' | [... pi]-⸢šir₃⸣-ta <li>-bi-lam-⸢ma⸣ KI.⸢TIM⸣ lim-ḫur-an-ni TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | ... from the opening of the cloister may he bring (it) to me. May the incantation “The Incantation of the Incantation-formula" (= Enūma Anu Enlil 48 unknown) come near me. |
| 7' | [... it-tam]-⸢ra⸣ še-e-ru BAD.MEŠ-a {giš}⸢IG⸣.MEŠ a-lik ur-ḫi it-ta-ṣi KA₂.⸢GAL⸣ | ... he brought out. The foundation of my city walls (and) the doors of the warriors he carried off. The gate of the palace |
| 8' | [... iṣ]-⸢ṣa⸣-bat ⸢KASKAL⸣ ḫar-ra-na e-piš⸣-tum e te-pu-⸢šin-ni⸣ | (Sum) ... he seized (them) (Akk) He seized the ... of the road, the great one he conquered |
| 9' | [...] tu-re-⸢ḫi⸣-in-ni ⸢u₂-tal-lil⸣ ina KUR {d}⸢UTU⸣-[ši] | ... he made me rise up high, he brought forth the ešamaš-plant in the land. |
| 10' | [ip-ši te-pu]-ši u₃ tuš-te-pi-ši li-is-⸢ḫu-ru-ma⸣ li-iṣ-ba-⸢tu⸣-ki ka-a-ši ⸢TU₆⸣ [...] | You have done, you have performed, and you have made it. May it be favourable to me, may it be favorable to me. You, the ētû-priest |
| 11' | [...] ⸢še-ru⸣-um-ma še-⸢e-ru⸣ an-⸢nu-u₂ ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU | ... a šerû-demon, an adolescent girl, the one of my sorcerer and sorceress |
| 12' | ⸢it-bu⸣-u-nim-ma GIM DUMU.MEŠ {⸢lu₂}NAR.MEŠ⸣ [u₂]-⸢lap-pa⸣-tu₄ ni-ʾa-a-šu-nu | “If the sons of the singers we will kill them.’ |
| 13' | ina KA₂-MU GUB-az {d}IGI.DU ⸢ina SAG⸣ [GIŠ].⸢NA₂-MU⸣ GUB-zu {d}lugal-edin-na | At my gate, Igidu stands at the head of the throne. Lugal-edina |
| 14' | a-⸢šap⸣-pa-rak-kim-ma ša₂ ⸢KA₂⸣-MU {⸢d}IGI.DU ša₂ SAG⸣ GIŠ.NA₂-⸢MU⸣ {d}lugal-edin-na | “As for you, the one who enters the gate of Igidu, who opens the door of the bed of Lugal-edina, |
| 15' | ša₂(a) kal DANNA dib-bi-⸢ka ša₂⸣ kal KASKAL a-⸢ma-ti⸣-ki | Whose words are uttered all the time, whosoever travels all the way |
| 16' | u₂-tar-ru kiš-[pi]-⸢ki ru⸣-ḫe-⸢e-ki u₂⸣-ṣa-bat-⸢tu-ki⸣ ka-a-ši | I have restored Kišpi-e, Ruḫbe, Uabšatu, and Kaši. |
| 17' | EN₂ [i]-⸢na⸣ še-[rim ...] šur-ru-u₂ dam-qu li-⸢šar⸣-ra-an-ni | Incantation: “It rises, it is bright, it shines brightly, may it be good for me! |
| 18' | ṭu-ub lib₃-⸢bi⸣ [... li-ir-te-da-an]-ni e-ma u₂-ṣa-ma-ru ⸢ṣu⸣-[mi]-⸢ra⸣-ti-ia₅ lu-uk-šu-ud | May the word of my heart be reconciled with me wherever I see (it) may I become happy. |
| 19' | ⸢MAŠ₂.GE₆⸣ [...] ⸢TE⸣-a mim-ma ḪUL mim-ma NU DU₁₀.⸢GA ru-ḫe-e⸣ ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU | (If) a dream ... (or) an ešapsû-demon, anything evil, anything unfavorable, ruḫētu-disease (and) “seizing-of-the-mouth’-diarrhoea', |
| 20' | [...] {d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU u₃ ⸢EGI₂⸣ DINGIR.MAḪ TU₆ EN₂ | ... Emar-Eštar and the “after-the-god-destruction-demon’s-favorable-plant— Incantation formula. |
| 21' | [... ŠU.II]-⸢ia ina ḫur-ḫu⸣-mat A.MEŠ A.KAL ra-šub-bat ID₂(|A.KU|) | ... of my hands in the marshes, the water was plentiful, the river |
| 22' | [...] ⸢gu⸣-me-ra-a-ni ra-šub-bat-ku-nu | ... your great throne |
| 23' | [... bar]-⸢tum⸣ INIM ḪUL-tim NU TE-u NU KU.NU | ... a curse will not approach, will not be abolished |
| 24' | [...] ⸢ia⸣-a-ši ⸢TU₆⸣ EN₂ | ... eya’eaši-plant, ētû-plant |
| 25' | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁].⸢BUR₂.DA.KE₄⸣ | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 26' | [...] {⸢d⸣}UTU | ... Šamaš |
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