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KAR 269 (P369235)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 269 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369235 |
| Museum no. | VAT 11119 |
| 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 | ||
| l_col_1' | [...] x | |
| l_col_2' | [...] x ⸢IL₂⸣-ma | ... el-e-ma |
| l_col_3' | [...] ⸢ta⸣-ḫap-pi | ... eta-eḫbappi plant |
| l_col_4' | [...] ⸢GAR-an⸣ | ... ešapsû-plant |
| l_col_5' | [EN₂ x-x-x e-piš-ti] ⸢u⸣ mul-te-piš-ti | Incantation: “... of the deeds, the one who performs (them), |
| l_col_6' | [ša x-x-x īpušā] ep-še-⸢te⸣-ia | who performed my deeds |
| l_col_7' | [bunnānêya] ⸢u₂⸣-maš-ši-lu | My limbs are emaššilu-plants |
| l_col_8' | [ṣalmīya ib]-na-<a> mi-na-⸢te-ia⸣ <ubbirā> | he created my horns, he made me rise up high, |
| l_col_9' | [ipšī tēpušā lū ša] at(id-)tu-ki-na | The sorcery that I have performed against that man |
| l_col_10' | [ṣalmū tabnâ lū] ⸢ša⸣ ra-ma-ni-ki-na | šalmu tabnâ-plant, man of your own free will |
| l_col_11' | [šipatkina a-ia iq-ri]-⸢ba⸣ <amâtūkina> a-ia ik-šu-da-ni | May your spirit not approach me, may your radiance not reach me! |
| l_col_12' | [ina qibīt Marduk] ⸢EN⸣ ba-la-ṭi₂ | at the command of Marduk, the lord of life |
| l_col_13' | [EN₂ x-x-x-x-x] x uš-na-x ka-a-ša | Incantation: “... ... you |
| l_col_14' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] ⸢li nap ši⸣ [x] x-x mi ⸢PAP⸣ | ... eli nap ši |
| l_col_15' | [...] mi | ... ... |
| l_col_16' | [...] mi | ... ... |
| l_col_17' | [...] ⸢TU₆ EN₂⸣ | ... “Incantation-formula. |
| l_col_18'' | [... Ea Šamaš u Marduk] | ... Ea, Šamaš and Marduk |
| o? ii | ||
| r_col_1 | [a-na ia-a]-⸢ši⸣ ru-⸢ṣa⸣-[nim-ma lippašrū kišpū] | To Yaya-ešī, my lord, may witchcraft be performed against me! |
| r_col_2 | ⸢ru-ḫu-u₂ ru⸣-su-u₂ ⸢up-ša₂-šu⸣-[u₂ lemnūti ša amēlūti] | The ruḫû-plant, the ešāṣu-plant (and) the evil omens of mankind |
| r_col_3 | ⸢u₃ ma⸣-mi-tu ša SU-ia [littaṣi] | May the evil of my body be released |
| r_col_4 | ⸢EN₂⸣ [kib]-⸢ri⸣-{d}it₂ kib-ri-{d}it₂ kib-ri-{[d}it₂ mārat Id] | Incantation: “Eteri-Ištar, Kibrī-Ittannu, Kibiri-iddina, the land of the River |
| r_col_5 | x-x kib-ri-⸢it⸣ kal-la-at {d}⸢id₂⸣ [x-x-x] | the ... of the Tigris, the mighty one of the Id |
| r_col_6 | ⸢ša⸣ [se]-⸢e⸣-be kaš-ša₂-pa-tu-ša u₃ se-⸢bi⸣ [ayyābātūša] | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! Its beer and its wine are not available to me. |
| r_col_7 | i-⸢pu-ša-ši⸣-ma ul in-ne₂-pu-uš ⸢u₂⸣-[kaš-ši-pu-ši-ma] | they will perform it, but they will not perform it. |
| r_col_8 | ul ⸢i⸣-[ka]-⸢šip⸣ ana-ku ki-ma {d}id₂ ina KUR-⸢ia⸣ [ellēku] | I, like Id, am pure in my land |
| r_col_9 | {d}id₂ a-⸢kul⸣ al-ti al-la-biš a-⸢ta⸣-[pir] | Id, A’ekul-ēti, alabiš, A'eta-epir |
| r_col_10 | {d}id₂ a-⸢ka-li A⸣.MEŠ-ia ṣu-ba-[ti-ia] | O Ištar of the Ekallu, my fathers, my servants |
| r_col_11 | u₃ BAR.SIG-⸢gi⸣-ia {giš}IG-ti-ia x [x-x-x] | and Barsig-egi-emīya my door-jamb |
| r_col_12 | {giš}IG KA₂-⸢ia ka-me⸣-e-⸢ia⸣ [x-x-x-x] | The door of my gate, the gate of my house |
| r_col_13 | {d}id₂ ⸢qu₂⸣-ul-⸢ma⸣ [(x-x)] {⸢d⸣}id₂ ⸢ru⸣ [x-x-x-x] | Ištar of the Qû-ul-emāe temple |
| r_col_14 | la-a-am kiš-pi-[x-x-x-(x)] ⸢u⸣ ru-ḫe-⸢e⸣-[x-x-x-x] | “It is not witchcraft ... |
| r_col_15 | ⸢TU₆⸣ ul ia-⸢at⸣-[tu-un ši]-⸢pat⸣ a-ši-⸢ip⸣ [ilī Marduk] | I am not one who can escape, I am one who cannot escape the god Marduk |
| r_col_16 | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| r_col_17 | [x-x] ⸢ia⸣ [...] | ... my house |
| r? i | ||
| l_col_1' | [...] x ⸢ri⸣ x | ... the ērī temple |
| l_col_2' | [...] x-e | ... ... |
| l_col_3' | [...] x-li | ... ... |
| l_col_4' | [...] x | |
| r? ii | ||
| r_col_1' | [MAŠ₂.GE₆].⸢MEŠ A₂⸣.[MEŠ ittāti lemnēti lā ṭābāti] | Night and day, evil (and) unfavourable signs |
| r_col_2' | [UZU].MEŠ ḫa-ṭu-[ti pardūti (lemnūti lā ṭābūti) ša lipit qāti] | (Property) of the evildoer, the one who smites the hand(s) |
| r_col_3' | [ḫi]-⸢ni⸣-iq UDU.[NITA₂ naqê niqî] | “Ḫīq-sheep, sheep offering, offering |
| r_col_4' | ⸢u₃⸣ ne₂-peš-⸢ti ba⸣-[ru-(u₂)-ti] | the ritual procedures that were performed |
| r_col_5' | [ša ina] SILA a-⸢tam⸣-[ma]-⸢ru ina⸣ [a-ḫa]-a-⸢ti⸣ [ukabbisu] | who in the street of Ātam’e-ru, at the side of Aḫâ-e-ti<šu₃ |
| r_col_6' | ⸢qu₂-lu⸣ [ku]-⸢ru ni-is⸣-sa-⸢tu⸣ [NU DU₁₀]-⸢ub⸣ lib₃-⸢bi⸣-[ia] | “It is a cultic place, it is an abomination to my heart. |
| r_col_7' | ⸢u₃ NU⸣ DU₁₀.GA ⸢UZU⸣.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [x] x ru x [x-x] | The e’u-house is not good, the emû-houses ... |
| r_col_8' | ⸢kiš⸣-[pu] <ru-ḫu-u₂> ru-šu-⸢u₂⸣ up-ša₂-šu-⸢u₂ ḪUL.MEŠ ša₂⸣ [amēlūti] | (As for) the ekišu-epu-demon, the ruḫbû-disease, (and) the evil machinations of the land |
| r_col_9' | [ša ina] SU-ia ⸢UZU⸣.MEŠ-ia ⸢šer₂⸣-[a]-⸢ni⸣-ia ⸢GAL₂⸣-[u] | which in my body, my flesh, my ewes, my palace |
| r_col_10' | [it-ti] ⸢A.MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ⸢SU⸣-ia u₃ ⸢mu⸣-sa-⸢ti⸣ [ša qātīya] | With the ēšû-plants of my Eriba and the mušašēru-plant of my hand |
| r_col_11' | [li-ša-ḫi]-⸢iṭ⸣-ma a-na UGU x [x] ⸢ni⸣ x [x-x] | may he tear out and on top of |
| r_col_12' | [(x) {lu₂}UŠ₁₁].⸢MU⸣ u {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢MU⸣ [x-x-x-(x)] | the ēšû-priestess and the adolescent woman |
| r_col_13' | [KA.INIM].⸢MA⸣ ana ŠU.MEŠ LUḪ-⸢se⸣-[e] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| r_col_14' | [EN₂ x-x-(x)] x-x [(x)] ⸢ṣil⸣-li-ia [...] | Incantation: “... es}iliya |
| r_col_15' | [...] x-x-x [...] | |
| r_col_16' | [...] ⸢GIG⸣ x [...] | ... a tomb |
| r_col_17' | [...] x [...] | |
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