KAR 341 (P369308)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 341 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369308 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08239 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Who dwells in the pure heavens, I call [out to you . . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Stand nearby and lis[ten . . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | I seek you out, I turn to you, as the hem of [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | I seize your (garment's) hem. Because judging [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Because restoring and [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Because [. . .] to save and to spa[re . . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | O Gula, sublime lady [. . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [A]mong the myriad star[s . . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | O my lady, to you I tu[rn . . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Rece[ive] my flour offering [. . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Let me send you to my (personal) god [. . . ] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | and my an[gry] (personal) goddess, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | To the god of my city who is fur[ious . . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | On account of oracle(s) and dream(s) that con[tinually hound me], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | I am afraid and cont[inually anxious]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | O Gula, most exalted lady, through the word of [. . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | May my (personal) god [. . .] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [. . .] my angry (personal) goddess [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | May the god of my city who is furious [and . . .] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Who is in a rage, relent [. . .] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | O Gula, most exalted lady, [. . .] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | To Marduk of the gods [. . .] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [. . .] your wide canopy (of protection), [your] forgive[ness . . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [. . .] a requital of favor and [. . .] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | (That) I may proclaim your greatness, [. . . your] prais[es]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [. . .] the wording of a lifted-hand prayer [. . .] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Quickly [excerpted]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | EN₂ {d}gu-la GAŠAN šur-bu-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | a-ši-bat AN{e} KU₃-MEŠ ⸢al⸣-[si-ki ...] | |
| 3 | i-ziz-zi-im-ma(ME) ši-[mi-i ...] | |
| 4 | eš-e-ki as-hur-ki GIM TUG₂.⸢SIG₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | TUG₂.SIG₂-ki aṣ-bat aš-šum di-na [...] | |
| 6 | aš-šum bu-ul-lu-ṭu ⸢u⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | aš-šum e-ṭe-ra u ga-ma-[lu ...] | |
| 8 | {⸢d⸣}gu-la GAŠAN ša₂-qu-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [i]-⸢na⸣ ma-aʾ-du-ti ⸢MUL⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 10 | ⸢GAŠAN⸣-MU ka-a-ši ⸢as⸣-[hur-ki ...] | |
| 11 | ZI₃.MAD.GA₂-MU muh-[ri-in-ni-ma ...] | |
| 12 | lu-uš-pur-ki ana DINGIR-MU [...] | |
| 13 | u₃ {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU ze-[ni-ti] | |
| 14 | ana DINGIR URU-MU ša₂ šab-[su-ma ...] | |
| 15 | ina(ANA) bi-ri u MAŠ₂.GI₆ ⸢it⸣-[ta-na-aš₂-ka-nam-ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | pal-ha-ku-ma a-ta-[nam-da-ru] | |
| 2 | {d}gu-la GAŠAN ⸢šur-bu-tu₄⸣ ina a-[mat ...] | |
| 3 | ša₂ ina e₂-kur ⸢šur⸣-bat | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MU šab-su ⸢li⸣-[...] | |
| 5 | {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU ze-ni-tu₄ [...] | |
| 6 | DINGIR URU{ia} ša₂ šab-⸢su⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 7 | ša i-zi-za li-nu-ha [...] | |
| 8 | {d}gu-la GAŠAN šur-bu-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ana {d}AMAR.UTU ša DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | |
| 10 | a-bu-ut(ṣab-)ti ṣab(ut-)ti ⸢qi₂⸣-[bi-i ...] | |
| 11 | ṣu₂-lul-ki rap-ša₂ ta-a-a-⸢ra⸣-[tu-ki ...] | |
| 12 | gi-mil dum-qi₂ u [...] | |
| 13 | nar-bi-ki lu-ša₂-pi da₃-⸢li₂⸣-[li₂-ki ...] | |
| 14 | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-⸢LA₂⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | ha-an-ṭiš [ZI{ha]} | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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