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Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 (P404877)
Prayer, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404877 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10009 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| 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' | [... šu]-⸢ma la na⸣-[bu-u₂ ...] | ... he is not to be seen ... |
| 2' | <ša₂> ṣab-ta-ni-ma mu-ša₂ u ur-ra UŠ.⸢MEŠ⸣-[an-ni ...] | <who> is angry with me, and my name and the days of my ancestors |
| 3' | ⸢kal u₄-me ṣab⸣-ta-ni-ma kal mu-ši la ⸢u₂-maš-šar⸣-[an]-⸢ni e-nen-na⸣ [...] | (Sum) The kalû-demon, when he calls out, all day long, he does not call out to the mašvarēni gods(?) (Akk) When he shouts, all night long ... |
| 4' | ina PIŠ₁₀.{d}⸢ID₂ KU₃⸣-tim a-qal-lu-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-ti [a]-⸢šar⸣-rap-⸢šu₂-nu⸣-ti | In the Holy River I have slain them, I have destroyed them. |
| 5' | nap-li-sa-an-⸢ni-ma⸣ be-⸢lum u₂-suḫ⸣-šu₂-nu-ti ina ⸢SU⸣-MU pu-šur kiš-pi-šu₂-nu lem-⸢nu⸣-ti | Naplisan-ēmâ, the lord, released them. In my E-SU-e-MU, the releaser of their evil witchcraft |
| 6' | at-ta {d}gira₂ be-lum a-⸢lik⸣ i-di-⸢ia bul-liṭ-an-ni-ma⸣ nar₃-bi-ka lu-⸢ša₂⸣-pi da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-⸢lul⸣ | You, Gira, lord of the gods, my helper, keep me alive! May I proclaim your greatness (and) sing your praises! |
| 7' | KA.INIM.MA ina ⸢UGU⸣ NU ⸢ZABAR⸣ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ŠID-nu | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft: You recite it over the ešabāru-vessel (and) the bronze kettledrum. |
| 8' | EN₂ {d}gira₂ ⸢a⸣-ri-ri ⸢bu⸣-kur₂ {d}a-⸢nim da⸣-ʾi-in di-ni at-⸢me-e⸣ pi-riš-ti at-ta-⸢ma⸣ | Incantation: “Gira, ea-eri-ri-rē’e-kur, a-e-nim, d-ali-in, i.e., the judge, I am the one who decides cases. I am (now) a judge. |
| 9' | ek-le-ti tuš-nam-mar e-ša₂-a-ti dal-ḫa-a-ti tuš-te-šer a-⸢na⸣ DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ EŠ.BAR-a ta-nam-⸢din⸣ | (Sum) You are the one who sees the darkness (Akk) You see the darkness, you see the darkness. |
| 10' | ša₂ la ka-ta DINGIR ma-am-man EŠ.BAR-a la i-par-ra-as ⸢at-ta-ma⸣ na-⸢din⸣ ur-ti u ṭe₃-e-⸢me⸣ | Without you, no god can decide my case. “Atta-ma-e’e-plant, nā-edin-e-23, urtu-plant and ṭe-eme-e23 |
| 11' | e-piš lum-ni at-ta-ma ar₂-ḫiš ta-kam-mu lem-nu ⸢a-a-ba ta⸣-kaš-šad ar₂-⸢ḫiš⸣ | You are the evildoer, you are the one who makes evil come forth. |
| 12' | a-na-ku {m}aš-šur-ša₂-liṭ DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ ša DINGIR-šu₂ {d}⸢AG⸣ {d}⸢iš⸣-tar-šu₂ {d}⸢KURNUN⸣ | I, Assur-šaliṭ, son of his (personal) god, who (is) Ea-eṭir, E-išv-e-tarsu (and) E-kurun-e3 |
| 13' | ina kiš-⸢pi lu-up⸣-pu-ta-ku-ma ma-ḫar-ka az-ziz ina IGI ⸢DINGIR LUGAL⸣ be-⸢lum šu⸣-zu-ra-ku-ma ⸢al⸣-li-ka ⸢ana⸣ [IGI-ka] | (Sum) I am the one who stands before the king, my lord, (Akk) In the kišpi, I am your servant, and I stand before you. |
| 14' | UGU a-⸢me⸣-[ri]-⸢ia mu-ru⸣-ṣa-ku-ma ša₂-pal-ka ak-mis {d}⸢gira₂⸣ šur-⸢bu⸣-[u₂ ...] ⸢KU₃ e-nen-na⸣ ina IGI DINGIR-ti-⸢ka GAL⸣-[ti] | I am the one who entrusted to my ancestors, I am your servant. I am Egirae, Šur-Ebû, ... of the Ekug, now in the presence of your great divinity |
| 15' | 2 NU.MEŠ kaš-ša₂-pi u kaš-šap-ti ša₂ ZABAR e-piš ŠU-ka ma-⸢ḫar-ka u₂-gir⸣-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣-ma ⸢ka-a-ša₂ ap⸣-[qid-ka] | Two nugigs of kašupu-beer and kashpātu-boil of bronze, work of your hand, I have turned to you, my lady, and I have entrusted to you. |
| 16' | šu-nu li-mu-tu-⸢ma⸣ ana-ku lu-ub-luṭ šu-nu {li}lit-teb-⸢bi₃⸣-ru-ma ana-ku lu-⸢še-er⸣ | May you be reconciled with me, may I be pure, may you be pacified to me, and may I become pure. |
| 17' | šu-nu liq-tu-u₂(mu-)ma ana-ku lu-um-⸢id⸣ {d}gira₂ šar-ḫu ⸢ṣi⸣-i-ru ša DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ | May he say to me, and may I praise Gira, king of the ešbiru-gods, |
| 18' | ka-šid lem-ni u a-a-bi KUR-su-nu-ti-ma ana-ku {m}aš-šur-ša₂-liṭ la a-ḫa-bi-⸢il⸣ | Who defeats evil and enemies, I (am) Assur-šaliṭ, the one who does not fear Abī-Eil, |
| 19' | ana-ku IR₃-ka lu-ub-luṭ lu-uš-lim-ma ma-ḫar-ka lu-uz-ziz at-⸢ta-ma DINGIR⸣-[MU] ⸢KIMIN be-li₂ KIMIN⸣ x-[x] | I, your servant, may I live (and) become healthy, and may I stand before you. You, O my god, ditto, my lord, [ditto]! |
| 20' | at-ta-ma re-ṣu-u-a at-⸢ta-ma mu⸣-tir-ru ša₂ gi-⸢mil⸣-[li-ia ...] | You are my shepherd, you are the one who brings forth the reed bundles of my emilī priesthood |
| 21' | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA ina UGU NU ZABAR MIN | It is an incantation-formula on top of bronze, ditto. |
| 22' | [... {d]}⸢gira₂⸣ a-ri-ru DUMU {d}a-nim qar-du ez-zu ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ at-ta ša₂ GIM {d}30 u {d}⸢UTU⸣ [... di-i]-⸢nu⸣ | ... Egirae, the warrior, son of Anu, fierce warrior, you are the one who like Sîn and Šamaš |
| 23' | [...] ⸢EŠ⸣.BAR-a-a KU₅-us qu-mu kaš-ša₂-pi u kaš-šap-⸢ti {d⸣}gira₂ qu-mu kaš-ša₂-pi [... kaš-šap]-⸢ti⸣ | ... my ešû-priest is cut off, the qumu of beer and beer-beer, the egira-priestess, the quemu (of beer) ... beer |
| 24' | [...] ⸢kaš-ša₂-pi⸣ u kaš-šap-ti {d}gira₂ qu-mu-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ⸢qu⸣-lu-šu₂-⸢nu-ti⸣ | ... beer and beer of Gira, the qumušû-priests, Gira of the quels, |
| 25' | [... KUR-su-nu]-⸢ti {d⸣}gira₂ a-ru-uḫ-šu₂-nu-ti {d}gira₂ ⸢šu-ta⸣-bil₂-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-ti | the land of Sūnûti, the goddess Gira, the aruḫšunuti of Gira |
| 26' | [...] ⸢ru⸣-ḫe-e NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ ša₂ a-⸢na le-mu⸣-[ti ik]-⸢pu-du-ni⸣ ia-a-ši | ... evil machinations have been performed against me |
| 27' | [... šu]-⸢ul-qi⸣ šu-ut-⸢bil₂⸣ [... ma-na-ḫa-ti-šu₂]-⸢nu ḫa-ba⸣-tu₂ šur-bi-iṣ | ... šu’ulqi-plant, shubû-plant (a kind of juniper) ... their mashtakal plant, ḫabātu-plant |
| 28' | [...] ⸢sur⸣-riš | ... esurriš plant |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... na-an-du]-⸢ru tuš-te-šer DINGIR⸣.MEŠ u₂ mal-⸢ki⸣ | You are adjured by the gods and the goddesses. |
| 2 | [... ḫab]-⸢li u⸣ ḫa-bil₂-ti ina ⸢di-ni-ia₅⸣ i-zi-za-⸢am-ma ki⸣-[(ma)] {⸢d}UTU qu⸣-[ra-du] | (Sum) ... he stands in the temple of the gods (Akk) In my temple, I stand in a temple of greatness and the god Šamaš rises for you |
| 3 | [... qu]-⸢mi⸣ [kaš]-⸢ša₂-pi⸣ [u kaš]-⸢šap-ti a-kul⸣ a-a-⸢bi-ia⸣ a-ru-uḫ ⸢lem⸣-nu-ti-⸢ia₅⸣ | I have eaten, drunk, (and) sinned against my enemies. |
| 4 | [... ez]-⸢zu⸣ lik-šu-⸢su⸣{šu₂}nu-ti EN₂ | May ... extinguish ..., may it pacify you, Incantation: |
| 5 | [...] ina UGU NU IM ŠID-nu | (If) ... on top of a tablet: he will die. |
| 6 | [... {d]}⸢gira₂ šar⸣-ḫu bu-⸢kur₂ {d⸣}a-⸢nim i⸣-lit-ti KU₃-tim ša₂-⸢qu-tum⸣ {d}ša-la | ... Egira, king, son of Ea, the pure šaqutum priestess of Šala |
| 7 | [šar]-⸢ḫu⸣ e-deš-šu-u zik-ri DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢ka⸣-a-a-nu na-din nin(dam-)da-be₂-e a-na DINGIR.MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | The šar-ḫu-e-23, the one who guides the rites of the gods of E-ka’e-anu, who provides the nindam-dabê-offerings to the (other) gods, the Igigi |
| 8 | ⸢ša₂-kin₂⸣ na-mir-ti a-na {⸢d⸣}a-nun-na-ki ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣.MEŠ ⸢ez-zu⸣ {d}gira₂ muš-ḫar-miṭ a-a-bi | The ša-kin-e’e-plant, the light for the Anunnaki temples, the palaces, (and) the Eezzu temple, Gira, the snake of the enemy, |
| 9 | {d}gira₂ al-la-lu-u mu-la-ap-pit BAD₃ ⸢NA₄⸣.MEŠ qa-mu-u₂ lem-nu-ti NUMUN kaš-ša₂-pi u kaš-šap-ti | Gira, the exalted one, the one who makes the wall of the ešānu-plants flourish, the evildoer, seed of warlock and witch |
| 10 | mu-ḫal-liq rag-gu NUMUN kaš-ša₂-pi u kaš-⸢šap⸣-ti mu-la-ap-pit lem-nu-ti ⸢at⸣-ta-ma | Who overthrows the evildoer, the seed of the warlock and the witch, the one who destroys evil, |
| 11 | ina u₄-me an-ne₂-e ina di-ni-ia₅ iz-ziz-ma e-piš bar-tu₂ te-na-<na>-a ku-šu-⸢du⸣ lem-nu | On this day, in my lawsuit, he stood and the evil deed was performed against me. |
| 12 | ki-ma NU.MEŠ an-nu-ti i-ḫu-⸢lu i⸣-zu-bu i-ta-tu-ku kaš-ša₂-⸢pi-ia₅⸣ u kaš-šap-⸢ti-ia₅ li-ḫu-lu li⸣-zu-bu lit-ta-tu₂-ku EN₂ | Like these nugig priestess(s), they have risen, they have fallen, may my beer and my beer be drunk, may they rise! Incantation formula. |
| 13 | KA.⸢INIM.MA⸣ ina UGU NU ESIR ŠID-nu | It is an invocation for a sick tooth. |
| 14 | EN₂ ⸢ke⸣-eš ⸢libiš⸣ ke-<de>-eš a-ra-ab-biš na-ad-ri-iš ša₂ di-pa-a-ri ra-kib ša₂-a-ru | Incantation: “Eke’eš, libīṣ E3 E3 I am the one who makes the apprehensions of the diparu-demon pass by. |
| 15 | li-⸢ru-un⸣-<di na>-ḫu-⸢un⸣-de-e ka-ṣa-a-<ṣu> i-za-nun ki-ma ša₂-⸢ma-me⸣ el-ku-⸢un⸣ ki-ma ⸢MUŠ KU₄⸣-ba-ma i-ṣa-a-ni | “Let him bring (them) down to me, let him go down to the naḫbû-demon, the kaṣa<šbu-disease!’ He stands (there) like a dream, he enters (the house) like an eagle, and he will get up. |
| 16 | lik-⸢tum₃⸣-ku-nu-ši EN₂ ez-ze-tum GAL-tum ša₂ {d}⸢e₂-a⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢u₃ TU₆⸣.DU₁₁.GA-e ša₂ {d}⸢nin-girima₃⸣ | Incantation: O great anger of Ea, exorcist of the heavens, utterance of Ningirima |
| 17 | li-la-ap-pit bu-un-na-ni-ku-nu ⸢TU₆⸣ EN₂ | May he tear out your garments. Incantation formula. |
| 18 | KA.INIM.MA ina UGU NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ ŠID-nu | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 19 | ⸢EN₂ e⸣-pu-šu-ni e-te-ne₂-ep-pu-šu-ni ⸢ki-ma⸣ ki-i-ti a-na ⸢ka⸣-pa-li-ia | Incantation: “I have performed sorcery against him, I have performed (sorcery) against him. I have turned my house into a ruin mound for you. |
| 20 | ⸢ki-ma⸣ ḫu-ḫa-ri a-na sa-ḫa-pi-ia₅ ki-ma ka-a-pi a-na a-ba₂-ti-ia | “In my city, the ḫbāru-festival for my saḥbapīya, like a ka’pî festival for my audience gift, |
| 21 | [ki]-ma ⸢še⸣-e-ti a-na ka-ta-me-ia₅ ki-ma pi-til-ti a-na pa-⸢ta⸣-li-ia | like the ešētu-plants to my mouth, like the opening of my mouth |
| 22 | [... pi]-⸢ti⸣-iq-ti ana na-bal-ku-ti-ia₅ ki-ma A.MEŠ mu-sa-a-ti a-sur-ra-⸢a⸣ ana mul-li-<<li>>-ia | ... my supplication for my rebellion, like the water of the marshes, my border territory for my protection |
| 23 | [... šu-šu]-⸢rat⸣ E₂ ana ⸢KA₂ ana na-sa-ki-ia₅ ana-ku {m}aš-šur-ša₂-liṭ ina qi₂-bit {d}MES EN nu-⸢bat⸣-[ti ...] | I, Assur-šāliṭ, by the command of Marduk, the lord of the abode of death, |
| 24 | [...] ⸢e⸣-piš-tu₂ ki-⸢ma⸣ {gi}KID a-kap-pil₂-šu₂-nu-ti ki-ma ḫu-ḫa-ri a-saḫ-⸢ḫap⸣-[šu-nu-ti] | “... the e’epištu-demon, the place of the reed screen, I am covering them like a ḫbālu-vessel, I have covered them with a cloth. |
| 25 | [... ka]-⸢a-pi⸣ a-bat-su{šu₂}nu-ti ki-ma še-e-ti a-kat₃-tam-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ | ... ka’ea-pî, his word is like that of a dream, their word |
| 26 | [... pi-til]-⸢ti a-pat-til⸣-šu₂-nu-ti ki-ma pi-ti-iq-ti ⸢a-ba⸣-lak-ka-su-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | “... I have finished their work, just as the work of Aba-elakkassu-ēti |
| 27 | [... a-sur]-⸢ra-a u₂-ma-la⸣-šu₂-nu-ti ki-ma šu-<šu>-rat E₂ ana KA₂ a-na-⸢as⸣-[suk-šu₂-nu-ti] | ... I will fill the meadows for them like the hand of a man, I will bring them to the gate. |
| 28 | [...] ⸢kaš⸣-[ša₂]-⸢pi⸣ u kaš-šap-ti [...] | ... ēšû-beer and beer ... |
| 29 | [KA.INIM.MA ina UGU NU ESIR ša₂ IM].⸢BABBAR⸣ ḪE.ḪE ŠID-[nu] | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft: you recite it over a bowl of white limestone. |
| 30 | [... u₂-tam]-⸢me-ru NU.MEŠ⸣-[ia] | ... they have sworn by my name. |
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