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CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 009 (P404976)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404976 |
| Museum no. | VAT 11100 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] u2#-[...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...]-ma# pa-a [...] | ... and face ... |
| 3' | [...] x nam!-hu-zu [...] | ... your awe(?) |
| 4' | [...] u2-szam#-ga-[...] | ... he made manifest(?) |
| 5' | [...]-pa#-a-tisz2 i-[...]-'u-[...] | ... he/she will ... |
| 6' | szap#?-[...]-ra# ha#-[...]-kisz e-[...] | “I want to pacify the heart of the people, I want to calm the heart |
| 7' | sza2-pu# [...] | The šapu-demon ... |
| 8' | sza2-qa# [...] re#-sza2#-a# [...] | The high priestess ... the head ... |
| 9' | lib3-bi kab#-ba-ra-a# pi#-[...] | (Sum) The heart of the king, my lord, is angry with you(?) (Akk) Its angry heart is angry towards you |
| 10' | ra-pa-asz2-tu2 i-ra-ti [...] | “Greatest of the Irātu, |
| 11' | szad#-de-e-ha _a2-min-me_-a-a ku-ta#-[...] | My limbs are swollen, my arms are ... |
| 12' | sza2 e-tel-lisz at-tal-la-ku ha-[...] | (Sum) I am the one who goes above (Akk) I go above(?) |
| 13' | szar-ra-ha-ku-ma a-tur a#-[...] | I am a šarraḫāma priest, I am an atur priest |
| 14' | a-na rap-szi ki-ma-ti [...] | To the wide land |
| 15' | su-qa a-ba-'a-ma [...] | (Sum) I am the one who ... the street(?) (Akk) The street I ... and ... |
| 16' | er-ru-ub e-kal-lisz-ma [...] | He enters, he becomes pure and . |
| 17' | _iri-mu_ ki-i a-a-bi [...] | My city, like a enemy . |
| 18' | tu-sza2-a-ma nak-ra-[...] | You expel the enemy |
| 19' | a-na a-he-e a-[...] | to each other |
| 20' | [...] lem-ni gal-le# [...] | ... the great evil |
| 21' | [...]-u2# tap#-[...] | ... you ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a#-na# [...] | to ... |
| 2' | a#-na# [...] | to ... |
| 3' | mu#-ta#-mu#-[...] t,a-pil-ti# [...] | The one who ... the slander ... |
| 4' | da#-[...] nu-ul-la-te-[...] | ... does not approach ... |
| 5' | ana# [...] a-hu-la#-pi2# ha-[...] | To ... Ahulapi ... |
| 6' | sza2 [...] ma# i-te#-me# [...] | The one who ... heard ... |
| 7' | ul [...] ul# a#-[...] | Not ..., not ... |
| 8' | a-na# [...]-zu | What is it that you know? |
| 9' | i-na [...] sza2-ki#-[...] | In ... ... |
| 10' | i-na qer#-be2#-[...]-szes#-su-u a-la#-la | In the midst of ..., alalu |
| 11' | ki-i _iri_ na-ki-ri# [...]-qam-me-mu# _iri-mu_ | Like the city of the enemy ...-qammêm, my city |
| 12' | par-s,i-ia u2-szal#-qu-u sza2-nam-ma | my rites they shall abandon, and whatever |
| 13' | ina pil-lu-di-ia a-ha-a usz-zi-zu# | In my wrath I stood together. |
| 14' | _u4_-mu szu-ta-nu-hu mu-szu2 ger-ra-[...] | The day of the šutanuhu-demon, the night of ... |
| 15' | _iti#_ qi2-ta-a-a-u-lu i-dir-tu2 szat-tu2# | The month of Qittāyulu, the month of Idirtu, is the second. |
| 16' | [ki]-ma# su-um-me a-dam-mu-ma gi-mir _u4_-me-ia# | Like a lion, I am frightened, and all my days |
| 17' | [za-am]-ma-a-ru qu-ub-bi-ia u2-sza2-as,-rap | I adorned my chest with a stele. |
| 18' | [... bi]-tak#-ke-e szu-ub-ra-a _igi-min_-a-a | ... my eyes have become darkened ... |
| 19' | [...]-ma-ti# s,ur-ru-pu u2-suk-ka#-a#-a# | ... the ... of the ṣurrû-priestess, my messenger |
| 20' | [...]-e a-di-rat lib3#-bi#-[ia] | ..., the companion of my heart |
| 21' | [...] x pi-#rit#-ti# [...] | ... ... opening ... |
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