LKA 019 (P413923)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413923 |
| Museum no. | Ist A — ? |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O Gula, [. . .] lad[y . . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The heavens of Anu, mot[her . . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Whose glancing (is) acceptance, [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | I call out to you, O lady. St[and . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Pass my verdict; [. . . my] ca[se . . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Make right my wrongdoing. I turn [to you . . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | I seize your (garment's) hem like the fringe of my (personal) god's (garment), [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Pass my verdict; decide my case; [. . .] of [my] way, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Because you know (how) to save, to spare, (and) to rescue, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Because restoring (and) maintaining well-being are within your power (lit. with you). |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Because severe illness continually preys (lit. keeps turning back and forth) upon [me], |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Because I am afraid, I turn to you, I seek you out. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [On th]is [day] I am bowed before you. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Pass my [verdic]t, O beloved Baba! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | O [. . .], I turn to you by order of your great divinity. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | May the severe illness be removed, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Let me see the light; [let me proclaim] your greatness, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | that even I may sing your praises! |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The exorcist, your servant, [let me (also) sing your] praises! |
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 be-⸢el⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 2 | AN{e} {d}a-nim um-[mu ...] | |
| 3 | ša nap-lu-sa taš-mu-u [...] | |
| 4 | al-si-ki be-el-tu₂ iz-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-na di-ni-ia di-a-ni ⸢EŠ⸣.[BAR-MU ...] | |
| 6 | hi-bil₂-tu₂ šul-lu-mi₃ as-⸢hur⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 7 | TUG₂.SIG₂-ki aṣ-bat GIM qan(qam-)<ni> DINGIR-ia [...] | |
| 8 | di-i-ni di-i-ni EŠ.BAR-ia pur-si a-⸢lak⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 9 | aš₂-šu e-ṭe₂-ru ga-ma-lu šu-zu-bu ti-de-⸢e⸣ | |
| 10 | aš₂-šu₂ bu-lu-⸢ṭu⸣ šul-lu-mu ba-šu₂-u it-ti-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 11 | aš₂-šu₂ GIG dan-nu-⸢ma⸣ i-sa-na-hur-ra UGU-[ia] | |
| 12 | ⸢aš₂-šu₂⸣ ad-ra-ku ⸢as-hur-ki⸣ a-še-ʾ-⸢ki⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina u₄-mi an]-ni-i ma-har-ki kam₂-sa-ku | |
| 2 | [a-na di-i]-ni-ia di-a-ni {d}ba-ba₆ na-ram-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | {d}[...] as-hur-ki ina qi-bit DINGIR{ti}⸢ki⸣ | |
| 4 | GAL{te} GIG dan-nu li-na-si-hi-ma | |
| 5 | na-mir-tu₂ lu-mur nar-bi-⸢ki⸣ [lu-ša₂-pi] | |
| 6 | da₃-li₂-li₂-ki lud-lul [u₃ a-na-ku] | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-ši-pu IR₃{ki} da₃-li₂-[li₂-ki lud-lul] | |
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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