LKA 039 (P413950)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413950 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13854 + VAT 14060 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [. . .] your [shining appearance . . ], like [Shamash ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . . the dec]ision of the lands is set [before you]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [I (am) Ashur]banipal, son of [his (personal) god], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Whose (personal) god (is) Ashur] (and personal) goddess (is) Ashuri[tu]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . . I am afraid], frightened, and terrif[ied]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [. . . they inqu]ire of you, and you give [advice]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [They are seated in the]ir [assembly]; they discuss (it) at [your] fe[et]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 1''1''–o 1''1'' | [. . . they inqu]ire of [you, . . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 2''2''–o 2''2'' | [The day of the new moon (is) the d]ay of your oracle, the se[cret of the great gods]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 3''3''–o 3''3'' | [The thirtieth day (of the month) (is)] your [fe]stival, the day for cel[ebrating your divinity]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 4''4''–o 4''4'' | [O Nam]raṣit, [unrivalled] in strength, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 5''5''–o 5''5'' | [whose] advice [no] one [can] learn, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 6''6''–o 6''6'' | [I offered] to you a [pure] flour-offering [of the night]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 7''7''–o 7''7'' | [I libated] for you first-class [sweet] beer. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 8''8''–o 8''8'' | [I am kneeling (and) I sta]nd. I (hereby) seek [you]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | Establish [for me] a propitious and just [oracular utterance]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [My god and] my goddess, who for [ma]ny (in next line) [days] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | have been angry [with me], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Through tru]th and justice, may they be at p[eace with me]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [May my path be favo]rable, [may] my way [be straight]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [It is the wording of] a lifted-hand prayer to [Sin]. |
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' | [... UD.DA]-⸢ka⸣ GIM {d}[UTU ...] | |
| 2' | [... EŠ].⸢BAR⸣ KUR.KUR GAR{in} [ina IGI-ka] | |
| 3' | [ana-ku {m}{d}aš-šur]-⸢DU₃⸣-A ⸢DUMU⸣ [DINGIR-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [ša DINGIR-šu₂ {d}aš-šur] {⸢d⸣}iš₈-tar₂-šu₂ {d}aš-šur-⸢i⸣-[tu₄] | |
| 5' | [... pal-ha-ku] ⸢ad⸣-ra-ku u šu-ta-⸢du⸣-[ra-ku] | |
| 6' | [... i-šal]-⸢lu⸣-ka-ma SUM{in} [mil-ka] | |
| 7' | [uš-bu pu-hur-šu]-⸢nu⸣ uš-ta-mu-u ina ⸢KI⸣.[TA-ka] | |
| 8' | [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 1'' | [... i-šal]-⸢lu⸣-[ka-ma ...] | |
| 2'' | [UD.NA₂.AM₃ U₄]{⸢um} ta-mit⸣-ti-ka ⸢pi⸣-[riš-ti-ka DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 3'' | [U₄.3(u).KAM i]-sin-na-ka U₄{um} ⸢ta⸣-[šil-ti DINGIR{ti}ka] | |
| 4'' | {[d}AŠ].IM₅.BABBAR e-muq [la ša₂-na-an] | |
| 5'' | [ša₂ la i]-⸢lam⸣-ma-du mi-lik-[šu₂ ma-am-man] | |
| 6'' | [as-ruq]-ka se-er-⸢qu⸣ [GE₆ el-lu] | |
| 7'' | [aq-qi₂-ka] re-eš-ta-a ši-⸢kar⸣ [da-aš-pa] | |
| 8'' | [kam₂-sa-ku az-za]-⸢az⸣ a-še-ʾ [ka-a-ša₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [INIM.GAR] ⸢dum⸣-qi₂ u mi-ša₂-ri GAR{⸢un⸣} [UGU-MU] | |
| 2 | [DINGIR-MU u] {d}iš₈-tar₂ ša iš-⸢tu⸣ [U₄-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [ma-ʾ]-⸢du⸣-ti is-bu-⸢su⸣ [UGU-MU] | |
| 4 | [ina kit]-ti u mi-ša₂-ri ⸢lis⸣-li-[mu KI-MU] | |
| 5 | [ur-hi lid-mi₃]-⸢iq⸣ pa-⸢da-ni⸣ [li-šir] | |
| 1' | [KA.INIM.MA] ⸢ŠU⸣.ILA₂.LA₂ {d}3(u)-KAM₂] | |
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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