LKA 040a (P413952)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 040a |
|---|---|
| ID | P413952 |
| 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] 11–11 | Incantation: O ex[al]ted lord, who knows everything, |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | Pro[ud], ever-renewing, perfect one, |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | so[n of] Tutu (i.e., Marduk), |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [Offspri]ng of queen Erua (i.e., Zarpanitu), the seed of Shazu (i.e., Marduk), |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [Who gat]hers all of the cultic rites, who guides the purification rituals aright, |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Who keeps truth (and) justice pure, who illuminates the darkness, |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | Beloved of Lugal-Apsu, lord of wisdom, |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | Who makes E'engurra rejoice, |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | O Nabu, lord of cultivation, who copiously provides abundance, |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | O fierce Enzag, you provision all of the peoples. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | You receive their prayers. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | You grant well-being to them. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | The totality of the people greet you. |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | I, Balasi, son of his (personal) god, whose (personal) god (is) Nabu (and) whose (personal) goddess (is) Tashmetu, |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | On account of the evil of lightning, which occurr[ed] in my house, |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | I am afraid, I am scared, and I am terrified. |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | [A wron]ged, oppressed (man), who (is) weak from his fear, |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | I (am) a weak, sleepless (man), whose body is afflicted, |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | [On whom] depression has befallen: |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Before you, [I am b]owed. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | A sickness, witchcraft, magic, (and) sorcery have covered [me]. |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | Moaning has bese[t me]. |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | [. . .] . . sleepless . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | Witchcraft, magic, (and) sorcery [. . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [. . .] of the gods, [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [O Nabu], sage of of the gods, according to your word (lit. mouth) grant li[fe]! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Te]ar out (this) severe sickness and witchcraft from [my] body. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Remo]ve whatever evil that has been done against m[e]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Let my [sickness], my witchcraft, be expelled; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Let it be a million miles from [my] body. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | May [the one who] sees me praise [your] divinity. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | In the assembly, may [my] wor[d] be heard. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | May (my personal) god [and] protective deity of speaking and gaining agree[ment] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | walk behind me every day. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | According to your exalted command that cannot be abolished, |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | And your firm affirmation that cannot be changed, |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | May I live, may I be whole, so that |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | I may sing your praises. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | It is [the wor]ding of a lifted-hand prayer to Nabu. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EN₂ UMUN ⸢tiz⸣-[qa]-⸢ru⸣ ZU{u₂} DU₃.A.BI | |
| 2 | ⸢šar⸣-[hu] ⸢ed⸣-di-šu₂-u git₂-ma-⸢lu₄⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢bu⸣-[kur] {d}TU.TU | |
| 4 | [i-lit]-⸢ti⸣ {d}e₄-ru₆ šar-⸢ra⸣-ti ri-hu-ut {d}ŠA₃.ZU | |
| 5 | [ha-mi]-im ⸢kul⸣-lat GARZA-MEŠ ⸢muš⸣-te-ši-ru šu-luh-hi | |
| 6 | ⸢mu⸣-bi-ib kit-ti mi-ša₂-ri mu-na-⸢me-er uk⸣-li | |
| 7 | ⸢na-ram⸣ {d}LUGAL.ABZU be-⸢el ne₂-me⸣-qi₂ | |
| 8 | mu-riš E₂.⸢ENGUR.RA⸣ | |
| 9 | {d}MUATI EN me-reš-ti mu-deš-šu-u nu-uh-ši | |
| 10 | {d}EN.ZAG ma-am-lu kul-lat UN-MEŠ ta-pa-qid | |
| 11 | ta-⸢ma-har tes₂⸣-li-si-na | |
| 12 | ta-ša₂-⸢rak-ši-na-ti šul-ma⸣ | |
| 13 | ik-⸢tar-ra⸣-ba-ka gi-⸢mir⸣ te-ne₂-še-ti | |
| 14 | ana-ku {i}ba-la-si DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ {d}MUATI {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}⸢PAPNUN⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢ana HUL IZI⸣.ŠUB.BA ša₂ ina ⸢E₂-MU⸣ GAL₂{[a]} | |
| 16 | ⸢pal-ha⸣-ku-ma ad-rak u šu-⸢ta-du-rak⸣ | |
| 17 | [hab]-⸢lu⸣ šag-šu₂ ša₂ ⸢a(IA-)nu⸣-un-šu₂ an-⸢hu⸣ | |
| 18 | [ana]-⸢ku⸣ an-hu dal-pu ša₂ ⸢šum-ru-ṣu pa-gar-šu₂⸣ | |
| 19 | [ša₂] ⸢hu-uṣ⸣ GAZ lib₃-⸢bi im-hu-ra-an⸣-[ni] | |
| 20 | IGI-ka ⸢kam⸣-[sa-ku] | |
| 21 | ⸢GIG UŠ₁₁⸣ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ ik-tu-⸢mu⸣-[nin-ni] | |
| 22 | ⸢ta⸣-ni-hu ⸢šak⸣-[na-an-ni] | |
| 23 | [...] ⸢x⸣ dal-⸢pu x⸣ [...] | |
| 24 | ⸢UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁⸣ [...] | |
| 25 | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | {[d}NA₃] ⸢ABGAL⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ina ⸢pi-ka qi₂-ša TI⸣.[LA] | |
| 3 | [u₂]-⸢suh GIG⸣ dan-nu u kiš-pi ša₂ SU-[ia] | |
| 4 | [šu-ut]-⸢bi⸣ mim-ma lem-nu ša₂ up-pi-ša₂-an-ni ia₂-⸢a⸣-[ši] | |
| 5 | [GIG]-⸢MU kiš-pi⸣-ia₅ liṭ-ṭa-⸢rid⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢li⸣-si šar₅ 1(diš) DANNA ina SU-[ia] | |
| 7 | [a-mi₃]-⸢ri li⸣-na-ʾ-⸢da⸣ DINGIR{ut}[ka] | |
| 8 | ina ⸢UKKIN lu⸣ še-ma-a-ta a-ma-[ti] | |
| 9 | ⸢DINGIR⸣ [u] {d}LAMMA qa-ba-a u ma-⸢ga⸣-[ri] | |
| 10 | u₄-⸢mi₃-šam⸣-ma lil-li-ki EGIR-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 11 | ina qi₂-bi-ti-⸢ka ṣir⸣-ti ša₂ NU ut-tak-ka-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 12 | u ⸢an-ni⸣-ka ⸢ki⸣-nu ša₂ NU BAL{u} | |
| 13 | [lu-ub]-⸢luṭ⸣ lu-uš-lim-ma | |
| 14 | ⸢da₃-li₂-li₂⸣-ka lud-lul | |
| 15 | [KA]-INIM-MA ⸢ŠU⸣-IL₂-LA₂ {⸢d⸣}MUATI-KAM | |
| 16 | EN₂ {d}PAPNUN šar-rat {d}LAMMA{at} SIG₅ | |
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- 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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