LKA 043 (P413955)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413955 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13631 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Incantation: O lord, who] leads everyone aright, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [the wh]ole of creation. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Who passes judgment with justice, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | God of the whole world. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Madanu, who oversees the people, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Who raises up the weak, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Who spares the fallen, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The wretched, who rescues the oppressed, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Who delivers good things, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Who guides the orphan-girls aright, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The god without whom are not sp[ok]en (lit. they do not sp[ea]k) |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | consultation (and) counsel, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Divine Judge of gods and goddesses |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Overseer of the Igigi, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Who provisions the Edasa[hegal, the house] in which lie down, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | The totality . [. . ., who over]sees the people, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Who . . . [. . .], whatever there is, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | O merciful lord, who loves to restore life, |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | Who takes hold of the hands of the down-trodden in distress, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | Who revives the dead, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | O merciful [. . .], who loves to restore life, |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | You are [relenting] among the gods, hear (my) prayer! |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [. . .] . . decree my well-being. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [. . .] to my angr[y] (personal) god, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [(And) my an]gry [(personal) goddess], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | That [. . . may] lead me aright, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [. . .] to you among the gods, have mercy on me! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [. . .] your (garment's) fringe. Grant me life! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [. . .] (my) name! Length my days! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Broaden my [sh]eepfold! |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [M]ay my offspring be numerous! |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Expel my illness! Speak life! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | . . . my sin. May my fear be carried off. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | May my sin be forgotten. Disperse my weariness. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | That I may proclaim your greatness |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | (And) praise your na[me], |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | That I may unceasingly forever sing your heroism! |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Madanu. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Written (and) collated according to its original. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Tablet of Kitsir-Ashur, junior scribal-apprentice, |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Son of Nabu-bessun, exorcist of the temple of Ashur. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Quickly excerpted. |
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 EN muš]-⸢te⸣-šir kiš-ša₂-⸢at⸣ | |
| 2 | [gi]-⸢mir⸣ nab-ni-ti | |
| 3 | ⸢da⸣-in di-in mi-ša₂-ri | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ kib-ra-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5 | {d}DI.KUD ha-ʾ-iṭ UN-MEŠ | |
| 6 | mu-šat-bi en-ši | |
| 7 | ga-mil ma-aq-ti | |
| 8 | na-as-si mu-še-zib šag-ši | |
| 9 | mu-še-rib SIG₅-MEŠ{ti} | |
| 10 | ⸢muš⸣-te-še-ru e-ka-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 11 | DINGIR ša₂ ina ba-li-šu₂ la i-qab-[bu]-u | |
| 12 | ši-tul₅-tu ⸢mil⸣-ku | |
| 13 | {d}DI.KUD-MEŠ ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ u {d⸣}1(u) 5(diš)-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ha-ʾ-⸢iṭ {d⸣}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | |
| 15 | pa-qid E₂-da-⸢sa₂⸣-[he₂-gal₂ E₂] ⸢na⸣-de-e | |
| 16 | ⸢gi⸣-mir ⸢x⸣ [x ha]-⸢ʾ-iṭ UN⸣-MEŠ | |
| 17 | ⸢ba-x⸣-[...] ⸢mim⸣-ma ⸢šum⸣-šu₂ | |
| 18 | EN ⸢reme₂-nu-u ša₂ bul⸣-lu-ṭu ⸢i-ram⸣-mu | |
| 19 | ṣa-bit ŠU.MIN na-as-ki ina dan-⸢na⸣-ti | |
| 20 | ⸢mu⸣-bal-liṭ {lu₂}⸢UŠ₂⸣ | |
| 21 | [...] reme₂-nu-u ša₂ bul-lu-ṭu i-ram-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 22 | [ta-a-a]-⸢ra⸣-ta ina DINGIR-MEŠ ŠE.GA tes₂-lit | |
| 23 | [...] ⸢x x qi₂⸣-bi dum-qi₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 24 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MU ze-na-[a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU ze]-⸢ni⸣-tu₄ | |
| 2 | [... liš]-⸢te⸣-še-ru-in-ni | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ka ina DINGIR-MEŠ TUKU{a} ⸢ARHUŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢TUG₂⸣.SIG₂-ka TI.LA NIG₂.⸢BA⸣ | |
| 5 | [...] šu-me šu-rik₂ U₄-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6 | [su]-pu-ri ru-up-piš | |
| 7 | [li]-im-i-da lil-li-di | |
| 8 | ⸢uk⸣-kiš GIG-MU ⸢qi₂⸣-bi TI.LA | |
| 9 | an-ni NA.RU lit-ta-bil a-di-ri | |
| 10 | ⸢lim-ma-ši⸣ <IŠ> gil₂-la-ti su-⸢pu-uh ta⸣-ne₂-eh-ti | |
| 11 | ⸢lu-ša₂-pi⸣ nar-⸢bi⸣-ka | |
| 12 | ⸢lut⸣-ta-⸢ʾ⸣-id ⸢si⸣-[kir]-ka | |
| 13 | ud-da-ka la pa-⸢da⸣-a ⸢qu-ru-ud-ka⸣ lud-lul | |
| 14 | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-⸢IL₂⸣-LA₂ {d}DI.⸢KUD-KAM₂⸣ | |
| 15 | ki-ma TIL-šu₂ ša₃-ṭir ba-ri | |
| 16 | IM {m}ki-ṣir-aš-šur ŠAMAN₂.LA₂ TUR | |
| 17 | DUMU {m}{d}MUATI-be-sun MAŠ.MAŠ E₂ aš-šur | |
| 18 | ha-an-ṭiš is-su-⸢ha⸣ | |
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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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