LKA 044 (P413956)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413956 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13634 |
| 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, the who[le . . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Who passes] judgment with justice, god of [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [. . .], who oversees the people, who raises up [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Who spares the fallen; the wretched, who re[scues . . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Who delivers good things, who guides the orp[han-girls] aright, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [The god] without whom are not [spoken] (lit. they do not sp[ea]k) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | consultation and [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | (Divine) [Ju]dge of heaven and earth, overseer of [the Igigi], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [Who provisions the E]dasahegal, . . [. . .], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | The totality . . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [. . . the peop]le, who observes everything, what[ever there is], |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [O merc]iful [lord], who love[s] to restore life, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Who takes hold of the hands of the down-trodden in distress, who re[vives the dead], |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | O merciful Madanu, who l[oves to restore life], |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | . . . of the hands of the down-trodden in dis[tress], . . . [. . .], |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | You are [re]lenting among the gods, . . . |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [Reconci]le me to my (personal) god and my (personal) goddess |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | angry, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | That [. . .] they may lead me aright, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | May [. . .] prosper. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [. . .] the gods, have mercy on me! |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [. . .] your [. . .]. Grant me life! |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [. . .] my name! Length my days! |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [Broa]den [. . .]. Make numerous my offspring. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | [. . .] (my) illness! Speak life! |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | [. . .]. May my fear be carried off. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [. . ] my [s]in [. . .]. Disperse [my] wearine[ss]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | That [I may pr]oclaim your greatness |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | (And) [prai]se your name, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | That I may unceasingly [. . .] sing your heroism! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | It is the [wo]rding of a lifted-hand prayer to Madanu. |
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-šat UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [gi-mir ...] | |
| 2 | [da-in] ⸢de⸣-en mi-ša₂-ri DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ha⸣-iṭ UN-MEŠ mu-šat-⸢bu⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [ga]-⸢mil⸣ ma-aq-ti na-as₂-si mu-še-[zib ...] | |
| 5 | [mu-še]-rib SIG₅-MEŠ muš-te-še-ru ⸢e⸣-[ka-a-ti] | |
| 6 | [DINGIR] ⸢ša₂⸣ ina ⸢ba⸣-li-šu₂ la i-[qab-bu-u] | |
| 7 | ši-tul₅-tu₄ u [...] | |
| 8 | {[d}DI].⸢KUD⸣ AN u KI ha-iṭ {⸢d⸣}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃] | |
| 9 | [pa-qid E₂]-⸢da-sa₂-he₂-gal₂ x x⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢gi-mir x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [... UN]-⸢MEŠ ba-ru⸣-u ⸢kal(DIRI) mim-⸢ma⸣ [šum-šu₂] | |
| 12 | [EN reme₂]-⸢nu-u₂ ša₂ bul-lu-ṭu i-ra-am⸣-[mu] | |
| 13 | ⸢ṣa-bit ŠU.MIN na⸣-as₂-⸢ki ina dan-na-ti mu⸣-[bal-liṭ {lu₂}UŠ₂] | |
| 14 | {⸢d}DI.KUD reme₂-nu-u₂⸣ ša₂ [bul-lu-ṭu] ⸢i⸣-[ra-am-mu] | |
| 15 | ⸢x x ŠU.MIN na⸣-as₂-⸢ki ina dan⸣-[na-ti] ⸢x-x⸣-[...] | |
| 16 | [ta]-a-a-⸢ra-ta ina DINGIR-MEŠ x x x x x⸣ | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | [su-ul-li]-⸢ma⸣-am-⸢ma DINGIR-MU u {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU | |
| 19 | [o o o] ⸢ze⸣-nu-ti | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢liš-te-še-ru⸣-nin-ni | |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x lid⸣-mi-iq | |
| 22 | [...] ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ TUKU{a⸣} re-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 23 | [...]-⸢ka TI.LA⸣ qi₂-šam | |
| 24 | [...] ⸢šu-mi šu-rik U₄-MEŠ⸣-MU | |
| 25 | [... ru]-⸢up-piš šum-id lil-li⸣-di | |
| 26 | [...] ⸢GIG qi₂-bi⸣ ba-la₂-ṭi | |
| 27 | [...]-⸢ir⸣ lit-⸢ta-bil a⸣-di-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... gil₂]-⸢la⸣-ti su-pu-uh ta-ne₂-⸢eh⸣-[ti] | |
| 2 | [lu-ša₂]-pi nar-bi-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 3 | [lut-ta-ʾ]-id zi-kir-ka | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢la⸣ pa-da-a qur-ud-ka lud-⸢lul⸣ | |
| 5 | [KA]-⸢INIM⸣-MA ŠU-⸢IL₂⸣-LA₂ {d}DI.KUD-[KAM] | |
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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