LKA 045 (P413957)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413957 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13638 |
| 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'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . . the fall]en [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Who rescues [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Who delivers good things, [. . .] . [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The god without who[m . . .] . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Divine Judge of god and [. . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Who provisions the Eda[sahe]gal, [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [who over]sees the people, . . [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [O merci]ful [lord], who [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [. . . who revi]ves [. . .] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [. . .] . [. . .] my (personal) god [. . .] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [My] (personal) goddess [. . .] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | That (personal) god and goddess may lea[d me aright], |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [. . .] my way [. . .] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | I turn to you among the gods [. . .] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [I s]eize your (garment's) fringe . [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [S]peak (my) name! Lengthen [my] day[s]! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Broaden (my) [sh]eepfold! May be numerous |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [my] off[spring]! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [. . .] illness. Speak [. . .] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | May [. . .] be released. May [. . .] be carried off. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [May] my sin be forgotten. Dispe[rse . . .] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | That I may proclaim your greatness (and) pra[ise] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [your] divinity. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | That I may unceasi[ngly fo]rever |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | si[ng] your heroism! |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Mad[anu]. |
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' | [... ma-aq]-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢mu⸣-še-zib [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢mu-še-rib SIG₅-MEŠ⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢DINGIR ša₂ ina ba-li-šu₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | {[d]}⸢DI⸣.KUD DINGIR u {⸢d⸣}[x x] ⸢ha-a⸣-[a-iṭ ...] | |
| 8' | ⸢pa⸣-qid e₂-⸢da⸣-[sa₂]-⸢he₂-gal₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [ha]-⸢a-iṭ UN-MEŠ ba⸣-[...] | |
| 11' | [EN reme₂]-⸢nu-u ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [... mu-bal]-⸢liṭ⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢DINGIR-MU⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-[MU ...] | |
| 20' | DINGIR u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂ liš-te-[še-ru-nin-ni] | |
| 21' | a-lak-ti [...] | |
| 22' | ⸢as⸣-hur-⸢ka ina DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [aṣ]-⸢bat TUG₂-SIG₂-ka x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [i]-⸢bi⸣ šu-me šu-rik ⸢U₄⸣-[MEŠ-MU] | |
| 3 | [su]-⸢pu⸣-ru ru-up-piš ⸢lim⸣-[ʾ-id] | |
| 4 | lil-[li-di] | |
| 5 | [...] mur-ṣi qi₂-bi [...] | |
| 6 | [an]-⸢ni DU₈{ir} lit-ta-bil⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [li]-⸢ma⸣-ši gil₂-⸢la-ti su-pu⸣-[uh ...] | |
| 8 | [lu]-⸢ša₂⸣-pi nar₃-bi-ka ⸢lut⸣-[ta-ʾ-id] | |
| 9 | DINGIR{ut}[ka] | |
| 10 | [ud]-da-kam₂ la ⸢pa⸣-[da-a] | |
| 11 | ⸢qur⸣-ud-ka lud-[lul] | |
| 12 | ⸢KA-INIM⸣-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}⸢DI.KUD-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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