LKA 046 + 047a-b (P413958)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 046 + 047a-b |
|---|---|
| ID | P413958 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13684 + VAT 14062 (+) VAT 13950 (+) VAT 13953 (+) VAT 14227 |
| 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' | Who spares the fallen, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Who delivers good things, who gui[des . . . aright], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The god without whom [. . .] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Divine Judge of gods and goddesses, over[seer . . .] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Who provisions the Edasahe[gal . . .] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | The tota[lity . . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Who] oversees the people, who obser[ves everything, whatever] there is, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | O merci[ful] god, [who] loves . . . life, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Who takes hold of the hands of the dow[n-trodden in dis]tress, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] the dead, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | O Madanu, merciful god, [who] loves [. . .] life, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Who takes hold of the hands of the down-trodden [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | You are [rele]nting among the gods, [he]ar (my) prayer! |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [. . . foremo]st, merciful god, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [. . .] . . decree my well-being. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [Reconcile] me to (my) angry (personal) god, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | (And) my angry (personal) goddess, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | That [. . . may] lead me aright, |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | (And) that my way may prosper. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | [. . . the god]s, have mercy on me! |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [. . .] your [. . .]. Grant me life! |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [. . .]. Length my days! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Bro]aden [. . .]! Make numerous |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | my offspring! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [. . .] my [ill]ness! Speak life! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [. . .]. May my fear be carried off. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | May [my] sin be forgotten. [Disp]erse my weariness. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | That I may proclaim [your] greatness (and) [pra]ise |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | That I may unceasing[ly] forever sing [. . .]! |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | It is the wo[rdi]ng of a lift[ed]-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' | ⸢ga-mil ma-aq⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢mu-še-rib⸣ SIG₅-MEŠ ⸢muš⸣-[te-ši-ru ...] | |
| 4' | DINGIR ša₂ ina ba-li-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | DI.KUD DINGIR u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂ ⸢ha⸣-[ʾ-iṭ ...] | |
| 7' | ⸢pa⸣-qid E₂-da-sa₂-he₂-[gal₂ ...] | |
| 8' | ⸢gi⸣-[mir ...] | |
| 9' | [ha]-⸢a-iṭ UN-MEŠ ba⸣-[ru-u kal mim-ma] ⸢šum-šu₂⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢DINGIR reme⸣-[nu-u ... i]-⸢ram⸣-mu | |
| 11' | ṣa-bit ŠU.⸢MIN na⸣-[as₂-ki ina dan]-⸢na⸣-ti | |
| 12' | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₂ | |
| 13' | {d}DI.KUD DINGIR reme-nu-u [... i]-⸢ram-mu⸣ | |
| 14' | ⸢ṣa⸣-bit ŠU.MIN na-as₂-⸢ki⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | [ta]-⸢a⸣-a-ra-ta ina DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ši]-⸢me A.RA.ZU⸣ | |
| 17' | [... reš-ti]-⸢i⸣ DINGIR re-me₂-ni-i | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢qi₂⸣-bi da-mi₃-iq-ti | |
| 19' | [su-ul-li-ma]-⸢am-ma⸣ DINGIR ze-⸢ni⸣-i | |
| 20' | {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂ ze-ni-tu₄ | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢liš⸣-te-še-ru-nin-ni-ma | |
| 22' | a-lak-ti lid-mi₃-iq | |
| 23' | [... DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ TUKU{a} re-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢ka⸣ TI.LA qi₂-⸢šam⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] šu-rik U₄-MEŠ-MU | |
| 3 | [... ru]-⸢up⸣-piš šum-⸢ʾ-da⸣ | |
| 4 | lil-⸢li⸣-di | |
| 5 | [... mur]-⸢ṣi⸣ qi₂-bi ⸢TI⸣.LA | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢lit-ta⸣-bil ⸢a-di⸣-ri | |
| 7 | lim-ma-⸢ši⸣ gil₂-⸢la⸣-[ti su]-⸢pu-uh ta⸣-ne₂-hi | |
| 8 | lu-ša₂-pi nar₃-⸢bi⸣-[ka lut]-⸢ta-id⸣ | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | ud-da-kam₂ la pa-⸢da⸣-[a ...] ⸢lud-lul⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢KA⸣-[INIM]-⸢MA ŠU-IL₂⸣-[LA₂ {d]}DI.KUD-KE₄ | |
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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