LKA 048 (P413961)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413961 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13847 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . . who gua]rds lif[e], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . .] who gives life, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . . pr]ayer, recieves supplication, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . .] the people, all of creation, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [. . .] and sunset, who rules the [. . .] heavens, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [. . . da]ily, you oversee continuously, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [. . .] Balasi, the son of his (personal) god, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [. . .] Nabu, (and) his (personal) goddess, Tashmetu, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [. . .] I am kneeling night and day, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [The]y constantly laud [. . .], they praise your heroism. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] . . . , who intercedes [. . .] the poor, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [. . .] . . . your ear . . . |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [. . .] evil, unfavorable signs, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [. . .] may they depart from me. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Command life (for me) [that I may indeed l]ive. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [. . .] . . . my position before you |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [. . .] that I may be sated, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [. . . may] it be glad on account of you, may Esagil rejoice over you, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | May [the great gods] satisfy your heart. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | May [. . .] (and) Ea elevate [your] lord[ship], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [. . .] Balasi, son of his (personal) god [. . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | That I may [. . .] your [great]ness . . . |
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' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... na]-⸢ṣi-rat⸣ ZI{[ti]} | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢qa⸣-i-šat ba-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ | |
| 4' | [... un]-⸢ni-ni⸣ ma-hi-rat tes₂-li-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢UN⸣-ME gi-mir nab-ni-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u šil-la-an ba-ʾ-lat AN [...] | |
| 7' | [... ud]-da-kam ta-bar-ri-i sa-an-⸢tak₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [... {m]}⸢ba⸣-la-si DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ | |
| 9' | [... {d]}AG {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}PAPNUN | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢kit⸣-mu-sa-ku mu-ša₂ u im-ma | |
| 11' | [... iš]-⸢tam⸣-ma-⸢ra⸣ qur-ud-ki dal-la | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣-u₂-tu₂ ⸢ṣa-bi-ta-at⸣ [...] ⸢en⸣-ši | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x (x) | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣ GEŠTUG-ki ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] MUNUS.HUL i-da-at la ⸢DU₁₀⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] li-su-u UGU-MU | |
| 5' | [a-na-ku lu-ub]-⸢lu⸣-uṭ qi₂-bi-i ba-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] man-za-zi mah-ra-ki | |
| 7' | [...]-ri lu-uš-bi | |
| 8' | [... lih]-du-ki <e₂>-sag-il₂(ki) li-⸢riš-ki⸣ | |
| 9' | [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] lib₃-ba-ki li-ṭib-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 10' | [...] {d}DIŠ li-šar₂-bu-u be-[lut-ki] | |
| 11' | [... {m]}ba-la-si A DINGIR-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... nar]-⸢bi⸣-ki ⸢lu-x-ta⸣-[...] | |
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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