LKA 051 (P413963)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413963 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13632 |
| 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 Nusku, most exalted, heir of [Duranki], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Be]loved of Enlil, counsellor, who determi[nes the fates], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | August [vizier], who guides everythi[ng], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [In the pure heavens], your command is exalted, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | In E[shar]ra, your word is glorified, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | In your procession, the great gods are attentive, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Without you, Anu, the father of the gods, does not give coun[sel], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Enlil, the counsellor, does not decide a case, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Without you the people are not guided aright. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [I], Ashur-mudammiq, son of his (personal) god, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Whose] (personal) god (is) Nabu, his (personal) goddess Tashmetu, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [On account] of the evil of evil signs which constantly crossed my path (lit. constantly cross in front of me), |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [On account] of my dream . . . anxiety (lit. distress of the heart) is continually imposed on me. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [. . .] . . . [. . .] . . man, woman(?) . . . |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | I turn to you, I seek you out, I pay (you) heed, [I kneel] before [you]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Have mercy! May your ang[ry heart] be at ease [immediately]! |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [Be]fore Enlil, the counsellor, may you be [my] interc[essor]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | Forgive my sins; [erase my] crimes. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [May] a favorable protective spirit (and) favorable divine guardian [go at my side] daily. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | May mouth (and) tongue speak [(something) favorable]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | I ca[me befo]re [you]; [may I be sated with life]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [It is] the word of a lifted-hand prayer to [Nusku]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Its ritual: [You do (it)] with either a ritual assemblage or with a censer. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 44–r 44 | (In) the month of Ayyar, (on) the 19th day [. . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 55–r 55 | It should be done in the evening. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 66–r 66 | Belonging to Ashur-mudammiq. |
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] {⸢d⸣}NUSKA šur-⸢bu⸣-u i-lit-⸢ti⸣ [DUR.AN.KI] | |
| 2 | [na]-⸢ram⸣ {d}BAD ma-⸢lik⸣ mu-⸢šim⸣-[mu NAM.TAR-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [SUKKAL] ⸢ṣi-ru⸣ mu-ut-⸢ta⸣-ʾ-er mim-⸢ma šum⸣-[šu] | |
| 4 | [ina AN]{⸢e} KU₃⸣-MEŠ qi₂-⸢bit⸣-ka ṣi-rat | |
| 5 | ⸢ina E₂⸣.[ŠAR₂].RA šur-⸢ru⸣-hat a-mat-ka | |
| 6 | ⸢ina a-ṣi⸣-ka u₂-⸢paq⸣-qu DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7 | ina ⸢ba-li⸣-ka {d}a-num ⸢AD⸣ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ ul ⸢i⸣-nam-din ⸢mil⸣-[ku] | |
| 8 | {⸢d}BAD⸣ ma-li-⸢ki⸣ EŠ.BAR ul KUD{as} | |
| 9 | ⸢ina ba-li-ka⸣ ul ⸢uš⸣-te-še-ra te-ne₂-še-ti | |
| 10 | [ana-ku] aš-šur-{mu}SIG₅{iq} ⸢DUMU⸣ DINGIR-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [ša₂] ⸢DINGIR-šu₂⸣ {d}⸢AG⸣ {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}PAPNUN | |
| 12 | [ina] HUL ⸢A₂-MEŠ HUL-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ina IGI-MU GIB-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 13 | [ina] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣.GE₆-⸢MU⸣ x x ⸢GAZ ŠA₃⸣ UŠ.ME{⸢ni⸣} | |
| 14 | [x]-⸢še⸣-ku šu₂-[x] ⸢x⸣ LU₂ ⸢MUNUS⸣ x x ⸢ma⸣ ša₂ IGI ⸢x⸣ | |
| 15 | [x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ nim še [(x)] | |
| 16 | ⸢NIGIN⸣-ka a-še-ʾ-e-⸢ka GAL₂⸣{a} GEŠTU-MIN-⸢a-a ša₂-pal⸣-[ka ak-mis] | |
| 17 | ⸢ri⸣-ša₂-a re-e-mu ⸢ag⸣-[gu ŠA₃{ba]}⸢ka li⸣-nu-⸢ha⸣ [sur-riš] | |
| 18 | [ina] ma-⸢har⸣ {d}EN.LIL₂ ma-⸢li⸣-ki lu ⸢ṣa⸣-[bit a]-⸢bu-ti⸣-[ia at-ta] | |
| 19 | ⸢ar₂⸣-ni-ia pu-ṭur gil₂-⸢la-ti⸣-[ia pu-su-us] | |
| 20 | {d}ALAD₂ SIG₅ {d}LAMA₃ ⸢SIG₅ u₄⸣-mi₃-šam-⸢ma⸣ [lit-tal-la-ka i-da-a-a] | |
| 21 | ⸢KA⸣ EME liq-bu-u [SIG₅{te]} | |
| 22 | [ana mah]-⸢ri⸣-ka ⸢al-li⸣-[ka TI.LA lu-uš-be₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢KA⸣-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {⸢d⸣}[NUSKA-KAM] | |
| 2 | ⸢DU₃⸣.DU₃.BI ⸢lu⸣ ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA [DU₃{uš]} | |
| 4 | ⸢ITI GU₄ U₄⸣.1(u) 9(diš).⸢KAM⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 5 | ⸢ina nu⸣-bat-ti in-ne₂-⸢ep-peš⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR-{mu}⸢SIG₅{iq⸣} | |
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- 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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