LKA 052 (P413964)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413964 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13681 |
| 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 Sin [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Power]ful among the gods [. . .] . [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | King of the world, father of the gods, lord of . . . |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Foremost of the heavens and earth, light of [. . .] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Who [. . .] the totality of the gods. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Without you, . . . cannot . . |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the [sc]atte[re]d people |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [W]here you comman[d . . .] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [The fal]len, who is weak, you [take . . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [A ca]se of truth [. . .] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [The one who] does not have an heir [. . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [With]out [you . . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Seed (and) pregnan[cy . . .] . |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [The one who] has sought you shall not l[ac]k good fortune. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | You establish the foundation of the one who trusts in you. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | You provide the barren with a . . . |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | You m[ov]e the powerless to the fore. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | You lift up the head of the one who turns to you. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | You gather the storeroom of the one who(se belongings or family) is scattered. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | The one who has sin, you forgive his sin. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | You reconcile the one whose (personal) god is angry with him. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | When my (personal) god was angr[y] with me, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | And my (personal) goddess was angry with me, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | I endured (it) patiently for a long time. Lamentation (and) |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | bribery were set against me. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | I (am) so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so (and personal) goddess (is) so-and-so. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Loss, ruin, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | shortfall, (and) diminishment |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | severely beset me. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [My] hea[rt has beco]me aggrieved, my life has been diminished. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [I ca]ll to you, O lord, [in the midest of the] pure [heavens]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Truly look a[t me, . . .] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | You are merciful, [. . .] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | You are one who spares, O [Sin, . . .] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | You are very merciful, [O Sin, . . .] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | (You are) one who does not forget, O Sin, do not [forget me]! |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Reconcile with [me] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | my (personal) god and my (personal) goddess, who are angry, |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | furious, and enraged. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | Your great divinity, with me |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | reconcile, [so that] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | I may procl[aim] your [greatness] (and) |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | [resound] your [pr]aises! |
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]}3(u) [...] | |
| 2 | [gaš]-⸢ru DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ kib-rat AD ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ EN NAM.x⸣ | |
| 4 | a-ša₂-red AN{e} u ⸢KI{ti₃} ZALAG₂⸣ {d}[...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | ša ⸢nap⸣-har ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ina ⸢NU⸣.[ME].⸢A-ka⸣ ul [...]-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ [sa]-⸢ap⸣-[ha-a]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8 | [a]-šar at-ta taq-⸢bu⸣-[u ...] | |
| 9 | [ma]-⸢aq⸣-tu₂ ša₂ i-ni-šu₂ ta-[ṣab-bat ...] | |
| 10 | [di]-in kit-ti [...] | |
| 11 | [ša₂] ⸢IBILA⸣ NU ⸢TUKU⸣-[...] | |
| 12 | [ina] NU.⸢ME⸣-[ka ...] | |
| 13 | ⸢NUMUN⸣ mi-re-[e ...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 14 | [ša₂] iš-te-ʾ-i-⸢ka ul i⸣-[haṭ]-⸢ṭa dum-x⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ana ka-a-ša₂ tak-lu ⸢tu⸣-kan iš-di-šu₂ | |
| 16 | la a-lit-tu₂ UB-⸢x-x⸣ tu-ša₂-⸢aṣ⸣-bat | |
| 17 | la le-ʾ-a ⸢ta⸣-[šak]-⸢kan⸣ ana re-e-ši | |
| 18 | ša₂ is-hu-ru-ka ⸢ta-na-aš₂⸣-ši re-es-su | |
| 19 | ša₂ sap-hi tu-pah-ha-⸢ra ga⸣-nun-šu₂ | |
| 20 | ša ar-na TUKU{u} ta-paṭ-ṭar a-ra-an-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢ša₂⸣ DINGIR-šu₂ KI-šu₂ ze-nu-⸢u⸣ tu-sal-lam | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-nu-ma DINGIR-MU ze-nu-[u] it-ti-MU | |
| 2 | u₃ {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU ze-na-at KI-ia | |
| 3 | ul-tu ul-la a-šad-da-da ni-sa-tu₂ | |
| 4 | ṭa-ʾ-tu₂ taš-ku-na UGU-MU | |
| 5 | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-⸢šu₂⸣ NENNI {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ NENNI-tu₂ | |
| 6 | ṣi-i-tu₂ hu-lu-uq-qu-u₂ | |
| 7 | bu-tuq-qu-u₂ nu-šur-ru-u₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢ma-gal⸣ GAR{nu}nim-ma | |
| 9 | [i-ta]-⸢šu⸣-uš lib₃-[bi] ⸢ik⸣-tu₂-ru ZI-⸢ti₃⸣ | |
| 10 | [al]-⸢si⸣-ka ⸢be⸣-li₂ [ina qe₂-reb AN]{e} KU₃-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ⸢ki⸣-niš ⸢nap⸣-li-[sa-an-ni-ma ...] | |
| 12 | ta-a-a-ra-ta [...] | |
| 13 | e-ṭe-re-ta {⸢d⸣}3(u) ...] | |
| 14 | ⸢gam-ma-la⸣-ta {⸢d⸣}3(u) ...] | |
| 15 | ša₂ la ma-še-e {⸢d}3(u) la ta⸣-[maš-ša₂-an-ni] | |
| 16 | si-⸢lim⸣ it-⸢ti⸣-[ia] | |
| 17 | DINGIR-MU u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU ze-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 18 | šab-su-ti u ku-um-mu-lu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 19 | ⸢DINGIR⸣{ut}ka GAL{tu₂} KI-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 20 | su-ul-li-ma-⸢am⸣-[ma] | |
| 21 | [nar-bi]-ka lu-⸢ša₂⸣-[pi] | |
| 22 | [da₃]-⸢li₂⸣-li₂-⸢ka⸣ [lud-lul] | |
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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