LKA 056 (P413968)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413968 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13689 + VAT 13872 + VAT 20440a |
| 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 most [exalted] prince, son of Tutu (i.e., Marduk), |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Expe[rt] leader, scion of Papnunnaki (i.e., Zarpanitu), |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Nabu, who bears the tablet of destinies of the [god]s, inspector of Esagil, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Lord of Ezida, shelter of Borsippa, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Beloved of Papnunnak, who gives vigor, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Most exalted of Shuanna, who guards life, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Canopy of habitations, savior of the peoples, lord of sanctuaries, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Your name in the mouth of the peoples (is) a heartening [. . .]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Great son of the prince, Marduk, with your word [. . .] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | At your august utterance, with your [. . .] command, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [May I] be healthy, may I become w[hole]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | May I achie[ve whatever I pl]an. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Pl]ace truth [. . .] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [. . .] a good [. . .] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | May [. . .] speak [. . .] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [. . .] my [god . . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | May [. . .] establish li[fe . . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May [. . .] speak [of you . . .] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [It is the wording] of a lifted-hand prayer to Nabu. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | According to an old tablet of lifted-han[d prayers] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | to Nabu, written and checked. Inscription of Ashur-shakin-shumi, the son of Shu[ma], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the priest of Ashur and Nergal, who in Nabu the lord of the tab[let] house, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the great lord, lord of everything, lord of lords, his lord, trus[ts]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Whoever trusts in you shall not be put to shame, O Kalkal, all-powerful soldier. |
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⸣ NUN ⸢SAG⸣.[KAL] bu-kur₂ {d}TU.TU | |
| 2 | MAS.SU₃ ⸢e-te-ep⸣-[šu₂] ⸢i⸣-lit-<ti> {d}PAP.NUN.NA.KI | |
| 3 | {d}AG na-ši ṭup-ši-⸢mat⸣ [DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-šir e₂-sag-gil₂{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 4 | EN E₂.ZI.DA ṣu-⸢lul⸣ bar-sipa{[ki]} | |
| 5 | na-ram {d}PAP.NUN.NA.KI ⸢qa-i⸣-šu₂ ba-la₂-⸢ṭi⸣ | |
| 6 | a-ša₂-red ŠU.AN.NA{ki} na-⸢ṣir⸣ ZI{[tim]} | |
| 7 | an-dul-lu ⸢da⸣-ad₂-mi KAR{ir} UN-[MEŠ] ⸢EN⸣ eš-⸢re⸣-[ti] | |
| 8 | zi-kir-ka ina KA UN-MEŠ šu-ṭu₃-⸢ba⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | DUMU NUN{e} GAL{u₂} {d}AMAR.UTU ina INIM-ka [...] | |
| 10 | [ina] si₃-ik-ri-ka DUGUD ina qi₂-bi-ti-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [lu]-⸢ub₂-luṭ⸣ lu-⸢uš⸣-[lim-ma] | |
| 12 | [e-ma a-kap]-⸢pu⸣-du lu-⸢uk⸣-[šud] | |
| 13 | [šu-uš]-⸢kin₂⸣ kit-tu₂ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] SIG₅{tu₂} [...] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢liq-bu⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | [... DINGIR]-⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [... li]-kin ⸢nap⸣-[ša-ti ...] | |
| 3' | [...] liq-⸢bi⸣-[ka ...] | |
| 4' | [KA-INIM-MA] ⸢ŠU⸣-IL₂-LA₂ {d}⸢AG⸣-[KAM] | |
| 5' | ina ZAG ⸢DUB⸣ LIBIR{tu} ša ŠU.⸢IL₂⸣.[LA₂-MEŠ] | |
| 6' | ša {d}AG ⸢SAR⸣ ba₃-⸢ri₃⸣ SAR {m}aš-šur-GAR-MU A {m}⸢šu⸣-[ma-a] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}SANGA aš-šur ⸢u⸣ {d}MAŠ.MAŠ ša a-na {d}AG EN E₂ ⸢ṭup⸣-[pi] | |
| 8' | EN GAL{u₂} EN kul-lat EN ⸢EN⸣.EN EN-šu₂ tak-[lu₄] | |
| 9' | NIR.GAL₂-⸢ZU⸣ NU TEŠ₂ {d}[kal]-⸢kal⸣ KAL.LAB ⸢KAL.KAL⸣{[nu]} | |
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- 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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