LKA 058 (P413970)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413970 |
| Museum no. | Ist A — ? |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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: She is splendid, she is splendid, she is the greatest [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | She is adorned with divine radiance, filled with [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The daughter of Sin is adorned with seductive allure, filled with awesome radiance. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | O daughter of Sin, your purificatory rites are adorned. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | O daughter of Sin, your ritual ordinances are performed (lit. lifted up). |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | O daughter of Sin, pay heed to my case, and according to your passing of judgment, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Let there be righteousness. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Let my case pros[per](?). |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | O daughter of Sin, [I a]m weak. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | O daughter of Sin, [I a]m exhausted. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [O daughter] of Sin I am sick; O daughter of Sin [I am] dee[ply distressed]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [O daughter] of Sin, [I am] upse[t]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [O daughter] of Sin, [I am] agitat[ed]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [O daughter of] Sin I am afraid. O daughter of [Sin I am frightened]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | Incantation: You, star[s . . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Enlil created you [. . .] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Nudimmud [. . . your] posit[ion] in the heavens. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The totality of the <gods>(?) inspires t[rust] in (your) permanency. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | To Dagan, who brightens, illum[inates] the darkness. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | You return the captive, the plundered one to [his] people. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, call out to you. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Hear my speaking! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | May the star to whom I call out come (to me) with favor! |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to all of the stars. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | You do (the ritual) with either a ritual assemblage or a censer. |
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 šar-hat šar-hat šur-bat [...] | |
| 2 | ME.LAM₂ zu-ʾ-na-at SA₅{at} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ma-rat {d}3(u) HI.LI ul-lu-hat SA₅{at} nam-⸢ri-ir-ru⸣ | |
| 4 | ma-rat {d}3(u) ul-lu-hu šu-luh-hi-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 5 | ma-rat {d}3(u) na-šu-u₂ GARZA-MEŠ-ki | |
| 6 | ma-rat {d}3(u) ana di-ni-ia qu-li-ma ana DI.KUD-ki | |
| 7 | i-ša₂-ru-tu₂ lul-⸢lik⸣ | |
| 8 | ana di-ni-ia SI.SA₂{tu₂} li-⸢iz⸣-[ziz] | |
| 9 | ma-rat {d}3(u) an-ha-[ku] | |
| 10 | ma-rat {d}3(u) šu-nu-ha-[ku] | |
| 11 | [ma-rat] {d}3(u) GIG{ku} ma-rat {d}3(u) u₂-[šu₂-ša₂-ku] | |
| 12 | [ma-rat] {⸢d⸣}3(u) šu-un-zu-⸢qa⸣-[ku] | |
| 13 | [ma-rat] {⸢d⸣}3(u) ⸢šu⸣-ud-⸢lu⸣-[pa-ku] | |
| 14 | [ma-rat {d]}3(u) ad-ra-⸢ku ma-rat {d⸣}3(u) šu-ta-du-ra-ku] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 1' | [ma]-⸢rat⸣ {d}3(u) ...] | |
| 2' | [ma]-⸢rat⸣ {d}3(u) [...] | |
| 3' | [ma]-⸢rat⸣ {d}3(u) ana ⸢DINGIR⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | {[d]}⸢asal-lu₂⸣-hi MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 5' | ⸢li⸣-[...] | |
| 6' | [ana] ⸢šim⸣-te-ia li-⸢qiš⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [ana] ŠU-MIN-MEŠ SIG₅-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MU ...] | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢x⸣ AN ⸢NA x⸣ [(x)] x x x [x x] | |
| 9' | [...] x ⸢ma-rat {d}3(u) x x [(x)] | |
| 10' | [ana-ku {m]}x-x-[(x)]-a-ni DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ x x [x x] | |
| 11' | [(x)] x x (x)-še-e ⸢ma-rat {d}3(u) x x [(x)] | |
| 12' | {[lu₂]}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {⸢munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x (x)] x-⸢ti⸣ IGI-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu x x [x] | |
| 14' | [x x x (x)] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ip-šu-šu]-⸢nin-ni u₂-lap-pi⸣-[tu-nin-ni] | |
| 2' | [u₂]-⸢kat₃⸣-ti-mu-nin-ni ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣-[šu-nu] | |
| 3' | [UŠ₁₁]-⸢šu⸣-nu UŠ₁₁-šu-nu HUL.[GIG-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | [li-sa]-⸢pi⸣-ih-ma ma-rat {[d}3(u) ...] | |
| 5' | [ma]-⸢rat {d}3(u) lu tuk-li⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [ma]-rat {d}3(u) [...] | |
| 7' | [ma]-rat {d}3(u) x [...] | |
| 8' | [ma]-rat {d}3(u) [...] | |
| 9' | [x] ⸢EL⸣ ana ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | {[d}iš-tar] be-let KUR.KUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | ⸢ma⸣-rat {⸢d}3(u) [...] | |
| 1'' | EN₂ at-tu₂-nu MUL-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 2'' | {d}EN.LIL₂ DU₃-ku-nu-ši [...] | |
| 3'' | {d}NU.DIM₂.MUD ina AN{e} ma-⸢za⸣-[az-ku-nu ...] | |
| 4'' | GIŠ-HUR-MEŠ ki-na-a-ti u₂-⸢il⸣-[...] | |
| 5'' | {d}da-gan muš-na-mir uk-li muš-⸢te⸣-[x x] | |
| 6'' | tu-tar hab-tam šal-la a-na UN-MEŠ-[šu] | |
| 7'' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI al-si-ku-nu-ši | |
| 8'' | ši-ma-a qa-ba-a-a | |
| 9'' | MUL ša as-su-u ana SIG₅{ti₃} DU{ka} | |
| 10'' | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ MUL-MEŠ DU₃-A-BI | |
| 11'' | lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA DU₃{[uš]} | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢DUB⸣ {m}aš-šur-GAR-MU A {m}šu-ma-a {lu₂}ŠAB.TUR.⸢TUR⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ a-na {d}AG EN kul-lat EN-šu₂ tak-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 3 | NIR.GAL₂.ZU NU ⸢TEŠ₂⸣ | |
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- 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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