LKA 059 (P413971)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413971 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1a 1–a 1a 1 | Incantation: O lady, queen, [. . .] |
| a [1:2] a 22–a 22 | Creator of the womb [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 33–a 33 | [. . .] exalted, rule[r of the world] |
| a [3:4] a 44–a 44 | [. . .] position is supreme [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 55–a 55 | [. . .] all the people with joy [. . .] |
| a [5:6] a 66–a 66 | [. . .] whose favorable attention [. . .] |
| a [6:7] a 77–a 77 | [. . .] who pacifies [. . .] |
| a [7:8] a 88–a 88 | (One with) broad intelligence, who gives [life], |
| a [8:9] a 99–a 99 | [. . .] incantation, who restores life to the dying. |
| a [9:10] a 1010–a 1010 | [By] your [order] the sick person becomes well, his distress is weakened. |
| a [10:11] a 1111–a 1111 | O my lady, your name is invoked among the gods. |
| a [11:12] a 1212–a 1212 | O my [la]dy, among all the stars of the heavens, |
| a [12:13] a 1313–a 1313 | You are high(?) in (your) position, in the heavens your dwelling is exalted. |
| a [13:14] a 1414–a 1414 | [. . .] you, O lady, among all the gods, your brothers, |
| a [14:15] a 1515–a 1515 | [I] beseech you among the totality of the heavens. |
| a [15:16] a 1616–a 1616 | Pay attention [to the lift]ing of my hands, listen to me! |
| a [16:17] a 1717–a 1717 | [. . .] my prayer, hear the utterance of my mouth! |
| a [17:18] a 1818–a 1818 | [The pr]ayer that I (hereby) speak before you [. . .] |
| a [18:19] a 1919–a 1919 | [. . .] . . . lengthen . . . [. . .] |
| a [19:20] a 2020–a 2020 | [. . .] the sickness that is in [my] body. |
| a [20:21] a 2121–a 2121 | [. . .] hear [. . .] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1 | EN₂ be-el-tu₂ šar-ra-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ba-na⸣-at sa-⸢as⸣-su-ri [...] | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢tu₂⸣ ti-iz-qar-tu₄ ⸢ba-i⸣-[lat kib-ra-ti] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢man⸣-za-za šur-bat ⸢i⸣-[...] | |
| 5 | [...]-⸢tu⸣ DU₃ UN-MEŠ ha-diš [...] | |
| 6 | [...]-⸢tu₄⸣ ša₂ na-as-hur-ša₂ [...] | |
| 7 | [...]-im mu-šap-ši-⸢hat⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢pal-kat⸣ uz-ni ša₂-ri-⸢qat⸣ [na-piš-ti] | |
| 9 | [...] šip-ta ⸢mu⸣-bal-li-ṭa-at me-[e-ti] | |
| 10 | [ina pi]-⸢ki⸣ TI{uṭ} GIG i-niš ta-ni-ih-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢be-el⸣-ti ina DINGIR-MEŠ na-bi MU{ki} | |
| 12 | [be-el]-ti ina ka-la MUL-MEŠ ⸢ša₂-ma⸣-me | |
| 13 | ⸢ša₂-qa⸣-ti man-za-za ina AN{e} šu-bat-⸢ki ṣi⸣-rat | |
| 14 | [...]-⸢iš⸣-ki be-el-tu₄ ina DU₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ki | |
| 15 | [u₂]-sap-pi-ki ina kal ⸢gi⸣-mir ša₂-ma-me | |
| 16 | [ana ni]-⸢iš⸣ ŠU-MIN-ia qu-lim-ma ši-mi-i ia-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 17 | [...] ik-ri-bi-ia ši-mi₃-i ṣi-⸢it⸣ pi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 18 | [tes₂]-lit ad-bu-⸢bu⸣ IGI-ki ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | [x]-mi-ni šu-ri-ki ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | [x]-⸢us-hi mur⸣-ṣi ša₂ ba-šu-u ina ⸢SU⸣-[ia] | |
| 21 | [...] ⸢ši⸣-mi₃-i [...] | |
| 22 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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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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