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LKA 062 (P413974)

Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	LKA 062
ID	P413974
Museum no.	VAT 13833
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

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	[la-a]-it,# a-a-bi da-a-isz na-ki-ri-i-szu	'The enemy will kill his enemies swiftly.'
2	[sze-'i]-i# i-me-ri _kur_-i da-li-hi bu-lu _edin_	“It is raining, the mountains are trembling, the sheep of the steppe are wailing.
3	[et,-lu] sza# {d}a-asz-szur tuk-lat-su {d}iszkur re-s,u-szu	the young man whom Ashur his trust, Adad his helper
4	[a]-li#-ik a-na pa-ni-szu a-sza-red _dingir-mesz_ {d}masz#	I marched before him, foremost of the gods, Ninurta
5	ba-a-a-ru a-na i-me-ri i-ka-pu-da qab-lu#	(If) a flood rolls on the surface of the earth: battle.
6	a-na qi-it na-pisz-ti-szu-nu u2-sa-ha-na pa-tar-szu#	In the midst of their life he released his body.
7	i-isz-mu-u2 i-me-re-e# i-da-ku-ku ina re-e-szi#	They heard, they saw, they ate. At the head
8	pu-lu-uh-tu sza2 ba-a-a-ri e-li-szu-nu la tab-kat3	The fear of the enemy cannot be overturned against them.
9	i-ma-ha-ru te-szu-u2 a-a-u2 sza2 i-se-ni-qa-a-na-szi	(Sum) The lord, the one who is enraged with us (Akk) The one that is angry with us, who is furious with us
10	sza2 qe-re-eb-ni la i-mu-ru u2-pa-ra-du pu-hu-ur-ne#	(Sum) The one who does not see inside (Akk) The ones who do not see outside (var.) They are the ones who open the gates
11	a-ni-nu u2#-zu-ba-a-ni ina ki-is _kur_-i sza2-qu-ti	We have been smitten by the destruction of the high mountains.
12	i-ma-si-ri sza2 sza-du-e szu-pa-ta-ni ma-a ra-ma-at	(Sum) The one who screams “It is me, it is me!' (Akk) He who shouts, he shouts at me, I am the one of the mountain(s)!
13	sza2-a-ra sza2 ba-a-a-ri li-sza2-i ki-pa-su-ma	(Sum) The one of the šaŋara drum, the one of ... (Akk) May the one who ... drums the kipasu drum
14	szi-da#!-at qa-al-ti-szu e li-il-li-ka sza2 da pu-hu-ur-ti	May he come to you, the one who is beside the scepter
15	isz-me-e ba-a-a-ru sza2 bu-lu _kur_-i da-ba-bu	who hears the utterances of the people of the mountains,
16	sza2-an-su-ku t,e3-szu2-nu si-qi-ri-szu2-nu pi-it-ru-du	They are entrusted with their reports, their omens, and their interpretations.
17	ma-a _pel_ szi-ir-'a-an-szu2-nu zi-ka-ru ma-a la mal-du	saying: “Remove their širʾšû-disease and zikaru-illness, and I will not be able to do it.‭
18	a-na qu-ra-de-e sza2 e-li szad#-di#! a-bu-tu-u2 i-zaq-qa-ar	To the warriors who are above the mountain(s), the word(s) is uttered
19	ni-i-li-ik sza2 bu-li szad-di sza#-ga-al-ta-szu2-nu ni-isz-kun	We set up a šagaltānu-vessel for the one who carries the hair of a young man.
20	i-ka-ki-i-ni-i sza2 sa-ha-an da#-mi-szu2-nu ni-qi2	Whoever breaks the contract shall pay the silver.
21	a-di e-ni szam-me-szu il-tap-pa-ta pu-ha-di	Until he has smeared his nose, he will be seized.
22	il-ta-mar ki-ma {d}iszkur {d}sza2-masz i-s,i-mi3-di ma-szi-ri#	he has seen. Like Adad and Šamaš he saw my face.
reverse
1	har-ra-an sze-lal-ti _u4_-me ir-ti-di [ina mu-szi-ti]	The road to the netherworld he traversed for a long time. In the night
2	a-du la {d}sza2-masz na-ba-hu i-bi-ru-szu-nu an-qu-lu	until Šamaš the nabaḫu-priest saw them, they were taken captive.
3	u2-szar-ri-t,i _sza3_-bi a-ra-ti u2-na-pi-il la-ku-ti	he made great. The heart of the Arātu he filled with joy.
4	sza da-nu-ti-szu2-nu u2-na-ki-is ki-sza2-da-ti	(Sum) I cut off the ones whose strength was cut off (Akk) The one who cut off their strength
5	qu-tu-ru ma-ti-szu2-nu _erin2-mesz_-szu2-nu i-te!-di-il	the enemy their land and their troops he led off.
6	sza a-na asz-szur i-ha-t,u-u2 i-mi-i kar-mi-isz	(Sum) (Akk) (The one) who has sinned against Aššīr, he is a slanderer.
7	la-za-mu-ru li-it asz-szur da-a'-na sza i-tal-la-ka a-na szal-me#	May the strong one, who came, be praised for the recovery of his life!
8	il-la-ta kib-ra-ti i-sa-at-ka-na li-i-tu2#!	(Sum) The ilātu priestess of the four quarters (of the world) is your servant (Akk) Your servantesses are your servants in all the quarters
9	li-isz-me ma-hi-ru-u a-na ar-ki lu-sza2-an-[ni]	May they listen to me, and may they make me happy.
10	a-na an-tum be-el-ti kaq#-qi2-ri _gal_-tu4#	To Antu, my lady, the great quay
11	a-na {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-szi-bat qer-bi ir-kal-li	to Ištar who dwells inside he shall hold.
12	asz2-ri-gi-in-gal be-el-ti kaq-qi2-ri _gal_-tu4	Ašrigingal, my lady, the great ground
13	a-na {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-szi-bat qer-bi ir-kal-li	to Ištar who dwells inside he shall hold.
14	_e2_ ir-kal-li sza2 a-li-ku-tu-szu2 la ta-a-a-ru#	The house of the irkallu-priestess, whose prayers cannot be changed
15	asz-ru nu-ru la sza2-kin2 _ug3-mesz_-szu#	a lit. a nugig priestess, not established for his people
16	asz-ru mi-tu-su sah-hu-pu ina ep-ri	(As for) the one who removes its inscription, it is scattered in the steppe.
17	_a2_ ek-le-tu _mul_ ul u2-s,a-a	the dark side of the star did not come out.
18	_dumu-munus_ {d}sin u2-zu-un-sza2 ip-te-ma	the daughter of Sîn opened her mouth, and
19	ip-te-ma u2-za-an-sza2 u2-sza2-asz2-kin2	he opened it, cleared it, and set it up.
20	sza2 a-li-ku-u2-tu2-sza2 la ta-a-ru-u2	whose way is unrivaled,

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