LKA 082 (P413991)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413991 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08286 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Humanity, the people, the black-headed ones (Udugḫul II 47), (Akkad.:) "humanity, the people, the black-headed ones" (Udugḫul II 48). This is its Sumerian ... |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | "When I enter the house, Šamaš is in front of me and Sîn is behind me" (Udugḫul III 142 und 144). (To be interpreted) as follows: When my face is directed towards the rising sun, the following (applies): Šamaš is in front of me, Sîn is behind me. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "Nergal is to my right, Ninurta is to my left." (Udugḫul III 146 und 148) – In my mouth .... |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | From: "Be released, evil!" |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | "The ones poured out as progeny of Anu, they are children born by the netherworld. They belong to an evil nurse. They sucked the milk of an evil wet-nurse" (Udugḫul III 2, 4 und 6). |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11b.e. 11–b.e. 11b.e. 11 | "They set their feet into the netherworld (arallû)" (Udugḫul III 8). (To be interpreted) as follows: It refers to acts of killing. |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 1212–b.e. 1212 | "In the tomb, they opened a door" (Udugḫul III 10). (To be interpreted) as follows: They opened a door in the netherworld. |
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 | nam-lu₂-u₁₉-lu uŋ₃ saŋ-gig₂-ga-ke₄ | |
| 2 | a-me-lu-tu₂ ni-ši ṣal-mat qaq-qa-di an-nu-u šu-mer-šu KI.A GAR.A | |
| 3 | a-na E₂ ina e-re-bi-ia | |
| 4 | {d}UTU ina IGI-ia {d}30 ina ar₂-ki-ia ma-a šum-ma ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ pa-ni-ia GAR{nu} | |
| 5 | ma-a {d}UTU ina IGI-ia {d}30 ina ar₂-ki-ia | |
| 6 | {d}U.GUR ina im-ni-ia {d}MAŠ ina GUB₃-ia ina KA-ia ha-riš | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃ pu-ṭur lem-nu | |
| 8 | ša₂ ri-hu-ut {d}a-nu re-hu-u DUMU-MEŠ i-lit-ti KI{ti₃} šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | ša₂ ta-ri-ti HUL{ti₃} šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ša₂ mu-še-niq-ti le-mut-ti ši-iz-ba i-ni-qu šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | ina a-ra-al-le-e še-pa i-šak-nu ma-a ša₂ da-a-ki šu₂-u | |
| 12 | ina qab-ri ba-a-bi ip-tu-u ma-a ina KI{ti₃} ba-a-bi ip-te-tu-u | |
Sources & licences
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