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LKA 144 (P414053)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414053 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13616 |
| 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) |
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| 1' | ... [... NENNI A] ⸢NENNI ša₂ DINGIR⸣-šu₂ NENNI {d}15-šu₂ NENNI-tum⸣ [...] | so-and-so, descendant of ešēnu, whose (personal) god (is) so- and so-tum, (and) whose goddess (is?) so-to-do |
| 2' | [MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU {lu₂]}⸢GIG⸣ DAB-ma UR₅.GIM u₂-šad-⸢ba⸣-[ab] | Incantation: Hand of a sick man, he is seized and he will recover. |
| 3' | [... KU₃]-⸢tum⸣ {d}INANNA ša₂-qu-tu₂ i₃-li₂ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ e-pi-šat a-nun-ti ša₂-ki-nat ⸢GIŠ⸣.[LA₂] | ..., holy Ištar, exalted one of the gods, Igigi, creator of the Anunnaki, holder of the elulu-vessel |
| 4' | [ša₂-ru-uḫ]-⸢tum⸣ git₂-ma-al-tum {d}INANNA.MEŠ ina qi₂-bi-ti-ka {d}INANNA | O supreme, perfect one of the goddesses, by your command, O Ishtar |
| 5' | [... te]-ne₂-še-e-tum {lu₂}GIG i-bal-lu-uṭ a-mi-ru IGI-ki | (Sum) ..., the sick man will live (Akk) The sick person will live, the blind man will see you |
| 6' | [... eʾ]-⸢il⸣-ta-šu₂ i-te-bi ar₂-ḫi-iš ina qi₂-biti-ki {d}INANNA | ... his E-il-e-ta-šu came out. Quickly, by your command, O Ishtar |
| 7' | [... na-ṭi]-lu im-mar nu-u₂-ru iš-šer₃ {d}15 la i-ša₂-ru a-mi-ru IGI-ki | (Sum) ... he saw the light, the light of Ištar did not shine. (Akk) The light of the moon was seen. |
| 8' | [... šum]-ru-ṣu IGI-ki ak-mi₃-is az-ziz a-na da-nu di-ni-ia | ... I have inspected your face and stood before you. To Anu, my judge, |
| 9' | [... DINGIR].MEŠ as-ḫur-ki pa-ni-ki a-ta-mar lip-pa-ṭir ka-si-ti | I have seen your face (lit. face) of the gods; may my guilt be released. |
| 10' | [... tu]-⸢mar⸣-re-e e-ša₂-ku u dal-ḫa-ku GIM ša₂ ina tar₂-kul-lu-i maḫ-ṣu e-mat ⸢ZI-ti₃⸣ | (Sum) ... I am the one who sees ... (Akk) You see ..., I am alive and I am frightened like one who is in a great tavern, the one of the Eziti temple |
| 11' | [e-pi]-⸢iš⸣ taq-bi-⸢i⸣ e-pu-uš {d}INANNA lu kaš-ša₂-pi lu kaš-⸢šap-tum⸣ | You have said: “I will do it, O Ishtar, be it a beer or a mugû-beer |
| 12' | [... at]-ti ⸢ti⸣-de-ma ana-ku la i-du-u₂ i-na ri-kis kiš-pi₂ ḪUL.⸢GIG⸣ [(x)] | ... you know, but I do not know. In the ri₂-kišpu of the witchcraft ... |
| 13' | [ZI].KU₅.RU.DA ⸢ša⸣ maḫ-ri-ki ir-ku-sa₃ ALAM.MEŠ.MU ina qab-rim uš-ni-lu | The ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic of the ēša-e3 before you has been performed. My inscriptions have been placed in the middle |
| 14' | [...] KU₅-as ZI-ia iz-za-az-zu šu-nu šar-qiš e-pu-šu-ni a-na-ku šu-piš | ... they stood by my life. They performed a šarqišu-ritual against me. I myself performed (the ritual). |
| 15' | [ep]-pu-us-su-nu-ti ina DU₁₁.GA-ki ṣir-ti ša₂ NU KUR₂-ru | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 16' | ⸢u₃⸣ an-ni-ki ki-nim ša₂ NU BAL-u₂ mim-ma ma-la a-qab-bu-u kit-ti lib-ši | This falsehood, which cannot be dispelled, whatever I say is true. |
| 17' | [i]-⸢na⸣ pi-i-ki el-li li-ṣa-a ba-la₂-ṭi a-ḫu-lap-ki at-ti-ma i-la-at i-⸢la⸣-at DINGIR.MEŠ | May your pure mouth be filled with life! You are the goddess of the goddesses! |
| 18' | [an]-nam 3-šu₂ DU₁₁.GA-ma ⸢mer⸣-di-ta i-red-di-ma uš-ken MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU LU₂ DAB-ma | He says this three times and the merdītu-plant grows and sets. The incantation priest is seized by the hand of the man and |
| 19' | ⸢ALAM⸣ {lu₂}GIG u ⸢ALAM⸣ {d}bi₂-du₈ ana IGI {d}15 u {d}dumu-zi LAL-ma UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | You recite the incantation “Ištar and Dumuzi will be reconciled, and you speak as follows. |
| 20' | {[d]}⸢bi₂⸣-du₈ i₃-du₈-gal {d}ereš-ki-gal at-ta ALAM NENNI ša šar-qiš | Ebi-edu is the gatekeeper. Ereškigal, you are the image of so-and-so, who is a hero |
| 21' | [id-di-nu]-⸢kum₂⸣-ma ana KU₅-as ZI-šu₂ tu-kal-šu₂ pa-ṭir pa-šir ub-bu-ub | he gave to you, and in order to cut off his life you hold him back, he smites the pāšir-demon |
| 22' | [a-di u₄]-⸢um⸣ ši-ma-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ e ta-as-ḫur-šu₂ ALAM NENNI A NENNI li-tur kul-lat-su | until the day of his šimātu-disease you have caused him to die. May the image of so-and-so, son of sorcery, return to its entirety. |
| 23' | [a-na u₄]-⸢um⸣ šim-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ lib-luṭ ZI AN.NA ḪE₂.PAD₃ ... ZI KI.A ḪE₂.PAD₃ | In the future, may his (own) life be long! ... of lead, Epad3 |
| 24' | [ZI {d]}⸢nin⸣-giš-zi-⸢da⸣ ḪE₂.PAD₃ ... ZI {d}ereš-ki-gal lu-u ta-ma-ta | “ZI of Nin-egišzida, ḪEPAD, , ZI of Ereshkigal, may you be the one who says. |
| 25' | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ ta-sa-niq-šu-u-ma | If you see him, and |
| 26' | [...] ⸢šu⸣-a-tu TUG₂ {⸢sik₂⸣}ḪE₂.MED NIGIN-mi A.GUB₂.BA-a ana UGU-šu₂ ta-šap-pak | ... a šu’ētu-garment (and) a textile (made) of emû-reed, you wrap (it) around his neck. |
| 27' | [e-ṭi]-ir za-a-ku {d}UTU da-a-a-nu DU₁₁.GA-ma ana ID₂ ŠUB-di | You say: “I am free, Šamaš, judge, and you go down to the watercourse. |
| 28' | [...] ⸢IL₂⸣-ši-ma ana IGI {d}dumu-zi GAR-an UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA um-ma šu-ma | ... elû-šīma-vessel and you place it before Dumuzi. You speak as follows: |
| 29' | [...] ⸢SIPA⸣ ḫa-mi-ru na-ra-am {d}INANNA a-na NU mu-up-pi-ši u mu-⸢piš⸣-[ti] | ... the shepherd, joy, beloved of Ištar, for the non-removal and the extispicy |
| 30' | [... ZI].⸢KU₅⸣.RU.DA ḪUL.GIG i-pu-šu-ni i-na a-mat te-li-te {d}[INANNA] | ... a ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual was performed, by the command of the goddess Ištar |
| 31' | [x-x-x-x] ⸢at⸣-ta ši-bi ina UGU NU.MEŠ šu₂-⸢nu-ti⸣ IM.BABBAR ta-tab-bak | You pour a libation bowl of ghee over those nugig priestess. |
| 32' | [x-x-x-x-x] ŠU-šu₂ i-tab-bak-ma UGU-šu-nu GUB-ma UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ | ... his hand he slits and stands over them, and he speaks as follows: |
| 33' | [at-tu-nu kaš-ša₂-pi u] ⸢kaš⸣-šap-ti ina muḫ-ḫi-ku-nu az(i-)za-⸢az⸣ | I will pour beer and wine upon you. |
| 34' | [at-tu-nu ša₂ ZI.KU₅.RU].⸢DA tu⸣-še-a-ni ina IGI {d}15 KU₃-ti u {d}[dumu-zi] | You are the one who makes the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic come to an end in the presence of pure Ištar and Dumuzi |
| 35' | [...] ⸢ar₂⸣-ḫi-iš ⸢muḫ⸣-[ra] | ... the e’arḫiš plant, the muḥb plant |
| 36' | [...] ⸢UGU⸣ NU i-tab-bak-ma ŠU{ii}[šu₂ ...] | ... will not come close to the ešumu-vessel and his hand |
| 37' | [...] LAL-ma ana {d}15 ⸢uš-ken⸣ [x-x-x-x] | ... you recite and to Ištar, the en priestess |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢il⸣-te-niš SUD₂-šu-nu-ti-[ma ...] | ... you pound elteniš-plant and ... |
| 2 | [...] ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{d}ID₂ UḪ₂.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ [...] | ... EPIŠ-e23.ID-plant, ē23-id-plant |
| 3 | [...] ⸢TU₅⸣ NU {⸢d⸣}bi₂-du₈ ana UGU-šu₂-nu uš-za-⸢az⸣-[ma ...] | ... the ešû-vessel I did not install on them. |
| 4 | [...] ⸢i₃⸣-du₈-gal KA₂ ⸢kur⸣-nu-gi at-ta NU e-piš-⸢ia⸣ [u₃] | ... the Idugal gate, the gate of the Ekur-nugi, you did not perform my work and |
| 5 | ⸢muš⸣-te-piš-ti-ia ⸢ma⸣-ḫar {d}15 u {d}dumu-zi na-ad-[nu-ka] | My emuš-ēte-pîtiya, the emāhbar of Ishtar and Dumuzi are given to you. |
| 6 | ⸢a-na⸣ a-šar la ⸢ta⸣-rim tu-ru-šu-nu-ti iš-tu qab-rim a-⸢a⸣ [i-lu-ni] | “As for me, the one who does not abandon me, they have turned to me from the middle of the heavens. |
| 7 | {[d]}ne₃-eri₁₁-gal tum-ma-ta ⸢šum-ma⸣ i-lu-nim-[ma] | Nergal, you are adjured, he is an iluna priest |
| 8 | [an]-⸢nam⸣ DU₁₁.GA-ma ina ⸢KUŠ⸣ UZ₃ BABBAR pu-uḫ-ti te-es-sip-⸢šu-nu-ti⸣ | You say “Aname’e, and with a white goat's hide you scatter them. |
| 9 | [MAŠ.MAŠ] ⸢ina⸣ {tug₂}u₂-li-in-ni i-rak-kas₅ ina {na₄}KIŠIB {na₄}{d}ŠE.⸢TIR i-ka⸣-[nak] | The incantation priest will tie a cloak on me and with the seal of Enlil he will enter. |
| 10 | [ina DU₁₁.GA {d}15 da-a-a-an-tim u₃ {d}dumu-zi ši-bi up-ša-šu-<šu> lu-u A.[MEŠ] | By the command of Ištar, the judge, and Dumuzi, may his life be long! |
| 11 | [x-(x)] ⸢an-nam DU₁₁.GA⸣-ma na-aš-pi A(ḫa) A.GUB₂.BA KA-šu₂ SA₅-ma i-nap-pa-⸢aḫ⸣ | You say “It is enough!'' and he utters a supplication. His mouth is red (and) he shouts. |
| 12 | [TUG₂-su i]-ša-ḫaṭ A.GUB₂.BA tu(u₂-)ra-ma-ak-šu₂ GI.⸢IZI⸣.LA₂ tuš-ba-⸢aʾ⸣-šu₂ | He will wash his hands. You will rub him with a censer, you will make him sit on a pedestal. |
| 13 | [TUG₂ DADAG] MU₄.MU₄-aš MAŠ.MAŠ NU.MEŠ ša KUŠ UZ₃ ina ⸢EDIN⸣ i-qe₂-ber | (If) it is covered with a bandage: the incantation priest, the priestess, the goat’s skin, will enter the open country. |
| 14 | [ZI₃.SUR].⸢RA⸣ NIGIN-mi ZI AN.NA ... ḪE₂.PAD₃ ... ana UGU-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ i-zak-kar | (If) it is surrounded by a zisû-stone: attack of tin . He speaks . over him. |
| 15 | [x-(x)] ⸢UGU⸣-šu₂-nu GAR-an-ma {lu₂}GIG TI.LA ša-li-⸢im⸣ up-ša₂-šu₂-u₂ | You place ... over them and the sick man will enjoy life. |
| 16 | [u₃] ⸢mim⸣-ma lem-nu NU TE-šu₂ DINGIR u LU₂ sal-mu-šu ru-ḫu-⸢u₂⸣ la i-mar | And the evil one will not approach him, the god and man will not see his good deed. |
| 17 | [KA]-⸢šu⸣ KAŠ.SAG i-ša₂-ḫat KEŠ₂ ana DINGIR-šu₂ u {d}15-šu₂ li-ir-kus DINGIR BI te-es-⸢li-su i⸣-še-mi | He pours out a libation bowl of prime-quality beer. May a ritual arrangement be established for his god and his goddess. That god will hear his prayer. |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ri⸣-ḫu-su i-ṣar-ru-ru AN.BAR {giš}ŠITA₂ ina KAŠ.SAG NAG-ma e-⸢el⸣ | ... ēri-eḫūssu-plant they scatter. He drinks iron and emmer in prime-quality beer, and then he will be pure. |
| 19 | [x]-x-šu₂ ⸢DIŠ KIMIN⸣ šu-uḫ₂-ta i-na-šiq-ma e-el | His ..., ditto, a šuḫtu-disease he shall pass and he will die. |
| 20 | [...] ⸢e-el⸣ DIŠ KIMIN ZABAR TAG-ma e-el i-na KI GIŠ ⸢TAG MIN⸣ | ... el-e23 If ditto, he touches the bronze and he will be pure in the place of the ētaqqin-plant. |
| 21 | {[u₂}si-i]-⸢ḫu ŠIM⸣.{d}MAŠ NITA₂ u MUNUS SIK₂ UGU.DUL.BI KU₃.SI₂₂ AN.BAR ⸢TEŠ₂⸣.[BI] | Sîn-eḫu, the scribe of Ninurta, a man and a woman, the hair on its head is of gold and iron. Its temples |
| 22 | [...] {⸢munus⸣}AŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU GAG.GAG ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR LU₂ NU KU₃ e-li-⸢il⸣ | (If) a sow gives birth to a pig's head: a man will not be pure. Eli-ili-e23 |
| 23 | [...] ⸢ka⸣-šip-ma UZU.MEŠ-šu₂ tab-ku lu ina DU-šu lu-u ina i-šu-⸢zi-šu⸣ | ... he opens his mouth and his flesh is swollen, either in his speech or in his utterance |
| 24 | [...] i-tul-i-šu lu-u i-nu-<ma> KAŠ₃-⸢šu⸣ i-ša₂-ti-nu ri-ḫu-su ⸢DU-ak⸣ | ... his ... may it be when they pour out their beer, the riḫušu-plant |
| 25 | [...] MUNUS su-ʾu-su NU e-el NA BI ri-ḫu-su KI UŠ₂.MEŠ ina KI ⸢šu⸣-nu-lat | (If) a woman does not remove her hair: that man will be frightened; with dead people in the place of ešû-nulat |
| 26 | [... TI]-šu₂ SUḪUŠ {giš}DIḪ₃ SUḪUŠ {giš}KIŠI₁₆ {na₄}an-nu-ḫa-ra NA₄ ⸢ga⸣-bi-i | ... his life, sulphur, juniper, cress, annuḫara stone, ega’ebi-stone |
| 27 | [AN].⸢BAR⸣ ŠITA {giš}NU.UR₂.MA ⸢SAḪAR id₂-ru⸣ 7 U₂.ḪI.A an-nu-ti | Anu-ebar, man of pomegranate, ēšû-tree, canal inspector, these seven drugs |
| 28 | 1-niš] SUD₂ ina GEŠTIN ŠUR NU pa-tan NAG-ma TI | You pound together, he drinks it in wine on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 29 | ⸢KA⸣.KEŠ₂ {na₄}šada-nu DAB GU₂.GAL {u₂}LAL {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ {u₂}⸢ak-tam⸣ {u₂}NU.⸢LUḪ⸣.[ḪA] | He is seized by šadânu-stone, gugal-plant, alkali, maštakal-plant (and) aktam-plant. |
| 30 | [... {giš]}⸢ŠINIG⸣ 7 U₂.MEŠ ŠEŠ TEŠ₂.BI SUD₂ ⸢lu ina KAŠ⸣ lu ina ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ NU pa-tan ⸢NAG⸣-[ma TI] | You pound together ... of ēšû-tree ('tamarisk') (and) seven plants, you mix them in either beer or wine on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 31 | {[u₂]}LAL {u₂}DILI {u₂}SIKIL {u₂}NA-a-nu ⸢NUMUN⸣ {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ NUMUN {u₂}ŠAKIRA | lalû-plant, ēriš-plant (a kind of juniper), ṣillītu-tree, nanu-plant seed, erru-colocynth seed, seed of sacrificial plant |
| 32 | [...] ša₂ UGU KI.MAḪ ina KUŠ GAG.GAG ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-ma TI | ... of the top of the 'finger' is split in a leather (bag). You put it around his neck and he will recover. |
| 33 | [...] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ ... ŠIKA SILA LIMMU₂ SIK₂ UR.MAḪ ina KUŠ GAG.GAG ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-ma TI | ... ēšû-saḫi-plant ..., a dog's foot in a leather bag, you put it around his neck, and then he will recover. |
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