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LKA 156 (P414066)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414066 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13611 |
| 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)
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [... u₂]-ta-kap | ... he will discard. |
| 2' | ⸢lu-mu⸣-[un-šu₂-nu ...] ⸢kiš⸣-[pu-šu₂-nu lu] ⸢pa⸣-aš₂-ru | Elumunšunu |
| 3' | ki-su-ia li-pa-⸢aṭ-ru-ma {lu₂}UŠ₁₁⸣ {[munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁ lu⸣ sa-ḫi-lu | May my knees be loosened, so that the dead, the living, the dead |
| 4' | ⸢A₂.UR₂⸣.MEŠ ša₂ NU-MU a-pa-ṭar ⸢A₂.UR₂.MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ NU-šu₂-nu] ⸢a-ra⸣-kas | I have strewn offerings for the one who does not belong to me. The offerings that are not theirs I have made. |
| 5' | ⸢A₂⸣{ii.}MEŠ-šu₂-nu ka-⸢sa⸣-a GIR₃{ii.}⸢MEŠ <ša₂> NU-MU⸣ [a-pa-ṭar GIR₃{ii].}⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣-nu a-ra-kas | I have opened their gates, I have closed their gates. |
| 6' | GIR₃{ii.}MEŠ-MU lu DU₈-ir I₃ KU₆ ana UGU-šu₂-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[tab-bak IGI DINGIR] {d}INANNA re-men₅-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | May my feet be cut off, may the fish oil be poured over them. Before the god, the merciful goddess, |
| 7' | {lu₂}UŠ₁₁ u {munus}UŠ₁₁ lu ku-⸢su-u₂ lu pu⸣-[uḫ-ḫu]-⸢u₂⸣ šu-<nu> | A man and a woman are either a fugitive or a prostitute. |
| 8' | lu-u₂ ṣu-lu-mu ana-ku ⸢NENNI A NENNI⸣ [ina di]-⸢ni⸣-[ka] ⸢GAL⸣-i | I, the ēšamaš-plant, son of so-and-so, in your case, the chief of the temples |
| 9' | UGU-šu₂-nu lu-zi-iz lu ⸢KU₃-ku lu⸣ [eb-be-e]-⸢ku⸣ lu nam-ra-ku | May I stand upon them. May I be pure, may I be bright. |
| 10' | a-na ŠU{⸢ii⸣.}MEŠ SIG₅.MEŠ ⸢ša₂ DINGIR-MU u {d}15-MU ana⸣ šul-mi u TI.LA | For Hand of Goodness, for the well-being of my (personal) god and(personal) goddess, for health and life |
| 11' | pi-iq-da-an-⸢ni an-ni-ta⸣ DU₁₁.GA-ma | You say this to me, and then |
| 12' | ša UGU NU-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-ḫa-aṭ ina UGU NU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-ta-kap | Whoever removes (this seal) from his body shall remove (it) from their body. |
| 13' | I₃ KU₆ ina UGU-šu₂-nu i-tab-bak {dug}A.GUB₂(ba).BA-a ana UGU-šu₂-nu TU₅ | He pours fish oil on them, and pours a cup on them. |
| 14' | u₃ ki-a-am DU₁₁.GA | And thus you say: |
| 15' | ki-ma A.MEŠ ša₂ ZU-ia i-ša₂-ḫa-ṭu-ma kiš-pu ru-ḫu-u | When the water of my right hand is heated, the witchcraft is heated. |
| 16' | ru-su-u₂ si-iḫ-lu up-ša₂-šu-u₂ ḪUL.MEŠ ša₂ ina ZU-MU GAL₂-u | The rūsû-demon, the siḫullu-disease (and) the evil machinations that are in my body |
| 17' | li-pa-aš₂-ra-ni-ma ana UGU-šu₂-nu u ra-⸢ma⸣-ni-šu₂-nu li-<tu>-ur | May he release me and may he return to you and to Ra’emeni. |
| 18' | an-ni-tu₂ DU₁₁.GA-ma ina KI-ti ⸢te-qe₂-ber⸣-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ | You speak this, and then you take it away from them. |
| 19' | [...] ⸢KAŠ⸣.SAG i-maḫ-<ḫa>-aḫ-ma ⸢IL₂-ma⸣ | ... esag-beer will be high and eilma-e23 |
| 20' | [... {d]}⸢UTU⸣ ki-am DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ | “..., Šamaš, speak thus! |
| 21' | [... an]-⸢na-am⸣ ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁ u {munus}UŠ₁₁ ina IGI-ka ⸢lem-ni⸣-[iš] | ... Anam-ešû, who is a man and a woman, in your presence, elamnishu-plant |
| 22' | [... {d]}⸢asal⸣-lu₂-ḫi lip-šur-⸢šu⸣ | May Asalluḫi release |
| 23' | [...] ⸢ABZU⸣ lu-bi-ib-šu₂ EN₂ an-ni-ta DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣-[ma] | You recite this incantation over the ... of the Apsu. |
| 24' | [...] ⸢mu-du-u ka⸣-[la-ma] | ... the emudû priestess of heaven |
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