LKA 050 (P414072)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414072 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13637 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . .] heavens [. . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . .] lord [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . . of the s]ign, lord of [. . .] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [A]num, who releases the day, lord of the sign, lord of the crow[n]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . .] dreams evi[l], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Wicked, (and) frighteni[ng], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Evi[l] portents (and) omens. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Who removes evil, si[n], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | And grievous misdee[ds]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | The pain, which was inflicte[d on me], |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Pursues me constantly, (and) bin[ds . . .] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | My flesh, with your incantation [. . .] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | May it be released. And may [every] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | against my (personal) god [and my (personal) goddess] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | sin that I committed be abs[olved]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | May the angry hearts of my (personal) god and [my goddess] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | be reconci[led] (with me). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | May your angry heart re[lent]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | May [your] mood be appeased. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Have mercy, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | (That) I may lavishly endow [your] house, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | (And) make your door bolt dr[ip with oil]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Let me resound the praises of my lord! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | The greatness of your great divinity |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | May I praise constantly. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [It is the wording] of a lifted-hand prayer to Anu. |
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' | [...] ⸢AN{e⸣} [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... ṣa]-ad-di EN [...] | |
| 4' | {[d}a]-⸢num pa⸣-šir <U₄{me} EN> ṣa-ad-di EN ⸢a-ge⸣-[e] | |
| 5' | [...] MAŠ₂.GE₆-MEŠ HUL-[MEŠ] | |
| 6' | ⸢ha⸣-ṭa-a-te par₂-da-a-[te] | |
| 7' | A₂-MEŠ GIŠKIM-MEŠ ⸢HUL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 8' | mu-še-te-eq lum-ni hi-⸢ṭi⸣-[te] | |
| 9' | u gi-la-te ma-⸢ru-uš⸣-[te] | |
| 10' | hu-uṣ GAZ ŠA₃{bi} ša₂ iš-⸢šak⸣-[nu-nim] | |
| 11' | UŠ.UŠ-MEŠ{ni} u₂-⸢ka⸣-[su ...] | |
| 12' | UZU-MEŠ-ia it-te-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | lu-up-ta-ṭi-ru ⸢u₃⸣ [mim-mu-u₂] | |
| 14' | ma-la a-na DINGIR-⸢MU⸣ [u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU] | |
| 15' | ah-ṭu-u₂ lip-pa-[aš₂-ra] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi DINGIR-MU u {[d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU] | |
| 2 | ze-nu-te a-na KI-šu₂ ⸢li⸣-[tur] | |
| 3 | ag-gu ŠA₃{ba}ka ⸢li⸣-[nu-ha] | |
| 4 | lip-pa-aš₂-ra kab-ta-⸢at⸣-[ka] | |
| 5 | ⸢ri⸣-ša₂-a re-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢lu-ṭa⸣-hi-id E₂-[ka] | |
| 7 | ši-ga-ra-ka lu-ša₂-az-[nin I₃] | |
| 8 | da₃-li₂-li₂ EN-ia₂ lud-⸢lul⸣ | |
| 9 | nar₃-bi DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{ti} | |
| 10 | ka-a-a-na lu-uš-ta-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 11 | [KA-INIM]-⸢MA⸣ ŠU-⸢IL₂⸣-LA {d}A-⸢NUM⸣-[KAM] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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