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LKA 157 (P414073)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414073 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13644 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | ⸢DIŠ LU₂ SIG₂⸣ UGU-šu₂ ⸢iz⸣-[za-az ...] | If a man's hair is thick: iz-e-zaz-plant |
| 2 | NUNDUM-šu₂ u₂-ṣab-⸢ba⸣-ta ⸢GEŠTU⸣{ii}[šu išaggumā] | (who) has slain his scepter, has seized his ear, |
| 3 | UḪ₂-su il-la-⸢ka⸣ [...] | (Sum) Its saliva flows from the nose to the nose (Akk) The saliva flowed from the nostrils |
| 4 | {na₄}KIŠIB GU₂-šu₂ SIG₃.SIG₃-su DU₈.MEŠ-⸢šu₂ GU₇⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂] | Seal of his neck, his hair will be trimmed, he will eat his hair |
| 5 | SA.GU₂-šu₂ šag-gu ŠU{ii}šu₂ u ⸢GIR₃⸣{ii}[šu₂] | His neck, his hand, and his scepter |
| 6 | u₂-šam-ma-<ma>-šu₂ u₂-[zaq-qa-ta-šu₂] | they shall make him ill, they shall remove him |
| 7 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[šu₂] ⸢e⸣-te-ne₂-la-⸢a la⸣ [...] | Its ešû-plant, etenela-plant |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢GUB⸣-zi ⸢DU₁₁.DU₁₁⸣ [...] | ..., ezi, taqribtu-plant |
| 12 | [NA BI] ⸢kiš⸣-pi ep-⸢šu-šu₂-ma⸣ | (If) that man performs ekišpi ritual |
| 13 | [...] ⸢šu-kul⸣ ina KAŠ ⸢NAG⸣ | ... šukultu-plant in beer (and) esangû-plant |
| 14 | [x-x-x] x-x-x šu₂ (x) x-x x-(x) | Hand of ... |
| 15 | [... DINGIR]-⸢šu₂ u {d⸣}iš₈-⸢tar₂-šu₂ UGU-šu₂⸣ [...] | ... his god and his goddess over him |
| 16 | [a]-⸢na⸣ DIB-ti ⸢DINGIR-šu₂⸣ u {d}iš₈-tar₂-[šu₂ ...] | The passing of his god and his goddess |
| 17 | ⸢DINGIR⸣ u {d}iš-tar KI-šu₂ ⸢su⸣-[lu-mi] | “Ištar, with him Isû-lumi |
| 18 | [kiš-pi] ⸢ep⸣-šu₂-šu₂ sa-ḫa-rim-ma [ana DU₃]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ṣa-⸢ba-ti⸣ | The witchcraft of his deeds is destroyed and for his doing shall be abolished. |
| 19 | [a-na] ⸢e⸣-ṭe-ri-šu₂ u ga-ma-li-šu₂ | for the e’eṭerīšu and the gamallû |
| 20 | [...] ⸢šu⸣-nu-ti ina SU-šu₂ ZI-ḫi | ... the ešunûtu-plants will be released from his body |
| 21 | [...] ⸢A KU₃⸣ SU₃ {dug}A.GUB₂.BA GIN-an | You sprinkle pure e’a-plant (and) you set up an agubbû-vessel. |
| 22 | [...] {⸢u₂⸣}IN₆.UŠ₂ GI.⸢ŠUL.ḪI⸣ | ... ēšû-plant, gypsum |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ... ⸢up⸣-[ša₂-še-e ...] | ešasvê-plant |
| 2' | NU DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣.[MEŠ ...] | Unfavorable |
| 3' | ana-ku NU [...] | I did not |
| 4' | um-ma mun-⸢ga⸣ [...] | Thus Mun-ega'e |
| 5' | ši-ḫat UZU.MEŠ x [...] | Remove the flesh ... |
| 6' | ⸢A₂⸣{[ii]}⸢a-a⸣ [...] | “Ea-e-aye-e3 |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | ... ⸢KAŠ.SAG⸣ [...] | esag-beer |
| 2' | lu ša₂ ⸢ar⸣ [...] | or that of a gardener |
| 3' | ša kiš-pi ⸢ḪUL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | Whose witchcraft (is) Eḫul-emūti |
| 4' | a-na ḪUL-⸢tim⸣ [izzīzūni] | for the evil of a cursed person |
| 5' | {d}ša₂-maš GISKIM-⸢ka⸣ [... likšussunūti] | O Šamaš, your sign is a sign, may they release me |
| 6' | GIM A.⸢MEŠ⸣ {kuš}⸢UMMU₃⸣ [...] | Like the water of the springs, the sandals |
| 7' | 3-šu₂⸣ DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣-[ma] | He speaks three times |
| 8' | {⸢kuš}UMMU₃⸣ ... tu-⸢ra⸣-[aq ...] | You strew a šumû-stone |
| 9' | ina ⸢IM.BABBAR⸣ NAGA SI [...] | (If) it is surrounded by a halo in a white plant: ... . |
| 10' | ina UGU NU ⸢NIG₂.SILA₁₁⸣.GA₂ x [... NU] | on top of the esalû-vessel ... ... |
| 11' | alla-[ni ...] | Allanu . . |
| 12' | {d}ša₂-maš an-⸢nu⸣-[ti šu-nu] | Šamaš, it is Anum-eti |
| 13' | an-nu-ti [...] | These ... |
| 14' | ša kiš-pi ⸢ḪUL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | Whose witchcraft (is) Eḫul-emūti |
| 15' | a-na ⸢ḪUL⸣-[tim izzīzūni] | to the E-Ḫal-e-tum |
| 16' | ina qi₂-⸢biti⸣-[ka ...] | By your command [. . ] |
| 17' | ina ⸢di⸣-[ni-ka ...] | (Sum) In your temple ... (Akk) In(?) your temple |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | [... NU].⸢MEŠ⸣ x-[x-x] | ... the nuê-priests |
| 2' | [...] ⸢e⸣-ti-qu IL₂-ši | ... raised the etiqu-tree |
| 3' | [x-x-x] x ina KAŠ.SAG NAG | ... he drinks in prime-quality beer |
| 4' | [x-x-(x)]-x nam ina NE SAR-šu₂ | ... writing in ... |
| 5' | [UŠ₁₁].BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | it is a ritual assemblage |
| 6' | ⸢šum-ma⸣ LU₂ kiš-pi ep-šu-šu | If a man is bewitched |
| 7' | ⸢LIBIR⸣.RA.BI.GIM ... AB.SAR ⸢BA.AN.E₃⸣ | elībi-erabi-gim , abšar-plant, eba'ane-plant |
| 8' | [DUB] {⸢m}ki-ṣir⸣-[aš-šur maš-maš] E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ | Tablet of Kisbir, exorcist of the temple of Ashur. |
| 9' | [DUMU {m]}{⸢d}PA-bi-sun₂ maš⸣-maš E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ | son of Nabû-bisun, exorcist of the temple of Ashur |
| 10' | ⸢DUMU⸣ {[m]}{⸢d⸣}BA.U₂-MU-⸢ib₂⸣-ni | “Babylon-šuma-ibni |
| 11' | {lu₂}ZABAR.DAB.BA ⸢E₂.ŠAR₂.RA⸣ | the smith of the Ešarra temple |
| 12' | a-na ṣa-bat ⸢e-pe-ši⸣ ḫa-an-⸢ṭiš ZI⸣-[ḫa] | For a ritual assemblage, a ḫan-ēṭbiš-vessel is torn out. |
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