KAL 04, 060 (P480751)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 04, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480751 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14293 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By Maul, Stefan M. & Strauß, Rita · 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' | [O grea]t [lord], M[arduk, . . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Human beings, by whatever [. . .] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Who (among them) can a[scertain] their own sin? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Who has not been negligent; what (person) has not si[nned]? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Who can under[stand] the way of a god? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I ought to be vigilant lest I acqu[ire] sin, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | I ought to search ou[t relentlessly] the sanctuaries of life, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (But) it is dec[reed] by the gods to go about tasks under a curse, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | For a man to bear the hand of the god. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [As for] me, your servant, [(someone's name)], though I have commit[ted] sins, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Though I have transgressed (lit., crossed the [boun]dary of the god), |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | That (i.e., the sins) [from] my youth, known (or) un[known], |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [Disregard]; may (it) not cause concern (lit., may it not throb [in] your heart); |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | (rather) forgive my guilt, cancel my punishment. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | Illuminate [. . .]; clear [my] consternation. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | May [the guilt of my father], my grandfather, the guilt of my mother, my grandmother, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [The guilt of my older brother] (and) my older sister, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [the guilt of . . .] my [c]lan, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [. . . not] draw near; let it go elsewhere. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | (If ?) my god (i.e., Marduk ?) [. . .], purify me like grass! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Entrust me to [. . .] of my (personal) god and my (personal) goddess for well-being and life. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | May I stand before you perpetually [with prayers], requests, and petitions. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Let [the abund]ant [people] of the well-organized land praise you! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [For]give my guilt, cancel my guilt. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [. . .] O Marduk, ditto, ditto (i.e., forgive my guilt, cancel my guilt). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [. . .] Zarpanitu, ditto, ditto. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [O excellent name] Nabu, ditto, ditto. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | O great [. . .] Tashmetu, ditto, ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | O warrior Nergal, ditto, ditto. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | The great [gui]lt that I have committed since the day of my youth, |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Disperse (it), forgive (it) sevenfold. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | May your heart, like the father who engendered me, and (like) the mother who gave birth to me, |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | return to normal. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | O warrior Marduk, restore me to health, [that] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [I may resound] your praises! |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [. . .] the wording of [. . .] |
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' | [EN GAL]{⸢u} {d⸣}[AMAR.UTU ...] | |
| 2' | a-me-lu-⸢tu ma⸣-[la ...] | |
| 3' | an-na ⸢ra⸣-ma-ni-ša₂ ⸢man-nu i⸣-[lam-mad] | |
| 4' | man-nu la i-šiṭ ⸢a-a-u₂ la u₂⸣-[gal-lil] | |
| 5' | a-lak-ti DINGIR man-nu ⸢i-lam⸣-[mad] | |
| 6' | lut-ta-id-ma ⸢gul-lul-tu₂ a⸣-a ar₂-[ši] | |
| 7' | aš-⸢rat ba⸣-la-ṭi lu-uš-⸢te⸣-[ʾ-e-ma] | |
| 8' | ina ⸢ar₂⸣-ra-ti i-tab-bu-li ina DINGIR-⸢ni qa⸣-[ba-at] | |
| 9' | ⸢qa⸣-ta ša₂ DINGIR a-na ⸢LU₂ ba-ba-lu⸣ | |
| 10' | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku IR₃-ka {i}[x x x (x)] šet-ta lu-u i-⸢pu⸣-[uš] | |
| 11' | [i-ta]-⸢a ša₂ DINGIR⸣-MU lu-u e-ti-⸢iq⸣ | |
| 12' | [ša₂ ul-tu u₄-um] ⸢ṣe-he⸣-ri-⸢ia ZU-u NU⸣ [ZU{u]} | |
| 13' | [mi-ši-ma ina] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi-⸢ka a-a ik⸣-ku-ud | |
| 14' | [an-ni pu]-⸢ṭur⸣ šer₂-⸢ti pu-šur⸣ | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢nu-um-mi⸣-ram-ma dal-⸢ha-ti⸣-[ia] ⸢zuk-ki⸣ | |
| 16' | [an-ni AD-MU AD] ⸢AD⸣-MU ⸢AMA⸣-MU AMA AMA-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 17' | [an-ni ŠEŠ-MU GAL]{⸢i} NIN⸣-MU GAL{⸢ti⸣} | |
| 18' | [an-ni ... sa]-⸢la-ti-MU⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... a-a] ⸢TE-a⸣ a-hi-⸢tam⸣-ma lil-lik | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢ma DINGIR⸣-MU GIM {u₂}KI.⸢KAL⸣ ub-bi-ban-ni | |
| 3 | [...] ša₂ DINGIR-MU u {d}iš₈-tar₂-MU ana šul₃-me u TI.LA piq-dan-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina ik-ri-bi] ⸢te⸣-me-qi₂ u ⸢te-es-li⸣-ti ana da₃-riš lu-uz-ziz-ka | |
| 5 | [ni-šu de-ša₂]-⸢a⸣-ti KUR ⸢ša₂⸣ ina aš₂-ri šak-na-tu₄ li-na-du-ka | |
| 6 | [an-ni pu]-⸢ṭur an⸣-ni pu-šur | |
| 7 | [...] {⸢d}AMAR.UTU KI.MIN⸣ KI.MIN | |
| 8 | [... {d]}⸢zar-pa-ni-tu₄ KI.MIN⸣ KI.MIN | |
| 9 | [MU DU₁₀].⸢GA⸣ {d}AG ⸢KI⸣.MIN ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢GAL{tu₄} {d⸣}taš-me-tu₄ KI.MIN ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢qar⸣-ra-du {d}NE₃.ERI₁₁.GAL KI.MIN ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
| 12 | [an]-ni GAL{⸢a⸣} ša₂ ul-tu u₄-um ṣe-he-ri-ia₅ DU₃{šu₂} | |
| 13 | ⸢su⸣-pu-uh-ma EN 7(diš){šu₂} pu-šur | |
| 14 | lib₃-ba-ka GIM a-bi a-⸢li⸣-di u₃ AMA ⸢a-lit-ti⸣ | |
| 15 | a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ li-⸢tu-ra⸣ | |
| 16 | qar-ra-du {d}AMAR.UTU bul-liṭ-an-⸢ni⸣-[ma] | |
| 17 | da₃-li₂-li₂-⸢ka⸣ [lud-lul] | |
| 18 | ⸢KA-INIM-MA⸣ [...] | |
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- 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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