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KAL 04, 065 (P480753)

Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationKAL 04, 065
IDP480753
Museum no.VAT 13965
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRitual and liturgical
Find spotAssur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Coordinates35.4557, 43.2611

English translation

By Maul, Stefan M. & Strauß, Rita · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3'[. . .] of the world.
Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4'May your [. . .] be calm,
Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5'[. . .] may your [. . .] become numerous(?).
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[. . . your] divinty
Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3'[... I] have sought you out.
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'[. . . I] have looked upon your face.
Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5'[. . . I have] stood before you.
Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6'[. . .] my prayer.
Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7'May [. . .] be calm.
Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8'[. . .], my [misdee]d, and my sacrilege.
Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9'May [. . . of your grea]t [divinity] be released immediately, so that
Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10'[. . .], furious,
Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11'[. . . may be re]conciled with me.
Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12'[. . .] let me sing your [praises].
Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13'[It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to] Ner[gal].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[...] ⸢x-tu⸣
2'[...]-⸢ṣa-tu⸣
3'[...] ⸢x⸣ kib-ra-a-ti
4'[...]-⸢x⸣-ka li-nu-uh-ma
5'[...]-⸢hi⸣-ru lim-⸢ʾ⸣-[da ...]-tu-ka
6'[...]-⸢IH⸣ KAB x [...] ⸢DU⸣
7'[...] ⸢x⸣ MAD ⸢x⸣ [...]
8'[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]
r
1'[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]
2'[...] DINGIR{ut}[ka]
3'[... eš]-⸢te⸣-ʾ-⸢i-ka⸣
4'[... a]-⸢ta⸣-mar pa-ni-⸢ka⸣
5'[... at-ta]-⸢ziz⸣ ma-har-⸢ka⸣
6'[...] ⸢tes₂⸣-li-⸢ti⸣
7'[...] li-nu-⸢ha⸣
8'[... hi-ṭi]-⸢ti⸣ u gil-la-⸢ti⸣
9'[... DINGIR{ti}ka GAL]{⸢ti⸣} za-mar BUR₂{ra}
10'[...] ⸢šab⸣-su-ti
11'[... li-is]-⸢li⸣-mu KI{ia}
12'[... da₃-li₂-li₂]-⸢ka lud⸣-lul
13'[KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d]}⸢U⸣.[GUR-KAM]

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