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KAL 02, 031 (P480896)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480896 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00375 + VAT 13909 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; 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 |
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 | ||
| 1 | 2 NU I₃.UDU | 2 fat-tailed sheep, |
| 2 | 2 NU DUḪ.LAL₃ | 2 (pieces of) wax |
| 3 | 2 NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ | 2 (tablets of) not preparing oil |
| 4 | 2 NU ESIR | 2: not ESIR. |
| 5 | ḫul-pa-qu GI BAR.MEŠ | reed bundles |
| 6 | ⸢I₃.KUR.RA⸣ SU₃-šu₂-nu-te | They are the ēšû-plants. |
| 7 | ⸢kib-ri⸣-[tu₂ ana] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ ḫul-pa-qi₂ ŠUB | It is a kibrītu-plant that is to be placed in the ḫulpaqi-vessel |
| 8 | ina A.MEŠ ⸢ID₂⸣ tu-na-aḫ-šu₂-nu-te | You fill them with water from the river. |
| 9 | EGIR-šu₂ NU ⸢EN DU₁₁.DU₁₁⸣ | After that, he will not say “Ebê-šumu-iddina’. |
| 10 | ša₂ IM KI.GAR DU₃ A₂-šu₂ ana EGIR-⸢šu₂⸣ [GUR] | (If) it is of clay: he will make a grave. He will return his property to its place. |
| 11 | ina {na₄}KIŠIB ŠUBA šada-nu KA-šu₂ ⸢GUN₃⸣ | In the seal of the prebend it is placed. Its opening is e₂-tongue-plant |
| 12 | ŠU{ii}šu₂ ana ⸢UGU⸣ LUḪ-si | He should wash his hands against the roof of the temple |
| 13 | NU EN INIM-MU at-ta 3-šu₂ ⸢ŠID⸣ | You are the lord of my word. |
| 14 | NU BI ina ḫul-pa-qi₂ ŠUB | That nugig priestess in a reed basket |
| 15 | EGIR-šu₂ DUG NU AL.ŠEG₆.GA₂ | After that, a pot is not to be used. |
| 16 | GAZ-ma a-li-ta ḫab-ta-at | will kill and the city will be plundered. |
| 17 | 2 NU IM 2 NU I₃.UDU 2 NU DUḪ.⸢LAL₃⸣ | 2 (tablets of) “no-textiles, 2(?) fats, [2(?)] ešlalû-plant |
| 18 | 2 NU ESIR 2 NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ | 2 ESIR, 2 ED, oil |
| 19 | ina ap-pi GI.IZI.LA₂ GAR | (If) it is located on the top of a torch: |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ina ŠA₃ BUR.ZI.GAL i-⸢na⸣-aš-ši | He shall pay it in full at the threshing floor. |
| 2 | {d}gira₂ EN git₂-⸢ma-lu ŠID⸣ | Gira, perfect lord, descendant of |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] x x [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | ina x [x] x [...] x | in ... ... |
| 3 | x x x x [...] | |
| 4 | al-⸢si⸣-x [...] | Al-esi-e-... |
| 5 | 2 NU.MEŠ x [...] x | 2 nanny goats |
| 6 | ana IGI x-x-(x) [...] | in front of ... |
| 7 | A.MEŠ ⸢KU₃.MEŠ⸣ [x]-x [...] | water from the ešku-vessel |
| 8 | LUḪ-si ⸢ki⸣ [x]-x-[(x)]-x ... [...] | Cleanse E-e- |
| 9 | at-⸢ti-man-nu {munus⸣}[UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ | Attimannu, the female slave |
| 10 | ina IGI x-x-x-x-[x]-x [...] | at the disposal of ... |
| 11 | ZI₃.⸢SUR.RA NIGIN-šu-nu⸣-[ti] x [...] | esurru-flour |
| 12 | NU kaš-ša₂-pi x [...] x-x | I do not drink beer |
| 13 | x x x x [x x] x-šu₂ x x-⸢na⸣-a | ... his ... ...-ea |
| 14 | x [x x] x-šu₂ TAG-ma ina IGI-šu₂ | ... touches and in front of him |
| 15 | 1 x x SAG.DU ina SAG.⸢KI⸣-ša₂ | [If ...] the head in its lower part |
| 16 | lib₃-bi x x x ad ina ⸢ID₂⸣ ŠUB | Its inside ... in the river. |
| 17 | x x x SAG.DU-šu₂ ina ⸢KI⸣ MIN-ma | his head in the temple ditto, and |
| 18 | i-qeb-ber | he shall accept. |
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