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KAL 02, 009 (P480916)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480916 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09945, 1 |
| 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 |
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' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x] {d}gira₃ [x-x] | Gira |
| 2' | [x-x-x] x [x] x-x-x [x] | |
| 3' | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ina] ⸢U₄ ŠE.GA⸣ ina E₂ par₂-⸢si KI SAR⸣ A KU₃.GA [SU₃] | Its ritual: On a cloudy day, you sprinkle pure water on the ground in the house of the balaŋ drum. |
| 4' | [x-x] ⸢li⸣ x-x-x-x-x-x-x ⸢ne⸣ ta-[x-x] | ... elî-plant |
| 5' | [x-x-x] x-x ⸢nab za⸣ x-x-x ta-x-[x] | ... a censer ... |
| 6' | [x]-x-[x-x-x] ⸢KU₃⸣ [x-(x)]-x na ⸢mut-qi₂⸣-i [x-x] | ... the E-ku-e-šumi |
| 7' | [x-x-x-x] x [x] x-x-x {dug}A.⸢DA.GUR₅⸣ [GIN-an] | You set up a libation vessel. |
| 8' | [x-x nignak burāši] ⸢GAR-an KAŠ.SAG⸣ BAL-⸢qi₂⸣ [x-x] | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You libate first-rate beer. |
| 9' | [x-x-x-x] x-x ⸢ŠUB⸣ [ZI₃.DUB].⸢DUB⸣.BA [x]-x-[x] | ... ešubû-flour, a type of flour |
| 10' | 2 NU {lu₂]}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [u {munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ [ša₂ I₃].⸢UDU {giš}e⸣-re-⸢ni⸣ | 2 female slaves and a female slave of ēru-soapwort |
| 11' | [x-x-(x)]-x zi x-x-x [x] x-[x-(x)]-x ⸢UR₅.GIM DU₁₁⸣.[GA] | ... eurgim-plant |
| 12' | [EN₂ x-(x)] ⸢gaš⸣-ru {d}⸢gira₃⸣ DINGIR ⸢KU₃ šur⸣-[bu-u] | Incantation: “Egaš-ēru-plant, egira-e, god of the pure ešabû-plant |
| 13' | [tap-pe]-e {d}UTU ⸢mu⸣-ḫal-⸢liq⸣ [rag-gi] | “Šamaš, emuḫal-eliq-e, raggi |
| 14' | [x-x-x] ⸢še-mu-u qi₂-bit {d}UTU⸣ x-[x-x] | Šamaš's command |
| 15' | [x-x KI].⸢NE⸣.MEŠ x-x-x [x-x]-x DINGIR.MEŠ [GAL.MEŠ] | ... the chambers of the great gods |
| 16' | [x-x-x] x-x [x] x [x] x-x ⸢BUR₂⸣ x [x-x] | ... ebur̂-plant |
| 17' | [x-x] a-na ⸢ta⸣ x-x-x-x ⸢ma⸣ x [x-x] | ... to the eta-e3 |
| 18' | [x-x] ⸢ni⸣ x ⸢i⸣ x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x [x-x] | ... ēnî-plant |
| 19' | [x] x ⸢sar⸣ ši [x] x-x [x] x [x-x-x-x] | ... esarû-plant |
| 20' | [up]-⸢ša-še-e⸣ lem-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | Evil machinations |
| 21' | [x-x-x] x-x [x-x-x] x [x] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x-x-x] x ⸢ta⸣ x [...] | ... from |
| 2' | [x-x-x] x an-ḫa-[ku ...] | ... I am afraid ... |
| 3' | [x-x-x] x di-in x [...] | ... ... |
| 4' | [x-x-x]-⸢nam⸣ ša uš-[x ...] | ...-ešume |
| 5' | [uk]-⸢kiš⸣ be-li₂ ⸢li⸣ [...] | May the lord of the līš temple |
| 6' | [x]-x-tum ša be-li₂ i-⸢du⸣-[u₂] x-x-x [x-x] | ... which my lord knows |
| 7' | ⸢i-lu⸣-ut-ka ra-bi-⸢tum⸣ liq-mi₃-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu-ti] | May your great divinity command them. |
| 8' | ⸢kiš-pu⸣-šu₂-nu li-is-su-u₂ ina zu-⸢um⸣-[ri-ia] | May their witchcraft be removed from my body |
| 9' | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.[KAM] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 10' | [DU₃].⸢DU₃⸣.BI ina E₂ par₂-si {giš}BANŠUR [GAR-an] | Its ritual: You set up a table in the house of the rites. |
| 11' | ⸢KEŠ₂⸣ tara-kas₂ KI.NE DU.DU [GIN-an] | You set up a ritual assemblage (and) you go around. |
| 12' | [GIŠ].ḪI.A {šim}LI te-ṣe-en x-x [x-x] | You ... juniper and cypress oil |
| 13' | [x]-x ina PIŠ₁₀.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ ŠUB ZI₃.MA.AD.GA₂ {⸢šim⸣}[LI] | ... in Šamaš-ēmur, you put down emmer flour (and) šim-el. |
| 14' | ⸢ta⸣-sar₂-raq NU kaš-ša-pi u kaš-šap-tim ina ⸢ḫu-pe-e⸣ [taqallu] | You libate esarraq-plant, not beer and beer in ḫūpî-plant. |
| 15' | GIM SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-ma ba-ri₃ | Written and checked according to its original |
| 16' | [ŠU {m]}⸢ub⸣-ru-{d}gu-la {⸢lu₂⸣}ŠAMAN₂.LA₂ {lu₂}⸢A.ZU⸣ a-⸢ga⸣-[aš-gu-u] | Hand of Ubru-Gula, the šamanla-priest, the physician, the chief physician |
| 17' | [DUMU {m}x]-{⸢d}EN⸣ {lu₂}⸢AZU {lu₂⸣}E₂.MAŠ {d}BA.⸢U₂⸣ | son of ...-Bēl-e, ešakku-priest, maštakal-priestess of Iqî-e. |
| 18' | [DUMU {m}{d]}x-KAM {lu₂}⸢AZU {lu₂⸣}E₂.MAŠ {d}BA.⸢U₂⸣ | son of ...-ereš, the en priestess, the exorcist, Iqiša, |
| 19' | [nīš] {⸢d⸣}MAŠ u {d}gu-la MU ⸢SAR⸣ NU KUR₂ x-[x-x-x] | The name of Ninurta and Gula is “It is not an esarû-temple. |
| 20' | [x-x-x] {d}e₂-a ⸢EN ŠIM⸣.MEŠ x-[x-(x-x)] | Ea, the lord of the gods |
| 21' | [x-x-x-x] x-x-x šu x [x-x-x-x-x] | ... hand ... |
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