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KAL 02, 033 (P480933)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480933 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13624 + VAT 13880 |
| 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 | [EN₂ na-ad]-⸢ru⸣ gap-šu ša₂-⸢ak⸣ pa-an ⸢kip⸣-[pu tar-ṣu] | Incantation: “The nadīru-demon, the gap, the ša-eak-e-mcpu, the face of the kip’epu-tree |
| 2 | ⸢da⸣-[an pa]-⸢na⸣ la a-di-ru šar-ru UR.SAG [x-x] | The king, the hero |
| 3 | ⸢raš⸣-[bu da]-⸢i⸣-ku e-piš lum-ni dan-nu um ⸢la⸣ [ma-ḫar] | “I want to go down to the rašû-demon, I want to enter the daises of the great evil-doer, |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL mu⸣-[(x) x] x-ta la pa-du-u la-pi₂-⸢it da⸣-[mi] | “Šarrû-priestess, ..., who is not fearful, the one who is enraged, |
| 5 | šam-⸢ru la⸣ pa-du-u₂ {d}gira₃ ez-⸢zu⸣ | The šamû-priestess is the one who does not fear Gira, the fierce one. |
| 6 | ⸢mu-tab-bil₂⸣ GURUŠ ka-mu-u KI.⸢SIKIL⸣ | “Mutabbil-e23, the young man, the kammû-priestess of the ki’esikillu-temple, |
| 7 | ⸢NENNI⸣ A ⸢NENNI⸣ [ša₂] ⸢la⸣ i-ba-šu-u INIM ḪUL-ti-ia ina ŠA₃-⸢ka⸣ | “If he is a descendant of a ēšû-plant, he will have an evil word against me in your hand. |
| 8 | kiš-pi ⸢ru⸣-ḫe-e ru-se-e up-ša₂-še-e ḪUL.MEŠ | Witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations |
| 9 | ⸢DI⸣.[BAL.A] ⸢KA⸣.DAB.BE₂.DA ḪUL.GIG ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-a | (If) ditto ēšāku-disease (appears) in the middle of the ‘gate’ of E₂.DAB.BEDA”: a destructive flood will occur. |
| 10 | [x-x] x e-pu-ša u₂-še-pi-ša | ... I did, I made it |
| 11 | [is-ḫu]-⸢ra⸣ i(u₂-)še-ʾa-am | he smote, he made it fall |
| 12 | [x-x-(x)] x-x mi-lik-ka {d}lugal-ir₉-⸢ra⸣ | ... your counsel, Lugal-ira’e |
| 13 | [x-x-x x]-x-ka ABGAL DINGIR.MEŠ {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ | ..., sage of the gods, Marduk, |
| 14 | [x-x-x x]-x-ka qar-ra-du {d}nin-⸢šubur⸣ | ..., hero Nin-ešubur |
| 15 | [x-x-x x]-x-ka {d}ša₃-aš-ša₄-⸢mu⸣ | ..., Šamaš-emūṭe |
| 16 | [x-x-x-x-x] {d}lugal-edin-⸢na⸣ | ... Lugaledinae |
| 17 | [x-x-x-x-x-x] x.MEŠ {d}⸢ereš-ki⸣-[gal] | ... of Ereškigal |
| 18 | [...] x-x [x]-x-[x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x bu x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [IM.U₁₈.LU li-zi-qa]-⸢am⸣-ma at-tu-nu [lā taziqqāni] | May the south wind blow, but you are not blowing. |
| 3' | [IM.SI.SA₂ li-zi-qa]-⸢am⸣-ma at-tu-nu ⸢la⸣ [taziqqāni] | May the north wind blow, and you, may the south wind blow. |
| 4' | [IM.KUR.RA KIMIN] ⸢IM⸣.MAR.TU [KIMIN] | The east wind, ditto; the west wind, [ditto]; |
| 5' | [kīma qut]-⸢ri⸣ li-tel-li a-⸢na⸣ [šamê] | May the heavens be as pure as the earth. |
| 6' | [kīma bīni] ⸢ZI⸣-ḫi a-na KI-šu₂ a-a ⸢GUR⸣-[ur] | Like this Ezidaḫi, may it not come near him! |
| 7' | [KID₃.KID₃.BI GI].⸢IZI⸣.LA₂ A.GUB₂.BA tuš-ba-aʾ-šu-ma ⸢ana E₂⸣-[šu₂ (SI.SA₂)] | Its ritual: You lay down a censer of alum and you pour it into his temple. |
| 8' | [en₂ an] ⸢maḫ⸣ {d}en-lil₂ še-er-zi-da | Incantation: “Great An, Enlil of the Šerzida |
| 9' | {[d}en-ki] {d}en-lil₂-<<ki>>-ban₃(ḫe₂-)da-bi | Enki and Enlil-kibanda |
| 10' | {[d}a-nun]-⸢na⸣-ke₄-e-ne urugal-e a ri-a | The Anuna gods of the Uruk bathed. |
| 11' | ⸢tu₆ en₂⸣ e₂-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 12' | KID₃.KID₃.BI I₃ BUR SIKIL TI-qe₂ | Its ritual: You take pure oil from the kiln. |
| 13' | EN₂ 3-⸢šu₂⸣ ana ŠA₃ ŠID-ma NA BI ŠEŠ₂-ma TI-uṭ | Incantation: You recite the incantation three times over (it) and that man will recover. |
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