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KAL 02, 014 (P480937)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480937 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13641 |
| 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)
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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 [...] | |
| 2' | [x] x [...] | |
| 3' | [KA].INIM.⸢MA⸣ [...] | Incantation formula: |
| 4' | ⸢EN₂⸣ an-⸢ni-tu₂⸣ x-[šu] ⸢ŠID⸣-[nu ...] | Incantation: “Anitu-demon, his ... ešudu-disease |
| 5' | [(x)] x ti-nu-⸢ra⸣ tara-kas₂ NIG₂.⸢NA {šim⸣}LI [GIN-an ...] | You set up a censer of juniper. |
| 6' | ⸢ZI₃⸣ GU₂.NIG₂.⸢ḪAR⸣.RA x x x GU₂.[...] | ēšû-plant, kukuru-aromatic, ...-plant |
| 7' | [(x)] ⸢šap⸣-li ⸢ṣu⸣-ba-ti x x [...] | The šap-eli, the bubāti, |
| 8' | ⸢NU⸣ kaš-ša₂-pi ⸢u₃ NU kaš-šap-ti⸣ [x x x x x (x)] x [...] | “It is an ešunû-vessel, it is not a ṣābu-vaṭer, it ... ... |
| 9' | ⸢ta⸣-za-qap₂ x x x kaš-šap-[ti x x x x x] x a [...] | eta-e-zaqap ... beer ... |
| 10' | ⸢EN₂⸣ kur₂-kur₂ bil₂ kur₂-⸢kur₂⸣ [...] nak-ra a-⸢qal-lu nak-ra⸣ a-da-ku | Incantation: “I am the enemy, I am the poison of the enemy. |
| 11' | ⸢kur₂⸣-kur₂ ⸢šub⸣-ba {d}⸢gibil₆⸣ [...] ⸢nak-ra u₂-šam-qat ana {d}MIN⸣ a-paq-⸢qid⸣ | The ekur-ekur temple, the šub-e-ba temple of Egibil-E ... the e-nak-ra (temple) he made perfect for ditto E I entrusted to E |
| 12' | u₄ zi-ku₅-ru-da-⸢mu⸣ zi-ku₅-ru-⸢da⸣-[...] u₄-mu MIN-⸢e⸣ ana MIN-šu₂ u₂-tar-ri | (Sum) The day of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual (Akk) On the day of (the ritual) to cut off ... (var.) On(?) the day(?) of ditto ritual he turns into his di[tto] |
| 13' | inim {d}en-ki {d}asal-⸢lu₂⸣-[ḫi-(me-en)] ina ⸢a-mat {d⸣}e₂-a u {d}(AMAR.UTU) TU₆ EN₂ | I am the word of Enki and Asalluḫi in the Ea-mat of Ea and Marduk. Incantation formula. |
| 14' | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.⸢RU.DA.KAM⸣ | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 15' | ⸢DU₃⸣.DU₃.BI 2 NU ⸢I₃.UDU 2 NU DUḪ.LAL₃ ⸢ša₂⸣ kaš-ša₂-pi u {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ DU₃-uš | Its ritual: You make two bowls of ēdu-soapwort, one bowl of honey, (and) a cup of beer and a female kid. |
| 16' | ⸢MU.NE.NE ina⸣ [MAŠ].⸢SIL₃⸣ 150-šu₂-⸢nu SAR-ar₂⸣ [ana] ⸢IGI {d}UTU ta⸣-dan-šu₂-nu-ti | The ēšunû-plants in the mašallim-plant are written on their left side. You give them to the face of the sun. |
| 17' | [...] x [x] x x x [...] x ⸢nu⸣ tuš-ken | ... ... you sit down |
| t.e. | ||
| u_e_1 | [...] x x ⸢nis⸣-ḫu maḫ-ru-u | ... supreme ešehbu-plant |
| u_e_2 | [...] x [...] x | |
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