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KAL 02, 043 (P480946)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480946 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14051 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii' | ||
| m_col_1' | [a-na] ⸢pi₂⸣-[še-er-ti ...] | for the epīšertu-vessel |
| m_col_2' | ALAM kaš-⸢ša⸣-[pi u kaš-šap-ti ...] | The statue of the witch and the witch |
| m_col_3' | ma-ḫar {d}UTU ⸢ta⸣-[da-an-šu-nu-ti] | the exalted one of Šamaš, they are |
| m_col_4' | I₃.UDU MU₄.MU₄-⸢su-nu⸣-ti ina {⸢dug⸣}SILA₃.[GAZ ...] | You pound fat from a sheep in a jar of kasû-beer |
| m_col_5' | ta-qal-⸢lu⸣-[šu]-⸢nu-ti⸣ {d}⸢UTU⸣ [...] | You are adjured, O Shamash |
| m_col_6' | ana UGU-šu₂-nu li-tu-ru₃ ⸢ša⸣ [...] | May they return to them. The eša-e23 temple |
| m_col_7' | iz-zi-zu-nim NU ana ⸢ID₂⸣ [...] | They stood (there) and did not go down to the river |
| m_col_8' | a-⸢na pi₂⸣-še-er-ti kiš-pi ⸢si ik⸣ x [...] | “At the opening of the mouth, witchcraft ... |
| m_col_9' | ki-bal-tu {giš}⸢NAM⸣.TAL ⸢NITA₂⸣ x [...] | The rebel land, the ēšammu-etalla-tree, the male etal-plant |
| m_col_10' | ⸢u₃ NUMUN⸣ {u₂}er-gu-⸢la KA.A.AB.BA⸣ ... [...] | (If) ēšu-plant, ergû-plant (and) kababa-plant |
| m_col_11' | ⸢kak⸣-ku-sa₃ tu-ša₂-⸢aḫ⸣ ba x-x [(x)] | The ekusa-plant, the tušaḫ-plant |
| m_col_12' | [DIŠ] ⸢LU₂⸣ x-x-x-šu₂ ⸢u₂⸣-za-qat x-x-x [...] | If a man's house ... a house-zaqat |
| m_col_13' | [x] x-x PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ x-x-x-x [x-(x)] | ... Ishtar |
| m_col_14' | [...] ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ {giš}⸢EREN ḪE.ḪE⸣ x-x [x] x | ... ēšû-plant, cedar oil, ḫūlu-plant |
| m_col_15' | [...] x ⸢u₂ ga⸣ [x] x ⸢u₂⸣ x-x-x | ... I want to build ... |
| m_col_16' | [...] x ⸢nir⸣ u ⸢ka⸣ [x-x] x-x-x | ... nir-e3 and eka-e3. |
| m_col_17' | [...] x-x su x-x-x-x [x] | ... ... |
| m_col_18' | [...] x {⸢u₂}tar-muš₈ {u₂}ak-tam⸣ | ... tarmuš plant, baktam plant |
| m_col_19' | [...] x ra ⸢NAG⸣-šu₂-ma TI | ... he should wash himself with it and he will recover. |
| m_col_20' | [...] x-x-x-x | |
| m_col_21' | [...] ⸢BUR₂⸣ | ... e’ebUR-e23-plant |
| m_col_22' | [...] x-x | |
| iii' | ||
| r_col_1' | x [...] | |
| r_col_2' | x [...] | |
| r_col_3' | x [...] | |
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢u₂-tab⸣-[ba-tu₂ ...] | ... etabatu-plant |
| 2' | [a-la]-⸢kam la⸣ i-⸢le-ʾi ALAM⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂] | It is an ala song, it is not a lullaby. Its inscriptions |
| 3' | ⸢ša⸣ [...] šu-nu-lu ana kul-la-te DU 1 ŠE [...] | (If) it is dark: for all time ... . |
| 4' | [...] ŠE KU₃.SI₂₂ ana KI.GAR ŠUB-ma IM ta-šam-ma ⸢ALAM⸣ | ... you place a gold ... on the ground and you scatter clay and you make an e’alammu-plant. |
| 5' | {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU DU₃-ma ⸢šum⸣-[šu₂-nu] | A fugitive and a woman make a claim, and their case |
| 6' | ina ⸢a⸣-ḫi-šu₂-nu ⸢SAR⸣-ar₂ A₂{ii}šu₂-nu ana ⸢EGIR⸣-[šu₂-nu] | In the “Eaḫbīšû (temple), in the E-sAR-e-ar, on their left side, into their rear |
| 7' | ina aš-lim ta-kas₃-su mu-ša₂-ṭi ⸢NIGIN⸣-[šu₂-nu-ti] | You beat him with an ašlim drum, the ‘song’ of their throat |
| 8' | I₃.ḪAB ⸢ana⸣ UGU-šu₂-nu tu-ra-⸢ak ub⸣-[x-tum] | You sprinkle eana-e-plant over them, you ... the ...-plant |
| 9' | la ṣa-ri-ip-tum ta-an-na-⸢ši-šu₂⸣-[nu-ti] | You are adjured not by the scribal art |
| 10' | ⸢ma⸣-ḫar {d}UTU-ši ta-dan-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | “Emahbar, Šamaš, you give to them |
| 11' | ⸢ŠU⸣{ii}⸢ka⸣ u GIR₃{ii}ka ana ⸢UGU⸣-[šu₂-nu ...] | Your ešû-vessel and your feet to their top . |
| 12' | ina {zi₃}NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ ZI₃ {še}GIG ⸢NUNUZ⸣ [...] | In maštakal-flour, flour of ēru-plant, ... |
| 13' | ⸢tu⸣-kap-par₂-ma ana UGU-šu₂-nu ŠUB-[di ...] | It is an etu-kappar prayer that you utter over them |
| 14' | [ki]-⸢a-am tu-šad⸣-bab-šu₂ um-ma ⸢at⸣-[ta-ma] | Thus you spoke to him: |
| 15' | [...] ⸢KI⸣-[ti] | ... the E-e-ti |
| r vi | ||
| 9' | [a-na] ⸢pi⸣-še-er-ti kiš-⸢pi⸣ [...] | For the epīšertu-plant, the kişpi-plant |
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