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KAL 02, 020 (P480952)
Ritual and liturgical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 02, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480952 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14194 |
| 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 ⸢NU⸣ [ZU (x-x-x)] | ... ešunû-plant |
| 2' | {⸢lu₂}KA.KEŠ₂ NU ZU⸣ {[munus]}⸢KA.KEŠ₂⸣ [NU ZU] | (If) a man does not have a bathing ritual, (or) an emaḫtu-disease does not exist |
| 3' | {d}UTU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ [...] | Šamaš, the fugitive, the exorcist |
| 4' | lu SU.BIR₄{⸢ki}at lu⸣ [...] | or Subartu, or ... |
| 5' | lu gu-ta-at lu x-x-x [...] | Be it a gutātu-demon, be it ... |
| 6' | ⸢lu⸣ e-la-ma-at ⸢lu⸣ [nar]-⸢šin⸣-na-at [...] | The elû-priest is Elam, the ela-priestess is Narsvinat |
| 7' | lu DUMU.MUNUS ša₂(kur) KUR(ša₂) ELAM.⸢MA⸣{ki}⸢i⸣ lu lu-⸢lu⸣-[ba-at ...] | or the daughter of the land of Elam, or the lu’elabat priestess |
| 8' | ⸢lu saḫ-ḫi⸣-ru ⸢lu sa-ḫi⸣-ir-tu₂ ⸢lu⸣ [...] | “Evil one, evil one, evil one |
| 9' | {d}UTU ša₂ at-ta ti-⸢du⸣-[u] ⸢a-na⸣-[ku-ma lā īdû] | Šamaš, you are the one who knows, but you do not know. |
| 10' | ⸢ša⸣ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ NIG₂.⸢AK⸣.[A.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ] | “If the length is long, if the breadth is short, evil things will be done against me— |
| 11' | x [x] x-x-x-x [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | {[d}UTU an-nu]-te šu₂-nu an-nu-te ⸢NU⸣.MEŠ-[šu₂-nu] | these are Šamaš, these are their ešimtu-vessels |
| 2 | [ki-ma] šu₂-nu <NU> iz-za-⸢zu NU⸣.[MEŠ]-šu₂-nu ⸢na⸣-[ša₂-a-ku (...)] | Just as he does not stand by him, I shall not approach him. |
| r | ||
| 3' | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁].⸢BUR₂.RU⸣.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 8' | [...] ⸢UGU-šu₂⸣ [...] | ... upon him |
Sources & licences
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