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VAT 14215 + VAT 14007 (P480953)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | VAT 14215 + VAT 14007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480953 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14215 + VAT 14007 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| 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' | [... {na₄]}⸢AD.BAR⸣ KUR ⸢el⸣-[li ...] | ... ēšû-stone, the land of elu-stone |
| 2' | [Šamaš] ⸢ša₂⸣ ana ia-a-ši ⸢A₂⸣ [...] | The šamaš-plant to me the é-a-e-23-plant |
| 3' | [ru]-⸢ḫe⸣-e ru-se-e NU ⸢DU₁₀⸣.[GA.MEŠ ...] | The ruḫbê-priests, the rusu-priestess(?) and the eštānu-officials |
| 4' | [lu] ša₂ IM lu ša₂ NIG₂.SILA₁₁.⸢GA₂⸣ [...] | or of clay, or of a censer |
| 5' | lu e-pu-ša₂ UR.GI₇ lu ⸢u₂-ša₂-kil ŠAḪ⸣ [lū ušākil] | I have made a dog or an ēšakil-plant, a pig or a turtle |
| 6' | ⸢ana⸣ ID₂ lu ŠUB-di ina KI lu [...] | “May the river be flooded, in the ground or ... |
| 7' | [ina] ⸢SIG₄⸣ lu i-te-eʾ ina I.DIB lu it-mir ina ⸢E₂⸣.[GAR₈ lu ip-ḫi] | (If) he crosses over a wall or crosses a threshold, or opens a door in a house-building, |
| 8' | [e-pu]-⸢ša₂ u₂⸣-še-pi-ša₂ is-⸢ḫu⸣-ra u₂-ša₂-as-⸢ḫi-ra⸣ | I have made, I have sown its meadows and I have planted them. |
| 9' | [... lū kaš-šap]-⸢tu₂ lu⸣ NITA lu MUNUS lu ⸢UŠ₂⸣ lu ⸢TI⸣ | ... be it a kašpātu-disease, a male or a female, be it an e’û-demon or an incantation priest |
| 10' | [...] x up-ša₂-šu₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | ... šamaš rituals |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢lil-li-ka⸣ | ... of Elil |
| 2 | [ina qibīt DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka GAL-ti⸣ ša₂ NU ⸢KUR₂.KUR₂⸣-ru | By the command of your great divinity, which cannot be altered, |
| 3 | [... ki]-⸢nim⸣ ša₂ NU ⸢BAL⸣-u ina u₄-me an-⸢ne₂-e⸣ maḫ-ri-ka | On the day that An-ēne-e23 was before you |
| 4 | [x-x-x] ⸢aḫ⸣-ṭi lu pa-⸢aš₂-ru⸣-ni lu paṭrūni | “May the ... of the E-aḫ-e-ṭi be opened, may it be opened |
| 5 | [ina kaspi KU₃].⸢SI₂₂⸣ lu-bi-ib lu-mur nu-⸢ra⸣ lu-uš-ta-⸢ḫa⸣-[an] | Let me enter with a pure arrow, let me see that I have not been able to enter. |
| 6 | [UD.DA]-⸢ka⸣ bu-liṭ-an-ni-ma ⸢da₃⸣-[li₂]-⸢li₂⸣-ka ⸢lud⸣-[lul] | May your day be favourable for me, and may your elilî-priestess sing your praises. |
| 7 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ina kišād] ⸢ID₂⸣ KI ta-ša₂-⸢biṭ⸣ [mê ellūti tasallaḫ] | Its ritual: With the cord of the river you sweep the ground, you scatter pure water. |
| 8 | [GI.DU₈ GIN-an ina muḫḫi] GI.DU₈ ⸢ZU₂⸣.[LUM.MA {zi₃}EŠA tasarraq] | You set up a offering table. On top of the offering table you sprinkle date palm resin. |
| 9 | [...] ⸢GAR-an⸣ x [...] | ... ešār-an’e |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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