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KAL 12, 06 (P567289)
Ritual, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAL 12, 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P567289 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09977 + VAT 10641 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual |
| 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' | [pi-i-ša a-na] ⸢ma⸣-sa-e ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x a⸣-na um-[x x] | Its mouth to the emesâ-plant, the ...-plant |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢x⸣-e i-ṭi₂-ba-aš₂-⸢šu-ni x x x x⸣ še-lu-e pa-⸢x⸣ [x] | ... he smote, ... the šelû-demon |
| 3' | [x] ⸢x-da⸣ u₃ ITI la-a DU₁₀.GA a-di ITI DU₁₀.GA i-ka-aš₂-ša-⸢da⸣ | ... and the month will not be good, until the month is good he will be able to ... |
| 4' | [la-a] ⸢u₂⸣-kal-lam ut-ta-ta ša DINGIR a-na ⸢kal-lu⸣-mi ša-ni-⸢e⸣ | “It is not the kallû-demon, it is the uttātu of the god, to the ekalllu’emi (temple), it is Ani<e23>. |
| 5' | [NIN.DINGIR] A-MEŠ u₂-ra-mu-ku lu-bu-ul-ta la-a ⸢šar⸣-ru-ta | Nin-diŋira-mukīn (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) means “they will drink water. lulûtu means not ešaru-ruta. |
| 6' | {[tug₂}ri]-⸢ik⸣-sa 1 TUG₂-HI.A lu {tug₂}a-ha-te lu {tug₂}ša-⸢har⸣-ra-a-te | One bri-esa-garment, either ahatu-garments or ša-eḫarāte-cloths |
| 7' | [na-ah]-⸢la-pa⸣-a-te lu TUG₂ ša re-še-en ša muh-hi-ša | The naḫ-ela-pâte-vessels are either a garment of the head or of her head. |
| 8' | [TUG₂ ša] qa-ab-li gab-ba GIBIL la-a šar-ru-a ša MUNUS | The illness of the middle (and) all the new ones is not my king. |
| 9' | [NIN].⸢DINGIR⸣ mi-im-ma šu-um-šu-u₂-ni u₂-⸢la⸣-ab-bu-<šu>-ši | (Sum) The lady of the gods, whatever is his name, he shouts at him (Akk) My lady, whatever it is, I shout at him |
| 10' | ⸢du-ma⸣-a-qi ma-a-du-te la-a tu-ud-da-ma-aq | (Sum) You will not be able to comprehend many things (Akk) You do not understand many things |
| 11' | ⸢a-sak₃⸣-ki-ša i-ša-ku-nu-ši ⸢NA₄⸣-MEŠ la-a ba-ni-ša i-ra-ku-su | They will bring you the asakkiš plant, but the eshtakal plant, which had not been planted, they will cut off. |
| 12' | LUGAL A-MEŠ i-ra-mu-uk lu-bu-⸢ul⸣-ta ša ni-qi-a-⸢te⸣ | The king will give water to drink. The lubûtu of Niqīya-e23 |
| 13' | ul-ta-ba₂-aš qa-at NIN.DINGIR ša a-na še-lu en-ni ⸢i-ṣa⸣-[bat] | The hand of the mistress, who for the protection of the lord Išbat |
| 14' | iš-tu ⸢E₂.GAL⸣{lim} i-še-ṣa-še [x] ⸢x⸣ ERIN₂-⸢MEŠ x x⸣ [x x] | from the palace he will take away. |
| 15' | [...]-⸢ni⸣ uṣ-ṣa-a {giš}⸢GU⸣.[ZA] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the throne |
| 16' | [... e]-⸢ru-bu-ni⸣ [...] | ... entered ... |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1'' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2'' | a-na E₂.GAL{[lim} ...] | to the palace |
| 3'' | a-na E₂.GAL{⸢lim⸣} [...] | to the palace |
| 4'' | a-šar LUGAL pa-nu-⸢šu⸣ [ša-ak-nu-ni ...] | As for the one whom the king had appointed as his substitute |
| 5'' | E₂ u₂-kap-pa-⸢ar⸣ [...] | (Sum) The temple that he destroyed (Akk) I destroyed the temple that I destroyed |
| 6'' | a-di ITI DU₁₀.GA i-⸢ka⸣-[aš₂-ša-da ...] | Until a favorable month arrives, |
| 7'' | mu-ṣa-e GIBIL-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one who renovates |
| 8'' | {giš}GU.ZA GIBIL mu-ša-ba [...] | The new throne which is there |
| 9'' | mi-im-ma ⸢šu-um-šu⸣ [...] | All that he has |
| 10'' | [E₂] ⸢lab⸣-bu-ni gab-ba ⸢x⸣ [...] | The whole house of the elab̂uni temple, the ... temple |
| 11'' | ⸢ṭup-pi₂⸣ 1+1KAM₂-ma⸣ [...] | It is the 1st tablet |
| 12'' | [mi]-⸢im⸣-ma an-ni-u₂ par₂-ṣu ⸢ša⸣ pi-[i NIN.DINGIR ma-sa-e] | This is a parsû-lament from the mouth of a god. |
| 13'' | [i]+⸢na⸣ u₄-mi {m}{giš}TUKUL{ti}IBILA-E₂.ŠAR₂.⸢RA LUGAL⸣ [...] | When Tiglath-pileser the king |
| 14'' | {[m]}⸢a⸣-mat-{d}NIN.LIL₂ DUMU.MUNUS-su NIN.DINGIR ⸢a-na GARZA {d}a-šur⸣ | Ea-emat-Mullissu, his daughter, the lady of Eana, the prefect of Assur |
| 15'' | [u₂]-⸢kal⸣-li-mu-ši-i-ni u₃ pi-i-ša im-si-u₂-ni | and he filled his mouth with his mouth |
| 16'' | [DUB] ⸢ša⸣ is₂-hi ša pi-i NIN.DINGIR ma-sa-e ša i+na E₂ {d}a-šur | Tablet of the balaŋ composition ešû, from the mouth of the lady of the māsa’u, which is in the temple of Assur. |
| 17'' | [ir-ku]-su-u₂-ni a-na be-te zak-ku-⸢tu⸣ šaṭ-rat | they imposed upon him. For the house of the exorcist of the year |
| 18'' | {[iti}x-x]-⸢x⸣ U₄ 21KAM₂ li-mu {m}{d}⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | Month ..., 21st day, eponymy of E. |
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