Position in chronology
SAA 13 048. The Gods Have Gone Out and Come Back Safely (CT 53 390)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 13(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May the god ... who] g[oes before] him bless the king, [my] lord. (3) (It is) for 1,000 years [that the king] will rule the wh[ole extent] of the universe [and all] the lands of the four quarters. (6) Moreover, Mullissu, mother of mercy, and Šerua, who intercedes for the king, and all the other gods who [sit with Aššur], your god, in judgment, [have gone out] safely [and come back] in fine condition. They have completed [their days. All the gods] have taken up residence in their dwelling(s). [Now] every day they have blessed [the king, my lord. All is ve]ry [well]. The king, my lord, can be [very] pleased.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 13 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[ša ina pa-ni]-šú il-[la-ku-ni] / ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ [lik-ru-bu] / 01 lim MU.AN.NA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL] / kiš-šú-ut kal ⸢gi-im⸣-[ri ù] / KUR.KUR kib-⸢rat⸣ erbe-[ti ka-la-ma] / i-rad-du-u-ni ⸢ù⸣ dNIN.LÍL / AMA rém-ni-tum d⸢še⸣-ru-u-a / ⸢ṣa⸣-bi-ta-at ab-bu-ut-ti LUGAL / ⸢ù⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ gab-bu am—mar / [ša TAv daš-šur] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ka ina pur-se-e / [uš-ša-bu]-ni ina šul-me / [it-tu-ṣi]-⸢ú⸣ ina šá-lim-ti /…
Scholarly note
Letter from a temple priest or ritual official to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Steven Cole & Peter Machinist (SAA 13, 1998). ORACC text P313804.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P313804). source
Translation excerpted from Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P313804/.
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