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SAA 13 058. An Outing for Aššur, Sin and Adad (ABL 0427)
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High confidence(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela — these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age. May they appoint a guardian of health and vigor (to be) with the king, my lord. (r 1) On the 6th day Aššur and Sin will descend to the garden below the terrace. There is a ritual, and it will be performed. Offerings for the king will be made. Adad-of-Plenty will go to the park. More offerings for the king will be made.
Source: 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/P334293/
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Transliteration
a-na LUGAL EN-ia / ARAD-ka mARAD—dPA / lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia / aš-šur d30 dUTU dAMAR.UTU / dzar-pa-ni-tum dAG / dtaš-me-tum d15 ša URU.NINA / d15 ša URU.arba-ìl DINGIR-MEŠ / an-nu-te GAL-MEŠ ra-ʾi-mu-te / LUGAL-ti-ka 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ / a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu-bal-liṭ-ṭuš / ši-bu-tu lit-tu-tu / a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu-šab-bi-ú / ma-ṣar šul-me u ba-la-ṭi / TA LUGAL EN-ia / lip-qi-du / UD 06-KAM…
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 P334293.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334293). 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/P334293/.
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