Position in chronology
SAA 09 002. Oracles Concerning Babylon and the Stabilization of the King’s Rule (TI pl.2f+)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 9(Beginning broken away) (i 1) [...... sp]oke (i 2) [... have stre]ngthened (i 3) [......] their (i 4) [......] I will give (i 5) [... I am] the Creatress. (i 6) I will put [...] in order (i 7) and consolidate [the throne of Esarha]ddon. (i 8) [......]. We are the goddesses (i 9) [...... i]n Esaggil. (i 10) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria! I will seize [your enemies] and trample [them under my foot]. (i 13) [Be not a]fraid, mother of the king. (i 14) [From the mouth of Nabû]-hussanni of the Inner City. (i 15) [Have no fe]ar, Esarhaddon! (i 16) [Like a] skilled pilot [I will st]eer [the ship] into…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 9 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x]-⸢bu*⸣-bu-ni / [x x x x x ú-da]-⸢ʾi*⸣-i-nu* / [x x x x x x x]-ši-na / [x x x x x] a-da-an / [x x a-na-ku?] ⸢d⸣ba-ni-tu / [x x x x x] ú-ta-qa-an / [GIŠ.GU.ZA? ša maš-šur—PAB]—AŠ* ú-ka-na / [x x x x x x] a-ni-nu dIŠ.TAR-MEŠ / [x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ É.SAG.ÍL / [x x x x m]aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur / [LÚ.KÚR-MEŠ-ka] ⸢ú⸣-sa-pa-ak / [ina GÌR.2-ia] ú-kab-ba-as / [la ta-pa]-⸢al*⸣-li-ḫi AMA—MAN /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P337152.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P337152). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P337152/.
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