Position in chronology
SAA 09 003. The Covenant of Aššur (ABRT 1 22-23)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 9(i 1) (Beginning destroyed) (i 5) favour [......] (i 6) give [......]! (i 7) He has taken care of [...], (i 8) he has promoted th[eir ...]. (i 9) Heaven and earth are [well]; Ešarra is [wel]l; Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, is [well]. (i 12) [May the well-b]eing which Esarhaddon [has established] gain footing! (i 14) Aššur has arranged [a feast in] Ešarra. (i 15) [......] of the Inner City (i 16) [...... Es]arhaddon (i 17) [......] (i 18) [...... l]ifts up (i 19) [......] the lands (i 20) [......] before Aššur (i 21) [......] with Esarhaddon (i 22) [......] they come (i 23) [......] they burn…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 9 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x]-⸢an*⸣ / [x x x x x x x]-nu*-ni / [x x x x x x] ṭa*-ab-tú / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ di-na* / [x x x x] ⸢iḫ⸣-ti-ṣi-in* / [x x x-šú]-⸢nu*⸣ us-se-li-a / [DI-mu a]-na AN-e u KI.TIM / [DI]-⸢mu*⸣ a-na É.ŠÁR.RA / [DI-mu] ⸢a*⸣-na maš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur / [šul]-⸢mu⸣ šá maš-šur—PAB—AŠ / [iš-kun]-u*-ni* ina UGU GÌR.2 lil-lik / [i-sin-nu ina]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P334927.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334927). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P334927/.
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