SAA 09 007. Prophecies for Crown Prince Assurbanipal (ABRT 1 26-27)

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334928

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 9

High confidence

(1) The prophetess Mullissu-kabtat (has said): (2) "It is the word of Queen Mullissu: Fear not, Assurbanipal! (3) "Until I have done and given to you what I promised, until you rule as king over the sons of the bearded courtiers and the successors of the eunuchs, [I will look af]ter you in the Palace of Succession; [your father] shall gird the diadem [...]. (8) "[The ... king]s of the lands shall say to one another: ['Come, let us] go to Assurbanipal! The king has witnesses! [Whatever the god]s decreed for our fathers and forefathers, [let him now] arbitrate between us.' (12) "[Mullis]su…

State Archives of Assyria, volume 9 — scholar edition (ORACC).

Transliteration

[MÍ].dNIN.LÍL—kab-ta-at MÍ.ra-gi-in-tú / [ma]-a a-bat LUGAL dNIN.LÍL ši-i ma-a la ta-pal-làḫ maš*-šur*—DÙ—A / [ma]-a a-di ki-i šá aq-bu-u-ni ep-pa-šu-u-ni ad-da-nak-kan-ni / [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-di ina UGU DUMU-MEŠ šá šá—SU₆-MEŠ ina UGU ḫal-pe-te šá LÚ.SAG-MEŠ / [at]-⸢ta⸣ LUGAL-u-tú ina UGU-ḫi-šú-nu tu-up-pa-šú-u-ni / [a-ḫa]-⸢ṣi*⸣-in*-ka ina É—UŠ-u-ti / [ma-a AD-ka x x]+⸢x⸣-a-ti TÚG.pi-tu-tu i-rak-kas /…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P334928.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334928). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P334928/.

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