Position in chronology
SAA 20 022. Bath of Šarrat-nipha (ABL 0864)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 20(beginning (a few lines only) broken away) (1') [The king] per[forms] sheep offerings, goes to the hou[se of Šarrat]-nip[ha], strew[s] salt on the t[able], pour[s] out the libation b[owls, ..., burns] a female kid, brings Šarrat-[nipha] into the Road House, and begins the bath. (16') After the bath he comes out and performs sheep offerings. The king goes straight to the palace. (uninscribed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢UDU⸣.[SISKUR-MEŠ] / i-[na-saḫ] / ina ⸢É⸣—[dGAŠAN]—KUR-[ḫa] / il-[lak] / MUN ina UGU GIŠ.⸢BANŠUR⸣ / i-kar-⸢ra-ar⸣ / pa-⸢gi-li⸣ / ú-ga-am-⸢mar⸣ / [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] za am [x] / ⸢UDU.MÍ.ÁŠ.QAR⸣ [GÍBIL] / dGAŠAN—[KUR-ḫa] / ina ⸢É—ur-ḫi⸣ / ú-še-rab / ri-in-ku / i-šá-kan / TA* UGU ri-in-ki! / ú-ṣa-a / UDU.SISKUR-MEŠ / i-na-saḫ / ⸢LUGAL⸣ ina É.GAL / i-še-er
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P393911.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P393911). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P393911/.
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