SAA 20 036. Fragment Relating to Rituals in Assur (CT 53, 330)

~680 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P313745

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 20

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(beginning broken away) (2') [......] are likewise placed in the palace (3') [......] they have not been written (4') [......] they have been [e]rased (5') [......] he provides (6') [...... sheep offerings] are performed (7') [......] is (8') [......] he provides (9') [......] they provide (10') [...... the house of] An[u] (11') [...... the Dais of] Destinie[s] (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (rest broken away)

State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣-us-si / [x x x x x x] ina KUR-ma šak-nu / [x x x x x] x la šaṭ-ru / [x x x x x] ⸢pa⸣-šu-ṭu / [x x x x x x] e-pal / [x x x x x] x ZI-ḫa / [x x x x x] ⸢du?⸣ šú-u / [x x x x x] <⸢e⸣>-pal / [x x x x x] <⸢e⸣>-pu-lu / [x x x x x x] da-⸢num⸣ / [x x x x x BARAG]—<⸢NAM⸣>-[MEŠ] / [x x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ / [x x x x x x x]-u? / [x x x x x x] x-me / [x x x x x x x]-áš? / [x x x x x x] x-su / [x x x x x x] x-šú / [x x x x x x x] x / [x x x x x x it]-⸢ta⸣-ṣu-ma

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P313745.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P313745). 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/P313745/.

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