Position in chronology
SAA 03 019. Assurbanipal Epic (Geers B 19)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[...]... when I came [......] (3) "I trod the sea road ...[......] (4) "I opened the gate of righteousness [......]." (5) Assurbanipal opened his mouth and [spoke, saying to divine Ištar]: (6) "Desire, desire, love, se[ek ......]! (7) "You, [Ištar ......] (8) "You indeed, ...[......] (Rest destroyed)
Source: Livingstone, A. 1989. Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea. SAA 3. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa03/P336600/
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Transliteration
[x x x]+⸢x li? bi x⸣ [x x x x x x] / [x x]-⸢e⸣ ki-i al-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x] / gir-ru ti-amat ak-bu-sa is?-[x x x x x x] / KÁ.GAL ke-e-nu-ti ap-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] / maš—DÙ—A KA-šú e-pu-⸢uš⸣-[ma x x x x x x] / er-ši er-ši ḫa-⸢bi⸣ še?-[ʾi-i x x x] / at-ti-ma d[15 x x x x x] / ⸢at⸣-ti-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] / i-[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 x x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian court poetry or literary text, edited by Alasdair Livingstone (SAA 3, 1989). ORACC text P336600.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336600). source
Translation excerpted from Livingstone, A. 1989. Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea. SAA 3. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa03/P336600/.
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