SAA 20 004. Rituals on [Shebat 22?] (Geers B 157)

~680 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426302

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 20

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(entirely broken away) (beginning broken away) (ii 2) [......] Belet-balaṭ[i ......] (ii 3) [...... he pours out] three libat[ion bowls]. (ii 4) [......] sits [on] the ground [......]. (ii 5) The king [mounts] the riksh[aw ......]. (ii 6) He performs a sheep offering, [treats] the gods [......] (ii 7) The king [mounts] the rikshaw [......] (rest broken away)

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

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Transliteration

[x x x x x x] ⸢da⸣ [x x x x] / [x x x x x] dbe-let—⸢TI⸣.[LA x x x x] / [x x x] x 03 pa-gi-⸢li!⸣ [ú-ga-mar x x] / [x x x] kaq-qa!-ri TUŠ šu-[x x x x x] / ⸢LUGAL!⸣ ina UGU GIŠ.šá—šá-da-[di x x x x] / UDU.SISKUR i-na-saḫ DINGIR-MEŠ x [x x x x] / LUGAL ⸢ina⸣ [UGU?] GIŠ!.šá—šá-da-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x]

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P426302.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P426302). 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/P426302/.

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