SAA 20 012. Calendar of Psalms and Lamentations in the Aššur Temple (AJSL 42, 110)

~680 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P357085

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 20

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(beginning (about 13 lines) broken away) (1') [On the 19th day: “......,” a lamentation. “......]..., “ [an eršemma-lamentation to Aššur in Ešarra after] the sheep offering. (3') [On the 20th day: “......,” a lamentation. “O dragon] lying in ... grass,” [an eršemma-lamentation to Aššur in Ešarra] after the sheep offering. (5') [On the 21st day: “Lord, respected one of heaven and earth,” a lamentation]. “Important one, go about!,” [an eršemma-lamentation to Aššur in Ešarr]a after the sheep offering. “[...],” a lamentation. “You should not desert me!,” an eršemma-lamentation to Aššur after the…

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

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Transliteration

[x x x x x x x x x x x x] ne èm.⸢zu!⸣ / [ÉR.ŠÈM.MA ana AN.ŠÁR ina É.ŠÁR.RA EGIR] UDU.SISKUR.SISKUR / [1 UD 20-KAM x x x x x x x ÉR ušum] ú ki.sì.ga ná.a / [ÉR.ŠÈM.MA ana AN.ŠÁR ina É.ŠÁR.RA] ⸢EGIR⸣ UDU.SISKUR.SISKUR / [1 UD 21-KAM umun še.er.ma.al.la an.ki.a ÉR] dilmun.ki nigin.na / [ÉR.ŠÈM.MA ana AN.ŠÁR ina É.ŠÁR].⸢RA!⸣ EGIR UDU.SISKUR.SISKUR / [x] x x x ⸢ÉR! nam!⸣.[mu.un].⸢un!.šub⸣.bé.en…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P357085.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P357085). 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/P357085/.

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