Position in chronology
SAA 20 026. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Sîn (BBR pl. 63 + 68)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 20(1) [Tukulti-Ninurta (I)], king of Assyria, [performed and instituted] the (following) ri[tes for Sîn, his god]. (2) [When you are to perform the n]āṭu-ritual of Sîn of [Tukulti-Ninurta]: (3) [You place] two chairs [at the si]de of the house und[er the god and lay clean read wool upon them]. (4) [Yo]u place [a ...] diagonally [... and put seven] loaves of sēpu-bread, seven kukku-cakes [......]. (5) You drag [a ... t]o the side of the house of Sîn [......]. (6) You pour [...] into the la[p] of the god, [and place] a bowl o[f sweel oil, aromatics, juniper and tufts of red wool upon it]. (7) You…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[e-pu-uš-ma mtukul-ti—MAŠ] MAN KUR!—aš-šur.KI ⸢par!⸣-[ṣi a-na d30 DINGIR-MEŠ-šú ú-kin-ma i-din] / [e-nu-ma na]-⸢a⸣-ṭu ša d⸢30⸣ ša m[tukul-ti—MAŠ a-na e-pe-ši-ka-ni] / [ina] ⸢DA! É! 02! GIŠ!⸣.GU!.ZA!-MEŠ a-na šap-[la DINGIR ŠUB-di SÍG.ḪÉ.MED eb-bu ina UGU-ḫi ŠUB-di x x x x] / ⸢ta-pa!-rak! 07 NINDA⸣.se-e-pi 07 NINDA.KA.DÙ-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / [x x a]-⸢na! DA! É!—d!30!⸣ ta-šá-da-da!…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P426369.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P426369). 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/P426369/.
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