Position in chronology
SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 20(i 1) At the time of the dinner, when the ki[ng] enters the dinner [together with the magnates, the table and] the couch for the king [are place]d opposite the doorway. (i 4) As soon as the king is seated on his seat, the overseer of the palace enters, [kisses] the ground before [the king], and gives (his) report before the king. The overseer of the palace [goes out] and brings in the palace herald. (i 7) The palace herald e[nters], kisses the ground before the king, and stands with the stan[dard opposite the king]. The palace herald gives (his) report before the king. [The overseer of the…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
UD-mu ša nap-te-ni ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [a-di LÚ.GAL-MEŠ] / a-na nap-te-ni e-ra-bu-[ú-ni GIŠ.BANŠUR] / GIŠ.né-mat-tu a-na LUGAL ina pu-ut KÁ ⸢i⸣-[šak-ku-nu] / ki-ma LUGAL ina šub-ti-šu it-tu-ši-[ib] / LÚ.šá—IGI—KUR er-ra-ba kaq-qu-ru ina IGI [LUGAL i-na-šiq] / ṭè-e-mu ina IGI LUGAL ú-ta-ra LÚ*.šá—IGI—⸢KUR⸣ [ú-ṣa] / LÚ*.600—KUR ú-še-ra-ba LÚ*.NÍGIR.GAL—KUR ⸢er⸣-[ra-ba] / ina IGI LUGAL kaq-qu-ru i-na-šiq TA*…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P397725.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P397725). 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/P397725/.
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