Position in chronology
SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 20(i 1) [Aššur-Enlil; Mašmaš; Aššur-Adad in front of Aššur-dugul; Aššur-Adad in front of Aššur-Conquer]or; [Enlil-Anu]; Ea-šarru; [Sîn], Adad, Šamaš; [Iš]tar, the Queen of Heaven [of] Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, [Še]rua; the Great Gods; [Taš]metu; Nusku, Ninurta; Kippat-mati, Kippat-mati-image, Kutatati; Enlil, Dagan, Aššur-Tiara, the Sun-image, Aššur-Lahmus, Aššur-Judges, Ea-Kittu, Sîn, Šamaš, Aššur-Conqueror; Ea, Kittu (and) Mišaru, Dibar; Ninurta (and) Aššur; Aššur-Šakkan-Tišpak, Aššur-Judges; [L]ubelim, Gimagan, [I]li-pada; (i 24) the Couch, the [im]age of the Sun-of-the-Lands, the Rivers (and)…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[daš-šur—dBE dMAŠ.MAŠ] / [daš-šur—dIM] / [šá IGI aš-šur—du-gul] / [daš-šur—dIM] / [šá IGI aš-šur—KUR]-⸢id⸣ / [dBE—da-num d]É.A—MAN / [d30 d]IM dUTU / [dIŠ].TAR dGAŠAN—AN-e / [ša] URU.kar—TUKUL—dMAŠ / [dše]-ru-ia DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ / ⸢d⸣taš-me-tum dPA.TÚG dMAŠ / dkip-pat—KUR / dkip-pat—KUR—ALAM / dku-ta-ta-a-ti dBE / dda-gan aš-šur—da-gu-u / dšam-šu—dALAM / aš-šur—láḫ-mu-MEŠ aš-šur—DI.KUD-MEŠ /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P393809.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P393809). 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/P393809/.
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