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SAA 20 049. The Gods, Shrines and Holy Palaces of Assur (KAV 042 +)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Aššur, Lord Tiara, Aššur of Reading; Šerua, Kippat-mati, the Window of Tašmetu; Sîn, Šamaš; Šulpaamaša, Šulpaguna; three gods of the room; the Conquerors, the Weapon, the Axe, Kunuš-kadru; image of Tiglath-Pileser: total (of gods) in the holy of holies. (14) Ninurta and Kakka in the right side room of the portico. (16) Nusku in the left side room of ditto. (17) Seven Sons-of-Truth of bronze before the window openings of the roof. (19) Mullissu, Mullissu of Reading, Tambaya, Šamšaya, Ulaya: total (of gods) in the house of Mullissu. (22) Enlil, Dagan, Bel-labria, the Judges of the dais,…
Source: Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/Q004802/
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Transliteration
[d]aš-⸢šur⸣ dEN—AGA / [d]aš-šur—ša—sa-su-ti / ⸢d⸣še-ru-u-a dGAM—KUR / ⸢ap⸣-tu ša dLÁL / ⸢d⸣30 dUTU / [d]ŠUL.PA.AMAŠ.A / dŠUL.PA.GÙN.A / 03 DINGIR-MEŠ É / dka-ši-du-ti / dGIŠ.TUKUL dka-la-pu / dGAM—kàd-ri / NU mtukul-ti—A—É.ŠÁR.RA / PAB! ina É.pa-pa-ḫi / dMAŠ d⸢GA⸣.GA / ina É—ŠU.2 ZAG É—ḫi-la-ni / dPA.TÚG ina É—ŠU.2 KAB MIN / 07 dDUMU-MEŠ—ZI UD.KA.BAR / ina IGI AB-MEŠ ÙR / dNIN.LÍL…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text Q004802.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Simo Parpola, Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts (State Archives of Assyria, 20), 2017. Adapted by Jamie Novotny and lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2017, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/Q004802/..
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/Q004802/.
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