Position in chronology
SAA 12 031. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant (NARGD 12+)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (r 22) [... they shall bury him] where he d[ictates], and he shall lie [where it was his wish]. Where he lies [you shall not disturb him], and you [shall not raise] your hand [against him], to do him evil, [because he is] one who has deserved kindness and fa[vour of the king his lord]. (r 27) Whoever [disturbs him and removes him] from the gra[ve where he is lying], may the king his lord [be angry with him and show him no mercy, may he forbid him to walk] i[n] tem[ple and] palace, and in the wrath of go[d and king] may a bloodstained we[apon await him]. May [the dogs]…
Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P394694/
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Transliteration
⸢a-šar⸣ i-⸢qab⸣-[bu-ú i-qab-bi-ru-šú-ma] / i-ṣa-al-la-lu [e-ma bi-bíl ŠÀ-bi-šú] / a-šar ṣa-al-lu [la] ⸢ta⸣-[dak-ki-šú] / ŠU.2-ka a-na ḪUL-⸢tim⸣ [i]-na ŠÀ-bi-[šú la tu-ub-bal] / ni-ri-it EN—MUN-ti ⸢EN⸣—[SIG₅]-ti ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-šú šu-tu-ni] / ša ul-tu naq-⸢bi⸣-[ri] É ṣa-al-lu [i-de-ek-ku-šú] / LUGAL EN-šú ⸢lik⸣-[kil-me]-šú-ma a.a ir-⸢ši⸣-[šú re-e-mu] / qé-reb ⸢É⸣.[KUR ù] ⸢É⸣.GAL i-tal-lu-⸢ka?⸣…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P394694.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394694). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P394694/.
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