Position in chronology
SAA 12 033. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 12(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [and you shall not raise your hand against] him, [to do him evil, because he is one who has deserv]ed kindness and fa[vour of the king his lord]. (r 3) [Whoever disturbs him and removes him fr]om the gra[ve where he is lying, may the king] his lord be angry wi[th him and show him no mercy, may he forbid him to walk i]n temple and pa[lace, and] in the wrath of god and k[ing may a bloodstained weapon await him. May the dogs tear apart] hi[s corpse as it lies] un[buried]. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 12 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[ŠU.2-ka a-na ḪUL-tim ina ŠÀ]-⸢šú⸣ [la tu-ub-bal] / [ni-ri]-⸢it⸣ EN—MUN EN—⸢SIG₅⸣-[tim ša LUGAL EN-šú šu-tu-ni] / [ša] ⸢ul⸣-tu naq-bi-[ri É ṣa-al-lu i-de-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-ku li-za-am-me-šú] / [i-na] ug-gat DINGIR u ⸢LUGAL⸣ [ka-ak—da-a-me li-kil SAG-su] / [LÚ.ÚŠ]-⸢šú⸣ i-na la [qí-bi-ri li-ba-ṣi-ru UR.KU-MEŠ]
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336727.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336727). 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/P336727/.
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