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~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 031. The Banquet of [DN] (BBR pl. 60)

(beginning broken away) (2') [...... a muk]arrisu-pan of oil (3') [......] pours on a beer vat (4') [......] pushes (it) with his feet (5') [......] throws [... on] the tab[le], and goes (away). (6') [......] The singer intones before him: “The strongest one of the gods,” and goes (away). (7') [...] ... You throw ... on it and place the mukarrisu on it. You fill a pail of [oil] with water, place it atop the chair in the middle of the doorway, and let it bathe in sunshine. (10') You set up a table before the chair. You place three litres of grain on the table, half of it groats, half of it…

Religion & Myth

~680 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 20

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

(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…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

(1) They put up the bed and perform the display. (2) They wash the feet. A torch of sweet reed, a bowl of sweet oil. (4) The bride washes the feet. She walks around the bed three times, kisses the feet, goes and sits down. She burns cedar and quenches it with wine. She lays the heart of a ram in tappinnu-flour and places it in the middle of the image. (10) They pour wine onto the ground from a ... stone vessel and crush it against the sideboard of the bed. They mix (the contents of) two sprinkling-vessels and pour it before Šamaš. She throws herself at the feet. (15) The day on which they put…

SAA 20 031. The Banquet of [DN] (BBR pl. 60)

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

SAA 20 036. Fragment Relating to Rituals in Assur (CT 53, 330)

SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)

SAA 20 046. Fragment of a Takultu Text (Takultu 9)

SAA 20 047. Fragment of a Takultu Text (ABL 1413)

SAA 20 053. Text Similar to No. 52 (PKT 14-15)

SAA 03 001. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Aššur (ABRT 1 32-33)

SAA 03 004. Nanaya Hymn of Sargon II (ABRT 1 54-55)

SAA 03 006. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû (KAR 122)

SAA 03 008. Hymn to the city of Arbela (LKA 032)

SAA 03 010. Blessing for the City of Assur (STT 087)

SAA 03 011. Assurbanipal’s Coronation Hymn (LKA 031)

SAA 03 012. Righteous Sufferer’s Prayer to Nabû (STT 065)

SAA 03 014. Love Lyrics of Nabû and Tašmetu (TIM 09 54)

SAA 03 016. Elegies Mourning the Death of Tammuz (STT 360)

SAA 03 017. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign to Urarṭu (STT 043)

SAA 03 020. Epical Narrative Relating to Assurbanipal’s Elamite Wars (SAAB 01 14)

SAA 03 032. The Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince (ZA 43 1)

SAA 03 034. Marduk Ordeal (Assur Version) (KAR 143, 219; GPA 268)

SAA 03 036. Myth Embedded in a Royal Ritual (Geers B 14)

SAA 03 037. A Cultic Commentary (CT 15 43f)

SAA 03 039. Mystical Miscellanea (KAR 307)

SAA 03 040. Commentary to the Assyrian Cultic Calendar (LKA 073)

SAA 03 041. Letter from Aššur to Šamši-Adad V (KAH 142)

SAA 03 049. Fragment Mentioning Gilgameš Epic (NE 50)

SAA 03 050. Na’id-Šihu Epic (STT 366)

SAA 20 001. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (OrSP 21, 135)

SAA 20 003. Rituals on Shebat 23-25 (CA pl. 5)

SAA 20 009. Report on Rituals Performed by Assurbanipal in Shebat-Adar, 650 (CA pl .3-4)

SAA 20 010. Report on Rituals Performed on Shebat 17-21 (OrSP 22, 039)

SAA 20 011. Report on Rituals Performed on Adar 8 (OrSP 22, 036)

SAA 20 013. Lamentations to Aššur on Account of Enemy Attack (Geers J 62)

SAA 20 015. Rituals in the Akitu House on Nisan 7-8, and Temple Service Rites (KAR 215 + PKT 16)

SAA 20 016. Rituals in the Equ House (AsT 43)

SAA 20 017. Rituals in the House of the Assyrian Ištar (PKT 19 + OrSP 23, 115)

SAA 20 019. Rituals for Ninitu and Kulittu (KAR 146)

SAA 20 020. Fragment of a Ritual for Ištar (CA pl. 6)

SAA 20 021. Ritual for the Lady-of-the-Mountain (PKT 12-13)

SAA 20 030. The Banquet of Gula (PKT 21 + 22b)

SAA 20 032. Ritual for the Daughter-of-River (KAR 141)

SAA 20 035. Fragment of a Ritual Mentioning the Dais of Destinies (CT 53, 980)

SAA 20 037. Temple Service Rites for All Assyria (PKT 10-11)

SAA 20 038. Takultu for Sennacherib and Temple Service for Nineveh (STT 088)

SAA 20 039. Takultu for Esarhaddon(?) (STT 374)

SAA 20 041. Duplicate of No. 40 (KAV 057)

SAA 20 042. Takultu for Aššur-etel-ilani (KAR 214)

SAA 20 043. Duplicate of No. 42 (KAV 083)

SAA 20 044. Duplicate of No. 42 (KAR 325)