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~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 002. Assurbanipal’s Acrostic Hymn to Marduk and Zarpanitu (ABRT 1 29-30)

(1) a__ I praise your name, Marduk, the most powerful of the gods, the canal inspector of heaven and earth [......], who was well engendered, and alone is most high [......]! (3) na__ You bear Anuship, Illilship, Ninšikuship, lordship, kingship [......]! You gather all wisdom, total strength [......]! (5) ku__ Honoured ruler, exalted monarch, overpowering, magnificent [......]! They glorified his lordship, prepared battle, [......] A[nu]! (7) aš__ You are exalted in the heavens, king on earth, the skillful counsellor of the [great] gods [......], establisher of all habitations, grasper of the…

Religion & Myth

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 003. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to the Ištars of Nineveh and Arbela (OECT 6 11)

(1) Exalt and glorify the Lady of Nineveh, magnify and praise the Lady of Arbela, who have no equal among the great gods! (4) Their names are most precious among the goddesses! Their cult centres have no equal among all the shrines! (6) A word from their lips is blazing fire! Their utterances are valid for ever! (8) I am Assurbanipal, their favourite, most valued seed of Assur, offspring of Nineveh, product of Emašmaš and Egašankalamma, whose kingship they made great even in the House of Succession. In their pure mouths is [voic]ed the endurance of my throne. (13) I knew no father or mother,…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 005. Nanaya Hymn of Assurbanipal (ABRT 1 09)

(1) Assurbanipal praises [the goddess ......] (2) who is revered and feared by the [great] gods [......] (3) Nanaya, the lady of the great gods [......] (4) Assurbanipal is your high priest [......] (5) Aššur, bless his kingship! [......] (6) As for his arms, bless them Nabû! [......] (7) Sin, keep safe his throne [......] (8) All the lands are praising Urkittu [......] (9) In the time of Assurbanipal [......] (10) In the days of the shepherd [......] (11) Nanaya, with her whole heart [......] (12) The kingship of Assurbanipal, [......] (13) In her sacred city, which [......] (14) she…

Religion & Myth

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 007. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Ištar of Nineveh (ABRT 1 07-08)

(1) O palm tree, daughter of Nineveh, stag of the lands! (2) She is glorious, most glorious, the finest of the goddesses! Nineveh is set with bunbullu decorations, within which there is no [...]. (4) O praised Emašmaš, ...[...], in which dwells Ištar, the que[en of Nineveh]! (6) Like Aššur, she wears a beard and is clothed with brilliance [...]. The crown on her head g[leams] like the stars; the luminescent discs on her breasts shine like the sun! (9) O ziggurat, pride of Nineveh, which bears [awe-inspiring splendour]! (10) On the 16th of Tebet is her ..., she brightens Emašmaš: The lady of…

Religion & Myth

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

(1) Uruk; I love ditto, I love Eanna, my nuptial chamber! (2) Ditto; I love (its) ziggurat, house of my pleasure! (3) Ditto; I love Babylon, my father's house! (4) Ditto; I love Esaggil, house of my veiling! (5) Ditto; I love Ehiligar, house of my joy! (6) Ditto; I love Borsippa, house of my kingship! (7) Ditto; I love Ezida, along with our Nabû! (8) Ditto; I love Šapazzu, along with Bel-ṣarbi! (9) Ditto; I love Cutha, along with Nergal! (10) Ditto; I love Der, along with Ištaran! (11) Ditto; I love Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! (12) Ditto; I love Sippar, along with Šamaš! (13) Ditto; I love the…

SAA 03 002. Assurbanipal’s Acrostic Hymn to Marduk and Zarpanitu (ABRT 1 29-30)

SAA 03 003. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to the Ištars of Nineveh and Arbela (OECT 6 11)

SAA 03 005. Nanaya Hymn of Assurbanipal (ABRT 1 09)

SAA 03 007. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Ištar of Nineveh (ABRT 1 07-08)

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

SAA 03 015. Elegy in Memory of a Woman (BA 2 634)

SAA 03 018. Epic of Sargon II

SAA 03 019. Assurbanipal Epic (Geers B 19)

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King

SAA 03 029. Warning to Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 030. Magic against Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 031. Defeat of Teumman and the Annexation of Elam (IAsb pl.45)

SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon

SAA 03 035. Marduk Ordeal (Nineveh Version) (MEW 242)

SAA 03 042. Fragment of Aššur’s Response to a Royal Letter (JAOS 103, 148)

SAA 03 043. Fragment of the Same Text as No. 42

SAA 03 044. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 35 13ff)

SAA 03 045. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Elamite Wars (CT 35 26)

SAA 03 046. Fragment of a Divine Letter (CT 35 30)

SAA 03 047. Letter from Ninurta to an Assyrian King (BA 5 657)

SAA 03 048. Childbirth Incantation and Ritual (ABRT 2 19)

SAA 03 051. Your Slanderous Lips

SAA 03 052. Unidentified Literary Fragment

SAA 20 002. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (Babyloniaca 01, 206-207)

SAA 20 004. Rituals on [Shebat 22?] (Geers B 157)

SAA 20 005. Rituals on Shebat 23 (RIAA 308)

SAA 20 006. Rituals on [Shebat 23?] (RIAA 315)

SAA 20 007. Royal Coronation Ritual (KAR 135 + KAR 137 + KAR 216)

SAA 20 008. Brazier Offerings to Aššur (AsT 33)

SAA 20 012. Calendar of Psalms and Lamentations in the Aššur Temple (AJSL 42, 110)

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

SAA 20 018. Victory and Lion-Hunt Ritual (AsT 39)

SAA 20 025. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-River (BA 05, 689 + BBR pl. 61)

SAA 20 026. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Sîn (BBR pl. 63 + 68)

SAA 20 027. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Nusku (BBR pl. 64 + 66 + 69)

SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

SAA 20 029. Initiation into the Secrets of Ištar of Heaven (KAR 139)

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 20 040. 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)