~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 7
SAA 07 181. Animal Offerings from the Palace (ADD 1014)
(1) 1 ox, 10 sheep, 1 duck — gate of the big shrine; (2) 1 ox, 10 sheep, 1 duck — gate of the small shrine; (3) 2 oxen, 1 sisalhu ox, 30 sheep, 2 ducks — before Ištar (of) the temple; (4) in all 4 oxen, 1 sisalhu ox, 50 sheep, 4 ducks, offerings of the month of Ab (V), 11th day. (6) Meat (of) oxen, sheep — obligatory: (7) 1 (cut of) meat, 1 sheep — the queen; (r 1) 1 (cut of) meat, 1 sheep — the crown prince; (r 2) 1 (cut of) meat, 1 sheep — the chief eunuch; (r 3) in all, 3 (cuts of) meat, 3 sheep, consumed. (r 4) 4 oxen, 4 (cuts of) meat, 44 sheep, 4 ducks — [obliga]tion of the palace.
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