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~680 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (i 1') [...] Ištar [......] (i 2') [He burns] female kids as on the 6t[h day]. (i 3') [Hav]ing finished his ritual, the k[ing retires] to the [side]room (and) removes the jewellery. He comes out and [prostrates himself] before Ištar. They lay down [the ...]... [He kisses] the ground at the right and left of Ištar. Using a lance, he giv[es ...] before Nikkal, [...]. (i 7') The king comes out, [...s] under [..., and sits down] on the couch before the left-hand door. They [place] a table before the king. One cupbearer steps to the right of the king, p[laces an…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(1) At the da[wn] of the [xth] day [o]f Nisan (I), the king rises early in the m[orni]ng and goes to the house of the Assyrian Ištar. He per[for]ms a sheep offering before [Tašmetu], before Belat-šarri, before Ber, before Uraš, and before Kutatati. [The king] (then) goes straight to the palace. He does (all) this in the morning. (7) [At the pa]ssing of the eve[ning] the king puts on the jewellery and goe[s] to the house of the Assyrian Ištar. The king halts in the courtyard. The priest of [Aššur pours out] one libation bowl of wa[ter and another one [of ...] in the courtyard before the…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(i 1) When the king performs the nāṭu of [Ninittu], the king g[oe]s and brin[gs in] Ištar. (i 4) He p[erforms] a sheep offering [before Aššur], and go[es to] feed [the ṣīp]u before Ištar. He strews [salt], and swings [the purif]ication device. He go[es] to swing the purification device on the censer, gives incense thrice, pours out a libation bowl. He gives incense [three] times, performs a sheep offering, burns [ho]ney and oil, completes his [liba]tions, and appears (to the public). (i 16) [He goes] to strew [salt] before the Seven Gods, feeds [the ṣīpu], and completes [libations] of beer,…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (i 1) [......] ... [......] (i 2) [......] of the bed which in [......] (i 3) [......] He cuts off [......] the bed (i 4) [......] ritual arrangement before the be[d ...] (i 5) [the ...]s of the bed [...] (i 6) [...]. He performs a sheep offering before Aššur. He b[rings in] Ištar. (i 7) He [goes] to fe[ed] the ṣīpus [before I]štar. (i 8) [He places] the head and the feet [up]on huhhurtu-bread [......]. (i 9) He pours [wine and beer] on the head and the feet [...]. (i 10) He performs [a sheep offering before] Ištar. (i 11) He provides [......] (and) goes to the…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(1) [......]...[...] (2) [...] eye [......] (3) [...... the La]dy-of-the-Mountain before the [bed]room (4) [...] the bed [i]nside [...]. (5) [...] se[ts the tab]le of Aššur. (6) He comes out [of] the palace. He pours water and beer and three times [throws] balussu on [...]. (8) The king strews salt before Aššur. He sacrifices a ram [before Aššur], sacrifices a [r]am before the Lady-of-the-Mountain. He s[trew]s salt [o]n the terrace before the Seven Gods, and sp[li]ts [...]. (13) He pours a [lib]ation of beer and wine, provides cooked [me]at before Aššur, provides roast [me]at before the…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (1') [......] sweet oil [...] (2') [......] you anoint [the hands] and feet [......]. (3') The master of the banquet and the officiant [k]iss [the ground before DN] and stand up. (4') They [......] Šarrat-eqi. [The officiant] fills a masrahu vessel with wine [....... The officient] offers (it) to [the master of the ban]quet, saying: “It is (wine) of fame and offspring, [......]. May she give you [well-bein]g, life, fame and offspring!” ... [......]. (8') He thus blesses him and gives him to drink. The officiant [and the master of the banquet] kiss [the gr]ound [before…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(1) [Wh]en [you perform the n]āṭu of the Daughter-of-the-River before [...], at the 5/6th double-hour of [the d]ay you go to the river and pitch a [ten]t on the river bank. You place the front of the tent towards the desert. (4) You collect seeds, pulling the sufferer of the punishment, (while) the singer keeps reciting: “I know the sinner” — a second time like this, a third time like this. You throw the things pulled out into the river. He throws the ‘solvents’ before Šamaš. (9) You put up a bed in the tent. [You place] on the be[d] a habannutu-jar of haršu and a habannutu-jar of…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(1) [When you are to provide for the House of Aššur, (and) to strew salt], you say: “[Aššur and Mullissu, Adad and Mašmaš, accep]t [life]!” (3) [When] you are to swing [the purification device over the table, you say: “The hand is released.” You repeat it] and swing it in the centre of the house, [saying: “The centre of the house is released].” You go and swing it in the area of the censers, [saying: “The centre of the house is seized].” You return and swing it over the censers, [saying: “May Fire purify]!” (7) When you are to put combustibles on the censer, [you giv]e incense [thri]ce and…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(i 1) [Aššur-Enlil]; Mašmaš; Aššur-[Adad] in front of Aššur-d[ugul]; Aššur-Adad in front of Aššur-Conqueror; Enlil-Anu; Ea-šarru; Sîn, Adad, Šamaš; Ištar, the Queen of Heaven of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, Šerua; the Great Gods; [Taš]metu, [Ninurta, Nu]sku; Kippat-mati, Kippat-mati-image, Kutatati; Enlil, Dagan, Aššur-Tiara, Sun-image, Aššur-Lahmus, Aššur-Judges, Kittu, Sîn, Šamaš, Aššur-Conqueror; Ea, Kittu (and) Mišaru, Dibar; Ninurta and Aššur, [Aššur-Šakkan-Tišpak, Aššur-Judges; Lubelim, Gimagan], Il-pad[a]; (i 30) the Couch, Sun-of-the-Lands, the Rivers (and) Usumû, the Images, Kunuš-kadru; the…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (1') [......], Si[...], (2') [...], Hip-rag[gu], (3') [...], the Weapons, the Stand[ard], (4') [...], the Sun-image, [...], (5') [...], Uraš, (6') [..., Be]lat-ekalli, (7') [..., I]štar of Egypt, (8') [..., H]umbaba, (9') [......] image [...] (rest broken away)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(left-hand columns lost) (ii 1) [Ebh, Adad], Šala, Taramuwa, [Nisaba], Adad-Lightning, [Niphu-image], Fire-light[ning], (ii 6) Light-ima[ge, Ningirsu] (rest broken away) (r i 2') [......] light (rest broken away) (completely broken away)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(i 1) [Aššur], drink! Enlil, drink! Anu, drink! Ea-šarru, drink! Queen of the [Gods], drink! Sîn, drink! Šamaš, drink! Adad, drink! Ištar, drink! (i 4) May the Great Gods, the Seven Gods (and) the Narudi drink! Ber, drink! Assyrian Ištar, drink! (i 7) May the Igigi (and) the Anunnaki, Ereškigal (and) the gods of earth, Eṭirtu (and) Ugurta; Šerua, Tašmetu, Nusku, Kippat-mati; Enlil (and) Da[gan], the Judges of the Imag[e, Sîn (and) Šamaš], the Lahmus, the Niphu-im[age], Nubalu, [......], Ea, [...], Maliku, [...], ...; (i 17) the House of Aš[šur] (and) its [..., ...], the Upper Lamassu,…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (1') [N]eš-ili-mati, N[eš-igigani, the St]eps and the Lahm[us of the Eastern Gate; Nus]ku, the Bull-Son-of-Šamaš [and the Judges behind (the God)]; (4') [the image]s of the tem[ple] and the ima[ges of the House of Aššur], the great holy of holies, [the treasuries], the holy of holies without ex[it, ...], the [Cou]rt of Lead, the A[psû and everything (in it)], the [C]ourt of Mul[lissu and everything (in it)], the Court of Nam[ru and everything (in it)] (rest broken away)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

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

(beginning broken away) (1') [the four gates] and [their] doors, [the gods of the fo]ur [houses] and itself [..., the doorjamb and the lo]ck, Ehursag[kurkurra (and)] its [inhabitants], the divine It[tu, the paveme]nt, the hiburnu (vats) [and the sacred outlet conduits], (6') Anu and Antu, the Great Gods, [Šunipuru, the Narudi], Šalimtu, [Enlil] (and) Mullissu, Ninurta (and) [Nusku, Ea-šarru (and) Dam]kina, Usum[û ...] (rest broken away) (totally destroyed)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 045. Takultu for Sin-šarru-iškun(?)

(beginning broken away) (i 1') [Aššur-Adad in front of Aššur-dugu]l, [Aššur]-Adad [in front of Aššur-Conq]ueror, [Enlil]-Anu, [Ea]-šarru, [Sîn, Adad], Šamaš, Ištar, [the Queen of Heaven of] Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, [Šeru]a, (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (ii 1') Bel-[šarru], Da[glanu], Siu[sa], Šeru[a, Mullissu], Ištar [...]: the gods of [the House of Aššur]. (ii 7') The divine Sta[g ...]; (ii 8') you [invoke] their names. (ii 9') The [Image], (rest broken away)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 048. Fragment of a Takultu(?) Text (STT 088B)

(beginning broken away) (i 1') (Too broken for translation) (beginning broken away) (rest broken away) (rest broken away)

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 049. The Gods, Shrines and Holy Palaces of Assur (KAV 042 +)

(1) Aššur, Lord Tiara, Aššur of Reading; Šerua, Kippat-mati, the Window of Tašmetu; Sîn, Šamaš; Šulpaamaša, Šulpaguna; three gods of the room; the Conquerors, the Weapon, the Axe, Kunuš-kadru; image of Tiglath-Pileser: total (of gods) in the holy of holies. (14) Ninurta and Kakka in the right side room of the portico. (16) Nusku in the left side room of ditto. (17) Seven Sons-of-Truth of bronze before the window openings of the roof. (19) Mullissu, Mullissu of Reading, Tambaya, Šamšaya, Ulaya: total (of gods) in the house of Mullissu. (22) Enlil, Dagan, Bel-labria, the Judges of the dais,…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 050. Duties of Priests of the Aššur Temple (PKT 36-38)

(i 1) [To ... ... the House of A]ššur [and to ... the ... for s]etting [the table and per]forming [the sheep offerings] is the responsibility of [the hig]h [priest and the assistant priest]. (i 8) [To illuminat]e the face, [to ...] ..., [to ...] the golden purification device, to wipe [the kettle], to bind [... and the na]pkin [on the k]ing’s [shoulders] is [the responsib]ility of the [...]. (i 15) To lo[ok after ...], to [he]at [...], and to [bu]rn [...] [is the responsibility] of the [...]. (i 19) To [lo]ok after [the table, the c]ouch, [the bed and the throne is the responsibility of the…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 051. Royal Decrees Concerning the Clergy of Ešarra (PKT 39-40)

(i 1) The [...] cup[s] of the House of [Aššur which] Shalmaneser, king of [Assy]ria, established: (i 5) The priest of Aššur. (i 6) The assistant priest, the scribe of the House of God, the steward, the priest of Šerua, the chief gatekeeper, the chief chanter. (i 12) The priest of Bel-tarbaṣi, the warden of the House, the warden of the šahūru anteroom, the chief chanter of the House of Aššur, the cupbearer, the [...] (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (ii 2') Two [...]s of [......]. (ii 4') Three [...]s (and) two revenue collectors ... the table. (ii 7') A revenue collector ge[t]s 1.5…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 052. Cultic Reforms and Religious Practices at Assur (CA pl. 1-2)

(columns i-iii destroyed) (beginning (about 50 lines) broken away) (iv 2) [...... Sennach]erib (iv 3) [......]... (iv 4) [......] of silver (iv 5) [...... he stati]oned (iv 6) [......] the chariot (iv 7) [...... on the x]th (iv 8) [...... Ad]ad (iv 9) [...... is fa]vourable (iv 10) [......]... (iv 11) [......] to him and (iv 12) [...... he recei]ved (rest (about 13 lines) broken away) (beginning (about 50 lines) broken away) (v 1') [Ada]d, [Nisaba, Šala]; Zababa, Babu, [E]a, [Belet]-ili, Damkina, Ninurta. (v 4') The Chariot, the W[eapo]n, Amurru, Haya, Kusu, Ninurta of the Wall, Tišpak,…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 054. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 52 (KAV 049)

(beginning broken away) (i 1') [Sîn, Nikkal; Šamaš], Aya; [Anu, Antu; Kippat-mati], Enlil; [Adad, Šala; Iš]tar of Heaven, [Ištar of Nineveh; Ištar] of Arbela, [Assyri]an [Ištar; Zababa, B]abu; [Belet-ili, Da]mkina; [Ninurta, Kakka], Nabû, [Nergal, Mard]uk (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (ii 1') Aššur, M[ullissu, Šerua]; Sîn, [Nikkal]; Šamaš, [Aya, Kippat-mati]; Anu, [Antu], Adad, [Šala]; Ištar of [Heaven, Ištar of Nineveh]; Ea, the Be[let-ili, Da]mk[ina, Ninurta: total gods wh]o go afte[r Aššur]. (ii 11') The Golden Chariot, [the Weapon], Amurru, [Haya], Kusu, Tišpak, [Ninurta of…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 055. Record of Events at Ešarra on 20-x-714 (CTN 2, 246)

(1) [In the r]eign of Sargon (II), king of Assyria, [in the ep]onym year of Issar-duri, governor of Arrapha (714) , [on the 20th day], the basalt [so]cle underneath the panther of copper was brought into the House of Aššur. [While] the socle was being dragged, they pushed the altar into the socle and delivered a report [bef]ore the king. (6) On the 21st [of Tebet] (X), the royal scribe, Nabû-šallimšunu, came to the Inner City. [...s] were brought [in] big carts from the house of the governor and slain on the altar. (8) [The regular off]ering was performed before Aššur. The House of God was…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

[...] ... [I ask] you, Šamaš, great lord: [Whether the king, my lord], this [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], [from] the beginning of this year until [the month Tammuz of this year], within ... the days and nights, the stipulated term, [will take] the road and go [to Egypt], [and return] safely to Nineveh, and [...], [Be present] in this ram, [and] [place in it a firm positive] answer, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of [your great divinity], [and] may I [see it]! [...] ... [...]

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

(traces, too fragmentary to translate) / [......] his/her ...... (blank) [......] / (1) [Disregard that ......] the forces of Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria ......] / (2) [Disregard that ......] turns him back, (that) illness (or) the hardship [of travel is encountered] / (3) [Disregard that ...... a god] of evil (or) the evil of Ištar [......] / (4) [Disregard that a clean or] unclean (person) has touched the sacrificial sheep, / (5) [or] has blocked the way [of the sacrificial sheep]. / (6) [Disregard that an unclean man or wom]an has come near the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean].…

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 20 037. 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)

SAA 20 045. Takultu for Sin-šarru-iškun(?)

SAA 20 048. Fragment of a Takultu(?) Text (STT 088B)

SAA 20 049. The Gods, Shrines and Holy Palaces of Assur (KAV 042 +)

SAA 20 050. Duties of Priests of the Aššur Temple (PKT 36-38)

SAA 20 051. Royal Decrees Concerning the Clergy of Ešarra (PKT 39-40)

SAA 20 052. Cultic Reforms and Religious Practices at Assur (CA pl. 1-2)

SAA 20 054. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 52 (KAV 049)

SAA 20 055. Record of Events at Ešarra on 20-x-714 (CTN 2, 246)

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

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