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SAA 13 023. Sacrifice of Bulls, Rams, and Spring Lambs (ABL 0184)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Dadî. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (6) [I/they ......] 2 bulls, 3 rams, and 3 white spring lamb[s ...] in Dur-[...] before [ ...]. (8) (Break) (r 1) [......]. I/He/They ha[ve ...]. (r 3) Wh[at] is it that the king, [my] lo[rd], commands?
Source: Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P334129/
Why it matters
Transliteration
a-na LUGAL EN-ia / ARAD-ka mda-di-i / lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia / dPA dAMAR.UTU a-na / LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu / 02 GUD.NÍTA-MEŠ 03 UDU.NÍTA-MEŠ / 03 UDU.NIM-MEŠ BABBAR-[MEŠ x x] / ina URU.⸢BÀD⸣—[x x x] / ina pa-an [x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / ⸢in?⸣-[x x x x x] / ú-⸢ta⸣-[x x x] / mi-i-[nu] / ša LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[li] / i-qa-bu-⸢ú⸣-[ni]
Scholarly note
Letter from a temple priest or ritual official to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Steven Cole & Peter Machinist (SAA 13, 1998). ORACC text P334129.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334129). source
Translation excerpted from Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P334129/.
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