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SAA 09 001. Oracles of Encouragement to Esarhaddon (4 R 2 61)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [......] strong (f.) (i 2) [......] is wide (f.) (i 3) [......] ... (i 4) [Esarh]addon, king of the lands, fear [not]! (i 6) What wind has risen against you, whose wing I have not broken? Your enemies will roll before your feet like ripe apples. (i 11) I am the Great Lady; I am Ištar of Arbela, who cast your enemies before your feet. What words have I spoken to you that you could not rely upon? (i 18) I am Ištar of Arbela. I will flay your enemies and give them to you. (i 20) I am Ištar of Arbela. I will go before you and behind you. (i 24) Fear not! You are…
Source: Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P333952/
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x] dan-ni-te / [x x x x (x)] rap-šat* / [x x x x] ⸢KI*⸣ dan ni / [maš-šur—PAB]—AŠ LUGAL KUR.KUR / [la] ⸢ta⸣-pa-làḫ / ⸢ai*⸣-ʾu šá-a-ru ša i-di-ba-ka-a-ni / a-qa-pu-šú la ak-su-pu-u-ni / na-ka-ru-te-ka / ki-i šá-aḫ-šu-ri ša ITI.SIG₄ / ina IGI GÌR.2-MEŠ-ka i-tan-ga-ra-ru / dGAŠAN GAL-tú a-na-ku / a-na-ku d15 ša URU.arba-ìl / ša na-ka-ru-te-ka / ina IGI GÌR.2-MEŠ-ka ak-kar-ru-u-ni /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P333952.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P333952). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P333952/.
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