Position in chronology
SAA 20 024. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-Mountain (BBR pl. 60 1879-07-08, 0132)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 20(1) [Tukulti-Ninurta (I), king of Ass]yria, [performed and] instituted the (following) the rites for the Lady-of-the-Mountain, his god (lit. ‘gods’). (2) [When] you are to perform [the nāṭu-ritual of] Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-Mountain: (3) [You pit]ch [a tent on the river bank], place its doorway toward the sun, and place a chair at the side of the tent. [You la]y [clean red wool upon it], (and) place a bowl of sweet oil, aromatics, juniper, and a tuft of red wool on [it]. (5) [You set up a table before Šamaš, and place a ce]nser, firewood and licorice behind the [table]. You place…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 20 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[e-pu-uš-ma mtukul-ti—dMAŠ MAN KUR—aš]-⸢šur⸣.KI par-ṣi a-na dGAŠAN—KUR-e DINGIR-MEŠ-šú ú-kin!-⸢ma! SUM!-in!⸣ / [e-nu-ma na-a-ṭu ša m]tukul-ti—dMAŠ a-na šar-rat—KUR-e a-na e-⸢pe-še-i-ka⸣ / [TÚG.maš-ku-nu ina GÚ ÍD SÌG]-⸢aṣ!⸣ KÁ-šú a-na IGI dUTU GAR-an GIŠ.GU.ZA ina i-di TÚG.maš-ki-ni ŠUB-di / [SÍG.ḪÉ.MED eb-bu ina UGU-ḫi ŠUB]-⸢di!⸣ kap-pu šá Ì.GIŠ DÙG.GA ŠEM-ḪI.A-MEŠ ŠEM.LI ni-ip-šú SÍG.ḪÉ.MED…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P451849.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P451849). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P451849/.
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