Position in chronology
SAA 20 007. Royal Coronation Ritual (KAR 135 + KAR 137 + KAR 216)
Translation · reference
High confidence(about 18 lines broken away) (i 20') [...] from/with [......] (i 21') [u]pon [......] (i 22') [Having finished] their blessings, [the magnates and the royal eunuchs] place [......] before Aššur [...]. (i 24') The king [......] (i 25') touches the king [......]... (i 26') The carrier[s pla]ce [the throne of the king upon their necks] and s[et off] for the House of God. They enter the [House] of God. The priest of Aššur slaps [the king’s cheek] in their presence and says thus: “Aššur is king, Aššur is king!” He says so [as far as] the Anzû gate. (i 30') [Having r]eached the Anzû gate, the king…
Source: Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P282609/
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Transliteration
[x] x [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / [x]-⸢te⸣ TA [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / [i]-na UGU [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / ⸢ik⸣-ri-be-šu-nu [ina ga-am-mu-ri GAL-MEŠ LÚ.šá—SAG—MAN-MEŠ] / a-na pa-an aš-šur [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / i-ša-ku-nu MAN [x x x x x x x x x x x x] x x / LUGAL i-la-pat [x x x x x x x x x x] x kal / LÚ-MEŠ na-ši-ú-[te GIŠ.GU.ZA ša LUGAL ina la-ba-ni-šu-nu…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P282609.
Attribution
Image: VAT 09583 + VAT 09936 +? VAT 10113 (+) VAT 09978 (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany) — from Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P282609). 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/P282609/.
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