Position in chronology
SAA 20 053. Text Similar to No. 52 (PKT 14-15)
Translation · reference
High confidence(beginning (about 30 lines) broken away) (i 1') [Ea, Belet-ili], Damkina and [Ninurta] go [to the Akit]u [House aft]er Aššur. [The Chariot, the Weapon, Amurru], Haya, Mandanu, [Nusku and K]akka go before Aššur. (i 6') [The gods] of the Akitu House on the right and left of Aššur: (i 7') [Aššur, Mul]lissu, Mašmaš, Šerua, [Sîn, Ni]kkal, Šamaš, Aya, Enlil, [Ištar of Nineveh], Kakka, Kippat-mati in the courtyard. [Hay]a and Kusu i[n] the courtyard. [Total 14] gods [o]n the right. (i 12') Anu, Antu, Adad, Šala, Ea, Belet-ili, Damkina, Ninurta, Nergal, Nu[s]ku, and Mandanu in the courtyard. Total 11…
Source: Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P282261/
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Transliteration
[dÉ.A dNIN.MAḪ] ddam-ki-⸢na⸣ / [dMAŠ ina EGIR]-⸢at⸣ daš-šur / [ina É.a-ki]-⸢te⸣ il-lu-ku / [GIŠ.GIGIR GIŠ.TUKUL dMAR.TU d]ḪA.ÌA dman-da-nu / [dPA.TÚG d]⸢GA⸣.GA ina IGI-at daš-šur il-lu-ku / [DINGIR-MEŠ É].⸢a-ki⸣-ti ša ZAG KAB šá daš-šur / [daš-šur d]⸢NIN⸣.LÍL dMAŠ.MAŠ dše-ru-u-a / [d30 d]⸢NIN⸣.GAL dUTU dA.A d.EN.LÍL / [d15—NINA.KI] dGA.GA dGAM—KUR ina TÙR / [dḪA.ÌA] d[KÙ].⸢SÙ⸣ ina TÙR / [PAB 14]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P282261.
Attribution
Image: VAT 13596 (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany) — from Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P282261). 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/P282261/.
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