RIAA 308 (P282526)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RIAA 308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282526 |
| Museum no. | MRAH O.0231 |
| Collection | Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Ritual |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [The priests] enter and go as far as the courtyard of the palace. The chariot-driver [...s] the ch[ariot]. The priests go out and the eunuchs enter. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | The king goes straight to the house. Šerua, Kippat-mati and Tašmetu go to the palace and sit down in the Labbunu-house. [The king] performs a sheep offering, provides cooked meat, and [‘arouses’] the House of God. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | [The goddesses] take their seats. Aššur of Reading and [DN] go [to] the Aššur Gate and are seated before the gate. He [perform]s a sheep offering, burns a female goat kid, opens the vat [......]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [The gods return and] take their seats. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] will achieve life [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] they say [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] he holds back [the chanter]s |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] pierces [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] mounts the chariot |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] to sit [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | They bar the city gate [..., and ...] the king in the rikshaw [......]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [The pr]iest of Anu, the priest of [Adad, the priest of DN, the pr]iest of the Assyrian (Ištar), and the priest of Nabû [...] in the riks[haw] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | er-ru-bu a-di TUR₃ E₂.GAL il-lak-[u-ni] | |
| 2' | mu-⸢kil⸣—PA-MEŠ mu-⸢kil⸣—PA-MEŠ {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | SANGA-ME-ni E₃-u₂ {lu₂}SAG-ME er-ru-bu 0 | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ina E₂ i-še-er {d}še-ru-u-a {d}GAM—KUR {d}LAL₂ 0 | |
| 5' | ina E₂.GAL il-la-ka ina E₂—lab-bu-ni TUŠ-⸢ba⸣ 0 | |
| 6' | {udu}SISKUR ZI-ah sil₂-qu ep-pal E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR [ZI] | |
| 7' | ina KI.TUŠ-ši-na TUŠ-ba aš-šur—ša₂—sa-su-ti {⸢d⸣}[x] | |
| 8' | [ina] KA₂.GAL aš-šur DU-ku ina IGI KA₂.GAL TUŠ-bu {udu}⸢SISKUR⸣ | |
| 9' | [ZI]-⸢ah⸣ {mi₂}AŠ₂.QAR GIBIL₂ ha-ri-u BAD-ti [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x ina] ⸢KI⸣.TUŠ-šu₂-nu TUŠ-bu [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] ⸢TI.LA⸣ KUR [x] x [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x] i-qab-bi-u [x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x {lu₂}UŠ.KU]-MEŠ i-kal-la | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣-bu i-ha-ti-[ip] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x] x x-pat-ti {giš}GIGIR U₅ 0 | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na ka-mu-si KA₂.GAL | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x i]-par-ri-ku x ina {giš}ša₂—ša₂-da-di | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢SANGA ša₂⸣ {d}a-nu SANGA ša₂ {d}[IM] | |
| 9 | [SANGA ša₂ {d}x] ⸢SANGA⸣ ša₂ {[d}15—aš-šur-⸢i-tu₂⸣ SANGA ša₂ {d}PA ina {giš}ša₂—⸢ša₂⸣-[da-di] | |
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