RIAA 315 (P282529)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RIAA 315 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282529 |
| Museum no. | MRAH O.0230 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [On the 23rd day the king performs] the ‘washing of the mouth’ [in the main room]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... they] p[ut a portable censer] of juniper in the king’s hand. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [The king] enters the house of Dagan [with a rikshaw]. He brings f[orth a portable censer and a torch], lights the censer, [illuminates the face]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... in] the courtyard an eating-bowl |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] he offers [...] and returns the eating-bowl |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] he puts [...] on the censer |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] pours wine [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [......] He ‘arouses’ the house, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] performs sheep offerings. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | He seats [the chanters]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | He collects [...], |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | sacrifices [... spi]cy grains, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | brings in [...], strews salt. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [After he] has made [the chanters] rise |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [and ... has rea]ched |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] he goes st[raight] to the palace. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] provides [ham]murtu-[beer] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | (Break) |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...... the An]zu [Gate ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] they pla[ce] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | (Rest broken away) |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [UD 23-KAM₂ LUGAL ina E₂—dan-ni] E₂—dan-ni] ⸢KA⸣.LUH.⸢U₃.DA DU₃⸣-[aš₂] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x NIG₂.NA] {⸢šem⸣}LI a-⸢na⸣ ŠU LUGAL ⸢id⸣-[du-nu] | |
| 3 | [LUGAL TA {giš}ša₂—ša₂-da-di ina] E₂—{d}⸢da⸣-gan er-rab | |
| 4 | [x x x NIG₂.NA GI.IZI.LA₂] u₂-⸢qar⸣-[rab] še-eh-tu₂ u₂-šar-ra | |
| 5 | [zi-mu u₂-ša₂-an-mar x x] ta-⸢ar₂⸣-[ba]-ṣi ma-ka-su | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-qar-rab ma-ka-su u₂-GUR | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ qur ⸢x⸣ ina še-eh-ti i-⸢kar⸣-ra-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] x ⸢GEŠTIN⸣-MEŠ i-tab-bak | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x] x E₂ ZI | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x] x {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ ZI | |
| 11 | {[lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ] ⸢u₂⸣-še-šab | |
| 12 | [x x x] x es-si-ip | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x hi]-⸢in⸣-hi-ni ZI-ah | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-še-rab ⸢MUN⸣ i-kar-ra-ar₂ | |
| 15 | [ki-ma {lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ] ⸢u₂⸣-sat-bi | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x ik-ta]-al-da | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ina E₂.GAL i-⸢še⸣-[er] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x {kaš}ha]-⸢mur⸣-tu₂ ep-⸢pal⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] i-x [x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] x še TA ri 02 ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-pa-⸢ra⸣-[aṭ] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x KA₂ an]-ze-e i-x [x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x] i-kar-⸢ru⸣-[ru] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x] x [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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