CA pl. 5 (P336141)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CA pl. 5 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336141 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00126 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Ritual |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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 1o 1–o 33 | On the 23rd day the king goes down to the House of God. He illumi[nates] the face. He perfo[rms the reg]ular offering before Aššur and Mullissu. He performs one [bef]ore the gods of heaven. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The king fills plates with spicy grains. He performs a sheep offering before them. He provides cooked meat and places the plates before Aššur and Mullissu. He offers salt on them. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | [He seats] the chanters and retires (to the side room). At the time of making the chanters rise, the king makes the chanters rise. He [provides] for the House of God in the house [of Dagan]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The king [goes straight] to the palace. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010– | On the 24th day, the king [goes down to the House of God. ...]. He illuminates the face. [He performs the regular offering before Aššur] and Mullissu; [he performs one before] the god[s of heaven]. |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 1313– | He f[ills] plates with spicy grains. He perfor[ms a sheep offering] before them. He provides [cooked m]eat and places [the plates before Aššur] and Mullissu. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | He seats the chanters [and makes them rise]. He provides for the House of God in the house of Dagan. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | He makes the God rise. [He ...] pours beer, (then) seats him at the Eastern Ga[te]. He il[luminates] the face. He performs a sheep offering and provides cooked meat. He makes the God rise [and] seats him on his seat [in the house of Dagan]. He stops the chanters. He brings forth a censer and a torch. He performs a sheep offering. He recites a psalm with uplifted hands. Ditto before Mullissu. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The king goes straight to the palace. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | On the 25th day the king does not go down. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | The regular offerings to be made and the wine [to be libated] from the 23rd through the 25th of [Shebat] (XI). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢UD⸣ 23-KAM₂ LUGAL ina ⸢E₂⸣—DINGIR ⸢E₂⸣—DINGIR ur-⸢rad⸣ zi-mu u₂-ša₂-[an-mar] | |
| 2 | [da₃]-ri-u₂ i-na IGI aš-šur u {d}NIN.LIL₂ i-na-[sah] | |
| 3 | [ina] IGI DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e i-na-sah it-qu-ra-a-[te] | |
| 4 | ⸢TA⸣ hi-in-hi-ni LUGAL u₂-mal-la {udu}SISKUR ina IGI i-[na-sah] | |
| 5 | sil₂-qu ep-pal it-qur-a-te ina IGI aš-šur u {d}NIN.LIL₂ [GAR-an] | |
| 6 | MUN ina UGU-hi u₂-qar-rab {lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ u₂-[še-šab] | |
| 7 | i-na-šar si-mi-in {lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ šat-⸢bu⸣-[e i-sah-hu-ra] | |
| 8 | {lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ u₂-šat-ba E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR ina ⸢E₂⸣—{[d}da-gan ep-pal] | |
| 9 | LUGAL ina E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [i-šer₃] | |
| 10 | UD 24-KAM LUGAL ina ⸢E₂⸣—[DINGIR ⸢E₂⸣—[DINGIR ur-rad x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | zi-mu ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-an-mar [da₃-ri-u₂ ina IGI aš-šur] | |
| 12 | u {d}NIN.LIL₂ [i-na-sah ina IGI] DINGIR-[MEŠ ša₂ AN-e i-na-sah] | |
| 13 | it-qur-a-te [hi]-⸢in-hi-ni⸣ u₂-[mal-la {udu}SISKUR] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina pa-ni i-⸢na⸣-[sah sil₂]-⸢qu⸣ ep-pal ⸢it⸣-[qur-a-te ina IGI aš-šur] | |
| 2 | u {d}NIN.LIL₂ ⸢GAR-an {lu₂⸣}UŠ.KU-MEŠ u₂-še-⸢šab⸣ [u₂-šat-ba] | |
| 3 | E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR ina E₂—{[d]}⸢da⸣-gan ep-pal DINGIR u₂-šat-⸢ba⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | KAŠ BAL ina ⸢KA₂ ṣi⸣-it—{d}UTU ṣi⸣-it—{d}UTU u₂-še-šab zi-mu u₂-[ša₂-an-mar] | |
| 5 | {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ i-na-sah sil₂-qu ep-pal DINGIR u₂-šat-⸢ba⸣ [ina E₂—{d}da-gan] | |
| 6 | ina KI.TUŠ-šu₂ u₂-še-šab {lu₂}UŠ.KU-MEŠ i-kal-la NIG₂.NA GI.⸢IZI⸣.[LA₂] | |
| 7 | u₂-qar-rab {udu}SISKUR ZI-ah ŠU.IL₂.LA₂.KAM₂ IL₂-[ši] | |
| 8 | ina IGI {d}NIN.LIL₂ KI.MIN-ma LUGAL ina E₂.GAL i-šer₃ 0 | |
| 9 | UD 25-KAM la u₂-rad 0 | |
| 10 | da₃-ri-u ZI GEŠTIN [BAL TA UD] 23 a-⸢di⸣ UD 25 0 | |
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