PKT 12 - 13 (P336312)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PKT 12 - 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336312 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Ritual |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] eye [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...... the La]dy-of-the-Mountain before the [bed]room |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] the bed [i]nside [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] se[ts the tab]le of Aššur. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | He comes out [of] the palace. He pours water and beer and three times [throws] balussu on [...]. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | The king strews salt before Aššur. He sacrifices a ram [before Aššur], sacrifices a [r]am before the Lady-of-the-Mountain. He s[trew]s salt [o]n the terrace before the Seven Gods, and sp[li]ts [...]. |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313–o 1717 | He pours a [lib]ation of beer and wine, provides cooked [me]at before Aššur, provides roast [me]at before the Lady-of-the-Mountain. He scatters dust on his head (and) opens the vat with a .... |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818–o 2020 | The priest [of] Aššur offers hand-water to the L[ady-of-the-Moun]tain and to the king, and places a rib on the terrace before the Seven Gods. |
| Obverse [20:24] o 2121–o 2424 | The king strews salt on it, performs a funerary [offe]ring, strews salt, [pours] a [l]ibation of beer and [wi]ne, and [provides] cooked [meat] before the Lady-of-the-Mountain. |
| Obverse [24:28] o 2525–o 2828 | [The king] makes kamanu-cakes [dance, opens] the vat [......, ...s x c]ups [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] the singer [intones], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [“... wi]de [......”] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... to [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... be]fore the qirs[u-enclosure] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...]...[...] from [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] The female singer [intones]: |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [“O ...], you ......[...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] this signet ring [......] |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | [... f]eet [......] |
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 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] x IGI.2 ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢ri⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x {d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣—KUR-e ina IGI E₂ ⸢x⸣ x x [x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] x-ṣu ma-a.a-lu [ina] ŠA₃ ⸢da⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5 | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ {d}aš-šur i-rak-[kas] | |
| 6 | [TA] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL u₂-ṣa-[a] | |
| 7 | A-MEŠ KAŠ-MEŠ BAL-qi₂ 03-šu₂ ba-lu-su ⸢ina UGU x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8 | LUGAL MUN ina IGI aš-šur i-kar-⸢ra-ar₂⸣ | |
| 9 | [ina IGI aš-šur] UDU.NITA₂ i-na-sah | |
| 10 | [UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ ina IGI {d}GAŠAN—KUR-e i-na-sah | |
| 11 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ tam-le-e ina IGI {d}07.BI ⸢MUN⸣ i-[kar-ra]-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x]-a-tum u₂-⸢sal-lat⸣ | |
| 13 | [ma]-qe₂-e ša₂ KAŠ GEŠTIN BAL-qi₂ | |
| 14 | {⸢uzu⸣}sil₂-qu ina IGI {d}aš-šur ⸢ep⸣-pal | |
| 15 | {⸢uzu⸣}šu-pe-e ina IGI {d}GAŠAN—KUR-e ep-pal | |
| 16 | ⸢ep⸣-ru ina UGU kaq-qa-di-šu₂ i-kar-ra-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 17 | {⸢dug⸣}[ha]-⸢ri-u₂⸣ ina {giš}AN-il-ti i-bat-te | |
| 18 | {⸢lu₂⸣}SANGA [ša₂] {⸢d⸣}aš-šur A-MEŠ ŠU.2 | |
| 19 | [a]-na {d}⸢GAŠAN⸣—[KUR]-⸢e a-na⸣ LUGAL u₂-qar-rab | |
| 20 | {uzu}TI [ina] ⸢UGU tam⸣-le-e ina IGI {d}07.BI GAR-an | |
| 21 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ MUN ina UGU i-kar-ra-ar | |
| 22 | [ki]-⸢is⸣-pa i-⸢kas⸣-sap MUN i-kar-⸢ra-ar⸣ | |
| 23 | ⸢ma⸣-qe₂-⸢e⸣ ša₂ KAŠ ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ [BAL-qi₂] | |
| 24 | {uzu}sil₂-qu ana IGI {d}GAŠAN—KUR-e [ep-pal] | |
| 25 | [LUGAL] {ninda}ka-ma-⸢na⸣-MEŠ ⸢u₂⸣-[šar-qa-ad] | |
| 26 | {⸢dug}ha-ri-u₂ x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | [x] ⸢GU₂.ZI⸣-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] x [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] NAR [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] x-aš₂-tu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] x-ši la ⸢x⸣ šu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] x ⸢la x⸣ a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢IGI {giš⸣}qir-⸢si⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢šu⸣ [x] x TA ŠA₃ x [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x] x {mi₂}NAR [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x] x-at-ti 02 pu-ut [x x] ⸢ta⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x] x ŠU.GUR an-ni-ti [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x] ⸢GIR₃⸣.2 ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ li [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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