PKT 36 - 38 (P336320)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PKT 36 - 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336320 |
| 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 Column i [0:7] o i 1o i 1–o i 77 | [To ... ... the House of A]ššur [and to ... the ... for s]etting [the table and per]forming [the sheep offerings] is the responsibility of [the hig]h [priest and the assistant priest]. |
| Obverse Column i [7:14] o i 88–o i 1414 | [To illuminat]e the face, [to ...] ..., [to ...] the golden purification device, to wipe [the kettle], to bind [... and the na]pkin [on the k]ing’s [shoulders] is [the responsib]ility of the [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [14:18] o i 1515–o i 1818 | To lo[ok after ...], to [he]at [...], and to [bu]rn [...] [is the responsibility] of the [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [18:22] o i 1919–o i 2222 | To [lo]ok after [the table, the c]ouch, [the bed and the throne is the responsibility of the ...]s of Sîn. |
| Obverse Column i [22:27] o i 2323–o i 2727 | [(Only) the high priest and the] assistant [pries]t, [the priest of DN, the pries]t of Ištar of Nineveh, [the ..., the warden of] the House of Aššur, [and the ...] who ascend the dais may enter [the holy of holies of Aššur]. |
| Obverse Column i [27:30] o i 2828–o i 3030 | [To ...] the dais, [to ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:4] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 44 | [To ...] the cens[er ...], to supply fire[wood and ..., and to ...] is the responsibility of the fire[wood-man]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:7] o ii 55–o ii 77 | The incense-man is responsible for mixing the incense and fumigants to be thrown (on the censers). |
| Obverse Column ii [7:13] o ii 88–o ii 1313 | To open the golden locks and the wooden pegs of the doors, to look after the garments and jewellery of all the gods, to give out the palm-leaf fans and arrows, and to guard all the utensils of the House is the responsibility of the steward. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:19] o ii 1414–o ii 1919 | To sweep the area from the feet of the dais to the bottom of the House, to guard the utensils of the House, to remove the utensils, and to illuminate the pipes is the responsibility of the warden of the House. |
| Obverse Column ii [19:25] o ii 2020–o ii 2525 | To sweep the area from the Kunuš-kadru gate to the threshold, to guard the gods of the šahūru anteroom, to fill the purification cones, and to guar[d] the golden thunderbirds is the responsibility of the warden of the šahūru anteroom. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'1'–r i 1'1' | [The ... is responsible for ......]. |
| Reverse Column i [1:4] r i 2'2'–r i 4'4' | The chief baker of the House of Aššur is responsible for (providing) bread [and date-cak]es for the House of Aššur and all the temples. |
| Reverse Column i [4:8] r i 5'5'–r i 8'8' | The chief brewer of the House of Aššur is responsible for (providing) beer and hammurtu-beer for the House of Aššur and all the temples. |
| Reverse Column i [8:13] r i 9'9'–r i 13'13' | To inspect bread and beer constantly and to receive the votive gifts to all the gods is the responsibility of the scribe of the House of Aššur. |
| Reverse Column i [13:15] r i 14'14'–r i 15'15' | The guardians of the House of Aššur, including the providing for the House of God: |
| Reverse Column i [15:20] r i 16'16'–r i 20'20' | The steward of Aššur, the gatekeeper of the dais, the warden of the House of Aššur, the stool-man, the warden of the šahūru anteroom, the firewood-man, and the cupbearer. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:5] r ii 1'1'–r ii 5'5' | [the ..., the s]tool-man, [the ...], the cupbearer, [the ...], the gatekeeper of the Kalkal gate, [the gatekeeper of the En]pi (gate), the gatekeeper of Neš-ili-mati, [the gatekeeper of Ninurta] of the storehouse: |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6' | [total ... co]mmandants. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7' | Written [according to the original] and collated. |
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 i | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x E₂]—⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] x-u | |
| 3 | [x x x {giš}BANŠUR ra]-⸢ka⸣-si | |
| 4 | {[udu}SISKUR-MEŠ na]-sa-hi | |
| 5 | [x x x x] x-šu₂ | |
| 6 | {[lu₂}SANGA GAL]-u₂ | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}SANGA 02-u₂] pu-tu-hu na-ṣu | |
| 8 | [ša₂-an-mu]-⸢ru⸣ ša₂ zi-i-me | |
| 9 | [x x x] x UR₂-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ša₂—te-li-si KUG.GI | |
| 11 | [x x x di-qa-ru] šak-ku-lu | |
| 12 | [x x x {tug₂}sa]-⸢su⸣-pu | |
| 13 | [ina UGU MAŠ.QA] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ra-⸢ka⸣-su | |
| 14 | {[lu₂}x x pu-tu]-hu na-ši | |
| 15 | [x x x x a-ma]-a-ru | |
| 16 | [x x x x x ṣa]-ra-hu | |
| 17 | [x x x x x šar]-ru-pu | |
| 18 | {[lu₂}x x pu-tu-hu] na-ši | |
| 19 | [x x x x {giš]}⸢ne₂⸣-mat-tu | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x a]-ma-ru | |
| 21 | {[lu₂}x x x x] x {d}30 | |
| 22 | 0 pu-tu-hu na]-ṣu | |
| 23 | {[lu₂}SANGA GAL-u₂ {lu₂]}⸢SANGA⸣ 02-u₂ | |
| 24 | {[lu₂}SANGA {d}x {lu₂]}⸢SANGA⸣ {d}15—NINA{ki} | |
| 25 | [x x x {lu₂}ša₂—UGU]—E₂—aš-šur | |
| 26 | [x x x x {lu₂]}⸢e⸣-li BARAG-MEŠ | |
| 27 | [ina {e₂}pa-pa-hi AN.ŠAR₂] er-ru-bu | |
| 28 | [x x x x x x] BARAG | |
| 29 | [x x x x x x x] kab | |
| 30 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | še-eh-[tu x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {giš}ga-[ṣa-te x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ta-da-[nu x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}ša₂—⸢ga⸣-[ṣa-te-šu₂ pu-tu-hu na-ši] | |
| 5 | {šem}en-di ⸢qu⸣-ta-⸢ri ba-la⸣-lu | |
| 6 | ša₂ ka-ra-ri {lu₂}ša₂—⸢en⸣-di-šu₂ | |
| 7 | pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 8 | MUD-MEŠ KUG.GI {giš}GAG-MEŠ {giš}IG-MEŠ pa-tu-u₂ | |
| 9 | {tug₂}lu-bu-su šu-kut-tu ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 10 | a-ma-ru mu-dam-me-qa-a-ti | |
| 11 | {giš}šil-ta-hi SUM-nu | |
| 12 | a-nu-ut E₂ gab-bu na-ṣa-ru | |
| 13 | {lu₂}lah₂-hi-nu pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 14 | TA GIR₃.2 BARAG a-di SUHUŠ E₂ | |
| 15 | {giš}sa-a-ri še-tu-qu | |
| 16 | a-nu-ut E₂ na-ṣa-ru | |
| 17 | a-nu-tu₂ pa-su-ku | |
| 18 | ra-ṭa-a-ti ša₂-an-mu-ri | |
| 19 | {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂ pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 20 | TA KA₂ {d}GAM—kad₃-ri a-di I.DIB | |
| 21 | {giš}sa-a-ri še-tu-qu | |
| 22 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša ša₂-hu-ri na-ṣa-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 23 | mul-li-li ⸢mal⸣-lu-[u₂] | |
| 24 | an-ze-e KUG.GI na-ṣa-[ru] | |
| 25 | {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—ša₂-hu-ri pu-tu-[hu na-ši] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | {[lu₂}x x pu-tu]-⸢hu na⸣-[ši] | |
| 2' | NINDA-[MEŠ NINDA.I₃.DE₂].A ša₂ E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 3' | ša ⸢E₂⸣.[KUR]-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 4' | {lu₂}GAL—NINDA {lu₂}GAL—NINDA ša E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 5' | KAŠ-MEŠ {kaš}ha-mur-tu ša₂ (E₂)—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 6' | ša E₂.KUR-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 7' | {lu₂}GAL—LUNGA₂ {lu₂}GAL—LUNGA₂ ša₂ E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 8' | pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 9' | NINDA-MEŠ KAŠ-MEŠ ka-a.a-ma-nu | |
| 10' | a-ma-ru še-lu-a-ti | |
| 11' | ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ gab-bu ma-ha-ru | |
| 12' | {lu₂}A.BA E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 13' | pu-tu-hu na-ši | |
| 14' | EN—ma-ṣar-ra-a-te EN—ma-ṣar-ra-a-te ša₂ E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 15' | a-di a-pal E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR | |
| 16' | {lu₂}lah₂-hi-nu AN.ŠAR₂ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ BARAG | |
| 17' | {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 18' | {lu₂}ša₂—{giš}kit-tur-ri-šu₂ | |
| 19' | {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—ša₂-hu-ri | |
| 20' | {lu₂}ša₂—ga-ṣa-te-šu₂ {lu₂}KAŠ.LUL | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | {[lu₂}x x x x {lu₂}ša₂]—{⸢giš⸣}kit-⸢tur-ri⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2' | {[lu₂}x x x x] KAŠ.LUL | |
| 3' | {[lu₂}x x x x] {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ KA₂ {d}KAL.KAL | |
| 4' | {[lu₂}I₃.DU₈ {d}en]-⸢pi⸣ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ {d}MU—DINGIR—KUR | |
| 5' | {[lu₂}I₃.DU₈ {d}MAŠ] {e₂}ub-sa-a-te | |
| 6' | [x x x ši]-⸢ki⸣-in—ṭe₃-ma-a-ni ši]-⸢ki⸣-in—ṭe₃-ma-a-ni | |
| 7' | [LIBIR.RA.BI].GIM [LIBIR.RA.BI].GIM SAR ba₃-ri₃ | |
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