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SAA 20, 14 (K 11796) (P336792)

Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSAA 20, 14 (K 11796)
IDP336792
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Ritual
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2'“[.....],” an erš[ahunga-psalm to DN].
Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3'“Let me pray to [the ... wild bull of heaven and earth],” an erš[ahunga-psalm to Ea].
Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4'“[......], have mercy on me,” an erša[hunga-psalm to DN].
Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5'You sing, “[......] heart”
Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6'“[......],” a lamentation. “O Lord, my city [...,” an eršemma-lamentation].
Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7'“Let me sing yo[ur praises to him],” an eršahu[nga-psalm to DN].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'[x x x x x x x x x x] x [x x x x x x]
2'[x x x x x x x x] x ša₃ ER₂.⸢ŠA₃⸣.[HUN.GA₂ ana {d}x]
3'[x x am.an.ki].⸢ra⸣ a.ra.zu ga ER₂.⸢ŠA₃⸣.[HUN.GA₂ ana {d}E₂.A]
4'[x x x x x] ⸢arhuš⸣ tuku.ma.ab ER₂.⸢ŠA₃⸣.[HUN.GA₂ ana {d}x]
5'[x x x x x x].šab ŠIR₃-[mur 0
6'[x x x x x x].de₃ ER₃ umun uru₂.mu in.x [x x x x x]
7'[x x x x.a].⸢zu⸣ šir₃.re.eš ga ER₂.ŠA₃.⸢HUN⸣.[GA₂ ana {d}x]

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