ZA 045, 042-046 (P393776)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 045, 042-046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393776 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Ritual |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 | They put up the bed and perform the display. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | They wash the feet. A torch of sweet reed, a bowl of sweet oil. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | The bride washes the feet. She walks around the bed three times, kisses the feet, goes and sits down. She burns cedar and quenches it with wine. She lays the heart of a ram in tappinnu-flour and places it in the middle of the image. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | They pour wine onto the ground from a ... stone vessel and crush it against the sideboard of the bed. They mix (the contents of) two sprinkling-vessels and pour it before Šamaš. She throws herself at the feet. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | The day on which they put up his bed. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | The day on which they perform the burning: |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | They bring water, oil and humbiṣutu-bread. They bring out the utensils, he performs the display. |
| Obverse [18:23] o 1919–o 2323 | They wash the feet. She carries a torch of sweet reed, walks around the bed three times, (then) kisses the feet. She burns cedar and quenches it with wine. She lays the heart of a ram in tappinnu-flour and places it in the middle of the image. |
| Obverse [23:27] o 2424–o 2727 | They pour wine onto the ground from a ... stone vessel and crush it against the sideboard of the bed. |
| Obverse [27:29] o 2828–o 2929 | They circumambulate the paddock thrice. The daughter strews parched grain. |
| Obverse [29:33] o 3030– | They prepare a cup of apples, carry it [thrice] around the paddock and crush it. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | They strew salt on the utensils before Šamaš, invoke her name and set it on the fire. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | Having extinguished the fire, (they prepare) a rib cut, a right shoulder cut, nine and a half litres of sēpu-bread, a kamanu-cake made with zīzu-onion, a bowl of flour, a bowl of parched grain wherein a river has been drawn, a boat made of flour, and a sword made of w[he]at flour. They make a pit and pour oil and honey in[to it]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | The queens cry o[ut: “C]ome, [bu]ry the queen, the daughter of righ[teousness]!” |
| Reverse [10:16] r 1111–r 1616 | They seal everything with the blood of the mo[urner’s] nose. They set up a table before the Great Antu, a table before Gilgamesh and a table before the boatmen. They present water and oil, they set a flagon of beer and a flagon of wine before the Great Antu and Gilgamesh, and make dripping libations from them. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | When he kneels before Šamaš, he says: “She was girt, she is ungirt.” |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | They say: “What is, ‘She was girt, she is ungirt’?” He says: “Her gods have been revered; bless (sg. f.) the king and his seed!” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {⸢giš}NA₂⸣ i-kar-ru-ru tak-lim-tu u₂-kal-lu-mu | |
| 2 | GIR₃.2 i-ma-as-si-u₂ | |
| 3 | zi-iq-tu ša GI DUG₃.GA sa-ap-lu I₃-MEŠ DUG₃.GA | |
| 4 | {⸢mi₂⸣}E₂.GI₄.A GIR₃.2 ta-ma-as-si | |
| 5 | 03-šu₂ TA {giš}NA₂ ta-lab-bi-a | |
| 6 | GIR₃.2 ta-na-šiq ta-al-la-ka tu-uš-šab | |
| 7 | {giš}eri-nu ta-šar-rap ina GEŠTIN tu-bal-la | |
| 8 | lib-bu ša UDU.NITA₂ ina {zid₂}tap-pi-ni GAR-an | |
| 9 | ina MURUB₄ ša ALAM ta-ša₂-kan | |
| 10 | GEŠTIN-MEŠ TA ŠA₃-bi {na₄}AN.ZA.GUL.ME a-na kaq-qi₂-ri | |
| 11 | i-tab-bu-ku {na₄}AN.ZA.GUL.ME ina UGU {giš}a-ma-ri | |
| 12 | ša {giš}NA₂ i-mar-ru-qu | |
| 13 | 02 {dug}mu-sa-lih₃-a-te i-hi-qu | |
| 14 | ina IGI {d}UTU i-tab-bu-ku ina UGU GIR₃.2 ta-ma-qut | |
| 15 | UD-mu ša {giš}NA₂-šu₂ i-ka-ra-ru-u-ni | |
| 16 | UD-mu ša šar-up-tu i-šar-rap-u-ni | |
| 17 | A-MEŠ I₃-MEŠ {ninda}hu-um-bi-ṣu-tu u₂-qar-ru-bu | |
| 18 | {giš}a-nu-tu u₂-še-ṣu-ni tak-lim-tu u₂-kal-lam | |
| 19 | GIR₃.2 i-ma-si-u zi-iq-tu ša GI DUG₃.GA | |
| 20 | ta-na-aš₂-ši 03-šu₂ TA {giš}NA₂ ta-lab-bi | |
| 21 | GIR₃.2 ta-na-šiq {giš}eri-nu ta-šar-rap | |
| 22 | ina GEŠTIN tu-bal-la lib-bu ša UDU.NITA₂ | |
| 23 | ina {zid₂}tap-pi-ni GAR-an ina MURUB₄ ša ALAM ta-ša₂-kan | |
| 24 | GEŠTIN-MEŠ TA ŠA₃-bi {na₄}AN.ZA.GUL.ME | |
| 25 | a-na kaq-qi₂-ri i-tab-bu-ku | |
| 26 | {na₄}AN.ZA.GUL.ME ina UGU SAG.DU {giš}a-ma-ri | |
| 27 | ⸢ša⸣ {giš}NA₂ i-mar-ru-qu | |
| 28 | ⸢TA⸣ gu-ga-am-li 03-šu₂ i-lab-bi-u₂ | |
| 29 | DUMU.MI₂ ŠE.SA.A ta-za-ar-ru {dug}qa-bu-tu | |
| 30 | {giš}HAŠHUR-MEŠ i-ra-ku-su TA gu-ga-am-li | |
| b.e. | ||
| 31 | 03-šu₂] u₂-šal-bu-ni i-mar-ru-qu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MUN ina IGI {d}UTU ina UGU {giš}a-nu-te i-ka-ru-ru | |
| 2 | MU-ša₂ i-za-ku-ru i-ša₂-tu um-mu-du | |
| 3 | ki-ma i-ša₂-tu ik-tab-su {uzu}TI {uzu}ZAG | |
| 4 | 09 1:2 qa {ninda}se-pi {ninda}ka-ma-nu ša zi-zi | |
| 5 | {dug}kal-lu ša ZID₂.DA {dug}kal-lu ša ŠE.SA.A | |
| 6 | ša ID₂ ina ŠA₃-bi e-ṣi-ru-ni | |
| 7 | {giš}MA₂ ša ZID₂.DA-MEŠ ⸢GIR₂ {še}GIG⸣ a-pu i-hap-pi-u | |
| 8 | I₃-MEŠ LAL₃-MEŠ ina [ŠA₃-bi i]-tab-bu-ku | |
| 9 | MI₂—E₂.GAL-MEŠ MI₂—E₂.GAL-MEŠ i-ra-ga-[ma ma-a] ⸢al⸣-ka-ni | |
| 10 | MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL DUMU.MI₂ ki-⸢na⸣-[ti qa-ab]-bi-ra | |
| 11 | ina MUD₂-MEŠ ša ap-pi ša EN—[ta-dir-ti] EN—[ta-dir-ti] ⸢gab⸣-bu i-ka-nu-ku | |
| 12 | {giš}BANŠUR ina IGI an-tum GAL-te {⸢giš}BANŠUR ina⸣ IGI {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ | |
| 13 | {giš}BANŠUR ina IGI {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄-MEŠ i-ra-ku-su | |
| 14 | A-MEŠ I₃-MEŠ i-qar-ri-bu {dug}ma-si-tu ša KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 15 | {dug}ma-si-tu ša GEŠTIN-MEŠ ina IGI an-tum GAL-tim | |
| 16 | ina IGI {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ i-ka-ru-ru TA ŠA₃-bi u₂-ṣa-ru-ru | |
| 17 | ki-ma ka-mi₃-is ina pa-an {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 18 | ma-a ez-ha-at pa-aṭ-ra-at | |
| 19 | ma-a mi₃-i-nu ez-ha-at pa-aṭ-rat ma-a DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-ša₂ pal-hu | |
| 20 | ma-a a-na LUGAL NUMUN-šu₂ kur-bi | |
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