K 09923 (P398398)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09923 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398398 |
| 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 | [...] the king [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] Enlil [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] Enlil [......] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | (Break) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... Belat]-dunani [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] he places upon it [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | He ties [......, ...s] two rams [...] |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010–o 1515 | They separate [..., bring forth] the sarrānus, and remain standing before the gods. They perform hitpu-offerings and place the sarrānus before the gods. The singer intones, “The hero got angry, enraged was the beautiful prince.” |
| Obverse [15:21] o 1616–o 2121 | The sarrānus turn their faces towards the enemy. They hum and dance. The kurgarrûs sing, “Battle is my game,” the assinnus exchange laments and ... |
| Obverse [21:33] o 2222–o 3333 | The king strings the bow before Šamaš and puts it on the ground. They lift it from the ground and string it. They take an arrow from the chariot of Mašmaš and wrap its point [with wool]. The knight of the gods places it in the king’s hand. The king hangs (var. lifts) a lyre on his shoulder, receives the arrow, spins it around thrice and kisses it. He gives it to the knight, (who) puts it into the hands of the ‘left-house-man’ of Mašmaš. He nocks it on the bow. |
| Obverse [33:38] o 3434–o 3838 | The ‘left-house-man’ of Adad, the overseer of the palace, and the deputy ride with Belat-dunani. They nock their arrow(s) but do not shoot. The tables (and) the hitpu-offerings are cleared off. |
| Obverse [38:43] o 3939–o 4343 | Seizing the chariots and turning around, the ‘left-house-man’ of Mašmaš says: “(Arrow) of Aššur, go!” [They shoot] the arrow into the enemy, circumambulate it thrice, and pi[ck up] the arrow thrice. |
| Obverse [43:45] o 4444–o 4545 | The ear-man opens its ears and mouth. They clear off the gods. |
| Obverse [45:47] o 4646–o 4747 | The king removes the jewellery. Shields are raised. The king approaches and defeats his enemy. |
| Obverse [47:56] o 4848–o 5656 | Having defeated his enemy, he puts on the jewellery and hangs the lyre on his shoulder. He goes before the gods. Sheep offerings are performed. He kisses the ground, does triumphal entry into the camp, enters the qirsu-enclosure and begins the dinner. The king rejoices. |
| Obverse [57:59] o 5858– | Hand of Aššur-zaqip, son of Marduk-šallim-ahhe. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | He po[urs] wine and [b]eer [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | to the righ[t] of the lion [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | He pours out [a libation bowl] before the lion [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | thrice ... to [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 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 | ||
| 1 | [x] x-nu LUGAL ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x] x {d}BE [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x] x ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] {d}BE [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x] ka [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x {d}GAŠAN]—⸢du⸣-na-ni i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi GAR-an x [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢i-rak⸣-kas 02 UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-⸢ap⸣-ru-su {d}sa-ra-na-a-ti [x x x] | |
| 11 | [ina IGI DINGIR]-MEŠ i-za-zu | |
| 12 | hi-it-⸢pa⸣-a-ni u₂-ha-at-⸢tu-pu⸣ | |
| 13 | [ina IGI] DINGIR-MEŠ {d}sa-ra-na-⸢a⸣-[ti] i-kar-ru-ru | |
| 14 | {[lu₂]}⸢NAR⸣ qar-du ir-ub u₂-ša₂-aš₂-mir | |
| 15 | ⸢kab-tu⸣ bu-un-nu-u₂ i-za-mur | |
| 16 | {⸢d⸣}sa-ar-ra-na-(a)-te pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | ina UGU {lu₂}KUR₂ i-šak-ku-nu | |
| 18 | u₂-hab-bu-bu i-raq-qu-du | |
| 19 | {lu₂}KUR.GAR.RA-MEŠ mi-lu-li-(i) qab-lu-u₂ | |
| 20 | i-za-mu-ru {lu₂}UR.SAL-MEŠ (a)-ia-ru-ru-tu₂ | |
| 21 | u₂-sah-hu-ru mi-il-hu i-ma-al-lu-hu | |
| 22 | LUGAL {giš}BAN ina IGI {d}UTU u₂-mal-la | |
| 23 | ina UGU kaq-qa-ri GAR-an TA UGU kaq-qa-ri | |
| 24 | i-ma-tah-u₂-ni u₂-mal-lu-u₂ | |
| 25 | {giš}šil-ta-hu TA UGU {giš}GIGIR ša₂ {d}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 26 | i-na-aš₂-šu₂-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 27 | [SIG₂]-MEŠ EME-šu₂ i-lab-bu-ni | |
| 28 | {lu₂}A—SIG₅ {lu₂}A—SIG₅ ša DINGIR-MEŠ ina ŠU.2 LUGAL GAR-an | |
| 29 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ {giš}pi-lag-⸢gu⸣ ina MAŠ.QA-šu₂ ⸢IL₂⸣ | |
| 30 | {⸢giš⸣}šil-ta-hu i-mah-har 03-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-⸢bar⸣ | |
| 31 | i-na-šiq₂ a-na {lu₂}A—SIG₅ {lu₂}A—SIG₅ i-da-an | |
| 32 | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂}ša₂—E₂—KAB ša₂ {d}MAŠ.MAŠ GAR-an | |
| 33 | ina UGU {giš}BAN u₂-šar-kab | |
| 34 | {lu₂}ša₂—E₂—KAB ša₂ {d}IM {lu₂}ša₂—IGI—E₂.GAL | |
| 35 | {lu₂}02-u TA {d}GAŠAN—du-na-ni i-rak-ku-bu | |
| 36 | {giš}šil-ta-ha-šu₂-nu u₂-šar-ku-bu | |
| 37 | la u₂-še-ṣu-u₂-ni {giš}BANŠUR-MEŠ | |
| 38 | hi-it-pa-a-ni u₂-pa-su-ku | |
| 39 | {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ i-ṣab-bat i-sah-hur | |
| 40 | {lu₂}ša₂—E₂—KAB ša₂ {d}MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ {d}aš-šur a-lik | |
| 41 | i-qab-bi {giš}šil-ta-hu ina ŠA₃-bi {lu₂}KUR₂ | |
| 42 | ⸢u₂-še-ṣu-ni⸣ 03-šu₂ i-lab-bu-ni | |
| 43 | 03-šu₂ {giš}šil-ta-⸢hu i-mat⸣-[tu-hu] | |
| 44 | {lu₂}ša₂—PI.2 PI.2 u KA-šu₂ i-pat-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 45 | DINGIR-MEŠ i-na-ša₂-ru-ni | |
| 46 | LUGAL du-ma-qi₂ ⸢ul-la⸣ | |
| 47 | a-ri-a-te u₂-še-el-lu-u-ni | |
| 48 | LUGAL i-⸢qar⸣-rib {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ KUR-ad | |
| 49 | ki-ma LUGAL {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ ik-ta-šad | |
| 50 | du-ma-qi₂ i-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 51 | {giš}BALAG ina nag-la-bi-šu₂ e-lal | |
| 52 | ina IGI DINGIR-MEŠ il-lak {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 53 | ⸢kaq⸣-qu-ru i-na-šiq | |
| 54 | e-rab—URU a-na ma-dak-te up-pa-aš₂ | |
| 55 | [a]-⸢na⸣ qir-si er-rab nap-tu-nu GAR-an | |
| 56 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-had-du | |
| 58 | ŠU.2 {1}aš-šur—za-qip DUMU {1}{d}MES—šal-lim—ŠEŠ-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | x [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | GEŠTIN ⸢KAŠ BAL⸣-[qi₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina ⸢ZAG⸣ UR.MAH x [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina pa-nat UR.MAH u₂-gam-mar [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | 03-šu₂ i-ša₂-ʾa-ri a-na x [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM AB.⸢SAR⸣-[ma BA.AN.E₃] | |
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