SAA 03 036. Myth Embedded in a Royal Ritual (Geers B 14)[via saao/saa03]


Obverse
	beginning broken away
1'1'	[x x x x x x x x] ⸢pa^?⸣ a a [x x x x x]	(1) [......] ...[......]
2'2'	[x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣-da-áš-šú [x x x x]	(2) [......] was born to him [......]
3'3'	[x x x x x x x x] ki-ṣil-li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(3) [......] astragal [......]
4'4'	[x x x x x x x x]-qa-ab pu-[x x x]	(4) [......] ...[...]
5'5'	[x x x x x x x] ⸢zi⸣-ka-ri a-šib ⸢URU⸣.[x x]	(5) [...... of m]en, who dwells in the city of [...]
6'6'	[x x x x x x x x] a-na-ku GAŠAN—kad-[mu-ri]	(6) [......] I am the Lady of Kid[muri], the great [lady].
7'7'	[be-el-tu] GAL-[tú]	(6) [......] I am the Lady of Kid[muri], the great [lady].

8'8'	[x x x x x x x x x] il-li-⸢ku⸣-[ni]	(8) [......] went
9'9'	[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na URU.arba-ìl il-[lak]	(9) [......] goes to Arbela
10'10'	[x x x x x x x ^d]aš-šur il-lu-⸢ku⸣	(10) [......] they go [to] the god Aššur
11'11'	[x x x x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-ti-iz	(11) [......] stood
12'12'	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ še-ṣa-niš-šú ^daš-šur	(12) [......] "Make it go out, Aššur!"
13'13'	[x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša KUR-e ik-ta-la	(13) [......] held back the [...] of the mountain.
14'14'	[x x x x x x x] ina IGI ^daš-šur il-lak	(14) [......] goes before Aššur
15'15'	[x x x x x x URU].⸢arba⸣-ìl us-se-li-šú LUGAL ab-bu-[x]	(15) [......] lifted it/him [to ......] Arbela. The king ...
16'16'	[x x x x x x x]-bi ik-ta-la a-na ^dlàḫ-ma-ni	(16) [......] held back [......], [...] to the Lahmu gods.
17'17'	[x x x x x uk^?]-⸢tal⸣-li-la-šú ki-lal-lu-šú-nu iq-ṭar-bu	(17) [...... and] crowned it/him. Both of them approached
Reverse		(17) [...... and] crowned it/him. Both of them approached
r 1r 1	[x x x x x x]-kab sa-al-ṭa-ni	(r 1) [......] quivers
r 22	[x x x x x x] ^daš-šur Á.2-šú ina ŠÀ sa-al-ṭi-šú	(r 2) [......] Aššur [put] his arm in his quiver [and] drew out [an arro]w, saying: "Over [...]
r 33	[is-sa-kan GIŠ.GAG.UD.TAG].GA is-sa-da ma-a UGU [x]
r 44	[x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ ^dlàḫ-ma-ni iq-ṭi-⸢bi^?⸣	(r 4) [......] He said to the Lahmu gods:
r 55	[x x x x x x GIŠ].⸢GAG⸣.UD.TAG.GA-⸢MEŠ^?⸣ di-na-⸢niš⸣-šú	(r 5) "Give him [......] the arrows!"
r 66	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-áš-šú ma-a nam-⸢mì-iš⸣ a-lik	(r 6) [......] him, saying: "Set out, go!"
r 77	[x x x x x x x x up]-⸢ni⸣-šú pa-ti-a ma-⸢a⸣ ú ⸢ši⸣	(r 7) [......] his [ha]nds open (in prayer), saying: "..."
r 88	[x x x x x x x x x] 06 zi-qa-a-te	(r 8) [......] six torches
r 99	[x x x x x x x x] ZAG 02-ta ina ni-ri ⸢KAB⸣	(r 9) [......] right side, another one in the left yoke
r 1010	[x x x x x x nam]-mì-iš ⸢a⸣-lik ma a-ki šá	(r 10) [......] "Set out, go! Just as
r 1111	[x x x x x x] ša ina pa-na-tuk-ka	(r 11) [......] which is in front of you"
r 1212	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša 150 is-sa-ʾa-⸢al⸣	(r 12) [......]... of the left asked:
r 1313	[ma-a x x x x a].a-e-šá ma-a ina EDIN [x x]	(r 13) "Whither [......]?" He said: "To the open country [...]
r 1414	[x x x x x x] NINDA mat-qu še [x x x x]	(r 14) [......] sweet bread, [...]
r 1515	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tú GIŠ.⸢GIGIR^?⸣ [x x x x x]	(r 15) [......]... chariot [......]
r 1616	[x x x x x x x] ru [x x x x x x]	(r 16) [......]... [......]
r 1717	[x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]	(r 17) [......]... [......]
	rest broken away

Adapted from Alasdair Livingstone, Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea (State Archives of Assyria, 3), 1989. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2019-20, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336605/.