Sîn-šarru-iškun 16

Obverse
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a-na dPAPNUN i-lat taš-me-e u sa-li-me qa-rit-ti DINGIR.MEŠ šá-qu-ut d[INANNA.MEŠ]

(1) For the goddess Tašmētu, the goddess of acceptance and reconciliation, heroic one of the gods, sublime one of [goddesses], wife of the god Nabû the firstborn son who is endowed with sexual charm (and) filled with awe-insp[iring brilliance], the one who controls the Igīgū (and) Anunnakū gods, the one who directs everything there is, the one who accepts sup[plications, the one who] saves the ruler who reveres [her divinity] from the midst of combat and battle, (5) supreme [go]ddess, the one who resides in Baltil (Aššur), the great lady, [his] lady:

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ḫi-rat dMUATI IBILA reš-tu-ú šá ku-uz-bu za--nat ma-lat nam-[ri-ir-ri]

33

sa-ni-qat dí-- dGÉŠ.U a-ši-ir mim-ma šum-šú le-qàt un-[ni-ni]

44

[šá] ina -reb šá-áš-me u MURUB₄ ú-še-zi-bu NUN pa-liḫ [DINGIR-ti-šá]

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ìl-tum šur-bu- a-ši-bat -reb bal-til.KI GAŠAN GAL- GAŠAN-[šú]

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md30-LUGAL-GAR-un LUGAL GAL-ú LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR -šur

(6) Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Ass[yria]; son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Ass[yria]; son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; had a spoon of shining silver made for serving the morning (10) and evening meals before her divinity and had (it) firmly placed before her (Tašmētu) in order to preserve his life, lengthen his days, establish the well-being of his offspring, make the throne of his royal majesty secure, overthrow his enemies, (and) achieve his desires.

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A mAN.ŠÁR-*-A* LUGAL GAL-ú LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR -šur1

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A mAN.ŠÁR-PAP- LUGAL GAL-ú LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR -šur

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ú-še-piš-ma GIŠ.DÍLIM .BABBAR eb-bi a-na qur-ru-ub-e nap-tan še-rim

1010

(erasures) ù li-la-a-ti ma-ḫar DINGIR-ti-šá

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a-na TI.LA ZI.MEŠ-šú GÍD.DA UD.MEŠ-šú šá-lam NUMUN-šú šur-šu-du GIŠ.GU.ZA LUGAL-ti-šú

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sa-kap .KÚR.MEŠ-šú ka-šad i-zi-im-ti-šú ú-kin ma-ḫar-šá



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ša ina UGU DÍLIM .BABBAR šá dPAPNUN šá URU.ŠÀ.URU

(13) That which is upon a silver spoon of the goddess Tašmētu of the Inner City (Aššur).

1mAN.ŠÁR-*-A* “Ashurbanipal”: The scribe has erroneously written mAN.ŠÁR-PAP- “Esarhaddon.”


Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2018, for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003877/.