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From: Book · Albert Kirk Grayson · 1987
"Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27" is a chapter segment from a book concerning Assyrian royal inscriptions. It provides a translation and transliteration of artifact VA 08146. The work was completed by Albert Grayson. It is seven lines long.
Partial Translation, Transliteration, Collation (full)
Akkadian ⟶ English a b
| Line | Transliteration | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| p. 279 | ||
| 1 | né-me-ed dnusku | Cult platform of the god Nusku, chief vizier of Ekur, bearer of |
| 2 | eš-re-ti mu-zi-iz | the just scepter, courtier of the gods Assur and Enlil, who |
| 3 | te-es-le-et | daily repeats the prayers of Tukulti-Ninurta, the king, his |
| p. 280 | ||
| 4 | i-na | beloved, in the presence of the gods Assur and Enlil and a |
| 5 | kiš-[šu]-t[i-šu] i-na | destiny of power [for him] within Ekur . . . may he |
| 6 | šu-me . . . li-ta-[asqar] . . . [daš ]-šur | [pronounce . . . the god Ass]ur, [my] lord, . . . forever . . . |
| 7 | . . . | |
| Source(s) a Grayson et al., RIMA 1, 279-280 launch . b Bahrani, The Graven Image, 192 launch . | ||
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Source a Grayson et al., RIMA 1, 279-280 launch .
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27": Artifact Translation of VA 08146 by Albert K. Grayson." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 11 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/616. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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Bibliography
Bahrani, Zainab. The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
Grayson, Albert K., Grant Frame, Maynard P. Maidman, and Douglas R. Frayne. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). Vol. 1, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Assyrian Periods. Edited by Ronald F. G. Sweet. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
