SAA 03, 029 (P238051)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 03, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238051 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Open the tablet container and re[ad] the stele, [learn the fate] ... like a dog, Bel-eṭir, the son of Ibâ: |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | When Ṣallâ had not yet met his fate, he, a lowly [...] — the king did not know him —, a slave waiting upon Šamaš-ibni, the son of a lowly fisherman, not suit[able for ki]ngship, the shit bucket of Zeru-kinu, an empty talker, a raped comrade of Nummuraya, ...... said: |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | "In Assyria and in Babylonia there is no-one equal to me! The woman Nasqat has praised me; where in the whole world is my rival?" |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | ......[...] her, who did [...] to him reverently. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] did not drink, did not ...[...]... feared his lady, the woman Hulalitu. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...]...[... who]... was greener than all of these |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...... riding] a mare they pass the street |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...]... [......]... does not unders[tand], |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | does not see, does not [..., ...] the horizon, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | A mare in [......]... [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | A mare [...] bread [......] his marsh in [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | when in his fishery ...[......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [His] scandalous mo[uth] [......]...[...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | "Let us [depr]ive [......]... [...]... |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818– | [... spo]ke foolishness with him: |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "Who has taken from me the son of Bibie, who has darkened your radiant countenance?" |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Later, by way of purification, she called his name 'angry Pazuzu, the son of Hanbi.' In the face of this, mankind humbly bowed down, saying: "This is correct behaviour, reverence! |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | "This is the stele which the prostitute set up for the son of Ibâ, the farter, and left for posterity." |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Indeed in the whole, in the heart of this, there is this teaching for the future: Like one who is lacking in understand[ing, in]competent, he praised himself, [pouring] his endless obscenities from [his] heart. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | He himself did the talking, he himself did the praising, he himself did the saying, he himself did the [glor]ifying, and became a proverbial expression and obscenity in the mouth of mankind. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | And as for him, he did not know [how to reason] with his heart. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | It is a not (deeply) incised hand, this which I wrote, very tiny [...]... |
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 | ṭup-šin-na BAD-ma {na₄}NA.RU₂.A ši-⸢tas⸣-[si x x x x x] u GIM UR.KU {1}{d}EN—KAR DUMU {1}i-ba-a | |
| 2 | ul-tu a-⸢di-ni⸣ {1}ṣal-la-a la im-me-du KUR-šu₂ u šu-u₂ [x šap]-⸢lum⸣ la ZU-šu₂ LUGAL | |
| 3 | ARAD da-gil₂—pa-an {1}{d}UTU—DU₃ DUMU {lu₂}ŠU.HA šap-lum ⸢la⸣ [si-mat] ⸢LUGAL⸣-u₂-te | |
| 4 | iš-pik ŠE₃ {1}NUMUN—GIN TU₁₅-a-nu tap-pe-e {1}nu-um-mur-a.a ni-i-ku | |
| 5 | ⸢x x la ih-ru-ṣu⸣ um-ma ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} u₃ KUR—URI{ki} GABA.RI ul i-ši | |
| 6 | um-ma {mi₂}na-aš₂-⸢qat⸣ ta-at-ta-ʾi-⸢da⸣-an-⸢ni⸣ a-li ša₂-ni-ni ina KUR DU₃.A.BI | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣-aṣ-⸢ṣi-nu⸣-uš-ši ša₂ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-ri-ih-tu₂ te-⸢pu⸣-šu-uš GIM nak-di | |
| 8 | [x x (x)] ⸢ul⸣ NAG ul it-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR {mi₂}hu-la-li-tu₂ GAŠAN-su i-pal-lah₃ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UGU an-na-te gab-bu te-ri-qu | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] {⸢mi₂⸣}{anše}KUR SILA i-ba-ʾu-u | |
| 11 | [x]+⸢x⸣ ŠEŠ a ban [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ul ha-⸢sis⸣ [o] | |
| 12 | ul i-dag-gal ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x i]-⸢šid⸣ AN-e ta-[x] | |
| 13 | {mi₂}{anše}KUR ina {giš}[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] NU SAL [x x x] | |
| 14 | {mi₂}{anše}KUR a-kal [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] AMBAR-šu₂ ina HI ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 15 | ina NIG₂.ŠU.HA-šu₂ ki-i tap-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e UD [x x] | |
| 16 | pu [x x]+⸢x⸣ bi-iʾ-šu₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mu-u ta-[x (x)] | |
| 17 | ma-a ⸢ni⸣-[ih]-⸢bil₂⸣ {lu₂}[x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ru | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x] nu-ul-la-a-te KI-šu₂ [DUG₄].DUG₄-ub | |
| r | ||
| 1 | um-ma DUMU {1}bi-bi-e man-nu ih-bil₂-an-ni bu-un-ni-ka nam-ru-u-te man-nu uk-kil | |
| 2 | EGIR-ša₂ ki-i ta-az-kit ŠUR₂ {d}pa-zu-zu DUMU {d}ha-an-bi ta-at-ta-bi ni-bit-su | |
| 3 | ina IGI an-ni-ti te-ne₂-še-tu₂ KIR₄-šu₂-nu il-tab-nu ma-a a-ga-tu ṣi-bit-tu₂ u pu-luh-tu₂ | |
| 4 | ma-a an-ni-tu {na₄}uš-mit-tu ša {mi₂}KAR.KID taz-qu-pu a-na DUMU {1}i-ba-a ṣar-ri-te | |
| 5 | te-zi-ba a-na ah-⸢ra⸣-taš | |
| 6 | ⸢i-na⸣ gab-bi-im-ma ina ŠA₃ an-ni-te a-na ⸢EGIR x x x GIM⸣ la ṭe₃-ma-[nu la] ⸢le⸣-ʾe-e | |
| 7 | ra-man-šu₂ it-ta-ʾi-id pi-ša₂-te-⸢e-šu ma-aʾ-da-a-te⸣ la ŠA₃-bi [x x x x]-⸢sis⸣ | |
| 8 | šu-tu-u₂-ma i-dab₂-bu-ub šu-tu₂-ma i-na-ʾa-ad šu-tu-ma i-qab-bi šu-tu₂-[ma uš-tar]-⸢ra⸣-ah | |
| 9 | a-na til-te u₃ bil-te ina KA UN-MEŠ it-taš-kin u₃ šu-u KI ŠA₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ [DUG₄.DUG₄] ul ⸢i-di⸣ | |
| 10 | qa-tu la šar-mu šu-u an-ni-u ša₂ ana-ku aš₂-ṭur-u-ni qa-lal₂ a-[x x]-⸢šar⸣ us pi ⸢x⸣ | |
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