SAA 17 166 (P239168)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 17 166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239168 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "[...] go and [...]! |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [Do not s]ell the Sinneans for s[ilver]! You and [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [g]ather them! Monthly [...]" — |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] what they said to the king [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] he had extended. From [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [N]N, the Uruk[ean ...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] attac[ked ...] |
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 x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] a-lik-ma [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂]}⸢DUMU⸣—si-na-a.a {[lu₂]}⸢DUMU⸣—si-na-a.a a-na KUG.[UD x x] | |
| 4' | [la ta]-⸢nam⸣-din at-ta u₃ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [pu]-⸢uh⸣-hir-šu₂-nu-tu₂ ša₂ ⸢ITI⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-ra ša₂ a-na LUGAL iq-bu-[u₂ x x] | |
| 7' | [x] ⸢it⸣-ta-ra-aṣ ul-⸢tu⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x]-ka {lu₂}UNUG{[ki}a.a x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]{ki} iš-hi-[ṭu x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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