KAV 039 (P285515)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285515 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08883 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [Concerning] Za[ba]ba I performed an oracular query and asked Šamaš and Adad. Šamaš and Adad announced to me "Zababa is the son of Aššur" in the oracle. I made the sta[tue of] Zababa and Babu conforming with his dignity, [...], and built a [(...) temple for th]em before the Tabira Gate. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Bel-ubal[lit, ...]-kenu, his adolescent son, 2 daughters, total of 5 people. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Nabû-šezib, [his] wife, [1] adolescent [son], 1 weaned son, 3 daughters, total of 7 people. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Nabû-šumu-ka''in, his wife, 1 weaned son, total 3. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Nabû-rešu-išši, 1 adolescent son, 1 weaned son, total 3. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Nabû-eṭir-balaṭi, his wife, 1 weaned son, total 3. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Ṣil-Nabû, his wife, 3 adolescent sons, 1 suckling, total 6. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Qisaya, his wife, 2 daughters, 1 son, total 5. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nabû-eṭiranni, his wife, his 2 daughters, total 4. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Nabû-kumu'a, single; Basasu, single; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Nabû-šezibanni, single; Nabû-išdiya-ka''in, single; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Kakkullanu, single. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Total: 41 people from Arbela that I have given to Zababa as tillers. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | (They are) under the responsibility of ...; nobody else shall exercise authority over them. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...... o]r a bearded courtier or a [eunuc]h |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...... o]r a [......] |
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' | [ina UGU] {⸢d}ZA⸣.[BA₄].⸢BA₄⸣ bi-ri ab-re-e-ma {d}ša₂-maš u {d}IM aš₂-ʾa-al-ma | |
| 2' | um-ma {d}ZA.BA₄.BA₄ DUMU AN.ŠAR₂ šu-u₂ {d}ša₂-maš u {d}IM ina bi-ri u₂-du-ni | |
| 3' | ṣa-[lam {d]}ZA.BA₄.BA₄ u {d}BA.U₂ ki-ma si-ma-ti-šu₂ e-pu-uš-ma | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-ma ina IGI KA₂.GAL—URUDU.NAGAR | |
| 5' | [(x x x) E₂-šu₂]-nu lu-u i-pu-uš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}EN—u₂-bal-[liṭ {mi₂}x]—ke-e-nu DUMU-šu₂ ṣa-hur-tu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ PAB 05 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | {1}{d}PA—še-zib MI₂-[šu₂ 01 DUMU] ṣa-hur-tu₂ 01 DUMU par-su 03 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ PAB 07 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {1}{d}PA—MU—GIN MI₂-šu₂ 01 DUMU par-su PAB 03 | |
| 4 | {1}{d}PA—SAG—i-ši 01 DUMU ṣa-hur-tu₂ 01 DUMU par-su PAB 03 | |
| 5 | {1}{d}PA—KAR-ir—ZI-MEŠ MI₂-šu₂ 01 DUMU par-<su> PAB 03 | |
| 6 | {1}ṣil—{d}PA MI₂-šu₂ 03 DUMU-MEŠ ṣa-hur-ti 01 GA PAB 06 | |
| 7 | {1}qi-sa-a.a MI₂-šu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ 01 DUMU PAB 05 | |
| 8 | {1}{d}PA—KAR-ir-an-ni MI₂-šu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 04 | |
| 9 | {1}{d}PA—ku-mu-u-a DIL-ma-nu {1}ba-sa-a-su DIL-ma-nu | |
| 10 | {1}{d}PA—še-zib-an-ni DIL-ma-nu {1}{d}PA—SUHUŠ-ia—GIN DIL-ma-nu | |
| 11 | {1}ku-ku-la-nu DIL-ma-nu | |
| 12 | PAB 41 ZI-MEŠ {uru}arba-il₃-a.a | |
| 13 | a-na {lu₂}qa-tin-u₂-te a-na {d}ZA.BA₄.BA₄ ad-din-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 14 | ŠU.2 man-ni il-lu-lu | |
| 15 | me-me-ni ša₂-ni-iu-um-ma ina UGU-šu₂-nu la i-šal-liṭ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-u {lu₂}ša₂—ziq-ni lu-u {lu₂}[SAG] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-u {⸢lu₂}x⸣+[x x x x] | |
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