KAV 079 (P285555)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285555 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10157 |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | Wine that the magnates give to the Aššur Temple — |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | 40 homers (from) Habruri, a golden pot per day; |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | 25 homers, Calah; |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | 35 homers, the wine master; |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | 40 homers, Dur-Šarruken, 2 pots per day; |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | 10 homers from Izalla, the wine master, 3 litres per day; |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | 12 jugs, first fruits, for the whole year, 1 per month. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | Total 140 homers 8 seahs, 12 jugs. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | All this is for the whole year. |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | 15 jugs from Izalla, first fruits, each month. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | 74 wineskins, first fruits of Ti[shri (VII)]. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | [x+]20 homers, the commander-in-chief; |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | [......], the chief cupbearer; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [x+]1 homer 4 litres, 3 leather [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | wine, first fruits, regular offer[ing] — |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 7 litres for šahu-vessels, 20th day intercalary Elul (VIa); |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | 1 homer 6 litres for a one-year period. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | 7 litres 8th day of Tishri (VII) for the offering of the water; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | 8 litres 20th day of Kislev (IX); |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | 7 litres 6th day of Tebet (X); |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | 3 litres 20th day of Shebat (XI), when the god circumambulates the temple hall; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | 1 seah 17th day, 1 seah 18th day of Adar (XII) for the qarrātu festival; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | 7 litres 7th day of Nisan (I); 7 litres 13th day of Iyyar (II); |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | 7 litres 16th day, 7 litres 17th day of Elul (VI). |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Total 7 seahs 2 litres of wine for festivals. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEŠTIN ša {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ina E₂—aš-šur SUM-u-ni | |
| 2 | 40 ANŠE {kur}hab-ru-ri {dug}LA KUG.GI ša₂ UD-me | |
| 3 | 25 ANŠE {uru}kal-ha | |
| 4 | 35 ANŠE {lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN {lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN | |
| 5 | 40 ANŠE {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN 02 {dug}LA ša₂ UD-me | |
| 6 | 10 ANŠE ša₂ {kur}i₃-zal {lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN {lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN 03 qa ša₂ UD-me | |
| 7 | 12 {dug}ŠAB-MEŠ SAG-MEŠ ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA 01 ⸢ša ITI⸣ | |
| 8 | PAB 01-me-40 ANŠE 8(ban₂) 12 {dug}ŠAB | |
| 9 | PAB an-ni-u ša kal MU.AN.NA | |
| 10 | 15 {dug}ŠAB {kur}i₃-zal SAG-MEŠ ša₂ ITI | |
| 11 | 74 {kuš}SAL-MEŠ SAG-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}⸢DUL⸣ | |
| 12 | [x]+20 ANŠE {lu₂⸣}tur-ta-nu | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] ⸢GAL—KAŠ.LUL⸣ ⸢GAL—KAŠ.LUL⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+01 ANŠE 04 qa 03 {kuš}x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | GEŠTIN re-ši-tu gi-nu-[u₂] | |
| 3' | 07 qa a-na ZA.HUM-MEŠ UD 20-KAM ⸢ša₂ DIR⸣ {iti}e-lu-li₃ | |
| 4' | 01 ANŠE 06 qa ša ṭup-pi-šu₂ | |
| 5' | 07 qa UD 08-KAM ša₂ {iti}DUL ša A-MEŠ qar-ru-bi | |
| 6' | 08 qa UD 20-KAM ša {iti}GAN | |
| 7' | 07 qa UD 06-KAM₂ ša {iti}AB | |
| 8' | 03 qa UD 20-KAM ša {iti}ZIZ₂ ki-i DINGIR ina ga-ni-na i-lab-bu-ni | |
| 9' | 1(ban₂) UD 17-KAM 1(ban₂) UD 18-KAM ša₂ {iti}ŠE ina qar-rat | |
| 10' | 07 qa UD 07-KAM {iti}BARAG 07 qa UD 13-KAM {iti}GUD | |
| 11' | 07 qa UD 16-KAM 07 qa UD 17-KAM ša₂ {iti}KIN | |
| 12' | PAB 7(ban₂) 02 qa GEŠTIN ša₂ i-si-na-a-te | |
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